Mini-ITX - Build me?

CreateNPlay · 31 Oct 2013 at 22:17

Hey all, i am downsizing my life and am wanting to build a Mini-ITX system, preferably in a BitFenix Cube case.

I have DVD-RW/HDD/SSD/8GB 1066Mhz DDR3 RiPJawX/Akasa PSU

What else should i get?

I play Wow/Terraria/other simple games, mainly watch YT and skype friends.

Doomedspeed · 1 Nov 2013 at 07:08

What budget do you have for this?

Is the PSU modular?

CreateNPlay · 1 Nov 2013 at 19:15

Doomedspeed said:
What budget do you have for this?

Is the PSU modular?

£250 pounds but more if needed, yes its modular.

CreateNPlay · 2 Nov 2013 at 08:16

Any ideas?

i7_860 · 3 Nov 2013 at 07:51

YOUR BASKET
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4130 Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £71.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £44.99
Total : £277.42 (includes shipping : £11.25).

The mATX case dimensions are the same size as the ITX

CreateNPlay · 3 Nov 2013 at 14:29

I was really hoping for an APU build as I have some nice RAM to go with it

Spudbrains · 3 Nov 2013 at 14:36

APU's, for the same price as a separate GPU and CPU are usually a lot less powerful, I'd go the separated root, even if it did mean sacrificing some damn fine ram.

CreateNPlay · 3 Nov 2013 at 17:06

Ok so what about this.

I have a i7 2500K, is it worth getting a case/mobo/gpu and downsizing?

Spudbrains · 3 Nov 2013 at 17:34

Definitely worth it, 2500k is still an amazing CPU, especially if you've got it and you haven't got a lot of money to spend.

You can use a 2500k on any z77 motherboard as far as I know so they shouldn't be too hard to find and won't be that expensive, especially after the recent release of the new socket and architecture; Haswell.

i7_860 · 3 Nov 2013 at 19:24

CreateNPlay said:
I was really hoping for an APU build as I have some nice RAM to go with it

I looked at APUs but really doesn't look appealing.
But as you got an i5 2500k, you already save on the CPU and then you can get a nice ITX board/or mATX if you are getting a mATX prodigy

daveip · 3 Nov 2013 at 22:25

I figure you could sell some stuff ... This would use your 2500k

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (Socket 1155/Intel Z77.DDR3/S-ATA 600/Mini ITX) £134.99
1 x HIS HD 7790 TURBO 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £97.99
1 x BitFenix Phenom Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £69.95
Total : £316.43 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Spudbrains · 3 Nov 2013 at 22:39

OP are you going to overclock? If so, do you have a spare cooler, otherwise you're gonna have to buy one, further bringing the cost up. :/