Mini ITX build [Need advice on basket]

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Hey guys

If someone could please check this basket for me and make sure I'm using the right bits it would be really appreciated!

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97M-D3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
Total : £429.05 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Its intended to be a PC for general purpose use, with occasional but rare gaming, mainly for browsing the web, youtube etc, watching movies.

Trying to keep costs down as much as I can, you think this gpu is any good? and do you think it will fit the case OK?

**Note - I have 16gb DDR3 RAM spare so don't require this, also have a spare SSD**
 
You could swap the i3 for a g3258 cpu, seing as you will be using a Z97 board it will overclock well. Check reviews of it, it will perform better than i3 and at nearly half the cost.

You could save a further £10-20 on a bronze power supply.

Save a further £20 going for a different model of the 270.
 
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You could go with <400W PSU and still have plenty of power, to save £10-20, other than that, everything looks decent.

The post above me offers the best build you could get for the price.
 
The only other thing I'd say is for £39.99 you can get I think the cx430m corsair semi modular psu, would be better for an itx build. Can I ask why the bitfenix? There are smaller m-atx/itx cases.
 
If you ignore alternatives and decide to go with your original build, make you pick correct motherboard size for case. As you have a micro-ATX motherboard going in a mini-ITX designed case instead of the redesigned micro-ATX model (danewesley lists correct case model that is same size).
 
Good shout with that CPU, save quite a chunk there. Is it relatively easy to overclock using stock cooling?. Also completely overlooked the case/mobo combination! The build you put together looks good danewesley. Strongly considering this.

I also have a spare GTX 460 kicking about which I might use for now (just hope it fits!), could always get a new card if absolutely necessary should this one be too underpowered.


Gonna go with this then:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97M-D3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
Total : £236.96 (includes shipping : ).

 
id stick a low end cpu cooler on, you would get a small clock on the stock cooler but noise and heat would become a huge issue, especially in a mini itx case.

The 460 will fit, a prodigy can pretty much fit any card in. Can i ask would you go with a mini itx set up instead? building in the prodigy m-atx is exactly the same size as the itx version. If size is an issue you can get a smaller/cheaper itx case.
 
Size isnt really an issue, i just like the compact look i guess. Why choose a mini itx? Are they that much smaller than micro atx?
 
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Size isnt really an issue, i just like the compact look i guess. Why choose a mini itx? Are they that much smaller than micro atx?
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It isn't really that compact. You can get normal midi-towers that are the same height but narrower and deeper.

Mini-ITX can be a lot smaller and still as powerful with cases like Silverstone's Sugos, Coolermasters and others.
 
I got a Prodigy for my first build wanting a relatively small and portable PC. Must admit I was quite disappointed with how large (and heavy) it was and also how poor the cable management is given the space on offer. My bad for not measuring it out and jumping to conclusions. It does look good in fairness.
 
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