Mini ITX build.

Kavalier · 27 Nov 2012 at 01:42

Hello people,

A friend of mine would like to have a mini-itx computer and asked me to build it for him. The budget is that of around of 800 euros including shipping.

After looking around on the website, I came out with the following components.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £159.29
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £97.34
1 x Asus HD 7750 V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics card £78.66
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £63.91
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £58.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £49.16
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.58
Total : £640.45 (includes shipping : £92.82).

I would like to keep the price of this build at around this price range. Any suggestions are more than welcome.

Regards,
Kavlaier

Marine-RX179 · 27 Nov 2012 at 03:42

The 7750 would be a bit underpowered for the more demanding games.

If you wanna keep the cost around the same, I'd think it would be best to drop the CPU from the i5 2500K down to i3 3220 and save £70, and then add that to the graphic card budget and get a 7850 2GB at £150 instead of the 7750.

The CPU can be upgraded later in the future when needed.

Kavalier · 27 Nov 2012 at 03:51

Games aren't top priority for this build. That's why i chose such a graphic card.

Marine-RX179 · 27 Nov 2012 at 04:51

Kavalier said:
Games aren't top priority for this build. That's why i chose such a graphic card.

What is the main purpose of the system then? Cause for general usage I doubt people would even notice the difference between the i3 and i5.

Also to be honest, I would get a i5 2500K for £160, when the i5 3570K only cost a little more.

Kavalier · 27 Nov 2012 at 04:58

Well usage will be general use, play some games not that demanding etc. I went for i5 as the user wants a quad core.

Marine-RX179 · 27 Nov 2012 at 09:16

Kavalier said:
Well usage will be general use, play some games not that demanding etc. I went for i5 as the user wants a quad core.

OK. But £80 for a 7750 is a bit too much, you should get the 7770 instead for around the same price before the weekly deal ends tomorrow morning:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-184-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

Kavalier · 29 Nov 2012 at 14:44

Hi so I updated the build a bit regarding the weekly offers.

Here is what I came with,

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III PC Game £176.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.16
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £68.82
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £63.91
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £55.06
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.26
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.49
Total : £604.68 (includes shipping : FREE).

I chose a 60gb ssd just to put windows and some programs that my friend will use.

I want to keep the price of the build at about 750 sterlings max. So if you think some neccesary changes needs to be made please leave it at around that price range.

Thanks in advance,
Kavalier

Bacon? · 29 Nov 2012 at 18:16

Generally they need motherboards.

Kavalier · 30 Nov 2012 at 13:53

Yes lol i forgot to input the gigagbyte board I posted before

Kavalier · 1 Dec 2012 at 22:20

So final build, sending shopping cart for friend tomorrow.

How does this look?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £159.29
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £123.89
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £97.34
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £68.82
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £63.91
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.26
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.49
1 x Zaward Vapor 120 Multi Socket CPU Cooler (Socket: LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/754/939/940) £19.66
Total : £715.17 (includes shipping : £92.82).

Would like to keep the budget at around this.

Thanks

LukieBoy007 · 2 Dec 2012 at 21:22

A couple of changes:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £43.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x Zaward Vapor 120 Multi Socket CPU Cooler (Socket: LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/754/939/940) £19.99
Total : £623.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

Add shipping (£92.82) and it comes to £716.64.
500W is adequate for this build. Also chose cheaper RAM, but same performance. 2GB version of the 7850 too.