Mini ITX Build

Sirrel Squirrel · 29 Nov 2014 at 22:27

I'm building a Mini ITX system for a friend who wants a small PC.

It is mainly going to be used for general home office work, he already has a kb/mouse, large HDD and licenses.

This is what I've specced, he wants a good monitor so I've gone for the Dell, is there anything better for less?

stulid · 29 Nov 2014 at 22:29

This is IPS - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-112-LG&groupid=17&catid=510

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming AC - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £271.98
1 x LG 24MP55HQ-P 24" LED Full HD IPS HDMI Monitor £124.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £56.99
1 x Antec ISK 600 Small Form Factor ITX Chassis £44.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE Slimline 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - OEM £17.99
Total : £571.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Then add the PSU

Marine-RX179 · 29 Nov 2014 at 22:59

Sirrel Squirrel said:
I'm building a Mini ITX system for a friend who wants a small PC.

It is mainly going to be used for general home office work, he already has a kb/mouse, large HDD and licenses.

This is what I've specced, he wants a good monitor so I've gone for the Dell, is there anything better for less?

This is an alternative at similar price which you could consider:

A Grid Autosport game comes free with the i5 4690K, and with that motherboard and the i5 4690K you "should" be able to some cashback (£40) as well:
https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

Danny75 · 30 Nov 2014 at 04:31

YOUR BASKET
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable (AK-CB050) £2.99

If you go for a build with a slimline OD.

Sirrel Squirrel · 30 Nov 2014 at 12:23

Are those LG monitors any good? Ones I've had in the past have had backlight issues (not the ones mentioned).

stulid · 30 Nov 2014 at 14:04

Which one?

Sirrel Squirrel · 30 Nov 2014 at 16:01

The one mentioned in your post and in Marines.

stulid · 30 Nov 2014 at 16:35

Theres no proper reviews on the one I linked, just a few unboxing videos and a end users first impression.

I guess if you are not happy you can return it.

darkrats · 30 Nov 2014 at 23:49

I'll be interested in how your build goes. I'm waiting delivery of my own Antec ISK600 case, the first item on my list. I want to put together a high end gaming computer in as small a case there is, that has room for multiple drives. This will be my first build and I'm still putting together a list of parts. I looked at the Prodigy case, but in the end it was just too large for me. Hope you keep us informed as you go.

tamzzy · 1 Dec 2014 at 00:03

darkrats said:
I'll be interested in how your build goes. I'm waiting delivery of my own Antec ISK600 case, the first item on my list. I want to put together a high end gaming computer in as small a case there is, that has room for multiple drives. This will be my first build and I'm still putting together a list of parts. I looked at the Prodigy case, but in the end it was just too large for me. Hope you keep us informed as you go.

just fyi, the isk600 isn't designed for high end gaming builds. it does not have enough ventilation.

darkrats · 1 Dec 2014 at 03:33

I'm going to stay clear of any Haswell processor, and go for a closed loop liquid cooling system, so I should be okay. There's a few successful builds similar to what I have in mind and they haven't reported any heat issues.

tamzzy · 1 Dec 2014 at 08:01

i meant that the case isn't best suited to have high end gpus ie: 290/x, 780/ti, 970/980

darkrats · 1 Dec 2014 at 13:04

You're right about that, but considering my current card is an ATI Radeon Series HD 5400, I think I can move up quite a bit without getting too much heat.

Sirrel Squirrel · 2 Dec 2014 at 14:41

I've tweaked the spec, how's the below sound;

darkrats · 4 Dec 2014 at 02:51

I was looking forward to your Antec ISK600 build. It would have been interesting to see what you could do with it. Why did you decide to change to the Silverstone case?

Sirrel Squirrel · 4 Dec 2014 at 09:52

Mainly because it is quite a bit smaller and cheaper. That being said, I've just looked at it again and it doesn't look like it will support the ODD, 2.5" SSD and 3.5" HDD, I think you can only have two of these at anyone time, not all three. Can someone confirm that?

WoZZeR · 4 Dec 2014 at 12:13

Good choice, the SG05 is substantially smaller than the ISK 600 and feels better engineered.

I've just built a SG05, the slimline optical fits at the top, a 2.5" drive underneath it and a 3.5" drive below that. They all fit.

Edit: The Akasa lead is quite short and just reaches the SATA ports on my Gigabyte Z87N board without being under stress.

LePhuronn · 4 Dec 2014 at 12:40

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Mainly because it is quite a bit smaller and cheaper. That being said, I've just looked at it again and it doesn't look like it will support the ODD, 2.5" SSD and 3.5" HDD, I think you can only have two of these at anyone time, not all three. Can someone confirm that?

The optical drive fits into a tray on the top of the case. This tray has a shelf riveted to it for the 2.5" drive. The 3.5" drive then fits into a removable cage that hangs from the 2.5" drive shelf. So all 3 fit at once, but the end result is half of the 120mm front fan is covered with a drive cage.

But yes it does all fit.

LePhuronn · 4 Dec 2014 at 12:44

Here's an image from the Bit-tech review:

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2009/05/silverstone-sg05-review/3.jpg

The 3.5" bracket is hanging from the optical tray (forgot it's also screwed into the case itself), and the 2.5" shelf is actually behind that big plate.

Sirrel Squirrel · 4 Dec 2014 at 14:26

Excellent, thanks for the confirmation all.