Mini ITX Gaming PC for £500?

wanderer89 · 5 Jul 2014 at 23:21

Hi there!

I'm in need of a bit of help, I sold my PC because it was too big, bought a console because it suits my needs better, but now I'm missing PC gaming, so I'm after another gaming PC, but on a budget of £500.

Games I'd be playing are mostly Battlefield 4/Hardline, along with games like The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us.

Hoping you guys can help, what I have already and what I need.

Have already:

Case - BitFenix Prodigy
Mouse
Monitor
2x Hard Drive
SSD
Keyboard
W7

Need:
CPU
Motherboard
PSU
RAM
GPU.

I'm open to either Intel or AMD & Nvidia or AMD.

Would appreciate any help.

Thanks

mickyflinn · 5 Jul 2014 at 23:28

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x MSI H97I AC Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
Total : £516.05 (includes shipping : £11.75).

wanderer89 · 5 Jul 2014 at 23:34

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated, I think that's a bit much at the mo, would be better if it was a bit closer to the £500.

shatpank81 · 5 Jul 2014 at 23:36

Can you overclock on an h97 board, if not doesnt need the devils canyon
Could get a normal i5 for like £131
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-495-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

Get the asus mitx mobo for £59 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-585-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2071

Saved nearly £80 on the above bringing it in at like £470
On phone so cant store links etc

mickyflinn · 5 Jul 2014 at 23:36

wanderer89 said:
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated, I think that's a bit much at the mo, would be better if it was a bit closer to the £500.

Just redone the spec

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x ASRock B85M-ITX Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £62.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
Total : £488.45 (includes shipping : £11.25).

wanderer89 · 5 Jul 2014 at 23:45

That's better, is it the 4690 worth the extra £30 over what Shatpank posted?

mickyflinn · 5 Jul 2014 at 23:55

wanderer89 said:
That's better, is it the 4690 worth the extra £30 over what Shatpank posted?

Thats a tough call as some would say no and some would say yes , as you go up in performance price per pound decreases . Personally get the best you can afford.

Danny75 · 6 Jul 2014 at 00:14

Better find out the dimensions of the NZXT Hale PSU as it might not fit in the Prodigy Mini-ITX case. Looked online but was unable to find the model specs.

The SuperFlower Golden Green 550W is a good alternative.

shatpank81 · 6 Jul 2014 at 00:59

Could go amd to save more money.
The amd fx8 8320 is like £99 but not sure on a motherboard

Danny75 · 6 Jul 2014 at 01:42

There are no AMD AM3+ socket (required for the Piledriver FX's) mini-ITX mobos (required for mini-ITX case) in existence, I believe. And even the micro-ATX versions are poor.

A decent Intel CPU/mobo and decent GPU are accessible with the budget, and will fit in the OP's BitFenix Prodigy mini-ITX case.

shatpank81 · 6 Jul 2014 at 11:18

Danny75 said:
There are no AMD AM3+ socket (required for the Piledriver FX's) mini-ITX mobos (required for mini-ITX case) in existence, I believe. And even the micro-ATX versions are poor.

A decent Intel CPU/mobo and decent GPU are accessible with the budget, and will fit in the OP's BitFenix Prodigy mini-ITX case.

Yeah noticed that after i posted it...
Shame really, its as if amd and motherboard manufacturers dont want you to use amd and stick solely with intel

wanderer89 · 7 Jul 2014 at 15:15

Looks like I'll have to go Intel with my build, which I've got no problems with, they've not let me down yet (cue something going wrong with new build!)