Mini ITX or Micro ATX build

[MasterOC]

Lo guys , help spec me a build for the other half , ideally wants to be either of the two form factors , will settle for micro ATX tho . Needs to be a good price , not nessarly balls out cheap but budget is very flexible around 400-500 quid mark.

Better suited for **** ton of multitasking over single core performance , I've never seen so many progs open on a desktop other than development environments lol .

SSD is requirment for o/s however I have a mechanical here for storage so 60GB should be ample.

She needs some GPU horsepower , basic 1080p gaming needs , thinking an APU still hasn't the oomph I'd like tho. However I'd like to be proved wrong .

Also has to Be able to handle a fair bit of editing , nothing uber fast but something that isn't gonna hang every 2 minuits and will let her do stuff as its rendering / converting etc

Spec tower only no o/s or other stuff thankyou , appreciated

 

[Simon Belmont]

MicroATX

 

[Danny75]

Micro-ATX:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £142.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 750Ti SC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-3753-KR) £115.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2CW) - Blue Light £59.99
1 x Gigabyte B85M-DS3H Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £53.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Aerocool Qs-200 Lite Micro ATX Case - White £34.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £31.99
Total : £499.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).




I have a 120GB SSD together with a 1TB mech drive. Only Windows and programs (and not a ton of them either) are on the SSD, and it's half-full after 6 months. So I wouldn't recommend a 60GB these days. The page file alone will take up 8GB, and make sure you disable Hibernation which also takes up 8GB. Some rigs fare okay with page file de-activated too but it can cause instability in others. So if you find yours needs it on, and then you double the amount of RAM in future, the page file would then be 16GB (unless you tinker with its size).

B85 mobo with four memory slots will allow for adding more RAM if she needs it.

750Ti for her basic 1080p gaming needs, and a cheap but solid Antec PSU that will power the rig no problem. Obviously stretch a bit for a more powerful one if you want to account for GPU upgrades.

And then the best processor that will fit in the budget, basically.

An AMD (non-APU) build isn't really an option due to lack of decent mini-ITX and micro-ATX motherboards.


YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £119.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 750Ti SC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-3753-KR) £115.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4150 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £92.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Eris Mini-ITX Case - Black £31.99
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £31.99
Total : £515.44 (includes shipping : £11.25).




Mini-ITX, only with an i3 not i5, in order to squeeze in 16GB RAM straightaway (only two memory slots on ITX mobos).