Mini itx system

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My brother would like a PC. He doesn't have much room therefor he would like a Mini ITX but kept cool. I suggested a laptop but no to that too as he might want to change a component in the future... His budget is up to £500/550 could maybe go to 600.

Starting from scratch could anyone recommend some stuff for a build?

He quite likes the look of this case Lian Li, I said maybe the Bit Fenix Prodigy but he likes the Lian Li.
or the Silverstone Sugo SG05 case.

So we'd need:

Possible Case if there is something more suitable for cooling but not the Bit Fenix..
CPU & CPU Cooler
PSU
HDD or SSD
Graphics Card
DVD Drive
Motherboard
RAM

- Already have a monitor which runs at 1920x1080p.
- Wont need to be overclocked but the option would be nice.

I think that's it.

It'll be used for gaming such as bf3 medium settings for example and general use.. Genuine answers please, thanks in advance
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £94.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case - Black £44.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H40 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1/775//1155/1156/1366) £38.95
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x **B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM £30.00
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £536.33 (includes shipping : £11.25).



from what i can make out the hydro cooler should fit ok.

the bitfenix is a larger case and if going that route would still be in budget and the cooler would fit.
 
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joelk2 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £94.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case - Black £44.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H40 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1/775//1155/1156/1366) £38.95
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £35.99
1 x **B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM £30.00
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £536.33 (includes shipping : £11.25).



from what i can make out the hydro cooler should fit ok.

the bitfenix is a larger case and if going that route would still be in budget and the cooler would fit.
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Board is no good as it doesnt have a pcie slot, i am pretty sure that the 7850 windforce is a dual slot card and the Q07B only has room and IO slots for single AND it doesnt have anywhere to fit a fan so you cant fit a watercooler. Oh and would also need an OS ;)
 
ah yes the CPU cooler looks the better option, I think the case you linked is the slightly smaller design? Lian Li PC-Q18B is the one we've been looking at but will obviously increase budget...
 
Just popping out now, will be back soon to check suggestions.. please don't hesitate to change any ideas you may have.. He'd like the best possible spec for £500/£600.
Thanks guys
 
i only have limited knowledge. but like to help out.

the first board i specc'd up doesnt allow overclocking so the ninja edit was to rectify that.

the Q18B is larger yes.

The Prodigy seems like a good case although larger for m-itx
 
ZXSpectrum said:
Board is no good as it doesnt have a pcie slot, i am pretty sure that the 7850 windforce is a dual slot card and the Q07B only has room and IO slots for single AND it doesnt have anywhere to fit a fan so you cant fit a watercooler. Oh and would also need an OS ;)
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He didnt mention an OS so assumed its something he already had, along with KB/M & monitor
 
I only knew about the case because i was looking to do the same recently. I do like the look of the prodigy but it just seems way too big for such a tiny system, for me personally, too big.

You could change the motherboard to the Asus P8H61-I. It may allow a little bit of overclocking and at £30 cheaper its wouldnt be a great stretch to go to a i5-3570K :)

You could also go for a Alpenföhn Panorama CPU Cooler instead of the H40 which should still be pretty quiet, allow a little bit of overclocking and save another £20 towards the i5-3570K :)
 
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Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) £199.99

**B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 £129.95

Silverstone Sugo SG05 HTPC Case with 450W Power Supply - All Black £114.98

Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache £53.99

MSI H61I-E35 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £49.99

Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £37.99

Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE Slimline 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive £17.99

Total : £607.13
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Should all work ok, if not slightly over budget, case has 2 slots at back for dual width card, 450w should be ample to power it all but overclocking out of the question I think on H61.
 
Could he stick with an i3 or are they kinda out of date now.. would it run bf3 and modern games ok? Not hardcore gaming, but nice enough...

Thanks
 
try this

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £98.99
1 x MSI A75IA-E53 AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £71.99
1 x MSI HD 6670 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £53.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.98
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £534.95 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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