Mni ITX Spec check before I order

neocon · 15 Mar 2013 at 17:03

Hi guys,
I want to go with this setup. It's going to be for coding, browsing and watching movies. Will be adding a couple of 2TB drives at a latter point. May add a gpu too.
Is that the best (cheapest) memory to use?

Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £94.99
(£79.16) £94.99
(£79.16)
Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
(£77.49) £92.99
(£77.49)
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £38.39
(£31.99) £38.39
(£31.99)
Sub Total : £350.27

Total : £420.32

Incrauze · 15 Mar 2013 at 17:09

Go for the Intel i3 3225 as it has HD 4000 onboard graphics so you don't have to add a graphics card base on the uses of the computer and the Plextor SSD as it has faster read/write speed,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3225 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (55W) - Retail **High Performance IGP** £109.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
Total : £219.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

honosuseri · 15 Mar 2013 at 17:20

I'd probably go with something like...........

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
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 BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK) £41.99
Total : £454.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

Plextor is faster (update the firmware) and has more capacity than the standard 840. The MPower RAM is cheaper and technically the same as the Patriot you have picked.

What sort of GPU were you thinking of? Are we talking gaming capable?

neocon · 15 Mar 2013 at 17:27

Thanks for your suggestions. So better to go with the 3225 and get a faster SSD drive. I didn't notice the write speeds were low on the Samsung.

I might want to play a few Steam games in the future like TF2 and CSS. Thing is I have another PC with GTX460 which I can do that with.

Will this case take an AMD 7850?

Eatchipz · 15 Mar 2013 at 17:31

neocon said:
Thanks for your suggestions. So better to go with the 3225 and get a faster SSD drive. I didn't notice the write speeds were low on the Samsung.

I might want to play a few Steam games in the future like TF2 and CSS. Thing is I have another PC with GTX460 which I can do that with.

Will this case take an AMD 7850?

Yes it will! I have a 7870 in at the moment.

The Prodigy can take any card on the market once the hard drive bay is removed.

neocon · 15 Mar 2013 at 17:35

Eatchipz said:
Yes it will! I have a 7870 in at the moment.

The Prodigy can take any card on the market once the hard drive bay is removed.

Do you have both your HDD bay and 7870 fitted or won't that fit together?

Eatchipz · 15 Mar 2013 at 17:43

Unfortunately you need to take the HDD bay.

neocon · 15 Mar 2013 at 17:52

Thanks Eatchipz

I see what you mean , due to the card being long

Eatchipz · 15 Mar 2013 at 18:06

Yeah I am personally finding the case a bit to small for my needs. So I am considering moving to a bigger case (Looking at a Fractal Define Mini) because I would like to use more hard drives and make my system a bit quieter overall.

But I still think the Prodigy is a brilliant case!