My mini itx build :D

[Renouf]

My mini itx build - completed with pictures!

First time building a mini rig but the prodigy is such an amazing case I just have to but one and build a system. Let me know what you think. I would have done the same layout as everyone else with the links and pictures and total basket price but I have no idea how you do that as when I paste my basket it comes out all messed up so if anyone could shine some light on how they do it that would be great

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail

Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard

Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 2.5" 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3A-B)

BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White

Corsair Hydro H60 V2

Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze'

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz

BitFenix Spectre PRO 230mm Fan - All White

I'm still looking for GFX around the £150-£170 if anyone has any idea's

Anything I should change please let me know

 

[Something Else]

at that price level a 7850 is the best bet tbh
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-052-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

you could get a 660 for just over £170 but the performance difference is minimal

also id go fully modular on the psu for a small case like the prodigy

the ram tbh is ok, but i dont like that it needs 1.65v (i have 16gb of that ram)

if i were buying id get this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

other than that your good

 

[Doomedspeed]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £155.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £118.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £44.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £39.95
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £769.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[beavis]

The Gigabyte motherboard is no good if you are planning on overclocking, the Asrock is around the same price, or the Asus is a bit more.

You'll need to slightly modify the Antec Kuhler backplate if you go for that, don't let that put you off, it's very easy with a craft knife or wire cutters.

 

[Renouf]

at that price level a 7850 is the best bet tbh
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-052-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

you could get a 660 for just over £170 but the performance difference is minimal

also id go fully modular on the psu for a small case like the prodigy

the ram tbh is ok, but i dont like that it needs 1.65v (i have 16gb of that ram)

if i were buying id get this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

other than that your good

Cheers for that mate, Yea I was looking at the 7850's they seem pretty good bang for buck The RAM you picked is awesome cheers for that matey!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £155.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £118.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £44.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £39.95
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £769.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

How do you get this? I've tried so many times to copy and paste my basket never comes out like this.

The Gigabyte motherboard is no good if you are planning on overclocking, the Asrock is around the same price, or the Asus is a bit more.

You'll need to slightly modify the Antec Kuhler backplate if you go for that, don't let that put you off, it's very easy with a craft knife or wire cutters.

Thanks for the comment, You can overclock on it, You can change the multiplier and able to get 4.3Ghz on a 3570k which is okay for me, This board doesn't let you change the Vcore which doesn't effect me as I'm not going mad on the overclock

 

[Something Else]

there is a add on for google chrome, a guy called oliver renault (i think) has a link in his sig.

 

[Renouf]

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 2.5" 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3A-B) £85.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011 / 1366 / 1155 / 1156 / 775 / AM2 / AM3) £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 230mm Fan - All White £16.99
Total : £778.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).



What's your guys opinions on this? Ideally I wanted it around £700 or under lol

 

[.:SAmSuNG:.]

Save a tenner on cheaper ram. Can you not either buy used bits or wait for the cooler and just use the stock cooler for now?

 

[Something Else]

stay with stock cooler for a bit, also dont you need some more storage, like a hard drive or is the ssd enough?

 

[Doomedspeed]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £155.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £118.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £44.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £39.95
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £769.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 2.5" 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3A-B) £85.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011 / 1366 / 1155 / 1156 / 775 / AM2 / AM3) £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £34.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 230mm Fan - All White £16.99
Total : £778.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).



What's your guys opinions on this? Ideally I wanted it around £700 or under lol

I just want to let you know why i specced what i did.. and how it could relate to your spec..

Not much between the 660 and the 7850 (more in favour of the 7850 though) Personal choice really.

The motherboard you've picked is Out of Stock where as the Asrock isn't.

The Samsung SSD's are far more reliable than the corsair's.

The Kuhler 620 is on offer and at £15 less than the H60 its well worth it as there is very little between the two.. Some people say the Kuhler is better.

I accidentally picked Fast RAM . 1600 Mhz is spot on..

White Looks good... No DVD Drive?

 

[Renouf]

All stuff had arrived and I've now built the rig!!!
Specs and pictures below

CPU - i5 3570k at 4.0Ghz
CPU cooler - H60
Mobo - Asrock Z77-E ITX
GPU - XFX 7870 Core edition
RAM - 8Gb patriot black mamba 1600Mhz
SSD - Corsair 120GB
Case - Prodigy
PSU - PC Power & Cooling 500w Modular 80+
plus a white 230mm front intake

Along with
Asus 22in monitor
Cooler Master Quickfire TK keyboard
Edifier 2.1 White speakers

Motherboard in along with H60 backing plate i5 3570k and ram

Better angle, Some wires connected ended up taking mobo back out and running some cables under mobo for better air flow.

Only cables that are now visible are the 24 pin and the 8 pin cpu plug. All other loose cables are tied up behind PSU was also able to get my SSD behind there so that made things a whole lot cleaner.

Mmmm sexy XFX 7870 core edition

All in posted all okay, Time for overclock!

Completed!