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What do you think ? Does it look good for gaming, or would you change some stuff ?

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor

Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card

Case: BitFenix Prodigy (White) Mini ITX Tower Case

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
 
 
Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4570 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x Asus B85M-G Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £601.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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Instead of the power supply above could i use a Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply ?
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £104.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £55.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 520w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £646.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Yeees I know it's over budget but you have the overclocking option with the i5K CPU (it's currently on offer) and the Z87 mini-itx mobo. The mobo includes wifi and bluetooth if that also helps justify the extra spondoolies. I'm not a big fan of the mATX Prodigy layout. I'd also prefer the Prodigy with a mesh front panel for airflow. The Bitfenix Phenom is also a nice looking case but again it's front panel has limited venting.

All the best with it dude, we look forward to seeing what you settle on :)
 
baz178 said:
Instead of the power supply above could i use a Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply ?
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It will be fine for that set up. I was going to include the Superflower Golden Green, which is a lot better than the CX, but sadly it is out of stock. You could ask OCUK when they expect it back in stock.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
Total : £69.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £104.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £55.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 520w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £646.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Yeees I know it's over budget but you have the overclocking option with the i5K CPU (it's currently on offer) and the Z87 mini-itx mobo. The mobo includes wifi and bluetooth if that also helps justify the extra spondoolies. I'm not a big fan of the mATX Prodigy layout. I'd also prefer the Prodigy with a mesh front panel for airflow. The Bitfenix Phenom is also a nice looking case but again it's front panel has limited venting.

All the best with it dude, we look forward to seeing what you settle on :)
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Thank you for all your help. One last question I'm looking to get high to ultra graphics out of it, is that going to be possible ?
 
baz178 said:
Thank you for all your help. One last question I'm looking to get high to ultra graphics out of it, is that going to be possible ?
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The 270 is a very good performer @1080p resolution. Check some reviews even the non-X 270 can OC well for extra performance.

I would try and shoot for the i5K, once the weekly offer ends it will most likely be back to a silly price of £190. Currently the retail is cheaper than the OEM (no heatsink and shorter warranty)
 
 
Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ BOOST 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte H87M-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £73.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £55.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 520w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £621.04 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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I had heard that some H series mobos had overclocking options added for the K CPUs via BIOS update. They won't perform as well as the Z series but it was good to hear, until I heard intel were blocking it with microcode so future BIOS updates will kill the feature :(
 
honosuseri said:
I had heard that some H series mobos had overclocking options added for the K CPUs via BIOS update. They won't perform as well as the Z series but it was good to hear, until I heard intel were blocking it with microcode so future BIOS updates will kill the feature :(
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Was reading something along those lines the other day. Not a 100%, but I think there is a bios knocking about that will still enable you to OC, but it is not always guaranteed to work.
 
Idleman said:
Was reading something along those lines the other day. Not a 100%, but I think there is a bios knocking about that will still enable you to OC, but it is not always guaranteed to work.
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I still favour the mini-itx layout and Z87 combo with the i5K, totally respect you are trying to save him some spondoolies though :)

You can get some nice freebies but Stulid didn't mention the reduced warranty on those GPUs. If OP wants the BF4 game then awesome, if he doesn't he could sell it as we are over budget. The HIS 270X is external exhaust which is arguably a better solution in the small case. MSI 270 is a decent card, being the cheapest with a 3 year warranty to help resell value, I went with that and the red colour scheme :)

We've had a little fun styling it with him and having pointed out the options I hope he is well on track now :)
 
honosuseri said:
I still favour the mini-itx layout and Z87 combo with the i5K, totally respect you are trying to save him some spondoolies though :)

You can get some nice freebies but Stulid didn't mention the reduced warranty on those GPUs. If OP wants the BF4 game then awesome, if he doesn't he could sell it as we are over budget. The HIS 270X is external exhaust which is arguably a better solution in the small case. MSI 270 is a decent card, being the cheapest with a 3 year warranty to help resell value, I went with that and the red colour scheme :)

We've had a little fun styling it with him and having pointed out the options I hope he is well on track now :)
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Yes thanks everybody. Just abit confused now sorry, could you do a basket on your next post please, with the power supply I wanted and the graphics card above which ever you think is the best. Also could you add a DVD drive as we'll please. Sorry about this, only ever built one gaming computer before.
 
baz178 said:
Yes thanks everybody. Just abit confused now sorry, could you do a basket on your next post please, with the power supply I wanted and the graphics card above which ever you think is the best. Also could you add a DVD drive as we'll please. Sorry about this, only ever built one gaming computer before.
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Easy really, take what Idleman did and add a DVD drive and change to a Z87 mATX board,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ BOOST 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £55.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 520w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £660.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



So you have a fast 270X GFX card.

Z87 chipset board so you dont have to be concerned about overclocking limitations.

The only slight downside is the RAM speed, but it matches the colour.

The OcUK DVD drive is a Samsung, 20X is fine for a burning speed, heck OcUk don't even stock blank media rated any faster than 16X.
 
baz178 said:
Yes thanks everybody. Just abit confused now sorry, could you do a basket on your next post please, with the power supply I wanted and the graphics card above which ever you think is the best. Also could you add a DVD drive as we'll please. Sorry about this, only ever built one gaming computer before.
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It can get confusing with so many choices. The Corsair 500W and 600W semi-modular PSUs are more expensive than my choice, they are good entry level PSUs but there are better choices. That money saved you pump into other parts if you get me ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x HIS Radeon R9 270X IceQ BOOST 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £104.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £55.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 520w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £670.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Redone my basket to be blue friendly to suit the GPU that exhausts it's hot air out of the case. Plus a 24 speed ODD for you as asked. You can use THIS to post your own basket :)

The Z87 mobo can let you run the i5K faster, (the "K" CPUs are unlocked). You can do some light overclocking with the stock heatsink but you are going to want to improve the cooling at some point to get serious gains. The mini-itx does give you wifi and bluetooth over the mATX mobos. Watch some video reviews on the cases, you'll see what I mean about the difference in layout internally and the venting. A semi-modular PSU would be a good idea to make life easier on you.

You'll have to pick your own poison with the GPU. I tried to explain the differences earlier, not sure what you didn't understand though. I look forward to seeing you do a basket :)
 
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