New Mini ITX build advice

nightroamer

nightroamer

nightroamer

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Hi all

Been out of the scene for a while and need to build a new machine.

I have a Corsair 900D and a 250D sat at home but only have room for the 250D at the moment.

I want to build a gaming PC on a budget using Mini ITX in the 250D simply to play DayZ (CPU intensive) and COD when i get some spare time! will all be displayed on my TV again due to space limitations although i would like a nice monitor early in the new year.

Can you suggest a build list, i already have a Corsair 800w modular PSU and the 250D and plenty of HDDs.

So i am looking for suggestions of Mobo, CPU, Ram and GPU.

Thanks

Tom
 
Budget? Anyway, a good but not too expensive option: i7 6700, Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI, any DDR4 3000mhz RAM - quantity up to you, GPU is tricky, you can fit pretty much any GPU available right now the only question is how much you're willing to spend. Pretty much any 970 & 390 is going to fit and run well in it (though obviously some better than others). If you go to ************ you can find tens of completed builds with the 250D for inspiration.
 
 
My 2c: That noctua cooler is not much better than stock one in terms of both temps & noise, while the cost could get you an i7 which would perform better anyway. Nor do you need to get a "mini" version of gpu, 250D is quite large for a mini-itx and you can fit in most cards, and they'd have better cooling & acoustics & performance.
 
No stock cooler with the 6600K and the Noctua is a well regarded unit, although I do concede the point about the GPU - a regular sized one would be a better bet
 
Thanks for the advice guys and apologies for the late reply as I have been away.
I know some of the games I play are very CPU intensive but would an i7 make much of a different it would a higher spec i5 be better value?

Also what you would be the best deal at this sort of price point if we go full size but still within the dimensions of my case?

Thanks all
 
An i5 will be fine, especially overclocked. The i7 is simply too expensive to consider given the minimal FPS increase you'd get.
 
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