Portable gaming rig

Brizzles

Brizzles

Brizzles

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Small form is not my forte, so would appreciate some help here :)

Needs to be able to travel abroad ( by Air ), and run in pretty hot climate - its in the 30's today for example.

I was thinking the BitFenix Prodigy case as it will take a simple watercooling loop ( self contained for transport reasons - Corsair Hydro H60 ? )

Can you spec me a decent system, £1000 budget ?

(No Monitor needed)

Thanks.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £269.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £123.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £119.99
1 x Silverstone Sugo SG05 HTPC Case with 450W Power Supply - All Black ( SST-SG05BB USB 3.0) £114.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £47.99
1 x Silverstone SST-NT06-E CPU-Cooler £28.99
1 x Samsung SN-208BB/BEBE Slimline 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - OEM £18.98
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable, 40cm (AK-CB050-40) £2.99
Total : £993.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).



and a 10mm x 120mm scythe fan blowing up from below the cooler.

or a 3570k and a step up on the GPU ladder/bigger SSD.

If your not sure what GPU's fit i suggest googling images "sg05 gtx670" don't listen to the 9" max bull ****
 
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Similar rough spec below:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £155.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £123.98
1 x Silverstone Sugo SG06 HTPC Case with 450W Power Supply - All Black (SST-SG06BB USB3.0) £109.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Zalman CNPS20LQ CPU Liquid Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1155/1156/1366/AMD FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £54.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19
Total : £895.70 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Did you need a DVD drive?
Do you need much storage space?
Fairly sure a 120mm rad will fit in the front of a Sugo SG05/06

[not done a spec in a while so may be a bit rusty, but this seems good for the money]

You don't need an i7 for gaming as most games don't utilise that many threads so its generally better to just save the money and get an i5.

Cheaper option (no overclocking):

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3550 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £164.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £155.99
1 x Silverstone Sugo SG06 HTPC Case with 450W Power Supply - All Black (SST-SG06BB USB3.0) £109.99
1 x Asus P8H77-I Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MiniITX Motherboard £83.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 11 Low Profile CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155/1156/775) £11.99
Total : £792.71 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
it keeps temps to about 70-75 under prime 95 blend at 4.4Ghz passive at 4.6Ghz it needs the extra air from the fan i have under it, the fan is silent though so i leave it on and run at 4.4Ghz.

its a tad fiddly to get on btw, if you want a fan underneath you have to remove the black cover and invert it. fit the fan before you mount and choose low profile ram as it gets a little tight.

(Modding required) You can watercool with the SG05 with the rad on the outside but if you use the sg06 it has to go inside which causes a whole bunch of compromises. having used the unbranded H80 in my last rig i would say don't bother the temps we no better than the cooler i have now.
 
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Gav_881 said:
it keeps temps to about 70-75 under prime 95 blend at 4.4Ghz passive at 4.6Ghz it needs the extra air from the fan i have under it, the fan is silent though so i leave it on and run at 4.4Ghz.

its a tad fiddly to get on btw, if you want a fan underneath you have to remove the black cover and invert it. fit the fan before you mount and choose low profile ram as it gets a little tight.
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Thanks, presumably at load with the passive NT06 the PSU fan is screaming to remove air? And the fan underneath is a 12mm Scythe 120mm fan? Samsung green Ram? Just finalising the buy list ;)
 
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