Spec check please

[nick.lidgett]

Its upgrade time, after doing the whole custom loop, SLI, huge case and even a custom desk I really fancy a powerful, single card solution.
Ive never used ITX before so I think I will go down this route for a change.

My Current Specs are;

8gb 1600 Corsair Vengence
Z87 MSI Mpower
i5 4670k @ stock
Antec 750w PSU
AMD R290x

I mainly use my PC to game at 1440 and stream media.

Here is what I have put together and I think its fairly solid but its a whole chunk of cash so I would like other opinions.

I have not included optical drive as I dont use one and I already have an SSD and HDD

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x NZXT Manta Mini-ITX Case - Black/Red Window= £109.99
• 1 x Asus Z170I Pro Gaming Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini ITX Motherboard= £139.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £310.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A24= £79.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £95.99
• 1 x NZXT KRAKEN X61 280mm AIO Water Cooling Unit= £126.95
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X RGB 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £679.99

Total: £1,543.89
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[ExRayTed]

Keep what you have and just change the GPU and maybe another 8gb RAM. If you really, really want to go ITX then get a new 1150 motherboard and case. Can't see the sense in spending all that cash on a new motherboard/cpu/ram for very minimal improvements.

 

[nick.lidgett]

Hey, thanks for the reply,

I took on board what you suggested about getting a 1150 ITX board and using all my other stuff but I cant seem to find one on OCUKs website and the other retailer I use only stocks 2 rubbish ones.

Considering nobody has commented, bashing my spec im just going to go ahead and order it up, this should see me right for a while.

 

[stulid]

Must be a 3000Mhz ram kit in stock? Probably cheaper too.

 

[nick.lidgett]

Must be a 3000Mhz ram kit in stock? Probably cheaper too.

Stulid, if I am going to be completely honest I have absolutely no idea about DDR4 RAM speeds and thought I was playing it safe.

Will faster ram just work out of the box or is it a simple case of selecting it in the bios like DDR3?

Cheers!

 

[stulid]

Set XMP in the BIOS and save+exit.

Here's a kit - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...nnel-kit-black-red-tdprd416g30-my-071-tg.html


280mm AIO - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...iquid-cpu-cooler-cw-9060026-ww-hs-036-cs.html

You probably only need a 550watt PSU also - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...lus-gold-power-supply-gunmetal-ca-048-sf.html

 

[lee32uk]

That case is pretty big by ITX standards.

If you went for something like the Corsair 400C you could reuse your current cpu/board/ram and just replace the gpu. This case is 38mm taller than the Manta, but it is smaller in overall diameter and depth.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Carbide 400C Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Window (CC-9011081-WW)= £95.99

Total: £107.09
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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