spec me a gaming mini-itx system

[Biohazard]

If anyone would oblige?

Ivybridge & a dedicated card, would like it to play bf3 confortably..that's as far as my vague specs go really. Already have hdd, budget lets say 350-500?

Thanks

 

[olivier renault]

case and everything?

Budget blown... But mind blown as well, hopefully.


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Asrock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
Total : £683.69 (includes shipping : £10.50).



A little bit more towards the budget.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x XFX HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £113.99
1 x Asus P8H77-I Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MiniITX Motherboard £82.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
Total : £546.73 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 

[honosuseri]

That's too vague mate really. Do you need an OS, keyboard and mouse etc etc

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £185.99
1 x Asrock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £55.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £43.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £536.92 (includes shipping : FREE).



Depending on what you need I would shoot for that. I know it's not an ivybridge CPU. I see this pentium at £50 as disposable, you could upgrade the CPU much later to an i5K and overclock it.

a lot of the mini-itx cases only take small PSUs and you can struggle to fit decent gaming GPUs into them aswell. As you can see going small doesn't keep the price small

 

[jamesfreddie]

Do you want small mini itx?

Or do you want the bitfenix which is as big as many micro atx cases?

 

[olivier renault]

Do you want small mini itx?

Or do you want the bitfenix which is as big as many micro atx cases?

You have to be able to fit a decent graphics card and PSU in there. If he wants something to carry around, the BitFenix is pretty much ideal.

 

[Biohazard]

thanks for those guys , i have peripherals and os just need a gamig system with a much smaller footprint than a full atx tower. Sorry for vagueness typing on phone and ps3 ftw

 

[Biohazard]

Do you want small mini itx?

Or do you want the bitfenix which is as big as many micro atx cases?

i have no idea tbh, just small enough to fit dedicated graphics into? small as possible given budget. dont really need dvd drive if that would make a difference to the case considerations?

Sorry, totally out of the 'loop' these days and only have a gaming hobby now. Want the PC as non intruisive as possible.

 

[tamzzy]

you shouldnt get the asrock z77 itx board if you're planning to air-cool the beast. the placement of the cpu means that any potential large heatsink would obscure the pci-e slot.

 

[Biohazard]

case and everything?

Budget blown... But mind blown as well, hopefully.


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Asrock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
Total : £683.69 (includes shipping : £10.50).



A little bit more towards the budget.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x XFX HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £113.99
1 x Asus P8H77-I Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MiniITX Motherboard £82.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
Total : £546.73 (includes shipping : £10.50).

What is the benefit of the more exensive motherboard? ta

 

[Rooster212]

Problem is that the really small nice cases are expensive!
This is what I'd go for in a small form factor (unless you want to be playing games at high details, you could lower the graphics card).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £88.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £32.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £15.98
Total : £504.91 (includes shipping : FREE).





You'll also need storage, either SSD or mechanical hard drive (or both)
1 x OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £134.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** £74.99

 

[tamzzy]

the h77 does not support cpu overclocking. that's the main gist of it. if you're gonna get a h77 mobo, as opposed to a z77 mobo, you could save yourself some $$$ and not get a k-series processor

 

[Rooster212]

What is the benefit of the more exensive motherboard? ta

The more expensive is a Z77, which allows overclocking, whereas the H77 doesn't! Depends whether you want to overclock really

 

[Biohazard]

thanks rooster i didnt know the clocking boards are out.

would a 7850 fit in a lian li PC-Q08B ?

i can move the budget, and want to keep it smalll. currently at 658 without hsf with 7850, 2500k the asrock and other bits and bobs. will decide if i want or need to overclock tonight and order tomorrow.

 

[gropingmantis]

Dont bother with the Bitfenix if you actually want a reasonable sized case. Try the Silverstone SG07 or SG08 they can fit any length double slot GPU and come with good PSUs (someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think Silverstone's PSUs are FSP?).

Re mobo if you want to OC then you need a Z77 board and the one to go for is the Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe which is about £150-160.

 

[Biohazard]

what sort of of performance is what i mentioned above going to give at stock at 1920 x 1080 in BF3, decent frames on ultra?

 

[gropingmantis]

Id probably say an i5 and something like a 6900/7800 or a 570/670? Not 100% on BF3 specs but I would say a quad core for sure. Probably look at 8GB RAM too.