Spec me a SFF build to sit on my desk (£1k)

[noxidjkram@hotm]

Looking for an SFF build with Intel Ultra 9, 32GB+ RAM, and decent discrete graphics. All housed in a 20-25L case.

Any ideas for parts, or a whole build greatly appreciated.

Not built a rig for many years, so coming at this fresh and n00by.

Cheers
M

 

[noxidjkram@hotm]

I'm looking SFF as I'd like the PC to sit in a small space on my desk rather than under it. Its a motorised desk so would like to easily move it to standing position - can't do that due to cable length with a PC on the floor underneath.

 

[bakes0310]

 

[DotA]

Might need to be a bit more spacific. you can fit atx in 15l. I would say find a case you like first as everything else is too up in the air without it as parts are a lot less likly to fit depending how small you get and the smaller you get the more of the ITX tax you spend to make it that small.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Ssupd Meshlicious Mini ITX Case - Full Mesh - White (SKU: CA-001-SU) = £119.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Terra Mini-ITX Case - Graphite (SKU: CA-0AY-FD) = £174.95
• 1 x Streacom DA2 Mini-ITX Case - Silver (SKU: CA-05H-SR) = £199.99

Total: £510.92 (includes delivery: £15.99)​

 

[robnut]

I currently have the Deepcool CH-170a its 19l iirc, takes most air coolers and a small footprint due to vertical style. Ive just purchased a dan a4-h20 from ocuk to try and downsize again. Biggest drawback with the CH-170 is its a bit of a pain to take apart to clean, other than that, fantastic.

 

[DotA]

Is the Dan include in the price or is it Case + 1k?

What is the build for? gaming?

As if its Gaming, currently the amd systems are the better shout currently i would argue.

Any parts to come accross or could be reused? SSD,s? Coolers?

 

[noxidjkram@hotm]

Is the Dan include in the price or is it Case + 1k?

What is the build for? gaming?

As if its Gaming, currently the amd systems are the better shout currently i would argue.

Any parts to come accross or could be reused? SSD,s? Coolers?

£1k is a guideline, rather than absolute. Can flex upover for the right build.

It would be light gaming. Possibly going to do a Proxmox build with at least 2 Win 11 installs (work / home separated use).

I'm thinking all new as current ATX rig is 6 years old.

 

[DotA]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £188.99
• 1 x Asrock B850I Lightning WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Mini-ITX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-04013) = £199.99
• 1 x CORSAIR SF Series SF750 Fully Modular 80 PLUS Platinum SFX Power Supply (SKU: POW-CRS-02468) = £154.99
• 1 x Crucial P310 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-03049) = £61.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-02219) = £89.99
• 1 x Thermalright Aqua Elite 240 Black ARGB V3 All In One CPU Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03254) = £39.95
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT Reaper 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-05257) = £329.99

Total: £1,073.88 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

A little bit over.

A platform that you can upgrade down the line.

iv seen the Mobo and Cpu go down in price in offers frequently in the last 6 months.

the Ram could be upgraded to a cl30 kit comapred to a cl36 kit for an exstra £15-£20 but not sure if it would be worth it. Could spend a little more for an 8 core but i would say for gaming an extra money is bettter spent on getting a better GPU.

 

[DotA]

the CPU AIO fits the case form a reddit post that i saw.

I have the older version of the corsiar psu and its been great, not noisy and been rock solid.

 

[noxidjkram@hotm]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £188.99
• 1 x Asrock B850I Lightning WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Mini-ITX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-04013) = £199.99
• 1 x CORSAIR SF Series SF750 Fully Modular 80 PLUS Platinum SFX Power Supply (SKU: POW-CRS-02468) = £154.99
• 1 x Crucial P310 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-03049) = £61.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-02219) = £89.99
• 1 x Thermalright Aqua Elite 240 Black ARGB V3 All In One CPU Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03254) = £39.95
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT Reaper 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-05257) = £329.99

Total: £1,073.88 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

A little bit over.

A platform that you can upgrade down the line.

iv seen the Mobo and Cpu go down in price in offers frequently in the last 6 months.

the Ram could be upgraded to a cl30 kit comapred to a cl36 kit for an exstra £15-£20 but not sure if it would be worth it. Could spend a little more for an 8 core but i would say for gaming an extra money is bettter spent on getting a better GPU.

Really nice - thank you. I think I might prefer other GfX - not fond of AMD for those now I think about it.

 

[DotA]

Are you playing at 4k?

 

[noxidjkram@hotm]

Are you playing at 4k?

A great question. I can get a pre-built high-end 2025 Asus ROG NUC for less than that. I'm not gonna say no, as my experience is that if I buy high-end it will last long enough to pay for itself, but I doubt something that expensive is something I need (it's also likely to chew a lot of electricity).

 

[noxidjkram@hotm]

Are you playing at 4k?

Ohhh... lol.... you mean 4k Res.... no.

I do have the monitors in sig that are powered by main rig tho.

 

[DotA]

A 5060ti 16gb is 400 but a 5070 is only £70 more and is a lot faster, the only downside is the 12gb ram, there are the rumurs of the super models having more ram but not so sure when they are due to come out and how much more they would be.