Spec Me Small...

[GoblinKingUK]

Hi Guys,

My Dad wants a PC that can fit under the TV and be used mostly for hardcore gaming for my nephew who comes and visits. I guess this means getting someting like those HTPC or M-ITX thingys which I dont really know much about im more into the mainstream bigger stuff.

Therefore can anyone spec me one of these that is powerful enough to play all the latest games - Dont need O/S, monitor, keyboard or mouse.

Budget is around £500.

Cheers my brothers

 

[mickyflinn]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2130 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £52.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £52.98
1 x MSI H61I-E35 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £46.99
1 x Lian Li PC-Q07A Mini-ITX Cube Case - Silver £44.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £538.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 

[Mei]

one from a sister

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £52.98
1 x Intel Pentium G850 2.90GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £50.39
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
Total : £532.31 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 

[vanandjuanunited]

Dimensions needed for space where pc is to be situated

 

[GoblinKingUK]

Cheers for your specs guys (and girls )
Its to fit under a TV on a stadnard TV stand (will be replacing a PS3 fat) and cant be any higher than 18cm (so the case above are too high).
The specs themselves seems ok but i forgot I dont need the optical drive also. Is there a smaller case I can use?

Cheers

 

[GoblinKingUK]

ok, just had a little look around after reading your specs above and the height restrictions etc. and may be able to add a little more to the budget and come up with the below:

ASRock Z77E-ITX
i5-3570K (if I can't get extra budget ill go with the i3 instead)
Kingston HyperX 8GB
Silverstone Sugo SG05 (at just under 18cm should fit snug)
Seagate 500gb
Msi Geforce GTX660 OC Twin Frozr

Couple of things, the case comes with a 450Watt PSU, will that be enough? and secondly, will the GTX660 fit?

if no, any other case suggestions

Cheers

 

[mickyflinn]

THE Silverstone Sugo SG05 comes with a 80 Plus certified SFX 300W power supply included.

You should BE looking a a decent power supply of at least 500w.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

You can get the SG05 with a 450w PSU instead of the older 300w, should do the trick nicely.

Edit: Looks like the 660 would fit, going by the reference card dimensions?

 

[GoblinKingUK]

Cheers guys, yes the case I saw comes with the 450w PSU so im glad that will be fine Okay then, with the 660 also getting the green light I think thats it then. cheers all very much for your help with this, wasn't at tricky as I thought actually

Cheers again.