Speccing a light gaming rig

deano-5

deano-5

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Hi I need help deciding what to use for a light gaming rig.
I play Simcity, Civ 5, Fallout and Skyrim.

It needs to be small machine with a Silverstone 450w PSU.
I'm going to be using my 650ti 2gb card for now.
It will need a slot loading dvd drive.

So I need a low price mini itx board (wifi if possible), cpu and ram.
 
Yes, the Z97 is the new range of motherboards for Haswell refresh due shortly :)

I am not sure on the WI-FI checking the Asus shows no arial.

I should have mentioned in my post able about the updated Haswell range.
 
It depends on your budget, if your looking to spend around £500 ~ on a full system then AMD 6300 is a good buy, if your able to spend a little more then Intel tends to take the lead.

But as you have not mentioned a actual budget I thought I go all out, also ITX boards don't seem to be around for the AM3 platform.
 
deano-5 said:
£350 is great. How important is ram speed ie mhz?
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Not terribly, unless it's an APU rig, which yours won't be (as the RAM would be used for graphics and more speed = better performance). Anything from 1600 to 2400 will be fine. What RJC specced - 2133MHz, is viewed as the "sweet spot" by many right now.
 
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