What do you think to these mITX components?

JaseUK · 12 Aug 2015 at 20:58

I am downgrading the PC that's in my signature mainly because I simply don't game as much as I once did. Having said that I still want a small mITX pc that will be sat in my living room running my Dell U2515H 1440p monitor.

At this moment in time I think the only game I will be really playing is lotro which doesn't need all that much grunt. I still want to watch blu-ray movies and rip the odd disc and also stream movies/files over my home network.

Everything in my sig apart from the memory, Disk Drive, and ssd/hdd will be getting sold.

I want to keep everything as low cost as possible.

I have done some looking around and have come up with this so far: -

Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual Core (Socket 1150)
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Graphics Card
ASRock B85M-ITX Intel Socket 1150 Motherboard
Cooler Master Elite 130 Black ITX Case

I haven't listed a psu yet only because I'm not sure which one to go for. I currently own this - EVGA Supernova GS 650W

The case cant be any bigger than the one listed as it will be sitting in a cabinet with limited space.

Any advice would be great.

mickyflinn · 12 Aug 2015 at 21:34

The Cooler Master Elite 130 Supports standard length ATX PSU and gpu's up to 343mm, so you possibly could reuse your psu and gpu.

http://www.coolermaster.com/case/mini-itx-elite-series/elite130/

JaseUK · 12 Aug 2015 at 22:17

mickyflinn said:
The Cooler Master Elite 130 Supports standard length ATX PSU and gpu's up to 343mm, so you possibly could reuse your psu and gpu.

http://www.coolermaster.com/case/mini-itx-elite-series/elite130/

I want to sell the 980 as it's overkill for what I need and I want to make some money back

wellibob · 12 Aug 2015 at 22:53

I'm selling something maybe of interest in members market in for sale. Mini itx rig.

JaseUK · 13 Aug 2015 at 08:44

wellibob said:
I'm selling something maybe of interest in members market in for sale. Mini itx rig.

I've had a look but I'll pass thanks

JaseUK · 14 Aug 2015 at 10:44

Can anyone recommend a psu for this spec please?

mjones1 · 14 Aug 2015 at 17:19

The CM 130 is (18.6L) so you have a lot of smaller options get the Raijintek Metis(13.4L) or sg13 (11.5L), SG05 (10.8L but requires sfx psu) and all look better in my opinion. Personally i would just keep the psu just incase you change your mind.

JaseUK · 15 Aug 2015 at 13:18

mjones1 said:
The CM 130 is (18.6L) so you have a lot of smaller options get the Raijintek Metis(13.4L) or sg13 (11.5L), SG05 (10.8L but requires sfx psu) and all look better in my opinion. Personally i would just keep the psu just incase you change your mind.

Thanks for the info. I really do like the Raijintek Metis case.

JaseUK · 20 Aug 2015 at 09:29

I ended up going for the following: -

Intel i3 4170
MSI B85I Motherboard
Corsair 8GB Low Voltage DDR3 Vengeance LP
Silverstone Strider 500W Fully Modular PSU
Raijintek Metis Case