What you think of this spec? anything you would change.

matt_griff · 5 Sep 2012 at 20:14

Hi, im building a small, silent pc and want your advice.
it will be used for browsing the internet, microsoft office and maybe a game of football manager at the most.

Case - BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
CPU - Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
PSU - Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
Ram - TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit £35.99
DVD RW - Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash - Retail £20.99
MotherBoard- ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 £102
Monitor - Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor £130
Keyboard - Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270 £20
Mouse - Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX £40
Printer - Canon PIXMA iP4950 £55
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM £83.99

Total - £792.93

i have a 1tb samsung spinpoint f3 HDD spare so will be using that.

What you think?

stulid · 5 Sep 2012 at 20:23

Nice mate.

The HD4000 IGP should be very sufficient for your needs.

Ethermaster · 5 Sep 2012 at 20:23

I would change that Mobo to this one

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (Socket 1155/Intel Z77.DDR3/S-ATA 600/Mini ITX) £159.98
Total : £170.78 (includes shipping : £9.00).

As someone else where ran into problems mounting a after market CPU cooler on to the AsRock ITX board with the mount failing the mSATA port on the rear of the board.

Linky

Also you could save yourself some reddies and drop to an i3 for your needs if your not going to anything to demanding on the system

tjlld · 5 Sep 2012 at 22:19

Ethermaster said:
Also you could save yourself some reddies and drop to an i3 for your needs if your not going to anything to demanding on the system

Or even a G840?

matt_griff · 5 Sep 2012 at 22:40

ok thanks for the advice, would this setup be silent?

Idleman · 5 Sep 2012 at 23:11

Cheaper board.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-523-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2071

stulid · 5 Sep 2012 at 23:14

Im not 100% sure about this but,

• You can either not overclock with a H77 board
• Or you can only adjust up to the max Turbo.

I've tried looking, cant be sure either way.

Alasdairhurst · 5 Sep 2012 at 23:19

matt_griff said:
ok thanks for the advice, would this setup be silent?

the loudest thing will probably be the CPU cooler. I would get a different one with a quieter, larger fan

THe small stock ones tend to be whiny little buggers!

matt_griff · 5 Sep 2012 at 23:27

Idleman said:
Cheaper board.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-523-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2071

was told i need a Z77 board for ivy bridge not a H77.

could you recommend a silent heatsink?

would the fans included in the case be enough cooling, and are they silent or would it be worth getting some extra fans?

Idleman · 5 Sep 2012 at 23:40

stulid said:
Im not 100% sure about this but,

• You can either not overclock with a H77 board
• Or you can only adjust up to the max Turbo.

I've tried looking, cant be sure either way.

Only with an unlocked Cpu, it would seem.

Found this. http://www.overclock.net/t/1281888/asus-p8h77-i-mini-itx-motherboard

http://www.overclock.net/t/1287877/intel-h77-motherboards-supporting-full-overclocking

Ethermaster · 6 Sep 2012 at 07:42

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £97.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Asus P8H77-I Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MiniITX Motherboard £83.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £630.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

That should suit you, if you must have mini-itx in that case

the GPU is much much better then the iGPU on the intel chips and would allow you to play games like BF3 at stupid high setting.

millsd44 · 6 Sep 2012 at 07:53

Ethermaster said:
the GPU is much much better then the iGPU on the intel chips and would allow you to play games like BF3 at stupid high setting.

Isn't that a bit irrelevant considering the OP only wants to play FM?

Idleman · 6 Sep 2012 at 09:47

Ethermaster said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £97.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Asus P8H77-I Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MiniITX Motherboard £83.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £630.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

That should suit you, if you must have mini-itx in that case the GPU is much much better then the iGPU on the intel chips and would allow you to play games like BF3 at stupid high setting.

No OS. No Mouse. No Keyboard. No Printer. Not bad.

matt_griff · 6 Sep 2012 at 20:24

im going to go for this

Case - BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
CPU - Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
PSU - Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
Ram - TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit £35.99
DVD RW - Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash - Retail £20.99
motherboard - Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (Socket 1155/Intel Z77.DDR3/S-ATA 600/Mini ITX) £159.98
Monitor - Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor £130
Keyboard - Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270 £20
Mouse - Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX £40
Printer - Canon PIXMA iP4950 £55
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM £83.99
HDD - Samsung spinpoint F3 1TB - already have one.
speakers - already have some.

Total - £850.91

now is there anything you would change before i make the order on monday?

i wanted to know if at a later date i wanted to play games could i just add a GPU?
will this system be totally silent, someone mentioned the standard heatsink will be the noisiest thing, could you recommend me a silent one that will fit?
also would the fans provided with the case be enough to cool the system down and would they be silent, if not could you recommend?

what else do i need to build this computer, i built one for a friend around 2 years back and i think the only thing i have missing from the above is some thermal paste?

can you see anything else missing that i need?

and last question lol, am i limiting myself or paying more for a smaller computer, if i had a standard size case would i be better off or not?