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New Mini ITX Gaming Rig - Any Improvements to my specs?

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August 24, 2013 10:58:19 PM

Hi, new member at Tom's but have been using the site for many years.

Im looking to build an extremely portable Gaming System as i have to travel overseas a lot for work. Other Requirements - Lightweight and Silent.

I already have a laptop for work and light Gaming (Gt630m) but I would prefer to have a powerful system to play the next generation of games at High Settings at full HD.

Here is the System i have in mind -

Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor

Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk

Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive

Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card

Silverstone SG06BB-450-USB3.0 (Black) Mini ITX Desktop Case w/450W Power Supply

Samsung SN-208BB DVD/CD Writer

Please let me know if i can make any improvements to the build, it costs around 1200$ in the US.

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August 24, 2013 11:25:14 PM

i was first looking at the case and that it comes with a PSU - thats usually an oh no. and then seeing a graphics card i am thinking - trouble

BUT i looked at the feedback on amazon and new egg:
http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Tek-SG06BB-450-USB3-0...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

and saw a 560ti in an amazon comment and a 670 on the newegg feedback. so i went to the silver stone site and think i found the PSU itself -well the only 450 watt SFX:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=253&area=...

and that thing has a juicy enough 12 volt rail (36 amps) and a 6 and 6+2 (8) pin power connections for a GPU.
since it looks like your getting a "locked" CPU that will draw less than 100 watts and a GPU under 200 (by far) no sweat.

btw, the asus 670 "mini" has been out for awhile. but i just saw this "announcement:
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini Detailed – Tiny Yet Powerful

but hey looks good to me but someone else might make a great suggestion - good luck in your travels and gaming.

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August 25, 2013 1:05:52 AM

qbsinfo said:
i was first looking at the case and that it comes with a PSU - thats usually an oh no. and then seeing a graphics card i am thinking - trouble

BUT i looked at the feedback on amazon and new egg:
http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Tek-SG06BB-450-USB3-0...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

and saw a 560ti in an amazon comment and a 670 on the newegg feedback. so i went to the silver stone site and think i found the PSU itself -well the only 450 watt SFX:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=253&area=...

and that thing has a juicy enough 12 volt rail (36 amps) and a 6 and 6+2 (8) pin power connections for a GPU.
since it looks like your getting a "locked" CPU that will draw less than 100 watts and a GPU under 200 (by far) no sweat.

btw, the asus 670 "mini" has been out for awhile. but i just saw this "announcement:
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini Detailed – Tiny Yet Powerful

but hey looks good to me but someone else might make a great suggestion - good luck in your travels and gaming.



The 760 Mini Looks Great but it seems to be 100$ more so i dont think i will go for it.

Is the stock cooler on the Intel Processor silent enough or should i Upgrade to another cooler - Suggestions ?

Also is there any other case which is just as small or smaller which can house these same components ?
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