September 2013 Mini ITX Portable Gaming Build

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ochirutenshi

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Sept 2013 Best Portable Gaming PC Build (Check)
As title said, my concern on this build is 50-50 on budget and value.
My focus is indeed on budget though when i can give another 10 or 20 dollars more for better deal or value, i wouldnt like to missed it.
Its kinda bad to miss a better chance if i took another 5 steps.
I am also not an overclocker and for sure I want a system that possible to be carry on luggage bag.

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate FPP - 64 Bit
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (White) Mini ITX Tower or EVGA Hadron Air
PSU:

MB: Gigabyte GA-Z77N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1155
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K or other which around this requirement (Intel® Core™ i5 2.66GHｚ) Any AMD Contender? I hear its cheaper.
RAM: ??????? (minimal RAM requirement for game I play 4GB, i think im gonna take 2x4GB)

SSD: ???????
2nd HD: ???????

GPU: ??????? (at least around this requirement NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 660 or higher, AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 or higher)
Monitor: ??????? (requirement 1920x1080 capable)

DVD: ???????
K & M: I can buy or not. If buy prefer mini. I think since this is portable K&M is not that important.
Wi-/Headphone: Since headphone is smaller in size than speaker.
WebCam: Any good standard small webcam is good.

Please all the master on this field give advise for me to start, ive been doing research but im still so not sure.
Thank you in advance I like to express for the time and advise given. Arigatou Gozaimasu.
 
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Processor: i5-4430
Reason: Great i5 at a cheap price. At stock, you will notice no difference between the i5-4430, i5-4670, i5-4670k. Since you're not overclocking, this is a great processor at a great price.

Motherboard: Any mini-itx H87 chipset motherboard (ASRock H87M-ITX, Asus H87I-Plus, Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI)
Reason: H87 chipsets are locked, meaning they don't allow for overclocking. Since you don't plan on overclocking, it's the perfect chipset for you.

RAM: Any 2x4gb RAM rated at 1600mhz, CAS 9, and 1.5v.
Reason: That is the standard ram spec used in most builds. There's not a huge performance increase in games from 1600mhz to 2400mhz, but the price increase is huge. Stick with 1600mhz and save yourself some money. Most brands...
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Hmm... No Budget limit predicted. But im trying to press as much as possible.
Im in Indonesia will buy from retail store.
Im playing FFXIV ARR.

Recommended System Requirements
OS Windows® 7 64 bit
CPU Intel® Core™ i5　2.66GHｚ
Memory 4GB
Available space on hard disk/SSD 20GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 660 or higher, AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 or higher
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Internet Persistent broadband internet connection required
Sound Card DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
DirectX® DirectX® 9.0c or higher
 
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ochirutenshi

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There is no link. But i think its ok, you can based it on US price. Since i believe most of them will just charge us based on:
US Price+Import Tax+Distributor Profit Intended+Retail Store Profit Intended = Selling Price.

Dont worry my friend, i will take your suggestion based on your local price or international price its OK ^_^
Very much appreciated for your very professional advise.
Lol.. Someday i will move to america when im on my pension age and just lived there on home sweet home michigan.
 
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Processor: i5-4430
Reason: Great i5 at a cheap price. At stock, you will notice no difference between the i5-4430, i5-4670, i5-4670k. Since you're not overclocking, this is a great processor at a great price.

Motherboard: Any mini-itx H87 chipset motherboard (ASRock H87M-ITX, Asus H87I-Plus, Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI)
Reason: H87 chipsets are locked, meaning they don't allow for overclocking. Since you don't plan on overclocking, it's the perfect chipset for you.

RAM: Any 2x4gb RAM rated at 1600mhz, CAS 9, and 1.5v.
Reason: That is the standard ram spec used in most builds. There's not a huge performance increase in games from 1600mhz to 2400mhz, but the price increase is huge. Stick with 1600mhz and save yourself some money. Most brands will do fine, but the better brands are G.Skill, Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, Mushkin, and Patriot.

HDD: Western Digital Blue 1tb or Seagate Barracuda 1tb
Reason: Standard 7200rpm HDDs. Both are good, whichever one is cheaper is the better buy.

Video Card: Radeon HD 7950 or GTX 760.
Reason: Both cards do very well in games at a good price. The GTX 760 is a bit more expensive but it's also a bit stronger as well. For Radeon brands, most brands like Gigabyte, Asus, Sapphire, and MSI are fine. I would avoid Powercooler and XFX as their cooling isn't the greatest.
For GTX 760 brands, any is good. Just make sure it's a dual fan cooling solution. Some EVGA GTX 760 use the reference design blower style cooler, which only features one fan and it doesn't cool as effectively as the dual fan solutions.

Case: Bitfenix Prodigy
Reason: Small, good looking, flexible. Great case and even you chose it.

PSU: Any 500-600w psu from Corsair (NO CX!), Seasonic, PC Power and Cooling (MK III series only), Antec (High Current Gamer and High Current Pro series only), and XFX.
Reason: All of those brands stated are high quality power supplies, just watch out for some of the bad ones they make like Corsair's CX line-up.
500-600w is enough for this set-up.

OS: Windows 8
Reason: Faster boot times and better security over Windows 7. Also newer. You can download Start8 to turn your Windows 8 to look like Windows 7 while keeping the advantage Windows 8 has to offer.

You can also add a 128gb SSD in as well if you want for extremely fast boot times.
 
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What do you think if i switch from intel to AMD. I always heard they always cheaper when compared horizontally.
Is this right? and also how about GPU? between NVIDIA and RADEON? Any opinion?
 
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You can't switch from Intel to AMD because AMD doesn't have any mini-itx motherboards.
For the gpu, both Radeon and NVIDIA is good.
The 7950 is a bit cheaper but the GTX 760 is a bit stronger. It's up to you, and you can't go wrong with either choices.
The Hadron Air is nice and all, but it's extremely expensive. It's about 2.5x the prodigy's price.
 
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Great stuff realchaos! I used this guide to build my rig and I'm so happy with it!
Here's what i built:
Processor: i5 4570
Memory: G.Skill Ares 2x4gb 1600 CL9
Motherboard: Asus H87i Plus
Video Card: MSI GTX 760 TF Gaming
Storage: WD Caviar Blue 1tb
Power Supply: Seasonic M12ii 520w
Case: Bitfenix Prodigy

Thanks for the guide!! Helped me out a lot!
 
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Glad to hear fellow reader get advantage from this discussion.
For others too, this might be helpful for you guys. Happy reading. As for me, im still havent built it.
Need time to make my feeling said its the right time to buy.
I still run around looking for other case.
After awhile, i got that my priority is more towards size & travel comfort > Price > performance.
But at least i want a Good one to be able to play Final Fantasy XIV ARR.
 
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If the Bitfenix is too big for you, I will highly recommend the Cooler Master Elite 130 and please turn the front fan around to act as an exhaust giving the case a negative pressure so air flows through instead of sits. It's nearly half the size but still fits mostly the same parts, just get a good cpu cooler under 70 mms or a 120mm radiator.
 
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