Mini Itx build at 1068 USD With Gtx 780: Comments? Critiques? Can you see anything potentially problematic?
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dj2yan
February 21, 2014 7:06:37 PM
I allready have a monitor and a mouse and keyboard so that made things easier:
(Im not overclocking)
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2XIfV
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($196.98 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.12 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ECS H81H3-I/HDMI (V1.0) Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($66.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($20.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1068.29
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-21 22:04 EST-0500)
Anyway to improve it. Remove flaws and maybe even bring the price down to 1000?
Ty in advance.
(Im not overclocking)
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2XIfV
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($196.98 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.12 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ECS H81H3-I/HDMI (V1.0) Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($66.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($20.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1068.29
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-21 22:04 EST-0500)
Anyway to improve it. Remove flaws and maybe even bring the price down to 1000?
Ty in advance.
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jeremyp79
February 21, 2014 8:01:34 PM
Get a different SSD, I bought the same one, and it's slower than my 7200 rpm hard drive. They had to go with a different company(Toshiba made the internals previously), and the performance is nowhere near what they advertise. I have a crucial m500 120g in my system as well, and it works wonderfully. Samsung pro and evo series SSD's are supposed to be great as well.
Other than that, I would bump it up to a tx or hx series power supply, the cx series are known to have some issues. Not the typical Corsair quality that we are all used to.
Other than that, I would bump it up to a tx or hx series power supply, the cx series are known to have some issues. Not the typical Corsair quality that we are all used to.
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dj2yan
February 21, 2014 8:20:23 PM
After doing that my budget does get damaged a bit.. I could switch down to a gtx 770.
How's this for the build then? Anyway I can possibly squeeze in a k processor ( just in case i do need to oc sometime in the future..)and still keep the PC under 1000?PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($196.98 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.12 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ECS H81H3-I/HDMI (V1.0) Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.31 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($96.55 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($20.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $972.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-21 23:18 EST-0500)
How's this for the build then? Anyway I can possibly squeeze in a k processor ( just in case i do need to oc sometime in the future..)and still keep the PC under 1000?PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($196.98 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.12 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ECS H81H3-I/HDMI (V1.0) Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.31 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($96.55 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($20.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $972.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-21 23:18 EST-0500)
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jeremyp79
February 21, 2014 8:36:16 PM
dj2yan
February 22, 2014 2:43:57 AM
dj2yan
February 22, 2014 2:46:16 AM
Rammy
February 22, 2014 3:59:22 AM
Motherboard and CPU cooler are unlikely to be compatible. It's pretty hard to be definitive about this, and it might well be possible to flip the cooler 90degrees to get it to fit, but it's totally against the airflow of the case. The cool thing is, you don't need a CPU cooler at all, let alone one that big.
If you want value for money, ditch the cooler entirely.
If you want something that fits that motherboard, get a ~90mm fan based tower cooler like a Hyper TX3 (there are loads of them).
If you desperately want to include a Hyper 212, you'll need to find a motherboard with a more central CPU socket - this is not a standard location on ITX boards (ASRock H81M-ITX should work)
If you don't see yourself upgrading memory at any point, get 2*4Gb, as it is faster than 1*8Gb. For gaming, 8Gb is likely to be more than enough for quite a long time.
SSD isn't amazing, but it'll suffice. Personally I'd go for an $80 Crucial M500 or Samsung 840 EVO.
Based on your components, there is no real need for a Bitfenix Prodigy (It's way bigger than you need). If you want to force the budget down then go for an Elite 120/130, it'll fit all of your components (apart from the CPU cooler you don't need) and come in a lot cheaper.
PSU - Don't buy a Corsair PSU at all, there really is no compelling reason to in your situation (there are actually very few Corsair PSUs worth buying at the moment). For cheaper than the CX you had originally, you can have a far superior Antec HCG-620M for $65 after rebates, and it pretty much blows away any alternatives at the moment - it also works with either the Elite 130 or the Bitfenix Prodigy, unlike some PSUs which won't be suited to one or the other.
If that offer expires, or rebates don't interest you, then shop around. The XFX Core 550 is both great quality and competitively priced, though it's not modular. Pretty much anything made by Seasonic or Superflower is likely to be a great unit (so by extension some Antecs, some Corsairs, some Rosewills, all XFX...) but remember if you stick with a Prodigy case you are limited to 160mm in length and this will rule out quite a few PSUs.
No point buying a 4670K, even if it's on offer, if you can't overclock. Get a 4430/4440 or the 4570 you had originally depending on pricing. TLDR version is - cheaper the better, there is such a small a gap in performance.
Going with a H81 board is fine if you don't need any of the features of more expensive chipsets (extra SATA6, USB3.0, SSD caching, Overclocking, Wifi etc etc) but personally I'd probably avoid ECS and go with a more well known brand, and on a $1000+ build I'd probably find myself stepping up to at least a B85 chipset. On the plus side, for the price, the ECS is basically unbeatable and has a surprisingly decent feature/port accompaniment.
If you want value for money, ditch the cooler entirely.
If you want something that fits that motherboard, get a ~90mm fan based tower cooler like a Hyper TX3 (there are loads of them).
If you desperately want to include a Hyper 212, you'll need to find a motherboard with a more central CPU socket - this is not a standard location on ITX boards (ASRock H81M-ITX should work)
If you don't see yourself upgrading memory at any point, get 2*4Gb, as it is faster than 1*8Gb. For gaming, 8Gb is likely to be more than enough for quite a long time.
SSD isn't amazing, but it'll suffice. Personally I'd go for an $80 Crucial M500 or Samsung 840 EVO.
Based on your components, there is no real need for a Bitfenix Prodigy (It's way bigger than you need). If you want to force the budget down then go for an Elite 120/130, it'll fit all of your components (apart from the CPU cooler you don't need) and come in a lot cheaper.
PSU - Don't buy a Corsair PSU at all, there really is no compelling reason to in your situation (there are actually very few Corsair PSUs worth buying at the moment). For cheaper than the CX you had originally, you can have a far superior Antec HCG-620M for $65 after rebates, and it pretty much blows away any alternatives at the moment - it also works with either the Elite 130 or the Bitfenix Prodigy, unlike some PSUs which won't be suited to one or the other.
If that offer expires, or rebates don't interest you, then shop around. The XFX Core 550 is both great quality and competitively priced, though it's not modular. Pretty much anything made by Seasonic or Superflower is likely to be a great unit (so by extension some Antecs, some Corsairs, some Rosewills, all XFX...) but remember if you stick with a Prodigy case you are limited to 160mm in length and this will rule out quite a few PSUs.
No point buying a 4670K, even if it's on offer, if you can't overclock. Get a 4430/4440 or the 4570 you had originally depending on pricing. TLDR version is - cheaper the better, there is such a small a gap in performance.
Going with a H81 board is fine if you don't need any of the features of more expensive chipsets (extra SATA6, USB3.0, SSD caching, Overclocking, Wifi etc etc) but personally I'd probably avoid ECS and go with a more well known brand, and on a $1000+ build I'd probably find myself stepping up to at least a B85 chipset. On the plus side, for the price, the ECS is basically unbeatable and has a surprisingly decent feature/port accompaniment.
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