Mini ITX gaming build

KuranM · Mar 11, 2014

Hi guys, first time i'm posting on this forum

This is what I have got so far. http://
I have the power supply, RAM, optical drive, OS, Monitor etc but im not sure about the motherboard?

However i'm just wondering if this would be good to run modern games and maybe any suggestions such as different parts? I play League of Legends quite a lot however i'm going to buy DayZ, Rust and BF4 in the future so would this be able to run it?

p.s. Im in the UK

Kuran

vJaMiNv · Mar 11, 2014

Budget?

KuranM · Mar 11, 2014

vJaMiNv :

£450/$750

Georgehillier · Mar 11, 2014

May I ask if it has to be mini itx? It will mean your temps will be worse as the case is smaller. If you want to run bf4 on ultra then I'd suggest a 760, not 750. And you already have a power supply?
Also, you're using the US version of pc part picker but you live in the UK, so it isn't very helpful for pricing.
Hope this helps

IDontUnderstand · Mar 11, 2014

This is the best for your money right now and no the CPU will not be a bottleneck.
You should be able to achieve high if not ultra at 1080p with this build at 30 fps if you're fine with that. However, this suggested build pretty much offers no upgrade potential. It'll last you about two years while keep on downgrading the graphic settings.

Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-750-ti-review,3750-9.html

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£54.90 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (£75.78 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£109.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case (£34.13 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £475.59
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-11 23:36 GMT+0000)

We can do better than this if you don't need an OS.

sora · Mar 12, 2014

IDontUnderstand :

This is the best for your money right now and no the CPU will not be a bottleneck.
You should be able to achieve high if not ultra at 1080p with this build at 30 fps if you're fine with that. However, this suggested build pretty much offers no upgrade potential. It'll last you about two years while keep on downgrading the graphic settings.

Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-750-ti-review,3750-9.html

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£54.90 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (£75.78 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£109.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case (£34.13 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £475.59
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-11 23:36 GMT+0000)
He said he has the OS, optical drive, RAM & PSU, not sure what PSU he has though.
We can do better than this if you don't need an OS.

sadams04 · Mar 12, 2014

Since you already have a PSU, MEM, OPTICAL, OS and DISPLAY... consider something like the below to complete your build at £450.

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£88.74 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£109.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case (£34.13 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £421.99

KuranM · Mar 12, 2014

Georgehillier :

IDontUnderstand :

Well if you take out the OS that means you can do better

I've heard the AMD athlon doesn't perform that well though.

IDontUnderstand · Mar 12, 2014

My bad, I didn't read that you had those components already.

Here is a remade. Great processor and GPU for your budget and in addition to that, we managed to squeeze a SSD in there. It will make the overall feeling of speed a lot higher, no joke.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£137.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£78.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£49.94 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£109.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case (£34.13 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £450.16
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-12 23:25 GMT+0000)

Georgehillier · Mar 13, 2014

I would go with the guy above me, his build seems better as an athlon is way out of date.
The only thing I'd change is to get rid of the ssd and replace it with an nvidia 760, which is a lot better than the 750ti! I would personally go with an amd card so you could go for an equivalent but it's up to you. Everyone keeps recommending the 750ti and I don't get why when you can spend an extra £40 and get something a lot more powerful

IDontUnderstand · Mar 13, 2014

The only thing you can upgrade by cutting the SSD is a R9 270X.
http://www.ebuyer.com/579363-sapphire-dual-x-r9-270x-2gb-gddr5-oc-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-11217-01-20g
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-gigabyte-radeon-r9-270x-oc-28nm-5600mhz-gddr5-gpu-1050mhz-boost-1100mhz-1280-streams-displayport

Go with either the SSD or the R9 270X, either one will have their own benefit, so the decision is up to you.

KuranM · Mar 13, 2014

Georgehillier :

IDontUnderstand :

For recording with FRAPS, would you suggest having 2 HDD's or having 1 HDD's and an SSD and how would i work (Sorry this is out of context)

IDontUnderstand · Mar 13, 2014

SSD will not likely to help you record any better, but a GPU will help you better at that. If that answered your question.

KuranM · Mar 13, 2014

IDontUnderstand :

If i was to get an SSD, do you think i should put my OS and games on there?

IDontUnderstand · Mar 13, 2014

People use SSD for OS, programs, and however many games you can fit in there. Keep in mind that SSD lose performance when there's more than 85% ish of space being occupied.

Basically whatever software that you use the most often should go on there, stuff like photos,videos, and other non-everyday stuff should go to HDD.

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