A Gaming PC (Mid Tower) equivalent to this Mini ITX Build (Budget £700)

Max Guymer · Nov 12, 2014

Hello, here is the mini itx build I was on about: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/TheCerealOverlord/saved/CLQwrH

I would like the medium tower sized equivalent to this build with a budget of £700

- Try and include a gtx 970 and a Zalman Z11 case

- I would prefer an intel processor also

Thanks

sadams04 · Nov 12, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£135.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.74 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£267.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.58 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.68 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £660.96

logainofhades · Nov 12, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£185.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.40 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£244.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.58 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £691.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-12 15:00 GMT+0000

HertzKnight · Nov 12, 2014

well the only difference would be getting a ATX board and a decent case. I also updated it, and added a SSD for you.

Here you go: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MLZrt6

Though i would definitely get Corsair 450D case, if you don't mind not having the SSD.

Max Guymer · Nov 12, 2014

Thank you for all the suggestions, I have never even heard of Intel Xeon

, so that was interesting I will do some research into it.
Although you only changed a few things, I really like the msi board, they never fail to make their products presentable, so thank you Hertz.
I already have the Z11 and didn't see much point in upgrading since I'm happy with this case, although the top of the case is a fiddly pain to disassemble.
I don't need an ssd so I will ask for good internal case led's, hopefully ones I can change the colours on? Also, I might go for water-cooling to keep the cpu cool

Max Guymer · Nov 12, 2014

Also, I have a 1tb seagate barracuda and an optical drive, and since I don't need an ssd. I will save £80 and I think I might put that into water cooling or he 450D case

Edit: I will split the RAM through two 4gb's

logainofhades · Nov 12, 2014

Xeon 1230v3 is an i7 without integrated graphics. You would get performance similar to an i7 4770, for less.

They tend to run a bit cooler, due to the lack of IGP, also.

Max Guymer · Nov 12, 2014

logainofhades :

Sounds good! Any difference/troubles when installing on a fresh pc if it doesn't have integrated graphics?

logainofhades · Nov 12, 2014

Integrated graphics are unecssary, since you would have a dedicated GPU.

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