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Hello there, I'm new to PC building and around this time or for Christams I would like to build my first Mini ITX build. I have been watching Tech Source and his recent build for October was quiet interesting. That is something I would probably be looking for. I would like to ask the community if you could modify and find for me the best and right components for the price. I will also link some of my build guides I made before but are quiet overpriced. Especially the mobo is extremly overprice for my build. Okay it does link me to Wifi which is a really good plus for me because I will be only able to use Wifi and I'm looking for a quiet small build or even console build. I would be able to spend on the build around £500 + Windows £100 + Monitor, keybr and mouse £100 so max budget would be around £700.

Well the builds down bellow doesn't include the GPU but maybe in the future I could upgrade and add the GPU, but I would like to have something solid which would be also good for gaming for CSGO and as a workstation. Maybe I could also use it as a small server. Thank you

Dark Cube PC (i5-6500)
Dark Cube PC (i3-6100)
 
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For 2.5" SSD, i suggest you go with SK Hynix,
pcpp: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/MZJkcf/sk-hynix-sl308-250gb-25-solid-state-drive-hfs250g32tnd-n1a2a
Here's why: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-ssds,3891-2.html

Going for SSDs is fairly common nowadays. For example, i have 250GB 2.5" SSD for OS and two 3.5" HDDs as storage (one is 1TB, another is 500GB). Since my MoBo supports two M.2 SSD drives as well, i'm planning to buy one M.2 NVMe SSD for OS (M.2 NVMe SSD is about 6 to 10 times faster than regular 2.5" SSD).
SSD compared to the HDD is smaller, much faster, doesn't make any noise (since it doesn't have any moving parts) and doesn't need to be defragmented either.
Once you get the feeling of having an OS on SSD, belive...
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Took your i3-6100 build, refined it and managed to squeeze RX 460 into it without going over £700.
Here it is.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£92.91 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150N Phoenix-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard (£83.22 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£67.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.48 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 2GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card (£95.70 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case (£35.34 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£84.98 @ Novatech)
Monitor: Asus VP228TE 21.5" 75Hz Monitor (£84.98 @ Novatech)
Other: Logitech Wireless Combo MK345 Keyboard and Mouse Set (£24.85)
Total: £691.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-27 04:44 BST+0100
 
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Well I have modified my build into http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/htnM3F

I was planning to go for i5-6500 first but the price would be higher and as this is my first build I think I will get enough performance even from using i3-6100 for now. I found a quiet good budget (WiFi) mobo which has good ratings so should be good as well. I replaced the ram with the type which you have suggested. People say that SSDs are a lot better than HDDs so I included 240GB SSD which would be enough for the OS and other stuff such as games. Usually I store all the other data on my external 1T hard drive. What do you personally think about SSDs? I think that the prices will go down rapidly in 1 - 2 years so I do not know if having a 1T HDD would be more for me or not. For the PSU I went with the 450W instead of 550W which should handle the build easy peasy. In this build I have not included the GPU yet because I think I might add a solid one when I will be able to afford it or I can go for one of the 2GB 1050 such as: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/gXnG3C/msi-geforce-gtx-1050-2gb-video-card-gtx-1050-2g-oc

Thank you.
 
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For 2.5" SSD, i suggest you go with SK Hynix,
pcpp: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/MZJkcf/sk-hynix-sl308-250gb-25-solid-state-drive-hfs250g32tnd-n1a2a
Here's why: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-ssds,3891-2.html

Going for SSDs is fairly common nowadays. For example, i have 250GB 2.5" SSD for OS and two 3.5" HDDs as storage (one is 1TB, another is 500GB). Since my MoBo supports two M.2 SSD drives as well, i'm planning to buy one M.2 NVMe SSD for OS (M.2 NVMe SSD is about 6 to 10 times faster than regular 2.5" SSD).
SSD compared to the HDD is smaller, much faster, doesn't make any noise (since it doesn't have any moving parts) and doesn't need to be defragmented either.
Once you get the feeling of having an OS on SSD, belive me, you newer want to go back with OS on HDD. :D

Some further reading between SSD and HDD if you're interested,
link: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404258,00.asp
And also a small video to watch about boot up times and application loading times between SSD and HDD,
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j84eEjP-RL4

When you buy your GPU, i suggest getting GTX 1050 Ti 4GB rather than GTX 1050 2GB,
pcpp: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/ttQRsY/msi-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-4gb-video-card-gtx-1050-ti-4g-oc
Price difference isn't that much but you get much better performing GPU with double the VRAM. GPU TDP is 75W and your 450W PSU will run it just fine.
 
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