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Been a long time tomshardware reader. It's been awhile since I kept up with what's been going on in the pc world and can use some advice on a build. Last time I kept up with things was around when piledriver came out.
*The budget for the PC is around $1350 while the budget for a 4k monitor is approx $500. Mini-itx is desired.
*Would love to get Ryzen but mini-itx support seems to always be a problem with AMD. Skipping out on overclocking because after the price of a heatsink, i5-k processor, and motherboard cost I rather just get a non-k i7. The additional heat is also of concern with these smaller cases.
*As far as a video card goes sticking with a blower type 1080 seems best to minimize heat within these small itx cases.
*Guess the things I have really no clue about is whether or not the ssd, motherboard, ram, monitor, and psu selection is any good or not. Feel free to optimize and change anything to try and squeeze some more performance out of this build.
*I might have a chance to stop by a microcenter to pickup the processor to save a little money. They unfortunately do not seem to have a great mini-itx selection.
Approximate Purchase Date: One Month
Budget Range: $1350 Before Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Some Photoshop
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, amazon
Location: USA
Parts Preferences: No brand preference really, although i do like evga. Still got my gts450 kicking.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire:No
Your Monitor Resolution: 4k Monitor
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($313.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H270I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($106.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card ($504.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($44.06 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($72.98 @ Amazon)
Monitor: LG 27UD58-B 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor ($449.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $1791.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-11 14:27 EDT-0400
*The budget for the PC is around $1350 while the budget for a 4k monitor is approx $500. Mini-itx is desired.
*Would love to get Ryzen but mini-itx support seems to always be a problem with AMD. Skipping out on overclocking because after the price of a heatsink, i5-k processor, and motherboard cost I rather just get a non-k i7. The additional heat is also of concern with these smaller cases.
*As far as a video card goes sticking with a blower type 1080 seems best to minimize heat within these small itx cases.
*Guess the things I have really no clue about is whether or not the ssd, motherboard, ram, monitor, and psu selection is any good or not. Feel free to optimize and change anything to try and squeeze some more performance out of this build.
*I might have a chance to stop by a microcenter to pickup the processor to save a little money. They unfortunately do not seem to have a great mini-itx selection.
Approximate Purchase Date: One Month
Budget Range: $1350 Before Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Some Photoshop
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, amazon
Location: USA
Parts Preferences: No brand preference really, although i do like evga. Still got my gts450 kicking.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire:No
Your Monitor Resolution: 4k Monitor
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($313.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H270I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($106.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card ($504.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($44.06 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($72.98 @ Amazon)
Monitor: LG 27UD58-B 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor ($449.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $1791.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-11 14:27 EDT-0400
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