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KingGreGre

KingGreGre

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Hey everybody!

I currently am gaming in a Fractal Define Mini C with the following:
EVGA GTX 970 SC
Intel Core i7-4790
16GB G.SKILL DDR3 RAM
Corsair H110i Cooling AIO
500GB Samsung 750 EVO

I'm off to college soon, and I plan on downscaling my hardware. I used to play a lot of AAA graphics hungry games on my PC, but I find that nowadays I only ever play games such as CS:GO, Overwatch, Dota 2, and Rocket League. Basically, a lot of your mainstream eSports titles. I also want to have a build that is smaller and a little more dorm friendly, and with a $500 budget in mind, I was thinking about the following build.

Fractal Design Node 202 Case w/ 450w Integra PSU
Intel Core i3-7100
Sapphire RX 560
8GB Hyper X Fury RAM
500GB Samsung 750 EVO
MSI H110i Pro Mini ITX Motherboard

What do you all think, will this get me 1080p60 on high settings for the games that I listed? Also, I know that the Node 202 can get pretty hot, so I was wondering if anybody had recommendations for an aftermarket CPU cooler.

Your help is greatly appreciated!



 
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James Mason
so... uhh, I would have said, just transfer your parts to a mini-itx motherboard and case, but they don't appear to available for purchase for non-extortion prices right now.

BUT, there's still another cheaper option that just seems expensive. Transfer your current hardware to an HTPC case that will support your water cooler.
The only problem is the only HTPC case that would support you watercooler is $300, which is really expensive for a case, but, Lian Li is does make really really good cases.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For...
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Shektron

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Most of the build is fine, but if you can wait, get Ryzen 3 instead when it comes out - it'll give you 4 cores instead of 2 for the price of an i3. If you can't wait, get an i5 becasue an i3 really won't handle even eSports. In fact, if you don't want to spend more, get a Pentium G4560 - it's actually cheaper, and performs at par/better than any i3. Note that the motherboard you are using requires a BIOS update to support either the i3 7100, or the Pentium G4560. Make sure you ask wherever you're purchasing the board from to update the BIOS, or you won't be able to run the CPU.

My recommendation is to either wait for Ryzen 3 to launch(around July-August), or get a G4560. The whole i3 lineup is pretty much useless today - you can get better performance for cheaper with a G4560, and 4 cores is the ideal configuration for most games today(even eSports), so an i5/Ryzen 3 is a better choice.
 
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James Mason

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so... uhh, I would have said, just transfer your parts to a mini-itx motherboard and case, but they don't appear to available for purchase for non-extortion prices right now.

BUT, there's still another cheaper option that just seems expensive. Transfer your current hardware to an HTPC case that will support your water cooler.
The only problem is the only HTPC case that would support you watercooler is $300, which is really expensive for a case, but, Lian Li is does make really really good cases.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: ASRock - H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card
Case: Lian-Li - PC-O6SX HTPC Case ($309.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $309.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-26 22:57 EDT-0400
 
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