Hello All,
First off - this is my first post here and although I'm quite handy with the screwdrivers, I'm not very pc savvy so please be gentle with me!
A little whie ago I built myself a PC pretty much just for playing games.
(probably the most expensive Call of Duty ever!)
Unfortunately the case has proved to big for my little house and had to go.
I recently came accross the Alienware X51 - a gaming beast in a small case.
However, that comes with a huge price tag.
It did get me thinking though - could I build my own again in a tiny case?
I got all excited over the Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe motherboard which is mini ITX and would go in a nice small Mini ITX case.
Very nearly pressed the buy button, but realised just in time my old CPU wouldn't fit (booo!)
So, this is where I'm hoping you guys & girls may be able to help me.
To save money, I'd like to re-use some parts from my old 'gaming' pc, namely
The CPU - an i7-875K which I believe is the 1156 socket
The Graphics card - a Gigabyte GTX560Ti
Maybe the power supply - a Corsair TX750W
Plus the hard drive, dvd writer and RAM (if possible)
Would you be able to recommend a suitable gaming mini ITX motherboard, case (smaller the better) and a cooler that would fit? (my old cooler is huge!)
Or am I restricting myself by using the 'old' parts and would be better to start frm scratch?
Cost is obviously a factor, but also I don't want to try and build a mini gaming beast that turns out to be a gaming flop!
Any help and advice you have is greatly appreciated...
First off - this is my first post here and although I'm quite handy with the screwdrivers, I'm not very pc savvy so please be gentle with me!
A little whie ago I built myself a PC pretty much just for playing games.
(probably the most expensive Call of Duty ever!)
Unfortunately the case has proved to big for my little house and had to go.
I recently came accross the Alienware X51 - a gaming beast in a small case.
However, that comes with a huge price tag.
It did get me thinking though - could I build my own again in a tiny case?
I got all excited over the Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe motherboard which is mini ITX and would go in a nice small Mini ITX case.
Very nearly pressed the buy button, but realised just in time my old CPU wouldn't fit (booo!)
So, this is where I'm hoping you guys & girls may be able to help me.
To save money, I'd like to re-use some parts from my old 'gaming' pc, namely
The CPU - an i7-875K which I believe is the 1156 socket
The Graphics card - a Gigabyte GTX560Ti
Maybe the power supply - a Corsair TX750W
Plus the hard drive, dvd writer and RAM (if possible)
Would you be able to recommend a suitable gaming mini ITX motherboard, case (smaller the better) and a cooler that would fit? (my old cooler is huge!)
Or am I restricting myself by using the 'old' parts and would be better to start frm scratch?
Cost is obviously a factor, but also I don't want to try and build a mini gaming beast that turns out to be a gaming flop!
Any help and advice you have is greatly appreciated...