£500 Small form factor build and reusing GTX 670
 

Hello,


I am thinking of building a mini-ITX PC for uni. I will be reusing a GTX 670. I want it to be mini-ITX or small form factor so that it doen't take up too much space.




It will be mainly a media and light gaming PC - Stardew valley, Dota, PoE, Warframe. Any suggestions for a build? I don't really know what is good anymore. Last time I built a PC was with a i7 3770k and a GTX 670.


Thanks,


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If you wanted all new then a good balance with that GPU would probably be around a Ryzen 2600, B450 mITX motherboard and 8GB of DDR4, should end up a tad under £300(You could spend ~£60 more on the CPU for a 3600 with much better single threaded perf. and/or another ~£40 for 16GB RAM though from there) leaving £200 or so for case, power supply, SSD and HDD and a suitable aftermarket cooler if required which should be enough room for the less expensive ITX routes. Some ITX cases nowadays use an SFX PSU and/or a setup that kinda requires an AIO watercooler to reduce footprint, AIO route might end up abit heavier though if you're moving it a lot(But less anxiety inducing than moving something with a tower cooler).

http://i.imgur.com/ECfYvOc.jpgPCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/BHwrx6

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£109.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard (£110.03 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£74.98 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU650 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£84.99 @ Box Limited)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2 GB Video Card (own)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£52.99 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £471.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Does the case fit a full length gigabyte windforce card?


What about the airflow of the case? I dont have a blower gpu and thrle gtx 670 does draw a lot of power

As long as its not a 3 slot card it will fit,the panel where the gpu sits has air holes in it.


http://i.imgur.com/f3sa1Rb.jpg

What about compatible low profile coolers for the Ryzen platform?

The one that comes with it will be fine since the games you are playing wont tax a 6 core cpu at all, but something like a Cryorig C7 or a Noctua NH-L9i will work well.

I just mean for case compatibility, or can you fit a proper stock AMD cooler in it?

Yeah the case has a max CPU cooler height of 65mm while the Wraith Stealth that comes with the 2600 is upto 55mm(Should be a bit less when installed).

I have been looking at the case, and I am not sure if the aifrlow is the best in the CM 120 or 130.



I do want to save as much space as possible, so even a mATX case is not out of the question. I do like the bitfenix prodigy case, but it is rather expensive for what it is. Any thoughts?