£500 Small form factor build and reusing GTX 670

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Atham

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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).
 
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PCPartPicker 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
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-16 13:14 BST+0100
 
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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
 
Atham said:
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
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As long as its not a 3 slot card it will fit,the panel where the gpu sits has air holes in it.


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Atham said:
What about compatible low profile coolers for the Ryzen platform?
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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.
 
cooperman said:
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.
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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?
 
Atham said:
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?
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Micro atx build with bitfenix? you can do it!



PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/LGCKHB

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£109.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£74.90 @ More Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU650 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£84.99 @ Box Limited)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 4 GB Video Card (own)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£73.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MasterWatt 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£54.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £473.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-21 19:06 BST+0100
 
Been looking at parts and then I found this deal on AWD IT.
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For 500 something pounds I get a brand new GPU with the OS and better overall performance. Is this a good choice? How well known is this website for computer builds?
 
Atham said:
Been looking at parts and then I found this deal on AWD IT.For 500 something pounds I get a brand new GPU with the OS and better overall performance. Is this a good choice? How well known is this website for computer builds?
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So...you dont want to use your old gpu now?



Here... here all the rgb you are looking for.


https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/YqX23t


CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£112.38 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£63.38 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£72.78 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Kingston A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£46.29 @ PC World Business)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 570 4 GB ARMOR OC Video Card (£118.39 @ Ebuyer)
Case: GameMax Titan RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.94 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XT 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.29 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £500.45
 
cooperman said:
So...you dont want to use your old gpu now?



Here... here all the rgb you are looking for.


https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/YqX23t


CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£112.38 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£63.38 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£72.78 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Kingston A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£46.29 @ PC World Business)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 570 4 GB ARMOR OC Video Card (£118.39 @ Ebuyer)
Case: GameMax Titan RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.94 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XT 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.29 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £500.45
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Thanks for your patience. I am just thinking if there is a big difference between the components that I would be getting if I kept the GTX 670. Im trying to justify the value of reusing a 670.
 
There's not much point reusing the 670. Not when you can get something that will kick its ass for £100.

It's old hat with old drivers .
 
The RX 570 is quite a bit faster(probably more like significantly faster) than that 670. You could sell your 670 for a little bit and probably buy a cheap game on sale. Not worth holding onto. It's probably only good for 720p e-sport titles. Card is 7 years old.
 
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