Gaming PC - I've Finaly Got The Permanent Budget

[Duartico]

I've got 600 €, and want to build a PC for big Minecraft modpacks with mild/high shaders. I also want it to be a mITX build, since every bit of the space where I'm going to put it is precious. If you have got any reccomandations or ways to improve it, heres what I've got until now: http://es.pcpartpicker.com/p/GWMBnQ

-Use Amazon.es and Amazon.co.uk prices;
-Don't suggest OS, or peripherals;
-Don't go above 600 €.

 

[Excalabur50]

your parts list is ok but if you can try and up the ram a little if not in size then in speed so at least 1866-2400, 1600 is the bare minimum

 

[Feronix]

Hm not sure that card fits in that case (it probably does but afaik it only supports cards that are as wide as the ITX motherboard). You might want to check and make sure before you buy it, or opt for the Elite 130.

Also, as I've mentioned earlier you should get 2x4GB RAM instead of 1x8GB as then it will run in dual channel which is preferable. For now there is no need at all to upgrade to 16GB any time soon if all you do is gaming and then you can always sell your kit and get a 2x8GB one when you have more money and want the upgrade.

Also yeah, personally, not a fan of Seagate drives at all so I'd pick up a WD Caviar Blue for essentially the same price, but that's just personal experience

your parts list is ok but if you can try and up the ram a little if not in size then in speed so at least 1866-2400, 1600 is the bare minimum

I do not agree? 1600 is fine for gaming, it doesn't really matter?

 

[Doomslayer]

I do not agree? 1600 is fine for gaming, it doesn't really matter?

Well normally 1866 is around the same price as 1600, to me it makes sense just to get the 1866

 

[Excalabur50]

Tom in a couple of his videos has talked about that in order to get the best form either a Sandybridge, Ivybridge, Haswell and probably just the same with Skylake CPU it's all about bandwidth rather than latency and the bigger the pipe the easier it is for information to be passed down and back the line hence the recommendation to go with 1866-2400 and usually the more the better if the CPU will take it 2666-3000.
8 or 16 gig isn't as important depending of course the systems primary uses I would link the video IF I could remember which one it was .....CRAFT.



can't remember a flaming thing......

 

[Dawelio]

All I can say is that be prepared to reallly take your time with this build and I would highly, highly recommend you take a look at Silverstone's short PSUs with their short power supply cable kits. As that case is very tiny and every bit of space you are really going to need.

I have built my moms PC in that case and I can tell you, even with a short Silverstone PSU and their short cable kit, man... it was tight as a motherf*cker in there and to get everything wried up.

Plus, cooling inside that case is going to be a nightmare, so I highly recommend you taking a second look at a slightly bigger case. Since I personally can't really recommend it, yes it's tiny, but it's cable management, the room for things, it's cooling potential just isn't up there for me to be comfortable to put a gaming system inside.

All my mom does is browsing few pages on the web and mostly doing Photoshop CS6. I put an i7 2600K with an Corsair H80, Gigabyte GTX 960, ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe, 8GB RAM, 1 SSD and 1 HDD, with PSU in there and it's not enough cooling for it. I can hear the GPU running hard alot.

So in all, I recommend another case, that has slightly better cooling than this and slightly better working space. Hell, it doesn't even have proper feet! So if you don't have like a rubber surface, that thing is going to fly across the space if you just nudge it lol.

 

[NeverBackDown]

If you really want ITX then look at the Fractal Node 304. Slightly bigger but should be easier to build in. Keep in mind any MATX or MITX build will always be a challenge to build in and will take plenty of time to get it neat as possible

 

[Dawelio]

If you really want ITX then look at the Fractal Node 304. Slightly bigger but should be easier to build in. Keep in mind any MATX or MITX build will always be a challenge to build in and will take plenty of time to get it neat as possible

This, although usually mATX are slightly easier to work with. But mITX, you should really take your time, be patient and plan your build and really go easy with it

I've personally gone from ATX -> mITX -> mATX (current) -> mITX (changing to from current mATX), so I have a little experience. Even with some cases, such as Cooler Master Elite 110, Corsair 250D, Corsair 380T, Corsair 350D, Fractal Design Arc Mini R2. All of which are a bit smaller for their sizes

Any help you might want, feel free to ask