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I'm looking for some parts for a small PC I want to build for my sister. I already have my old Radeon 6770, 320GB HDD and AM3+ Mini-ITX Mobo, so what else can you suggest? I want something that is sort of really small and wouldnt look out of place near a living room tv.

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I'm looking for some parts for a small PC I want to build for my sister. I already have my old Radeon 6770 and AM3+ Mini-ITX Mobo, so what else can you suggest? I want something that is sort of really small and wouldnt look out of place near a living room tv.

There are no AM3+ ITX motherboards in existance.

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have you got a AM3+ cpu? you might need ram, a hard drive and a power supply...forgot to mention a copy of windows maybe but I would assume that would go over your budget of £200 quid so I might recommend buying a pre built desktop computer

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have you got a AM3+ cpu? you might need ram, a hard drive and a power supply...forgot to mention a copy of windows maybe but I would assume that would go over your budget of £200 quid so I might recommend buying a pre built desktop computer

Tbf he didn't say it has to be Windows, and Ubuntu is free.

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Tbf he didn't say it has to be Windows, and Ubuntu is free.

True...I just said windows because its common

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There are no AM3+ ITX motherboards in existance.

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Double check on what motherboard you have..

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I already have my old AM3+ Mini-ITX Mobo

what is that mythical thing you're talking about?

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Does she game or would be mostly be for surfing the web and Facebook?
If it's the latter I'd consider selling the card and motherboard and buying an NUC.

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Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

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Tbf he didn't say it has to be Windows, and Ubuntu is free.

 

 

True...I just said windows because its common

 

Got windows sorted I already have a copy from a guy who I know works at PC World. He gets them for free.

 

 

Does she game or would be mostly be for surfing the web and Facebook?

If it's the latter I'd consider selling the card and motherboard and buying an NUC.

 

She does game and it would be for surfing too.

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ignore my post nvm you are correct

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Shhhhhh, uATX ;)

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2UlLB

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That's matx, not mitx. 

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That's matx, not mitx. 

yeah i know, i edited the post after reading it wrong

cpu: intel i5 4670k @ 4.5ghz Ram: G skill ares 2x4gb 2166mhz cl10 Gpu: GTX 680 liquid cooled cpu cooler: Raijintek ereboss Mobo: gigabyte z87x ud5h psu: cm gx650 bronze Case: Zalman Z9 plus


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If yo could swap out that motherboard for a M-ITX FM2 /FM2+ one, then there are many cases you could pick. Suit being next a TV better. Such as a CM Elite 110/120/130 or Evga Hadron.

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