mITX build advice

[Sicarius]

Hi all, I've built a fair few PC's but I am quite out of the loop in relation to the current hardware, and someone has asked me to build them a gaming PC within their budget (around £900 on the PC, £1100 Max with peripherals) to play WoW, run Nintendo Emulators, light code compilation etc; their current Macbook Air doesn't quite cut it and they're just getting into PC gaming. They ideally want an mITX build or small mATX at a push. I have come up with the following build but I am unsure as of yet if there are any cost saving mesaures or recomended improvements to this build. They do care about looks and want an all black theme with some RGB lights for colour (trying to talk them into Cablemod cables too). Could anyone please advise? 

 

We are based in the UK.

Also, does anyone know if the h200i comes with pre-installed RGB lights?

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/4Z4N27

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£109.97 @ Laptops Direct) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (£44.76 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  (£135.40 @ Alza) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£89.98 @ Box Limited) 
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.99 @ Currys PC World) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB ARMOR OC Video Card  (£189.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: NZXT H200i Mini ITX Tower Case  (£99.99 @ Box Limited) 
Power Supply: EVGA G5 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£95.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£20.00) 
Case Fan: NZXT AER RGB 2 52.44 CFM 120 mm Fan  (£25.73 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case Fan: NZXT AER RGB 2 52.44 CFM 120 mm Fan  (£25.73 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case Fan: NZXT AER RGB 2 52.44 CFM 120 mm Fan  (£25.73 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Monitor: LG 24MK600M-B 24.0" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor  (£117.83 @ More Computers) 
Keyboard: Corsair K55 + HARPOON RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard With Optical Mouse  (£68.48 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £1124.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-24 08:49 GMT+0000

 

 

Thanks for the help!

[Meganter]

Hello,

 

What about no RGB but better efficiency ?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£154.98 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	£110.99 @ Box Limited
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£76.97 @ Laptops Direct
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£60.73 @ Ebuyer
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	£353.46 @ Ebuyer
Case	Silverstone SG13 Mini ITX Tower Case	£54.40 @ Alza
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£79.99 @ CCL Computers
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	£20.00
Monitor	LG 24MK600M-B 24.0" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	£117.83 @ More Computers
Keyboard	Corsair K55 + HARPOON RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard With Optical Mouse	£68.48 @ Scan.co.uk
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1097.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-24 09:37 GMT+0000

 

[boggy77]

made some changes to keep the case and rbg, but add in a 1660 super. although I would go with @Plouffe's build, it will perform much better.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	£109.97 @ Laptops Direct
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler	£42.94 @ More Computers
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	£104.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Patriot Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£78.18 @ More Computers
Storage	Intel 660p 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£67.03 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB Twin Fan Video Card	£208.48 @ Ebuyer
Case	NZXT H200i Mini ITX Tower Case	£99.99 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	BitFenix Whisper M 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£75.90 @ CCL Computers
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	£20.00
Case Fan	Deepcool CF 140 – 2 in 1 64.13 CFM 140 mm Fans	£35.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Monitor	AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	£179.97 @ Currys PC World Business
Keyboard	Corsair K55 + HARPOON RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard With Optical Mouse	£68.48 @ Scan.co.uk
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1091.40
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-24 09:40 GMT+0000

 

[Sicarius]

40 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

Hello,

 

What about no RGB but better efficiency ?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£154.98 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	£110.99 @ Box Limited
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£76.97 @ Laptops Direct
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£60.73 @ Ebuyer
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	£353.46 @ Ebuyer
Case	Silverstone SG13 Mini ITX Tower Case	£54.40 @ Alza
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£79.99 @ CCL Computers
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	£20.00
Monitor	LG 24MK600M-B 24.0" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	£117.83 @ More Computers
Keyboard	Corsair K55 + HARPOON RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard With Optical Mouse	£68.48 @ Scan.co.uk
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1097.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-24 09:37 GMT+0000

 

 

36 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

made some changes to keep the case and rbg, but add in a 1660 super. although I would go with @Plouffe's build, it will perform much better.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	£109.97 @ Laptops Direct
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler	£42.94 @ More Computers
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	£104.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Patriot Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£78.18 @ More Computers
Storage	Intel 660p 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£67.03 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB Twin Fan Video Card	£208.48 @ Ebuyer
Case	NZXT H200i Mini ITX Tower Case	£99.99 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	BitFenix Whisper M 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£75.90 @ CCL Computers
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	£20.00
Case Fan	Deepcool CF 140 – 2 in 1 64.13 CFM 140 mm Fans	£35.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Monitor	AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	£179.97 @ Currys PC World Business
Keyboard	Corsair K55 + HARPOON RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard With Optical Mouse	£68.48 @ Scan.co.uk
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1091.40
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-24 09:40 GMT+0000

 

 

Thank you both, I agree with @Plouffe and would personally go with this build but she is adamant that if she is paying this much she wants it to "look nice" and argues she doesn't want to play AAA titles on maximum settings. I appreciate the input from both of you! I think I will go with @boggy77's build simply due to the looks, I guess they can always upgrade the GPU in the future if they need too...