Living room pc

tovleander · May 3, 2013

I'd like to build a small pc for my living room with a Lian Li PC-Q07 case.

I already got an I3 2120 3.3ghz dual core, from an Acer 3990 i was thinking of using.

It also got a GT520 silent low-profile card. But I wouldn't mind swapping it out for something else.

The old 3990 has a m-atx H61 motherboard, so I would need a new m-ITX.

Would also need a new PSU, preferably a modular one.

And what GPU should i use for "light" gaming.

Perhaps a new cpu cooler.

What components would you recommend me buying for it? And make it as cheap as possible.

The parts I have is: Lian Li PC-Q07, hard-drive and CPU.

I might consider some modification to the "tower", so some pimp stuff would be cool too.

bradscoolio · May 3, 2013

Motherboard: Asrock B75M-ITX (no overclocking, but will support all ivy-bridge and sandy-bridge cpu's)

Psu: Strider Plus 500w ST50F-P (as you request a modular psu, you can also buy a small ITX cable kit for it and make the internals of the case far less cluttered)

Gpu: For light gaming i'd recommend something like the 7770 (all round good card for the money, AMD beats Nvidia in games in all the price points which makes mine and your life a little easier because you can pick anything)

Good luck ;)