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need help with a mini itx build

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Budget (including currency): $500

Country: USA

Will be used for streaming, gaming, editing.

 

as of right now, I have an I7 4770, an asus q87t, and two 8gb's ddr3 sodimm ram. I also have a gtx 1060 3gb in my current build that I was planning on using, but pc part picker says it isn't compatible? is this even worth building? right now, I have an I5 2400 with my gtx 1060. I want to upgrade, but keep running into compatibility issues that I wasn't prepared for. haha first it was the ram, and on my second attempt I found out that my psu isn't able to be connected to my motherboard. (what psu is actually compatible?) I just want to upgrade and be done with it. any help is appreciated

 

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PCP is lying. The 1060 will be perfectly fine with that build. 

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1 minute ago, Skiiwee29 said:

PCP is lying. The 1060 will be perfectly fine with that build. 

I figured it would work. now the only issue I have is the psu compatibility. should I just buy a 19v laptop power box and use that or will I be better off buying an sfx psu? 

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3 minutes ago, flowologist said:

I figured it would work. now the only issue I have is the psu compatibility. should I just buy a 19v laptop power box and use that or will I be better off buying an sfx psu? 

SFX if its a normal desktop formfactor. 

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1tb WD Black SN850x NVMe | 4tb WD SN850x NVMe | Antec Flux Pro | Be Quiet Pure Power 13 M 1000w | OWC 10gb NIC

 

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2 minutes ago, flowologist said:

I figured it would work. now the only issue I have is the psu compatibility. should I just buy a 19v laptop power box and use that or will I be better off buying an sfx psu? 

SFX

 

Get an 80+ one with enough watts and youll be fine

Big nerd. 

 

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23 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

SFX if its a normal desktop formfactor. 

okay, awesome. thank you! would you recommend I use the gtx 1060 in this build, or buy a new card and all of the missing components and have dual pc's for streaming and gaming? 

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