Small Form Factor Build

[kingdom2000]

Budget (including currency): $1500 or so
Country: USA
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, Tomb Raider, usual stuff
Other details: 10 year old computer freezing more and more. Was hoping to wait out shortages to maximize money but looking like running out of time so need to start collecting parts. Shooting for a small form factor and hopefully max graphics settings.

Case: Cooler Master NR200 or Lian Li TU150 Black (no tempered glass so no interest in RGB)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Chromax Black
MOBO: ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16
GPU: Geforce GTX 750 TI with goal to move to GeForce RTX 3070
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA GM 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX

Storage (from old PC): Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive and Toshiba 5TB 3.5"
Monitor: Dell P2219H and Dell S2716DG (1440p, GSync,144Hz)

Realistically, in 10 years I only added RAM and GPU was replaced because old one died. The storage was an attempt to boost speed while not having to waste time managing storage space. So figure new computer will get the same treatment where upgrades will be by necessity. As a result shooting for a form of future proofing but not one where swapping out chips matters so much as hoping the chip or motherboard doesn't become a bottleneck for a long time. Case choices more because seems right size and looks nice. Small footprint size is something trying to keep in mind so if have other suggestions will take them.

Any recommended changes? Thank you!

[boggy77]

rather than 3600 + 750ti, i'd go for a 10400

[Nena Trinity]

One thing about 2 dimm boards is you can OC memory easier to the moon, getting a Intel system may be worth considering with 4000MHz+ kit!

[SFFDesigns]

5 hours ago, kingdom2000 said:

Case choices more because seems right size and looks nice. Small footprint size is something trying to keep in mind so if have other suggestions will take them.

If you can afford it, the FormD T1 is an awesome case that I would highly recommend. They are being restocked tomorrow, so if you can afford it I'd recommend trying to snag one. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10400 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	$159.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-L12S 55.44 CFM CPU Cooler	$49.89 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B460-I GAMING Mini ITX LGA1200 Motherboard	$149.00
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$81.00 @ Newegg
Storage	Team MP33 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$90.00 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$499.00
Power Supply	Corsair SF 600 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply	$139.99 @ Newegg
Custom	FormD T1	$210.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1378.87
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-31 10:03 EDT-0400

 

Here's what I'd build. 3070 FE you can get later, 10400 has iGPU. Just make sure you only install 2-slot cards in the case, to install 3-slot cards you need smaller CPU cooler

[kingdom2000]

Thanks for the suggestions!

Sadly the FormD T1 is bit too much but it is neat so see why like it.

So why the move to Intel i5 vs AMD? Also the integrated graphics is better than that old graphics card? Always thought integrated just sucked and any graphics card is considered an improvement.

[dean_5234]

18 minutes ago, kingdom2000 said:

Also the integrated graphics is better than that old graphics card? Always thought integrated just sucked and any graphics card is considered an improvement.

Dont know why he talked about the igpu as the 750 ti will crush it. Not all gpus are better than igpu (super old ones and like gt 710s) but the 750 ti is extremely better