SFF Golf Sim Build

[trag1c]

Budget (including currency): ~1500 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: E6 Golf and possibly other golf Sims.

Other details: Needs to be SFF, Already have GTX 980 Strix CUII, powering projector with ~1000x1000 resolution.

 

I need to build a dedicated PC for my dad's DIY golf sim as he's tired of carting his laptop between multiple locations. The sim software in question is E6 Golf which doesn't need a whole lot in terms of specs but I haven't payed attention to what the parts market is like for a while so I could use some help. Also not super familiar with SFF PCs as my builds tend to jacked up pickup truck equivalents lol.

 

E6 lists GTX 1070, 8GB RAM and an i5 for its system requirements. I have a GTX 980 available from a past system and I believe it should be sufficient due to the very low resolution. 

 

I would like to build him an SFF PC as he doesn't want anything big, so I'm leaning towards mini ITX and a SFF case that has at least 300mm of space for the GPU. Something that I can hide behind the projector screen. The budget of 1500 is flexible; although, I'd prefer to be on the cheaper end of things since this is all this system is going to do. 

 

Would be preferential if the parts are available at Memory Express.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

[Queen Chrysalis]

36 minutes ago, trag1c said:

Budget (including currency): ~1500 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: E6 Golf and possibly other golf Sims.

Other details: Needs to be SFF, Already have GTX 980 Strix CUII, powering projector with ~1000x1000 resolution.

 

I need to build a dedicated PC for my dad's DIY golf sim as he's tired of carting his laptop between multiple locations. The sim software in question is E6 Golf which doesn't need a whole lot in terms of specs but I haven't payed attention to what the parts market is like for a while so I could use some help. Also not super familiar with SFF PCs as my builds tend to jacked up pickup truck equivalents lol.

 

E6 lists GTX 1070, 8GB RAM and an i5 for its system requirements. I have a GTX 980 available from a past system and I believe it should be sufficient due to the very low resolution. 

 

I would like to build him an SFF PC as he doesn't want anything big, so I'm leaning towards mini ITX and a SFF case that has at least 300mm of space for the GPU. Something that I can hide behind the projector screen. The budget of 1500 is flexible; although, I'd prefer to be on the cheaper end of things since this is all this system is going to do. 

 

Would be preferential if the parts are available at Memory Express.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

A laptop would be a lot easier than an sff desktop that needs a keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

[brob]

Memory express doesn't have a reasonable selection of mini-ITX motherboards.

 

The i3-13100 has higher performance than an i5 circa GTX 1070.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i3-13100F 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760M-ITX/D4 WiFi Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($184.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: ADATA XPG GAMMIX D20 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($44.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE 3X GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($129.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master V650 SFX GOLD 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($159.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $764.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-04-05 23:54 EDT-0400

[trag1c]

10 hours ago, Queen Chrysalis said:

A laptop would be a lot easier than an sff desktop that needs a keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

Already have a wireless mouse and keyboard that he uses for it. As for the monitor, the project doubles as it. In the setup we have a small tray table that the keyboard and mouse rest on that has full view of the projector screen. It's obviously not an ideal typing area but it's only needed if someone is joining him for golf so that they can enter their name as the nth player and to login to the system. I plan to set the system up so that E6 launches on boot/login so that there's even less for him to do. It will be fully dedicated to the golf sim.

[trag1c]

20 hours ago, brob said:

Memory express doesn't have a reasonable selection of mini-ITX motherboards.

 

The i3-13100 has higher performance than an i5 circa GTX 1070.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i3-13100F 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760M-ITX/D4 WiFi Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($184.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: ADATA XPG GAMMIX D20 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($44.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE 3X GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($129.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master V650 SFX GOLD 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($159.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $764.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-04-05 23:54 EDT-0400

That should do nicely, thanks. Ya I was just browsing Memex and didnt see much for ITX selection, kinda sucks but oh well.