mini itx gaming build

[StofPCs]

Hello all!

My gf has a macbook pro and while it's solid (3629mq gtx 650m) it overheats gaming and she has quite a bit of steam games. So we were talking and she wants me to build her a mini it build. I live in the US and only buy from Newegg. Amazon charges taxes and with Newegg I get free shipping. My only demand is Intel based as she will be playing WoW in the next expansion and AMDs single threaded capabilities are nonexistent. I'm posting from a phone but my ideas was a 4690k on an Asus h97itx board since you can overclock on asus on any platform and an r9-270x mini inside of an elite 110. But I can't fit a 250gb ssd while keeping the roughly 800 dollar budget. Any suggestions?

[Mateyyy]

So Mini-ITX, light gaming, 800$ budget. I'm going to try to respond with the full parts list as soon as possible

[Mateyyy]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ztDwmG

Just over 800$, I tried to have all Newegg prices.

I added only 1 memory 8GB stick so that you can put another 8GB, in the future, for a total of 16GB.

The GTX 750 Ti is going to be more than enough for light gaming.

The Core i5 4440 is a great CPU, even though it can't be overclocked, it won't bottleneck the 750 Ti at all.

I've managed to add a 240GB SSD from Intel, and a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue. I believe that Newegg doesn't have that particular HDD anymore, so something like Seagate Barracuda 1TB should be quite similar.

The 250D case from Corsair is compact, has good cooling and it looks really good.

 

I didn't add an OS and peripherals to the price, so if you don't have those, the total price might go up quite a bit.

I hope I've helped you

[ddeuel]

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($182.79 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.97 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $792.70

 

This is what I came up with in a couple minutes, you could use one of the other two "itx" 760's instead of that orange one but it was the cheapest. Also I wasn't aware you could overclock the multiplier on H97 but you could change the build slightly to fit those changes in.

Edit: Newegg is $40 more expensive

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($105.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($140.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($53.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $830.30

[bchampion96]

This is not a build log. Please post in the relevant section next time.

[Guest]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Zq4NYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Zq4NYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4360 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Antec KUHLER H2O 950 Liquid CPU Cooler  ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair XMS 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ X² Video Card  ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $815.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 09:40 EDT-0400

 

This will slice THROUGH EVERYTHING!

[StofPCs]

This is not a build log. Please post in the relevant section next time.

u must have fat fingers I thought I did click the right section .you apologies!

[StofPCs]

This is the closest I can get:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vQGjRB

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vQGjRB/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $852.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 12:23 EDT-0400

 

I bought 2 items from NCIX, over $100.00 should be free shipping.  I am looking to cheapen it up a bit, and one way would be to buy memory which could save me a few dollars and maybe if I can find a small enough used GPU that could work too, but I'll have to work with sizing.

 

 

EDIT:  I will probably do this instead (getting a used 7950/280)

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Jsmxxr

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Jsmxxr/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($135.00) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $787.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 12:28 EDT-0400