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First ever personal rig, M-ITX and for gaming

megadarkwood
By megadarkwood
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This will be my first actual rig that will be for me. I have made rigs for my friends and family but never had the money for myself. Finally, I have enough spending money available ($800, +/- $100) And am ready to buy and build my own.

 

I will be using this rig for heavy web browsing/school work (I have a lot of tabs open at a time, but 8gb ram is fine) and some gaming in games like Garrys mod, Battlefield 3/4, CIV5, Skyrim .etc at 1080p.

 

One thing that I need it to be in is a 250D case because it fits perfectly in the space I need it to sit in, this means that it has to be watercooled because of the cooler height limitation in that case. 

 

Everthing except for the case, PSU, and HDD/SSD will most likely be bought used to save on money. 

 

Here is the parts list that I have come up with so far, after looking around on /r/hardwareswap and ebay, I can most likely get the whole thing for around $750.

 




 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($246.98 @ DirectCanada) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ NCIX) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($82.85 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Canada Computers) 


Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  ($143.00 @ Vuugo) 

Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  ($81.36 @ DirectCanada) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.98 @ Amazon Canada) 

Total: $928.12

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I wouldnt waste money on H60 

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Sorry but I had to make it M-ATX.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($120.84 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($82.85 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($209.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $922.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Sorry but I had to make it M-ATX.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($120.84 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($82.85 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($209.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $922.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Why? Asus has the exact same board design in ITX format..

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-h97iplus

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Sorry but I had to make it M-ATX.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($120.84 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($82.85 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($209.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $922.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-13 10:09 EDT-0400

 

Doesn't help me then. I specifically said it HAS to be in the 250D because of the size.

 

 

I wouldnt waste money on H60 

Cheapest watercooler that I know will work.

 

 

I'd get a cheaper CPU like the 4440 and get a better video card.

And maybe a NH-L9i to save on space.

I would like to overclock a little bit so I need the K processor. 

Main Rig: -FX8150 -32gb Kingston HyperX BLUE -120gb Kingston HyperX SSD -1TB WD Black -ASUS R9 270 DCUII OC -Corsair 300r -Full specs on Profile


Other Devices: -One Plus One 64gb Sandstone Black -Canon T5 -Moto G -Pebble Smartwatch -Nintendo 2DS -G27 Racing Wheel


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Why? Asus has the exact same board design in ITX format..

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-h97iplus

H97 Chipset though

Main Rig: -FX8150 -32gb Kingston HyperX BLUE -120gb Kingston HyperX SSD -1TB WD Black -ASUS R9 270 DCUII OC -Corsair 300r -Full specs on Profile


Other Devices: -One Plus One 64gb Sandstone Black -Canon T5 -Moto G -Pebble Smartwatch -Nintendo 2DS -G27 Racing Wheel


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H97 Chipset though

 

Overclocking is useless. Especially for gaming.

EDIT: What about this?

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I would recommend skipping the SSD and getting a better GPU, then getting the SSD later. if you remove the SSD you can fit a 280 in there.

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Doesn't help me then. I specifically said it HAS to be in the 250D because of the size.

 

 

Cheapest watercooler that I know will work.

 

 

I would like to overclock a little bit so I need the K processor. 

No point if you're only going to overclock "a little bit", you either wanna go extreme OC so you get a good performance increase, or just not OC so you save power/lifespan.

This build will outperform a OC'd 4690k/260X combo for sure.

 

 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($108.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($349.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  ($81.36 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($57.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1015.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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