Mini-ITX build

[mikal@/]

I want to build a budget mini-ITX build that plays games on ultra at 1080p, but my budget is quiet fleksible. Feel free to make sugestions and commets.

 

Intel Pentium AE g3258

Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI

Corsair Hydro h80i

Kingston v300

Crucial Ballistix 8gb 

Fractal design node 304

Corsair CX600

ASUS Geforce GTX 780 

[OnekillWalter]

suggestion # 1 : use pcpartpicker.com

[Feronix]

Why would you buy a Pentium + H80i if you can also get a quad core i5 for that money? The i5 will perform a good bit better in games that utilize all 4 cores and the Pentium might hold such a high end graphics card back a little. If you're getting it for the overclocking fun of it; don't go ITX cause they are warm and loud (coming from someone with an ITX build as main rig).

[Vacsol]

don't get a 780, get a 970.

Cooler, less heat output (important for a itx build), less power consumption, better performance and more features, more VRAM

 

I would never recommend a ITX build  either. go for mATX.

[Rheinwasser]

Why would you buy a Pentium + H80i if you can also get a quad core i5 for that money? The i5 will perform a good bit better in games that utilize all 4 cores and the Pentium might hold such a high end graphics card back a little. If you're getting it for the overclocking fun of it; don't go ITX cause they are warm and loud (coming from someone with an ITX build as main rig).

maybe he wants to upgrade later on.

[mikal@/]

Why would you buy a Pentium + H80i if you can also get a quad core i5 for that money? The i5 will perform a good bit better in games that utilize all 4 cores and the Pentium might hold such a high end graphics card back a little. If you're getting it for the overclocking fun of it; don't go ITX cause they are warm and loud (coming from someone with an ITX build as main rig).

What about the BitFenix Phenom M and I am planing to upgrade the pentium later but the core i5 is way to expensive for me right know.

[Feronix]

What about the BitFenix Phenom M and I am planing to upgrade the pentium later but the core i5 is way to expensive for me right know.

 

Honestly the mATX versions of the Bitfenix cases are pretty bad and you can literally get an i5 (4590/4690?) for the price of that Pentium and the H80i?

[razor767]

Unless you plan on getting a second graphics card, mini ITX should be fine.

 

Get a GTX 970 instead of a 780.