Small Form Factor Gaming PC Help!

[narunekogi]

Hey Guys!

 

I've watched Linus' video about the GTX Titan Small Form Factor Gaming PC and was thinking about doing the same. However I'm on a budget and I'm trying to make it as efficient as possible. Basically I have a couple of requirements I want to meet.

 

1. Be able to run Battlefield 3 in Ultra/High and the upcoming Battlefield 4 in at least High/Ultra - Same for Crysis 3, Assassin's Creed.

 

2. Mini PC case with mini-ATX and CPU water cooling if possible. Do not want to water cool the entire system as it will cost more money.

 

3. A good PC for video editing, streaming and Wi-Fi because I want to stream gameplay from PS3/PS4(Upcoming). A lot of space.

 

4. As cheap as possible.

 

Could anyone help me? As cheap as possible but still very high-grade products. 

[andsu]

Check this out: 

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You can also go with haswell and a 700 series card and replace the water cooling with aio water cooler such as h100i

[WoodenMarker]

Here you go: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17GtI

[narunekogi]

Thanks for the video!

 

Aio Water Cooling sounds good, I think I'll be going with that. However I'm still worried about the Haswell C1 motherboards with the USB problem. Worth getting it despite that?

 

Thanks for the link Wooden, a good overview however I'm unfortunately not in US or CANADA so I'll try to find some great parts here too.

[wansie]

Don't worry about the USB problem, It's very rare and even when it happens not that annoying.

 

Here you go: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17GtI

That's a good build, If you wan't to spend less just go with 770 or 4670k/3570k.

If you take a 780 I would go with a reference cooler because of the blower style-> better for small form factor because all the heat goes directly out.

[WoodenMarker]

Thanks for the video!

 

Aio Water Cooling sounds good, I think I'll be going with that. However I'm still worried about the Haswell C1 motherboards with the USB problem. Worth getting it despite that?

 

Thanks for the link Wooden, a good overview however I'm unfortunately not in US or CANADA so I'll try to find some great parts here too.

Where are you and what currency do you use? You didn't mention it in the original post.

 

Also, is there a budget?

[narunekogi]

If possible, 1000 - 1500$ maybe? I'm in Japan and we use JPY (Japanese Yen) However I'm thinking about ordering everything from NCIX because parts outside of Japan is significantly much cheaper.

[WoodenMarker]

If possible, 1000 - 1500$ maybe? I'm in Japan and we use JPY (Japanese Yen) However I'm thinking about ordering everything from NCIX because parts outside of Japan is significantly much cheaper.

I tried packing as much power into the budget as possible: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/17GXP

 

All parts are from NCIX US and shouldn't be too far off (hopefully) from the international prices. 

Is the shipping cost going to destroy the budget?

[narunekogi]

I'm trying to ask for money lol... and I think shipping costs which I am unaware of can't be counted into the budget. I put everything into my NCIX cart and saved both builds you suggested. We'll see what happens.

 

Thanks a lot for the help, I really appreciate it.

 

Still debating whether to get an H100i or the Noctua NH-D14

[WoodenMarker]

I'm trying to ask for money lol... and I think shipping costs which I am unaware of can't be counted into the budget. I put everything into my NCIX cart and saved both builds you suggested. We'll see what happens.

 

Thanks a lot for the help, I really appreciate it.

 

Still debating whether to get an H100i or the Noctua NH-D14

Less worries with air cooling and no possible pump noise with the NH-D14. Possibly less performance but the NH-D14 should be pretty neck to neck with the h100i.