New mini itx build

[derekderek]

So I am giving my old rig to my dad which consist of.

Cpu phemon x6 1035t oc to 3.5

MB Asrock 990fx killer

12 gigs of ram

Psu 700 watt

evga gtx960 ftw keeping he has a r9 270x

ssd crucial 128gb

HD 1tb WD

fractal 2300

New build is

cpu 4960k

asrock z97e itx

gpu gtx 960 ftw

Psu corsair 500wt

Samsung m.2 256gb

corsair h60 cooling

silverstone sugo sg13

8gigs of 1600 ram.

So after using pcpartpicker.com it totaled a little more than I want to spend. I will if I need to but would like advice on a cheaper build that would be a upgrade from my current system around 525$ without GPU. Thanks for the help!

[derekderek]

Crap forgot to say what I will be using it for. Light rendering very light and some games BF4, witcher 3 .

[XYrZbest]

why downgrade your ram capacity

[derekderek]

Because with keeping cost down I have 2 spare 4 gig sticks . The most I have ever seen utilized seen utilized anyway is 5.5gigs on my old system.

[Captain_WD]

So I am giving my old rig to my dad which consist of.

Cpu phemon x6 1035t oc to 3.5

MB Asrock 990fx killer

12 gigs of ram

Psu 700 watt

evga gtx960 ftw keeping he has a r9 270x

ssd crucial 128gb

HD 1tb WD

fractal 2300

New build is

cpu 4960k

asrock z97e itx

gpu gtx 960 ftw

Psu corsair 500wt

Samsung m.2 256gb

corsair h60 cooling

silverstone sugo sg13

8gigs of 1600 ram.

So after using pcpartpicker.com it totaled a little more than I want to spend. I will if I need to but would like advice on a cheaper build that would be a upgrade from my current system around 525$ without GPU. Thanks for the help!

 

Hey derekderek, welcome to the community

 

The plan seems good. 2x4GB RAM is considered pretty optimal for gaming so you should be good there. 

What HDD will you be using? 

If you don't necessary need to overclock the CPU, I could suggest dropping to a non-k CPU and a H97 motherboard to reduce some of the cost of the build.

 

Captain_WD.

[donsleeq]

So I am giving my old rig to my dad which consist of.

Cpu phemon x6 1035t oc to 3.5

MB Asrock 990fx killer

12 gigs of ram

Psu 700 watt

evga gtx960 ftw keeping he has a r9 270x

ssd crucial 128gb

HD 1tb WD

fractal 2300

New build is

cpu 4960k

asrock z97e itx

gpu gtx 960 ftw

Psu corsair 500wt

Samsung m.2 256gb

corsair h60 cooling

silverstone sugo sg13

8gigs of 1600 ram.

So after using pcpartpicker.com it totaled a little more than I want to spend. I will if I need to but would like advice on a cheaper build that would be a upgrade from my current system around 525$ without GPU. Thanks for the help!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($241.95 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.22 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.49 @ OutletPC)

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $565.60

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-03 06:44 EDT-0400

The Xeon processor will give you the performance of the i7 4770 With hyperthreading.. It's a better combo than 4690k with a good z97 board..

And also you have a nice build with a blue and Black color scheme

If you say you have a spare 2x4Gb kit then remove the ram and you total at $513

[derekderek]

Captain_WD I will be using a Samsung 250gb M.2 drive.

 

donsleeq I never thought about using a Xeon processor thanks for the idea.

[CatzRuleZWorld]

Yet another person who had a big amd build and gave it away to build an Intel mITX pc. I did the same myself

[derekderek]

Yet another person who had a big amd build and gave it away to build an Intel mITX pc. I did the same myself

Yeah but this build has lasted about 3 years minus video card upgrades and case. It still plays games fine but it is starting to show its age slightly. My dad is running a HP A8 with a R9 270x and the CPU is holding it back so much its crazy. So I figured I would just build a new rig and give him this one.