Phanteks-Glory PC Project

xvantok · July 9, 2015

So here's what I have planned currently:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Patriot Blaze 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£29.60 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX Mini ITX Tower Case (£44.99 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)

Total: £136.57

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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And as the observant of you may have noticed, there is no Mobo/CPU/GPU... Well that's where I need the help. My total budget is £240, leaving me with about £100 for my Mobo/CPU, with my GPU being bought in the following weeks as tight on cash at the moment, however I plan in picking up a £90 R9 280/280x depending on how lucky I am when looking. I am aware that the Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX is an unlikely choice in such a tight budgeted build, however it is by far my favourite case on the market, and ITX builds are by far the best for my desk.

I plan to use this computer for everything possible to do on a computer. So all types of gaming (MMORPG, FPS, MOBAs, etc); work; graphic design (Adobe, Autodesk), 3D work (autodesk), Video editing, coding, etc.

So my thoughts on my CPU and Mobo where that of a g3258 and the cheapest z87/97 ITX boards I could find, but the problem with that is I can't find any boards under £80, so then I figured maybe a £70 i3 with the cheapest h81 board, but I feel I lose features such as inboard usb3 headers. I am also considering the amd options but don't understand there motherboard naming system. I am also open to any other suggestions, also I would be upgrading this system to i5, better graphics card, HDD as soon as I can get the money.

Any help with selecting CPU and Mobo would be hugely appreciated and advice on rest of build. I am also thinking of seeing what shows up on prime day, such as a cheap i3 or really cheap G3258.

Cheers,

Xvantok