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Looking to get a budget build to haul over to LAN parties [CSGO and COD]

Looking to get in a week and i can go 50$ Above 

Must be a mid tower/ mini atx build!

Thanks in advance

 

What i want to build:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kw8LNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kw8LNG/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($66.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($51.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($156.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: BitFenix Phenom Arctic White Mini ITX Tower Case  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $571.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Any suggestions will be welcome
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CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($67.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($51.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.44 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($176.98 @ Newegg) 



Total: $614.17

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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boom, a decent lan party build

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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Here's what I'd do. I didn't factor in rebates, and the motherboard was released after Haswell Refresh so original bios works fine for the i5-4460.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX/WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($64.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($51.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($42.70 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($58.50 @ Newegg)
Total: $600.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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H81 is great for ITX since it's drawbacks mean zilch. Every motherboard in ITX form factor has the same drawbacks (2 DIMMs, 1 GPU, limited SATA slots, etc). Since this is just for LAN tournamnets, storage doesn't have to be large either. Enough for what you're playing, so just a single SSD with no HDD works.

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I think the case will be pretty nice for this build imo... only one thing, i would pick up some handles and attach them to the top- because the key to this build is portability and handles make it so much easier

[spoiler=Blue^3] http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/388528-blue3/ I5 4690k | Asrock Z97 Pro4 mATX | RAM: Corsair Vengeance (2x4GB) Blue Edition and Corsair Vengeance (2x4GB) Black Edition | GPU: XFX DD R9 390x | PSU: Corsair AX760 | SSD: Samsung 840- 120GB | Hard Drives: 2x1TB WD Blue | Watercooling Kit: XSPC Raystorm 240 

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Looking to get a budget build to haul over to LAN parties [CSGO and COD]

Looking to get in a week and i can go 50$ Above 

Must be a mid tower/ mini atx build!

Thanks in advance

 

What i want to build:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kw8LNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kw8LNG/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($66.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($51.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($156.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: BitFenix Phenom Arctic White Mini ITX Tower Case  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $571.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 10:40 EDT-0400
 
Any suggestions will be welcome

 

Don't forget to follow your topics.

 

I'd get a Z97 board instead of an H97 board. H97 board doesn't overclock properly.

Get an XFX 550w. Much higher quality for the same price. I picked a 520w Seasonic that's fully modular seeing as it's much nicer in a small case for cable management.

A bit over, but much better for overclocking and a higher quality PSU.

 

 
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($51.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($176.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: BitFenix Phenom Arctic White Mini ITX Tower Case  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $618.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Build looks good so far (except the storage, maybe get a 1tb hybrid drive or something cause 120 is not enough when some games are going like 30-60gb+).

 

Another option would be to get something second-hand, look for a good deal and get some nice bang for your buck.

Please don't critisize me but an Alienware x51 might be a good idea to get second-hand (actually reasonable prices) and to put a cooling-mod for the CPU such as bigger fans, bigger intakes, bigger heatsinks, water-cooling (search it up, heaps of them around the place), Alienware x51s would be nice and small for lan parties if you can fix their cooling problem.

 

EDIT: If you do buy an x51 please buy it second-hand where their price actually makes sense.

"The best solution to a problem is usually the easiest one" - GLaDOS 2011

Specs here if needed: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/HVf6f7

Thanks, bai!

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