Mini ITX build - suggestions?

[Wauthar]

Out of the blue, I decided to configure a budget ITX build for the lolz. It might even end up happening for my brother, who needs a new pc.

This is what I came up with and I would love to hear any suggestions about it:

- Bitfenix Prodigy black

- 2x2 GB Corsair Vengeance low profile RAM

- Asus P8H77-I motherboard

- Intel I3-3220 processor

- Seasonic S12II-BRONZE 520W PSU

- Asus Radeon HD 7770 DirectCU V2

- Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB HDD

All in all, it would cost € 531,55 (which would be around 710,36 US dollar).

Please tell me what you think of it :)

[gamer tom]

Maybe swap out the hard drive and add an SSD?

[mvitkun]

maybe consider spending a bit more on the graphics card for a 7850,theres a huge performance difference between the two.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131482

and as a bonus you get bioshock infinite and tomb raider free with it.so you could sell those on ebay and make the money back

as said above maybe add an SSD.

consider doubling the ram to 8GB.

[Milo Pod]

Everything looks good but I would go with a 7850 at the least, just like mvitkun suggested.

[Wauthar]

Thank you for your suggestions, I will consider them and change the configuration :)

[ilikemacandpc]

What is your/his budget?

An upgrade to 8gb of ram might be warranted as well...

[Wauthar]

What is your/his budget?

An upgrade to 8gb of ram might be warranted as well...

He said to me that €500 is his budget, but it is nearly impossible to build a nice system for that pricepoint. Also, he doesn't know anything about building PC's, so I bumped the budget to around €600. This will help with the videocard and maybe the 8GB of RAM.

[ERSCreeper]

Would this maybe be cheaper than a Asus board? http://www.gigabyte.mn/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4338#ov

I don't live in Europe or America so prices are very different :/

[Wauthar]

Would this maybe be cheaper than a Asus board? http://www.gigabyte.mn/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4338#ov

I don't live in Europe or America so prices are very different :/

Thanks for the suggestion, but this board is a lot more expensive. The Asus board costs €87,20 here in The Netherlands and the Gigabyte costs over €100.

[ERSCreeper]

Would this maybe be cheaper than a Asus board? http://www.gigabyte.mn/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4338#ov

I don't live in Europe or America so prices are very different :/

Oh, Here in South Africa its the other way round :P

[MunsonedForLife]

Great choice on the bitfenix prodigy case...that's what I'm going with in my build also.

[Wauthar]

Great choice on the bitfenix prodigy case...that's what I'm going with in my build also.

Yeah, it may be expensive but is looks so good!

[MunsonedForLife]

I got mine for a good deal at Microcenter.

[vanwazltoff]

maybe consider spending a bit more on the graphics card for a 7850,theres a huge performance difference between the two.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131482

and as a bonus you get bioshock infinite and tomb raider free with it.so you could sell those on ebay and make the money back

as said above maybe add an SSD.

consider doubling the ram to 8GB.

pretty much everything i was going to say, maybe add a better cooler