New €1900 m-ITX Build

[jvbatista]

Hi guys,

 

I'm thinking buying a new PC were the main focus is Gaming(fps and racing games) around € 1500(without vat, € 1900 with vat).

Here goes what I'm thinking of buying:

MOBO - ASUS MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT € 194,87
CPU - Intel Core i7-6700K Tray € 298,24
RAM - Kingston HyperX FURY Black DDR4 2400MHz 16GB (2x8GB Kit) € 65,13
COOLER - Maybe Noctua NH-C12P SE14 € 51,68
SSD - Samsung SSD 950 Pro Series NVMe M.2 2280 256GB € 159,58
GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked ACX 2.0+ 6GB GDDR5 € 566,39
PSU - EVGA SuperNOVA GQ 650 Watt € 78,57
CASE - Fractal Design Define Nano S € 58,40
CASE FANS - 2 NF-A14 € 35,12
CASE FANS - NF-F12 € 19,53

Total(excl. VAT) € 1.523,86

Please let me know if there is anything you would change / could be better inside the budget I have.

I'm going to be using computeruniverse.net to buy the hardware so can you guys focus on that website prices.

 

Thanks

 

ps. I'll be running my old Samsung 840 SSD and 24' 2048*1152 60hz monitor but i'm planning to move to a 4k 34' ultra wide later and also use some vms to work stuff.

[ExcaliburVII]

5 minutes ago, jvbatista said:

Hi guys,

 

I'm thinking buying a new PC were the main focus is Gaming(fps and racing games) around € 1500(without vat, € 1900 with vat).

Here goes what I'm thinking of buying:

MOBO - ASUS MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT € 194,87
CPU - Intel Core i7-6700K Tray € 298,24
RAM - Kingston HyperX FURY Black DDR4 2400MHz 16GB (2x8GB Kit) € 65,13
COOLER - Maybe Noctua NH-C12P SE14 € 51,68
SSD - Samsung SSD 950 Pro Series NVMe M.2 2280 256GB € 159,58
GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked ACX 2.0+ 6GB GDDR5 € 566,39
PSU - EVGA SuperNOVA GQ 650 Watt € 78,57
CASE - Fractal Design Define Nano S € 58,40
CASE FANS - 2 NF-A14 € 35,12
CASE FANS - NF-F12 € 19,53

Total(excl. VAT) € 1.523,86

Please let me know if there is anything you would change / could be better inside the budget I have.

I'm going to be using computeruniverse.net to buy the hardware so can you guys focus on that website prices.

 

Thanks

 

ps. I'll be running my old 24' 2048*1152 60hz monitor but i'm planning to move to a 4k 34' ultra wide later.

Looks good, the Nano S isn't a particularly small ITX case though so if you want to go smaller then something like a Node 304 would be good. If you don't mind the size though then the Nano S is fine.

 

Nano S supports bigger CPU coolers (up to 160mm) so you don't have to go with the smaller NH-C12P, but 160mm is still very very tight for most tower coolers. NH-C12P performs well anyway so eh.

 

Also Nano S only supports up to 160 mm PSUs and the GQ650 is 165mm. Whether or not that'll really make a diference I don't know, but they also recommend even shorter than 160mm for cable management. Perhaps something like this might suit you better (140mm, 650w, 80+ gold).

[ExcaliburVII]

Good list of short PSUs

[jvbatista]

@ExcaliburVII, thanks.

 

As for the case, I'll be building the computer so a little bit more room would be easier for me. I did a build in a phantomM and that was a pain in the a** to do. I was also thinking going m-atx instead of itx (silencio 352 and maximus gene, that's why the c12p) but the only benefit from it would be the 4 ram slots instead of 2(could come in hand due to the vms) since that i'm not going to use any expansion cards beside the GPU.

 

I have a work colleague that's going to buy the same config in m-atx form

[SammLeach]

12 minutes ago, ExcaliburVII said:

Looks good, the Nano S isn't a particularly small ITX case though so if you want to go smaller then something like a Node 304 would be good. If you don't mind the size though then the Nano S is fine.

 

Nano S supports bigger CPU coolers (up to 160mm) so you don't have to go with the smaller NH-C12P, but 160mm is still very very tight for most tower coolers. NH-C12P performs well anyway so eh.

 

Also Nano S only supports up to 160 mm PSUs and the GQ650 is 165mm. Whether or not that'll really make a diference I don't know, but they also recommend even shorter than 160mm for cable management. Perhaps something like this might suit you better (140mm, 650w, 80+ gold).

I have a similar system without the GPU. You are gonna love the 6700K and SSD. I went with the Asrock mobo as I couldn't find the ASUS for sale in October 2015.

[jvbatista]

btw, due to the monitor that I'm planning to use, do you guys think that I should wait for the next GPU generation? I'm asking this cause i'm not planning to upgrade my machine in 3 to 4 years at least...

[ExcaliburVII]

16 hours ago, jvbatista said:

btw, due to the monitor that I'm planning to use, do you guys think that I should wait for the next GPU generation? I'm asking this cause i'm not planning to upgrade my machine in 3 to 4 years at least...

Perhaps, it'll be waiting at least till the second half of the year though.