Mini ITX Gaming Rig

[cjeffcoatjr]

I am planning on building a new gaming rig for under $1,000 USD. 

This is what I have planned to buy:

AMD 'RIchland' A10-6800K APU (Going to OC as much as possible)

Corsair H100i

WD 2TB Green

Corsair CX600W

ADATA XPG V2 16 GB 2400 MHz

Sapphire Radeon HD Vapor-X OC 7950 (I found one for $250)

Gigabyte GA-F2A85XN-WiFi

A fan splitter

BitFenix Phenom Mini-ITX

 

Do you guys have any suggestions, and what would you change to improve performance?

[miyabwah]

I would throw in a SSD it you want it to be fast.

[cjeffcoatjr]

I would throw in a SSD it you want it to be fast.

I don't really want to sacrifice storage for price. The green was $90 for 2tbs and an ssd would be at least $100 for 120 gbs.

[Excon]

You have a $1000, don't get an APU. Also you don't need 2400mhz RAM.

[Air tree]

You have a $1000, don't get an APU.

On top of that he's has a decent graphics card

[Samdb]

This should be a little better. I couldn't find the case on PCPartpicker but the budget should allow it and if the case is cheaper than I expect it to be you can add an SSD.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1JpJD

[olan1225]

looks awesome! Its good to put some money on good cooling in an mitx build, which you have! Seems like the board is able to o good overclocks. The only thing im missing is an ssd  

[cjeffcoatjr]

You have a $1000, don't get an APU. Also you don't need 2400mhz RAM.

I thought that the apu would add like 20 frames in games, and run dual graphics with the video card? and the fast ram is for the apu which needs fast ram to run games better

[Excon]

I thought that the apu would add like 20 frames in games, and run dual graphics with the video card? and the fast ram is for the apu which needs fast ram to run games better

With a 7950 you don't need an APU. If I recall correctly that feature only works with certain cards.

[miyabwah]

This should be a little better. I couldn't find the case on PCPartpicker but the budget should allow it and if the case is cheaper than I expect it to be you can add an SSD.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1JpJD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345033

$905 + $80 = 985. $15 is not enough for an SSD, but not everyone needs an SSD so it will be fine anyways.

[cjeffcoatjr]

With a 7950 you don't need an APU. If I recall correctly that feature only works with certain cards.

Ahh ok

[Coombzy]

With a 7950 you don't need an APU. If I recall correctly that feature only works with certain cards.

yes this is correct and the cards it can crossfire with are very low end cards.

[WoodenMarker]

This should be a little better. I couldn't find the case on PCPartpicker but the budget should allow it and if the case is cheaper than I expect it to be you can add an SSD.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1JpJD

Edits: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Jqn9