Compact Gaming Computer (Small Form Factor)

[C Halcyon]

Hello Friends,

 

     I am working on building a computer that I can bring with me to my girl friends parent's place in a foreign country as a gift. They don't presently have a PC and her siblings primarily use a console for entertainment. I am planning to build them a small form factor PC that I can easily bring with me. Here are the components I have settled on, please help me make a selection: 

 

Cases: ncase m1 (Link: https://www.ncases.com/) , fractal node 202 (Link:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352058) , dancase (https://www.dan-cases.com/), sentry (http://zaber.com.pl/sentry/) 

PSU: Silverstone SX 700-LPT, other 600+ watt small form factor PSU (Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256166&cm_re=SILVERSTONE_SX700-LPT_700W-_-17-256-166-_-Product)

Motherboard: MSI Gaming Z170l Gaming Pro AC (Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130880&cm_re=Mini_ITX-_-13-130-880-_-Product)

CPU: i7-6700k (Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559&cm_re=Skylake-_-19-117-559-_-Product)

RAM: HyperX Fury 2x16GB (32GB total. Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820104682)

SSD: 950 Pro 256GB (Link: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-950-PRO-Internal-MZ-V5P256BW/dp/B015SOI392/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1474998794&sr=1-1&keywords=950+Pro)

HDD: 8TB 7200rpm (Seagate. Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019OSCLH8/ref=psdc_1254762011_t3_B00XS423SC)

GPU: 1080 GTX Founders, or 780 GTX (I have 2x 780s and 1x 1080 that I am not using)

 

I appreciate any and all feedback. I thank you for your time. 

Sincerely,

 

 

-CH 

 

 

[Sahil10416]

will you overclock your 6700k?

[C Halcyon]

I doubt it. I could just go with the regular version. 

[Sahil10416]

If you want to overclock you have to change the case & if not then its fine.

& you also need a cpu cooler.

If you want to overclock then i can suggest a build.

[C Halcyon]

I was thinking:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608029  for most of the cases, but potentially a water cooling solution if I go with the ncase. 

[Sahil10416]

I think you should go with the ncase.

If you want air cooling then go with Cryorig C1 with low profile rams.

You can overclock with this cooler.

For gaming 32 gb is overkill, you won't be using more than 8gb in most of the games but if you have the budget then you can buy 32gb.

[Sahil10416]

Also check Silverstone RVZ01 case.

[C Halcyon]

I am always big on virtualization. I'll probably install VMWare and show them how they can setup a home server on the side. That is my primary interest in the RAM and given how cheap RAM is anyway I don't want to go under 32GB. 

[C Halcyon]

Watched the video on that case. I am considering it, although I find the node 202 more interesting if I am going to go sub-$100.