Budget mini gaming pc

[theWhisperer]

Hey guys and gals. Im looking into making a small gaming pc for around $300 cad, because i already had the 120gb ssd and a gtx 560 gpu. Looking at getting itx or micro atx. Small and quiet is the goal. and i just want to play some games like skyrim or world of tanks on high graphics, but send me some options as upgrades and stuff, im open to ideas. I like the CM 110 js

[Daveeede]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.72 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($94.48 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Patriot Signature Line 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($45.13 @ NCIX) 
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($52.48 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($57.73 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $328.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-16 16:11 EDT-0400

 

Something like this might work. You can use your ssd and gpu with it and it should be able to play the games you listed.

[asapansh]

4 minutes ago, theWhisperer said:

Hey guys and gals. Im looking into making a small gaming pc for around $300 cad, because i already had the 120gb ssd and a gtx 560 gpu. Looking at getting itx or micro atx. Small and quiet is the goal. and i just want to play some games like skyrim or world of tanks on high graphics, but send me some options as upgrades and stuff, im open to ideas. I like the CM 110 js

 

are you fine with selling that gpu bc that is way too old to try to use for the games you are trying for

[TheRandomness]

2 minutes ago, Daveeede said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($78.72 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($94.48 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Patriot Signature Line 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($45.13 @ NCIX) 
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($52.48 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($57.73 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $328.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-16 16:11 EDT-0400

 

Something like this might work. You can use your ssd and gpu with it and it should be able to play the games you listed.

The PSU and CPU are quite lacklustre... @theWhisperer Could go for something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($76.99 @ NCIX) 
Motherboard: ASRock A68M-ITX Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($97.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($49.82 @ shopRBC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $323.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-16 16:15 EDT-0400

Which has a better CPU and PSU. Although, your list is better in terms of future upgradability.

2 minutes ago, asapansh said:

are you fine with selling that gpu bc that is way too old to try to use for the games you are trying for

WoT and Skyrim are both DX9 games. The 560 is completely fine for those purposes.

[theWhisperer]

4 minutes ago, asapansh said:

are you fine with selling that gpu bc that is way too old to try to use for the games you are trying for

well i guess so, i got it for $40

 

[asapansh]

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/g6PTm8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/g6PTm8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($76.99 @ NCIX) 
Motherboard: ASRock A68M-ITX Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($97.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($49.82 @ shopRBC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.15 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $297.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-16 16:18 EDT-0400

[Daveeede]

3 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

The PSU and CPU are quite lacklustre... @theWhisperer Could go for something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($76.99 @ NCIX) 
Motherboard: ASRock A68M-ITX Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($97.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($49.82 @ shopRBC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $323.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-16 16:15 EDT-0400

Which has a better CPU and PSU. Although, your list is better in terms of future upgradability.

WoT and Skyrim are both DX9 games. The 560 is completely fine for those purposes.

I like to think the EVGA 500B is decent for low-end gaming builds but I'd agree that the CX450M is a better PSU. 

 

Both our lists are decent. 300 CAD doesn't buy very much these days.

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Daveeede said:

I like to think the EVGA 500B is decent for low-end gaming builds but I'd agree that the CX450M is a better PSU. 

 

Both our lists are decent. 300 CAD doesn't buy very much these days.

It just goes down to what the OP wants now, better performance now or later. Although, I really would stick with the CX450M, it's really good for a budget build (also a lot of tiers higher in the PSU whitelist)

[asapansh]

10 minutes ago, Daveeede said:

I like to think the EVGA 500B is decent for low-end gaming builds but I'd agree that the CX450M is a better PSU. 

 

Both our lists are decent. 300 CAD doesn't buy very much these days.

 

 

what are you even saying? builder series psu's are known bad for anything above budget builds they aren't made with good components and have set on fire so many times

[SlyTroopah]

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/PkmZQV
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/PkmZQV/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Celeron G3900 2.8GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($56.99 @ PC Canada)  ---------- G3920 - (I chose the 3900 because the 3920 is not on pcpartpicker as of now)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($61.09 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.94 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $306.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-16 16:31 EDT-0400

[Daveeede]

19 minutes ago, asapansh said:

what are you even saying? builder series psu's are known bad for anything above budget builds they aren't made with good components and have set on fire so many times

The newly released CX lineup (CX450M, CX550M, etc) is much better than the old one. Do some research on it and you'll see what we're talking about.