Ultimate Bang for the buck super light gaming and multimedia pc!

[Victor Lee]

I make it quick and dirty this time. You offer great help and I dont want to waste your time, but rest assured I thought my part already. I want to build a mini pc (think hometheater) in a small case. I want to be able to have two monitors at 1080p running on it (whit the programms mostly on one). Its a multimedia setup, means streaming movies at 4k (max. one at a time), butter smooth netflix, plex, crisp internet browsing with 7 tabs open, you get the idea. The tricky part is I also want to play certain games at 1080p with 30fps (pref. 60 fps). Games narrow down to league of legends, hearthstone, world of warcraft and rocket league. Medium settings are more than fine. Thats all I ever do on my pc so the idea now is:

 

Make it as powerfull as needed (no more overkill, no more "for five dollars more you could get this and this") > as cheap as possible >= as small as possible

 

I was thinking a small form factor case, mini itx with wifi and bluetooth, 4gb ram, good cpu with integrated graphics that can power these games, stock fan and small factor power supply with like 350w or something and good ssd + hdd storage for movies etc.

 

It should run windows 10.

 

So what would you say.  Thank you very much already.

[Guest]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($41.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.09 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B-E HTPC Case  ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $684.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-10 19:35 EST-0500

 

 

Small video card

SSD is smaller than a HDD

Small cooler

Mini ITX mobo with wifi

Small case (very)

Good enough PSU

 

[Cyndre1033]

8 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($41.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.09 @ B&H) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card  ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B-E HTPC Case  ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $663.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-10 19:29 EST-0500

 

Small video card

SSD is smaller than a HDD

Small cooler

Mini ITX mobo with wifi

Small case (very)

Good enough PSU

 

GTX 3gb and not RX 480 4gb which will probably be cheaper?

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Cyndre1033 said:

GTX 3gb and not RX 480 4gb which will probably be cheaper?

Yeah. Actually 3gb is cheaper but will change. Thanks for the suggestion

[Cyndre1033]

11 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($41.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.09 @ B&H) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card  ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B-E HTPC Case  ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $663.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-10 19:29 EST-0500

 

Small video card

SSD is smaller than a HDD

Small cooler

Mini ITX mobo with wifi

Small case (very)

Good enough PSU

 

Might save a tad extra getting 2133 RAM instead of 2400, because of your mobo only able to run it at 2133 anyway, but the rest makes a lot of sense and is a very good build overall. 

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Cyndre1033 said:

Might save a tad extra getting 2133 RAM instead of 2400, because of your mobo only able to run it at 2133 anyway, but the rest makes a lot of sense and is a very good build overall. 

That's the cheapst actually. Speed doesn't determine the price. You could end up getting faster ram for chpeaer lol

[dizmo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.09 @ B&H)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.82 @ Amazon)
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $483.85

 

I'd go this route.

 

• The 16GB of RAM is more because IIRC it's shared with the integrated graphics. You might be able to get away with 8GB, but I think 4GB would be a little too crippling. I didn't research it.
• The HD530 will play all the games you want to play on high, if not "ultra".
• 275GB so that you have enough room to have all of your games on the SSD. You can save some by stepping down if you don't think you'll need that much space.
• 2TB HDD. I have a 2TB external for movies and it's almost full. It'd be helpful to tell us how big your library is
  Not the fastest, but it doesn't have to be if it's just for storage.
• Case is very much a personal preference one so this is more of a place holder. There's tons of HTPC style cases out there to choose from.
• I'm not sure if that motherboard has Bluetooth, but USB Bluetooth transmitters are super cheap.

 

15 minutes ago, Cyndre1033 said:

GTX 3gb and not RX 480 4gb which will probably be cheaper?

 

14 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Yeah. Actually 3gb is cheaper but will change. Thanks for the suggestion

But...neither of these are needed for the games he plays.

[Guest]

20 minutes ago, dizmo said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.09 @ B&H)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.82 @ Amazon)
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $483.85

 

I'd go this route.

 

• The 16GB of RAM is more because IIRC it's shared with the integrated graphics. You might be able to get away with 8GB, but I think 4GB would be a little too crippling. I didn't research it.
• The HD530 will play all the games you want to play on high, if not "ultra".
• 275GB so that you have enough room to have all of your games on the SSD. You can save some by stepping down if you don't think you'll need that much space.
• 2TB HDD. I have a 2TB external for movies and it's almost full. It'd be helpful to tell us how big your library is
  Not the fastest, but it doesn't have to be if it's just for storage.
• Case is very much a personal preference one so this is more of a place holder. There's tons of HTPC style cases out there to choose from.
• I'm not sure if that motherboard has Bluetooth, but USB Bluetooth transmitters are super cheap.

 

 

But...neither of these are needed for the games he plays.

Giving him some future proof. But I agree. He can opt out for a gpu. Check the case above. It's very small

[dizmo]

10 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Giving him some future proof. But I agree. He can opt out for a gpu. Check the case above. It's very small

He was pretty clear in the title as well as his post that it was to be as cheap as possible with nothing more than what's needed.