Best pc under 300W?

[IHirs]

I thought of a cool challenge: Best build under 300w(watage decided by pcpartpicker). Ive done a few of these before for a certain amount of money but never for a certain amount of watts, anyways here is the build i can up with, post yours down below

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6300T 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($158.25 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($396.98 @ Directron) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3466 Memory  ($174.99 @ Corsair) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($479.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($149.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1360.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 14:03 EST-0500

[Electronics Wizardy]

Don't get a 980, get a 1070 or 1080. You can also probably run a 7700t

[Lord Nicoll]

9 minutes ago, IHirs said:

I thought of a cool challenge: Best build under 300w. Ive done a few of these before for a certain amount of money but never for a certain amount of watts, anyways here is the build i can up with, post yours down below

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6300T 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($158.25 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($396.98 @ Directron) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3466 Memory  ($174.99 @ Corsair) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($479.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($149.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1360.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 14:03 EST-0500

Here's mine

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sb28zM
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sb28zM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($27.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Series Video Card  ($398.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($239.99 @ Corsair) 
Total: $973.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 14:13 EST-0500

[Electronics Wizardy]

12 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

 

How about this?

 

It has a much faster cpu, and why do you need a fancy cooler for a pentium?

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2vZJTH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2vZJTH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700T 2.8GHz Quad-Core Processor 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 1.1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($250.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($376.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $863.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 14:24 EST-0500

[Lord Nicoll]

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

How about this?

 

It has a much faster cpu, and why do you need a fancy cooler for a pentium?

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2vZJTH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2vZJTH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700T 2.8GHz Quad-Core Processor 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 1.1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($250.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($376.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $863.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 14:24 EST-0500

Well you just added a 2nd stick of memory, that adds to the power draw, as does the CPU, TDP is NOT power draw, it's just power that gets turned into heat, which is also why I selected the good gold rated PSU at 650 watts, you'd be right in peak 45% under full load, so best efficiency. The "fancy" cooler was just so it's stay super cold and keep the power consumption of the chip a few hundred milliwatts lower, and the M.2 drive was because it has a little lower power draw again. Rated specs are actually really far from what they claim on the PC part picker list, I might buy both setups and test them to see of either draw over 300, and try and resell them after wards and use the use the slight profit to buy an even better server than what I am going to buy. 

[brob]

My entry. The cpu is not listed in pcpartpicker. Intel rates it at 35W TDP. TDP is the value pcpartpicker uses for cpu power estimates. So the build is 264W + 35W = 299W.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($299.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Pro 2.0TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($1299.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($376.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: Intel Intel Core i7-7700T Kaby Lake Quad-Core 2.9 GHz LGA 1151 35W CM8067702868416 Desktop Processor ($331.00)
Total: $2542.94
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 20:43 EST-0500

[WereCat]

Most expensive and best build under 300W TDP so far

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700T 2.8GHz Quad-Core Processor 
CPU Cooler: Prolimatech PRO-SAM17 Fanless CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($99.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Intel DC P3608 4TB PCI-E Solid State Drive  ($8524.97 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card  ($659.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 760T Black ATX Full Tower Case  ($176.32 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $9681.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 23:50 EST-0500