Build Help (Australia)

[IamPaddy]

Location: Australia

Budget:1300-1400AUD

Aim for this build is to provide a good mate of mine with a  capable PORTABLE gaming rig he can use to play games at 1080p, including League of Legends and various AAA games. Hopefully allowing him to play games for at-least a couple of years.

 

My Current build for him:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($259.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: MSI B150I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($155.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($155.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Intel 540s 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($135.00 @ Centre Com) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($309.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra M 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($129.00 @ IJK) 
Total: $1330.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-03 21:11 AEDT+1100

 

 

No Monitor is needed nor are peripherals. He doesnt need much space as he only uses his hard drive space for the current games he plays and deletes what he doesn't.

Just wondering if this build is sufficient and if there is anyway of sheering the price down a little.

[Brooksie359]

He probably doesn't need 3000mhz ram as it will be limited on that motherboard anyways. Also you could maybe get a cheaper h110 motherboard and a 6400 or a 6500. For gpu I would say go for an rx 480 4gb but I'm not sure what pricing is like where you are and this is a small formfactor factor build so smaller power draw is always nice. That being said it may be worth it to get the 6gb model.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($259.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($148.00 @ Umart) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($137.50 @ Newegg Australia) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($115.00 @ Scorptec) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card  ($359.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case: Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($65.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($129.00 @ IJK) 
Total: $1297.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-03 21:35 AEDT+1100

[Gonio]

If you really want it to last for years, you should consider a unlocked setup or you might run into CPU limits for gaming with clockspeed. Same goes for the 1060 3GB. Fine for now, but with growing demand on VRAM it is likely to run out relative soon in triple A titles. So the 1060 6GB or 480 4-8 GB is a better option then since 3 can be edgy for games with mods already.

 

You can indeed save money on the RAM with a lower speed like 2400 unless price would be similar.

[SkilledRebuilds]

4GB vram minimum unless you want future games to lock settings away from you.

3gb gets populated easily at 1080p Ultra and even High settings in some games.

Imo 4gb vram or higher.