New building suggestion

[Giuliano]

Hi all!

first post here

i have a maxed out Mac mini 2012 i7 quad core which I'd like to replace with a modern pic and I don't think Apple will get any decent model anytime soon

I started to look around but I was out of the custom builds market for like 10 years now and there have been lots of changes since I've bought my last core 2 duo e2400 iirc the model.

 

so for the needs, I will be using the pc for software development (could have to load some 20gb PostgreSQL database) and will run 2-4 virtual machines (Centos, Windows xp and Windows 10). I have no interest in overclocking, heavy gaming, modding. I will sometimes play games like the Lego Star Wars ones, but those does not have high requirements and should be handled by the cpu's graphic card.

 

i have thought to start with 16gb of ram, with the option to go to 32/64 if needed.

for the cpu I'm not sure, but I'd like to get a ryzen with at least 4 cores/8 threads to be able to run the 4 virtual machines smoothly.

the motherboard shoul have 4 ram slots,nvme (2 slots would be nice), usb  3.1 type c (the fastest the better) and usb 3.0 (x4 minimum), plus wifi ac. 1gb Ethernet port (multiple 1gb ports or a 10 gb iare a plus, but my naps has only 2x1gb bondable ports right now)

 

For the case I'd like something small, with the ability to hold a gpu card in the future. I don't need England lights, clear Windows on the sides and so on.

 

display/keyboard/mouse not needed

 

Main os will be Windows 10, occasionally dual booting Kali Linux 

hackintosh compatibility (will use an sub wifi dongle if the wifi chipset is not compatible) is a plus

 

can you recommend some motherboards/cpu/cases/psu ?

 

Budget is around 1k€

 

Sorry for the long post

 

thanks in advance!

 

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[DocSwag]

What country do you live in?

[DocSwag]

This is in Germany. You might want to hurry up and buy that ram soon since 32 gb for €150 is an amazing deal, though it might be a little fake, not too sure. If you're not in Germany then you probably can't get it anyways.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (€345.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: MSI B350M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€104.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ  32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (€158.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€83.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€51.04 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 460 2GB Passive Heatsink Edition Video Card  (€119.02 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (€79.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 360W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (€65.82 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1008.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 15:47 CEST+0200

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3 hours ago, Julian2000nl said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3z9LKZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3z9LKZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($498.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($99.97 @ Jet)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  ($109.99 @ Jet)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1042.90

 

This should get the job done easily. You should really choose an OS that suits your needs. I'd stick to Linux but I'm not sure if all of your games are availible for it (yet).

That is over the op's budget (1000 Euros) and the R7 1800X isn't worth the extra over the R7 1700 anyway.

[Czaja]

5 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

That is over the op's budget (1000 Euros) and the R7 1800X isn't worth the extra over the R7 1700 anyway.

R7 totally right but 1042$ is 970€ so not over bugdet

[Guest]

16 minutes ago, Czaja said:

R7 totally right but 1042$ is 970€ so not over bugdet

It doesn't work like that though in the real world. You can't just convert one currency to another to get an accurate price.

 

Same build on German pcpartpicker is over budget without the psu price. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  (€517.84 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€32.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€162.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (€133.72 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€79.84 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  (€120.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (€37.70 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply 
Total: €1085.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 20:02 CEST+0200

 

[Giuliano]

wow !

thanks to all for the quick replies  Linus said the truth in the video about the community  

I will check everything out carefully !

 

Answers to the questions in the comments:

I'm in Italy

I will probably not run linux as the main os. I do at work, but at home I need something that is usable for my family members too, if it's necessary  so dual boot it is