What Mini ITX should I buy??

[KiloAlphaIndigo]

Hello fellow nerds,

 

Just sold my Razer Blade 14 and wanting to build myself a small form factor gaming PC for around the £1000-1150 price point.

Here is my build so far, https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/KiloAlphaIndigo/saved/jNB3FT

Other than the case I’m also going to be looking at tweaking certain things like RAM etc. I don’t care about i7 as it’ll just be used for gaming and no streaming, video editing etc. Just wanting as cheap as possible.

 

However I can’t decide on what case to choose. I want as small as possible without being too restrictive for cooling and not sounding like a jet engine like the Razer Blade I just sold. I understand compromise must be made for ITX but want to find the right balance.

Final 2 stipulations are it needs to look nice but doesn’t have to have tempered glass or RGB and want it under £150 (or under £100 if possible!)

>oh and it must fit a full sized 1070/1080

 

Current considerations:

Corsair 250D

Fractal Node 202

 

Thanks in advance.

Kai

[AskTJ]

You can get a better cooler for less. See if you can mount a Ryzen cooler on it if it can fit. If your planning on putting a full size GPU, plug in a riser cable and lay it sideways, like its mounted vertically.

[Peskanova]

Look on the forums there is a build so cool with a tiny mini itx i think

[Peskanova]

this is the case that i'm talking about:

https://www.amazon.com/Cougar-gaming-QBX-Case/dp/B00ZV5YKY6

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Cougar QBX looks like exactly what you need. Other than that get an 8400 instead of a 7400.

[KiloAlphaIndigo]

31 minutes ago, Peskanova said:

this is the case that i'm talking about:

https://www.amazon.com/Cougar-gaming-QBX-Case/dp/B00ZV5YKY6

Wow thank you I’ve never heard of it before. Perfect price too, certainly a strong contender!

[KiloAlphaIndigo]

9 minutes ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

Cougar QBX looks like exactly what you need. Other than that get an 8400 instead of a 7400.

I’ve been thinking about this and with the extra cost I don’t know if it’s worth it tbh

[Peskanova]

2 more cores to hold da 1080 beast

[TVwazhere]

Just now, KiloAlphaIndigo said:

Wow thank you I’ve never heard of it before. Perfect price too, certainly a strong contender!

Was just about to suggest this case. It's a cheaper build quality than most, but it's still a very sold case overall, there's a lot of good features, pretty good airflow for its size and cna hold a good amount of hardware in it. It's hard to beat!

1 minute ago, KiloAlphaIndigo said:

I’ve been thinking about this and with the extra cost I don’t know if it’s worth it tbh

The 8400 is 100% worth it. 2 extra cores for $10 will go a long way

[KiloAlphaIndigo]

4 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Was just about to suggest this case. It's a cheaper build quality than most, but it's still a very sold case overall, there's a lot of good features, pretty good airflow for its size and cna hold a good amount of hardware in it. It's hard to beat!

The 8400 is 100% worth it. 2 extra cores for $10 will go a long way

 

4 hours ago, Peskanova said:

2 more cores to hold da 1080 beast

 

4 hours ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

Cougar QBX looks like exactly what you need. Other than that get an 8400 instead of a 7400.

Only thing with going 8400 is need a different motherboard and adding cost there as well ?

[TVwazhere]

55 minutes ago, KiloAlphaIndigo said:

Only thing with going 8400 is need a different motherboard and adding cost there as well ?

Drop the aftermarket cooler since the 8400 (and 7400 for that matter) can get away with the stock cooler and it's the same price

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360N WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£87.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£59.30 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£89.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card  (£479.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair - 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  (£83.89 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£87.32 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1032.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-11 18:15 BST+0100

[KiloAlphaIndigo]

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Drop the aftermarket cooler since the 8400 (and 7400 for that matter) can get away with the stock cooler and it's the same price

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360N WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£87.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£59.30 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£89.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card  (£479.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair - 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  (£83.89 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£87.32 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1032.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-11 18:15 BST+0100

I actually thought Intel stopped shipping CPUs with coolers that’s why I added aftermarket one ? thanks for telling me that haha

Saved me there so I can look at improving other parts like RAM or SSD ?

[TVwazhere]

13 minutes ago, KiloAlphaIndigo said:

I actually thought Intel stopped shipping CPUs with coolers that’s why I added aftermarket one ? thanks for telling me that haha

Saved me there so I can look at improving other parts like RAM or SSD ?

That only applies to the overclockable K Sku's (8600k, 8700k, etc)