Mini pc choice?

[John711]

I want to buy a mini gaming pc at about $1,000 to bring over to my friends house from time to time. No laptops! Please

[Fasauceome]

Want to build it yourself? There are quite impressive ITX cases for a custom mini.

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($113.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($86.85 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Constellation.2 1 TB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB GAMING Video Card  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design - Node 202 HTPC Case  ($59.00 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS SGX 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $913.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-20 13:53 EST-0500

 

 

yeah, id highly recommend building something like this. its very compact and reasonably powerful. 

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($113.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($86.85 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Constellation.2 1 TB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB GAMING Video Card  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Silverstone - ML08B-H HTPC Case  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS SGX 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $939.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-20 13:56 EST-0500

 

case with handle if you like that more instead. 

 

added a cooler if you want to overclock a tiny bit. 

[John711]

Thanks

[GoldenLag]

Just now, campy said:

i think we just did the same thing except you went for a flat boi and i went for a glowing cube

mine is smaller using SFX PSU and has a higher quality PSU.

 

i did opt for an 1 TB HDD though which could be swapped for an SSD instead. 

[John711]

The only problem is I want to bring this pc around with me

 

[John711]

I thought about the msi trident 3

 

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($113.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($67.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($127.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB GAMING Video Card  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Silverstone - ML08B-H HTPC Case  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS SGX 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $993.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-20 14:01 EST-0500

 

SSD storage version, using still the case with the handle. you can use this in the Fractal design Node 202 case

[John711]

Ok, that’s good

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, John711 said:

I thought about the msi trident 3

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6htWGX/silverstone-case-sstml08bh

 

i have a firm belief this case would be better. oterwise go for the fractal design node 202. the extra modularity of building yourself is just way to nice to give up.

[John711]

Lol

[Fr4nt1s3k]

3 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

mine is smaller using SFX PSU and has a higher quality PSU.

 

i did opt for an 1 TB HDD though which could be swapped for an SSD instead. 

I have the PSU, it's good quality and modular cables make it so easy to assemble everything together. The package even included useful converters and straps. The only issue with this one is that it makes a quite loud "click" sound every time the PC goes to sleep mode / restart / shutdown  It's apparently normal, but might scare some people.

[GoldenLag]

2 minutes ago, Fr4nt1s3k said:

I have the PSU, it's good quality and modular cables make it so easy to assemble everything together. The package even included useful converters and straps. The only issue with this one is that it makes a quite loud "click" sound every time the PC goes to sleep mode / restart / shutdown  It's apparently normal, but might scare some people.

tier 4 in the PSU tier list: 

not great, but certainly not bad.

 

afaik the seasonic model should sit at tier 2 if im not entirely misstaken.