Small but powerful

[Lepasconnu]

Hi everyone,

My brother in law is looking on to buying a proper gaming PC.
He would need a good 1080p/60fps. I already think that he would need the 1060 (even 1070 if possible).
My problem is with the CPU, I have always had a hard time understanding which one to chose.

could someone help me out with which part to pick? I have some sort of a start build down here for you to have a look at.
The budget would be 1000euros (approx £850)

Case
SHARKOON SHARK ZONE C10 MINI-ITX GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-6600 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H110I-PLUS: Mini-ITX, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk
1TB WD BLACK 3.5" WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre European Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN PORT + Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi excluded on H110I-PLUS)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Thank you!

 

[keynes]

For £850 you wouldn't be able to fit a GTX 1070. Does the spec you posted includes windows?

 

[Lepasconnu]

Hi!

Yes I realised afterward of my mistake regarding the 1070.
And yes the spec above includes win10 (I did not see it as necessary to be shown).

Have the prices increased? My first version of my current pc cost approx the same (850) but I seem to be more limited now with the same budget.

 

[Oussebon]

Which version are you talking about that was more expensive?

 

[Lepasconnu]

When I ordered my pc last year, I felt like I could get more for the same price (counting a 960 instead of a 1060 though)

 

[keynes]

When I ordered my pc last year, I felt like I could get more for the same price (counting a 960 instead of a 1060 though)

Depreciation of the sterling, newer components and the 1060 is significantly better than the 960

 

[Oussebon]

Well a GTX 960 was worth ~£160, while a GTX 1060 is a much more powerful card (more powerful than the GTX 970) and is ~£260 so that will be a big part of it.

Othrewise yes, prices have been affected by the weaker £ and have gone up.

The spec you posted above is about £1050.

You could get the RX 480 4gb rather than the GTX 1060. It's still a powerful GPU giving very competitive performance against the 1060 6gb, but is ~£60 cheaper.

A 450W PSU should also be fine for the build and for future high end GPUs, since the general thrust has been towards much more efficient cards than we were seeing even 4 years ago.



You could stick to the regular 7200RPM HDD, since the WD Black is £20 more and will make no difference to FPS in games.

8gb RAM would also be fine in gaming. The difference is negligible to non-existent:
http://www.techspot.com/article/1043-8gb-vs-16gb-ram/page3.html
http://techbuyersguru.com/gaming-ddr4-memory-2133-vs-26663200mhz-8gb-vs-16gb?page=3

Those changes would take the price down from around £1050 to more like £900.

Edit: Oh, and the i5 7500 is ~£30 cheaper. It has 100MHz higher base clock but 100MHz lower boost clock. I'm not sure you're going to notice the difference outside of benchmarks. https://ark.intel.com/compare/97123,88188
Not sure why PCS aren't selling the 7600 non-k at the moment, possibly a stock issue. But in its absence the 7500 is fine.

That's more like £880 now.

Case
SHARKOON SHARK ZONE C10 MINI-ITX GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-7500 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H110I-PLUS: Mini-ITX, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
4GB AMD RADEON™ RX 480 - HDMI, 3 x DP - DX® 12 ()

FREE DOOM with AMD RX 480 Series GPUs!
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN PORT + Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi excluded on H110I-PLUS)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price £883.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-sff-gaming/8vSBBdzSvq/

 

[Oussebon]

If it didn't need to be a mini system but could be a more regular size that would make it £100 cheaper still.
Sharkoon mini case: 180mm x 225mm x 370mm
SR 620 case: 470 x 220 x 416mm

The footprint is almost the same, it's just the height that's different.

e.g.

Case
PCS SR-620 MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-7500 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H110M-R: Micro-ATX, DDR4, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
4GB AMD RADEON™ RX 480 - HDMI, 3 x DP - DX® 12 ()

FREE DOOM with AMD RX 480 Series GPUs!
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price £776.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-home-office-pc/0WY2w9Cfs5/

 

[Lepasconnu]

Amazing, I don't know if you remember but you did my pc as well (he says hi). And I think you just made a second one, you're almost part of the family now ahah!

 

[Oussebon]

I seemed to recall a mini PC with a GTX 960 Glad the above was of interest.