This is simple. I will be using it for light video editing, internet browsing, and light gaming. By light gaming, I mean that the game I play can hit 150+fps on a 650ti using a program to make it run more on the gpu than the cpu, so I don't need anything spectacular. I need an os included in the build, that is it for extra's. Also, I would like to have it in the vivid green prodigy, if that is possible. I have a 320gb hard drive that I could use, but if I could get a bigger drive for storage in the build, that would be great. Last thing: I will be using windows 8 in this build, so I will need a nvidia card, as my game has driver issues between amd cards and uefi mobo's in windows 8 with my game. Any ideas?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kj5Q
^Is there any improvements that can be made to this build?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1kkbK Here is a cheaper build but would probably be better for me.
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why do you want the "most anti mini itx" ITX case, sereiously there are m-atx cases shorter and slimmer than it, it totally defeats the purpose of mini itx with minimal benifits over the m-atx or other mini itx cases
The lime green look :P I have the kraken pro headset, will hopefully getting a razer blackwidow and naga mouse/keyboard set later on this year, after I get the computer built. I was wanting to go for a green look all around, but maybe I shouldn't go that route. Might be more of a thing I upgrade my system to in the future.
well I'd suggest a different case and then mod it by paint it, maybe UV green and have LEDs and UV lights inside, do you need an OS included in the budget and what are your plans for overclocking and upgrading?
Sound good! OS yes, I want to overclock if I can; I am new to this but it still sparks my interest. Upgrading I plan to add another 8 gb of ram, add a video card (something like a 760) upgrade to windows 8 if I start off with an apu, then upgrade the mobo/processor to haswell/whatever next year's is, upgrade the psu to something like a 620w at the same time as the mobo/cpu. I eventually want to get a nice beefy pc for editing and gaming, but I am on a tight budget so I plan on starting out small. It would be better for me to save up, but the computer I have now is starting to have problems and editing is virtually impossible on this machine. I want something I could at least move through programs normally without the computer getting bogged down. My current pc: http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/gateway-dx420x-core-2/4507-3118_7-32103807.html
okay the current best VRMs for matx AM3+ mobos are 3+1, if FM2 has any better you might want to got with that but I think having the extra 2 cores on AM3+ would overperform the overclockablity you might get from FM2
There are some nice FM2 micro mobos with 6+ vrms and some ITX with 4+2 vrms pick up someting like a FM2 AMD Athlon II X4 750K (dont be fooled by the athlon name this cpu is a A10 APU that has had the on onboard video disabled it has piledriver cores/modules runs at 3.4Ghz and 4Ghz turbo...why AMD has called them athlons is beond me) but these new mobos are expencive if you what to go ITX you realy whant to go intel but $500 is not going to get you much in a micro or ITX formfactor
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-Athlon%20II%20X4%20750K.html
yeah if you had a 600 or a 500 without an OS
Ok. Well, can you make the best budget mini-itx build with a nvidia card (amd or intel)? It doesn't have to stay under the $500 budget, but just don't go all out on it. I would guess the am3+ would be best in this budget, but they don't have it on a mini-itx board. Whatever you come up with I will try to match on a atx build and compare the two!
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