I want to buy a Mini ITX Gaming PC as i will be moving a lot and laptops are too expensive.
I want the case to be a Cooler Master Elite 120. I want the best graphical performance. I dont need an OS or peripherals. I want the best for my money. I dont really mind Intel or AMD, again just the best performance.
stock cooler on the fx 8000 series is bad. not for the 760k. but you can pickup a cooler for £20. make sure it fits in your case. can get it to 4.5ghz if you wan't with a aftermarket cooler.
I'm going to recommend this as an alternative to the AMD. Gives you an upgrade path for the CPU later on, but the GPU isn't on par with the 760 recommended above. You should still get playable framerates at high settings.
The 7870XT is a great value if you can pick one up!
The AMD radeon 270X is a replacement for that GPU. And in my opinion it would not be near the performance of a 7950, or a gtx 760, wich performs quite equally to a HD 7950
For the CPU cooler, i would recommend, if u can fit it in the case, a coolermaster hyper 212 evo :)
Well, you have the Athlon option, the ivy bridge (i5), or the haswell option (i3). Unfortunately, the mITX platform limits you a bit. You can also go the APU route if you want to stick with mITX.
Are there particular games you like to play? If you're more of a starcraft/mmo player you may want to go with the ivy bridge option. That's going to give you the best performance in those games.
The only thing I really don't like about the Athlon or Ivy Bridge option is that you really have no upgrade path.
The only thing I really don't like about the Athlon or Ivy Bridge option is that you really have no upgrade path.
As long as you pick a FM2+ mobo you can upgrade there are new FM2+ chips out in 2 weeks ffs and there will be contentious chips after that (you dont make a new socket then instantly abaddon it!)