Not one to ask for help but ITX help?

Hardware Build a PC
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Ok so I'm building a mITX mostly for fun. I plan to make it a steambox and give it to my friend for his birthday. My budget is low, I'm trying to stay under $500. However I have a few concerns.... 1st I've never bought Intel, Is this a good chip for the price or should I be looking else ware? 2nd the case says it will handle a full ATX PSU but has anyone tried doing this with this case? and 3rd I've skimped on MOBOs before but this is a new low... will I really see that much of a difference with this?



Case: Coolermaster Elite 130

PSU: CX 500W

GPU: EVGA GTX 750

MOBO: ECS H61H2-I v1.1 LGA 1155 Intel H61

RAM: Team Elite 4GB 240-Pin 1333

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz

SSD: Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR60GB-7



Also suggestions to improve price to power are welcome!

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I think its fine, ECS isn't one of my favorites but it should work

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Looks as though it won't explode based on reviews. If you're really concerned though your could probably go with the FM2 or FM2+, get a better motherboard with slightly worse CPU, such as this and reinvest the money elsewhere if it frees any up.

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If i had my way I would just put an FX6300 in it and call it a day but for reasons I don't understand you cant really find a mITX board with a AM3+ socket. I have thought about using an APU but I feel its pointless because I have a graphics card. IDK maybe I'm being ridicules.

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wait i just clicked the link... i had no idea there was a chip that used FM2 and wasn't an APU... Thank you sir you just broadened my horizon!

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Don't go FX in anything but full size ATX. There is no motherboard available of safely handling a FX in anything less than ATX. You can find small FX boards, but they are cheap quality and will eventually fry your system. 

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http://pcpartpicker.com/user/DrunkenPanda/saved/3YMY this is my saved entry level CPU/GPU build...some parts may not be best price/performance as of 5 days ago

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Been using an FX in a Micro ATX board for about a year with no issues.

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Like i said.... Im doing a mITX build. not a ATX mid tower. Thanks anyway.

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Well just got done browsing my options for mITX boards with FM2 sockets and i think i might go with a MSI FM2-A75IA-E53 and a AMD 760K Richland 3.8GHz

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/37FvP

Perhaps?

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Yes, you deserve a cookie! I love it. I think i will only change 2 things. taking the 130 over the 120 just because i like the way it looks and has better airflow. the other will be the SSD. I'm going to stick with a 60GB and just use it as a boot drive. The friend I'm giving it to already has a 1Tb WD blue drive. And I might go with a normal 750 for the sake of money. but other than that you captured my view!

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/37HJj

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I would recommend getting 1600MHz memory, 1333 is pretty slow

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Makes no difference in gaming, though.

Also, the 1333mhz one is more expensive :S

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Here's your cookie: 

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yea i know i was just to lazy to find the exact one you had in the list... when im ready to buy im likly to go with the one you chose. unless i can find a better deal