Hi everyone, thanks for taking a look at my build. with my old laptop coming close to biting the dust and some sales coming up, I'm thinking of finally building a PC like I've always wanted.
I intend to use my computer mostly for mid-end gaming. I want to be able to run newer games like The witcher 3 at a decent framerate with average settings at 1080p resolution. I'll also be using it for low intensity purposes, like internet browsing and watching videos and movies.
I want to be able to do all of this in a roughly $700 price tag (not including keyboard, monitor and speakers), all while staying in a small form factor. Form factor is huge for me (no pun intended), I move around a lot and I don't want to be hauling a refrigerator everywhere I go. with that in mind, I do not intend to overclock this computer. Since it has to be compact I don't want excessive heat to become an issue.
Here's my build so far. I mostly stuck with recommendations from the sidebar, they were very helpful. I'm purchasing all my parts from the USA.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor | $104.99 @ B&H |
| Motherboard | MSI H110I Pro Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard | $67.98 @ Newegg |
| Memory | Team Elite Plus 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory | $22.98 @ Newegg |
| Memory | Team Elite Plus 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory | $22.98 @ Newegg |
| Storage | Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $159.99 @ B&H |
| Video Card | Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card | $129.99 @ Newegg |
| Case | Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case | $28.99 @ Newegg |
| Power Supply | Thermaltake TR2 500W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply | $63.99 @ SuperBiiz |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit | $85.58 @ OutletPC |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $727.47 | |
| Mail-in rebates | -$40.00 | |
| Total | $687.47 | |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-27 19:57 EST-0500 |
I could probably save some money by having a smaller SDD for the OS and a hard disk for storage, but I'm worried I'll run out of room in my tiny shoebox case. If I run out of storage on the drive I can always add additional drives later, right?
what do you think of my build? Any bottlenecks? Any pitfalls I'm stepping into? I'm new to building PC's so I'm not sure if there's any mistakes I'm making. The biggest area of confusion for me is the graphics card. I'm not sure how to tell what the most powerful ones are, but the one I have listed had good reviews.
Thanks again for taking a look and please let me know what you think!
Submitted November 28, 2016 at 06:48AM by OatsNraisin http://ift.tt/2g8rdjF buildapc
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