Hello,
I'm looking for a mini PC, as the title describes. I chose the small form factor mainly for it to fit under my living room table (can't be higher than 40cm) and admittedly, it's cute. I play mainly RPGs (FFXIV:ARR and Skyrim, for example) and The Sims (all of them with add-ons and tons of mods).
I can't really go higher than £800 and around £750 is the ideal. I'll be using my old monitor, keyboard and mouse. So don't need that stuff, just the PC.
I configured this and wonder if anyone could offer some advice on where I could improve on things. If some bits are unnecessary, then I can spend more on more crucial parts. Here goes:
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4590 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN 250D MINI-ITX CASE (maybe unnecessary extra but it's a really nice case)
Motherboard
ASUS® H81I-PLUS: Mini-ITX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item: FREE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Game with Select GTX 9 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Corsair H55 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£39)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Quote Value: £756.00
The configuration check says the PSU is enough, so although it sounds like little, I'll trust it. Did I go overboard with the liquid cooling or would fans (maybe just put some extra ones in) be enough? I'm sort of paranoid about temperatures for some reason.
Hopefully you guys can give some advice and feedback, it would be greatly appreciated.
I'm looking for a mini PC, as the title describes. I chose the small form factor mainly for it to fit under my living room table (can't be higher than 40cm) and admittedly, it's cute. I play mainly RPGs (FFXIV:ARR and Skyrim, for example) and The Sims (all of them with add-ons and tons of mods).
I can't really go higher than £800 and around £750 is the ideal. I'll be using my old monitor, keyboard and mouse. So don't need that stuff, just the PC.
I configured this and wonder if anyone could offer some advice on where I could improve on things. If some bits are unnecessary, then I can spend more on more crucial parts. Here goes:
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4590 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN 250D MINI-ITX CASE (maybe unnecessary extra but it's a really nice case)
Motherboard
ASUS® H81I-PLUS: Mini-ITX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item: FREE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Game with Select GTX 9 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Corsair H55 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£39)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Quote Value: £756.00
The configuration check says the PSU is enough, so although it sounds like little, I'll trust it. Did I go overboard with the liquid cooling or would fans (maybe just put some extra ones in) be enough? I'm sort of paranoid about temperatures for some reason.
Hopefully you guys can give some advice and feedback, it would be greatly appreciated.
