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System Name | FumoffuFumoffu |
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Processor | Intel i7 4770K |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Z87X -UD3H |
Cooling | Corsair H100i |
Memory | 16GB DDR3 1600 Crucial Ballistix |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7970 OC |
Storage | 1- WD 500GB 1- Samsung F2 1.5TB 1- Crucial M4 128GB SSD 1-256GB ADATA XPG SX900 ASX900S3 SSD |
Display(s) | Hanns-G HZ281HPB 27.5'' 3ms Full HD 1920x1200 WideScreen LCD Monitor |
Case | Corsair Graphite Series 600T |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium |
Power Supply | Corsair HX 750W Gold |
Software | Windows 7 Pro x64 |
Hey guys,
I admit, I could easily do this myself but I am curious what you guys can come up with.
I want to downsize my rig from the Full ATX monster it is to a Mini-ITX mini-monster. I have a very limited budget since I work as a security officer even though I am a certified Computer/Network technician. It seems that companies don't want to hire new guys with less than 1 year's "experience" under their belt.
I figure my max budget for the downsize is around $300 to $350 depending on the size of my tax refund. Believe it or not, I make well below the poverty level in Mississippi. To put this into perspective, the national poverty salary level is somewhere around $15k/year. I make less than that. ^_^
So, enough economics, let's get to what is in my current Rig.
My current rig consists of :
My Case is nice and all but it is admittedly massive. And it limits me to 2 HDDs. Not that I necessarily need more than 2 Drives but for the SSD mounting, adding another drive is a real Pain. I have to remove the PSU to access the back of the drives.
The soundcard I could live without as long as the onboard sound does not blow. I am interested in going external soundcard though. Mayflower is nice but really expensive right now. The only reason I have a soundcard is to split the audio between rear and front panels so I can run TS3 through my headset and game audio through the speakers. I used to power a 5.1 setup but now I am down to 2.1.
I wish I could downsize my monitor to a 24" and go IPS but first, who would buy my Monitor, and secondly, would it really be worth it?
I love my GPU but damn that thing can get hot and it eats power like a champ. I am leery of switching to Nvidia and do not relish being locked into Gsync. I would love to wait for the R300 series but AFAIK that is a year away?
The case would need to be small but still fit my GPU and drives. Something where SSD placement could be creative?
I guess what I am looking for in budget would be:
I will show you what I would pick but I am open to suggestions. Another SSD would not be a bad Idea. I do want to add Linux to an SSD. Maybe swap the HDD on my laptop for a new SSD. That would add 500GB to my desktop. I generally buy from Amazon or Newegg.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VPj799
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VPj799/by_merchant/
I admit, I could easily do this myself but I am curious what you guys can come up with.
I want to downsize my rig from the Full ATX monster it is to a Mini-ITX mini-monster. I have a very limited budget since I work as a security officer even though I am a certified Computer/Network technician. It seems that companies don't want to hire new guys with less than 1 year's "experience" under their belt.
I figure my max budget for the downsize is around $300 to $350 depending on the size of my tax refund. Believe it or not, I make well below the poverty level in Mississippi. To put this into perspective, the national poverty salary level is somewhere around $15k/year. I make less than that. ^_^
So, enough economics, let's get to what is in my current Rig.
My current rig consists of :
- Intel i7-4770k
- Corsair H100i (I hate this)
- Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3
- 16GB Crucial Ballistics Sport LP 1600MHz RAM
- Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Ghz
- Corsair HX750
- CoolerMaster HAF XB
- Creative Soundblaster X-fi Titanium PCIe
- Crucial M4 128GB SSD
- ADATA XPG SX900 256GB SSD
- WD Black 7200RPM 2TB HDD
- Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB 5400RPM HDD
- Hanns G 27" 1920x1200 16:10 Monitor
- CoolerMaster Storm Trigger CherryMX Blue KB
- Logitech G500 Mouse
- DVDRW
My Case is nice and all but it is admittedly massive. And it limits me to 2 HDDs. Not that I necessarily need more than 2 Drives but for the SSD mounting, adding another drive is a real Pain. I have to remove the PSU to access the back of the drives.
The soundcard I could live without as long as the onboard sound does not blow. I am interested in going external soundcard though. Mayflower is nice but really expensive right now. The only reason I have a soundcard is to split the audio between rear and front panels so I can run TS3 through my headset and game audio through the speakers. I used to power a 5.1 setup but now I am down to 2.1.
I wish I could downsize my monitor to a 24" and go IPS but first, who would buy my Monitor, and secondly, would it really be worth it?
I love my GPU but damn that thing can get hot and it eats power like a champ. I am leery of switching to Nvidia and do not relish being locked into Gsync. I would love to wait for the R300 series but AFAIK that is a year away?
The case would need to be small but still fit my GPU and drives. Something where SSD placement could be creative?
I guess what I am looking for in budget would be:
- Motherboard - with BT4.0 and Wireless AC
- Mini-ITX case
- CPU cooler to replace H100i NOT water cooling
- Maybe GPU recommendations but not really. Really watching the new AMD cards. I generally change GPUs every 3 years.
I will show you what I would pick but I am open to suggestions. Another SSD would not be a bad Idea. I do want to add Linux to an SSD. Maybe swap the HDD on my laptop for a new SSD. That would add 500GB to my desktop. I generally buy from Amazon or Newegg.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VPj799
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VPj799/by_merchant/
- CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)
- CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($122.98 @ Newegg)
- Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
- Storage: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
- Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
- Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
- Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
- Case: Rosewill Neutron Mini ITX Desktop Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
- Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
- Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
- Other: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB (Purchased)