I wish I went for a mini-ITX rig when I built my PC. When I came to japan, there weren't good mini-ITX cases or motherboards available. But now there are.
I have a recommendation. Would you like to see?
Main system:
- CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k “Haswell”
- Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Impact
- The only mini-ITX that I can recommend. Comes with an amazing audio solution. You need one, because you cannot install a sound card in a mini-ITX motherboard as there is only one PCI-E slot in there and we need that for the video card.
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz CL11 8GB x2 kit
- Nothing special. Just fast RAM.
- Video card: NVidia GeForce GTX780 Ti reference
- Went with the reference card because it would put the hot air out of the case. The case isn’t large enough to house a GPU that puts hot air into the case. And no, AMD cards put out too much heat for this little baby.
- SSD: 500GB Samsung 840 EVO x2
- Can go for the 1TB drive, but we’ll RAID-0 couple of them just for bragging rights.
- HDD: None.
- Use a NAS to store data
- PSU: Corsair HX650 Gold
- Nothing special. Just a quality PSU that is enough to power the CPU and GPU when both are well overclocked. Could have gone with a small PSU, but a larger PSU would run quieter and put out less heat. But get a PSU with modular cables for the love of god!
- CPU cooler: Corsair H100i
- I wish we could install a 280mm rad in there, but you cannot. So we’ll stick to the H100i.
- Case fans: Corsair SP120 series fans
- We need fans with high static pressure because the stuff inside would be tight and there would be more restrictions that a spacious case.
Peripherals:
- Display: Qnix QX2710 27" 1440p PLS display
- Best display you can get for the money I guess.
- Keyboard: Logitech G710+ mechanical gaming keyboard
- Mouse: Logitech G602 wireless gaming mouse
- Speakers: Logitech Z623 2.1 speakers
- I have this and I like it
- Headset: Audiotechnica ATH-AD500X audiophile headphones
- I have this and I like it
- Webcam: Logitech C920
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