Micro Machine

IReadUrSoul

Going to build a Micro Pc for gaming (Dirt2,WOW,Starcraft etc) and need some suitable pointers or better suggestions/cheaper alternatives ???

CASE: SUGGESTIONS WELCOME
MOBO:MSI 880GMA-E45 - motherboard - micro ATX - AMD 880G ???
Processor: Amd Phenom II ???
RAM:6gb SUGGESTIONS WELCOME
HD:500gb
Graphics:Geforce GTX 460 OC -1GB GDDdr5?? GOING TO BE RUNNING 2 MONITORS ????

Solitaire

Micro?!? That's mATX! :P Try mITX, that's micro!

Not very practical at times though...

What's your budget anyhow?

Deano12345

For the Ram, you wont get a 6GB kit for AMD, either 4 or 8GB. For 4GB id probably go with the Corsair XMS3 (1333MHz) which would run you about €50 on elara. 8GB I'd be inclined to go with 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws (1600MHz, i think, on Memoryc.ie) for about €105

What type case do you want, a cube style case, or a tower one ?

IReadUrSoul

HHmmmm A Cube if i could fit it all in??

RoyalMarine

i have an aerocool m40 case.



and inside i have

400w power supply (upgrading to 800 soon)
matx p55d-m evo motherboard
core i5 750
8gb ddr3 ocz ram
2tb drive
2tb drive
msi 5770hd gpu
corsair h50 watercooler
1 x 120mm fan
1 x 80mm fan
a fan controller

and it all fits perfectly and its extremly quite.

also have enough space for 2 dvd drives, OR more hard drives.

Deano12345

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

i have an aerocool m40 case.



and inside i have

400w power supply (upgrading to 800 soon)
matx p55d-m evo motherboard
core i5 750
8gb ddr3 ocz ram
2tb drive
2tb drive
msi 5770hd gpu
corsair h50 watercooler
1 x 120mm fan
1 x 80mm fan
a fan controller

and it all fits perfectly and its extremly quite.

also have enough space for 2 dvd drives, OR more hard drives.

That ^

Or a Lian Li V350, look at the Silverstone ''Sugo'' series aswell

IReadUrSoul

Ok cool going to go with the Aercool M40 i want to make sure all my components are compatible going to go with this rig below suggestions welcome, Some recommend me a graphics card that up to the new games and will be compatible on a 32" inch LCD

MOBO:http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articlesearch.jsp
PRO:ant decide on the following 2
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articlesearch.jsp OR
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=37143&agid=1242
MEM:http://www.memoryc.ie/products/description/8GB_G_Skill_DDR3_PC3_10666_1333MHz_Ripjaw_Series_CL9-9_9_9_24-Dual_Channel_kit/index.html

RoyalMarine

same motherboard i have, and its excellent.

it costs €86 on HWVS but its only €72 on pixmania.ie

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/4910088/art/asus/p7h55-m-1156-socket-h55-m.html

it has usb 3.0 support
sata 6gb/s channels

and its a great overclocker.

ram looks fine.

just be careful with what ever cpu cooler you go with. there isnt a huge amount of height there. thats why i went with the watercooler.

i have the hd5770 in my pc, and it fits with 2mm spare above it,
there is a good 6" spare behind it where the fan is so it should take any gpu length.

IReadUrSoul

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

same motherboard i have, and its excellent.

it costs €86 on HWVS but its only €72 on pixmania.ie

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/4910088/art/asus/p7h55-m-1156-socket-h55-m.html

it has usb 3.0 support
sata 6gb/s channels

and its a great overclocker.

ram looks fine.

just be careful with what ever cpu cooler you go with. there isnt a huge amount of height there. thats why i went with the watercooler.

i have the hd5770 in my pc, and it fits with 2mm spare above it,
there is a good 6" spare behind it where the fan is so it should take any gpu length.

Thanks royalemarinne
Cant decide on the processor though i5,AMD Phenom II black edition,?

RoyalMarine

with that motherboard, you will need an i3 or i5.

i had an i3 530 and i had it overclocked to 3.6ghz and it was unbelivably fast.
everything i could think of ran so smooth it was amazing.

however, i often to a mass amount of programs at once, so i bought an i5 750 on adverts.ie cos i found it real cheap.

personally, i would stick an i3 in there, but if you can afford it, then an i5 will do nicely with some good overclocking on either chip.

PogMoThoin

I built a matx pc for my brother 3months ago, We picked a mobo with onboard HDMI so He could use it with His tv straight away, but He's since added a 1GB 4890 with VapourX so He can play games. Should overclock pretty decent too, added an arctic pro.

This is what it cost then:





Its even cheaper now, but the 2TB samsung hd isn't in stock , Western Digital is though (not as fast as the Samsung)