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ITX Build

Yungkenobi

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Hey guys, I'm new to pc building but I wanted to do an itx build. My budget I'm working with is $1800 cause I wanted a strong gaming/editing station. Any ideas?

P.S honestly I'm open to pre-builds as well
 

sswilson

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If you're looking to build in mITX form factor the best bet would be to come up with a case you'd like to build in and then folks can go from there. mITX cases come in many different forms (some super small, most are pretty much as large as an mATX case) which will affect what hardware folks can recommend.

Do you have any preferences WRT platforms and/or manufacturers?
 

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Assuming you're in Canada. Here's my suggestion using mATX before tax:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($409.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: GeIL EVO SPEAR 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($179.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($549.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($94.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($128.95 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($129.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1737.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-29 20:11 EST-0500


Reason why I didn't use mITX is because I think it's better to get a board with 4 RAM slots and a bigger case for decent airflow. You may want to read up on Silverstone's SG13 review to see how good it is for mITX build. If you want a truly compact build, you will need to make some sacrifice or pay more for parts.
 

Yungkenobi

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When it comes to cases, I chose the nzxt h10 case to build in. Still looking for different options when it comes to the case but I was definitely leaning towards a 2070 super for gpu and an i7 9700k for cpu
 

Yungkenobi

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Assuming you're in Canada. Here's my suggestion using mATX before tax:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($409.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: GeIL EVO SPEAR 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($179.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card ($549.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($94.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($128.95 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($129.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1737.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-29 20:11 EST-0500


Reason why I didn't use mITX is because I think it's better to get a board with 4 RAM slots and a bigger case for decent airflow. You may want to read up on Silverstone's SG13 review to see how good it is for mITX build. If you want a truly compact build, you will need to make some sacrifice or pay more for parts.


Thanks, I appreciate this. I'll look into the sg13 as well
 

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What specific editing software are you planning to use? A lot of the productive software favors Ryzen because of thread counts. Take a look at this review first and see how the 9700K fits in your use case.


The NZXT case isn't exactly small compare to the mATX version. A revised version follows, I dumb down the PSU to semi-modular and down to 550W. Also lower the SSD to a slightly older version of the ADATA unit.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($409.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard ($139.07 @ Vuugo)
Memory: GeIL EVO SPEAR 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($159.99 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB MINI Video Card ($619.00 @ Canada Computers)
Case: NZXT H210 Mini ITX Tower Case ($109.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($90.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1673.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-30 01:10 EST-0500
 

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Oh the problem with the build is that you have to borrow a BIOS upgrade kit from AMD because the B450 board doesn't support Ryzen 3xxx CPU out of the box.
 

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Oh the problem with the build is that you have to borrow a BIOS upgrade kit from AMD because the B450 board doesn't support Ryzen 3xxx CPU out of the box.

unless you get any MSI b450 max model, since those all support ryzen 3000 out of the box, or almost any other MSI b450 non-max board, since they almost all allow flashing without a cpu installed.
 

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Can't find any of the Max model in ITX and I didn't bother looking up with any of them listed on PC Picker got Flashback, hence the warning.
 

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