Gaming mini-ITX system?

[Rashkae]

Looking to build a cheap mini system for light gaming (Sins of a Solar Empire, Civilization, etc). An AMD A10 with 32 GB RAM and an SSD should be more than enough?

What do you think?

 

[Alphina]

Budget? I won't play Civilization on amd platform sure hot rike hell... Even Intel toasting when conquering multiple areas..

 

[escksu]

Budget? I won't play Civilization on amd platform sure hot rike hell... Even Intel toasting when conquering multiple areas..

The way you put it is like mini-itx cannot be used for gaming....

I can assure you that mini-itx can play games very well.

 

[escksu]

Looking to build a cheap mini system for light gaming (Sins of a Solar Empire, Civilization, etc). An AMD A10 with 32 GB RAM and an SSD should be more than enough?

What do you think?

Looks decent if you wants something cheap and AIO.

 

[Rashkae]

Looks decent if you wants something cheap and AIO.

Yup exactly. And there are some good AMD mini-itx boards.

 

[escksu]

Yup exactly. And there are some good AMD mini-itx boards.

Asrock A88 mini-itx is good. I used to have it a long time ago.

 

[escksu]

http://www.msi.com/product/motherboard/A88XI-AC-V2.html#hero-overview

This one looks good but I don't think Corbell got bring in.

 

[Rashkae]

http://www.msi.com/product/motherboard/A88XI-AC-V2.html#hero-overview

This one looks good but I don't think Corbell got bring in.

Yeah MSI has some nice ones.

 

[geckoSG]

guys, can recommend a decent cheap mini or micro itx setup for gaming? mainly gary mod, counter strike, unturned, left4dead for kids.

 

[monikernemo]

Why 32 GB RAM? Get fast ram then OC the hell out of the rams

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[Rashkae]

Why 32 GB RAM? Get fast ram then OC the hell out of the rams

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Eeeeh won't make too much of a difference.

 

[Alphina]

The way you put it is like mini-itx cannot be used for gaming....

I can assure you that mini-itx can play games very well.

no body say mini itx cannot play games... siao lang

 

[Mockingjay]

intel + gpu should be better i guess

 

[monikernemo]

Eeeeh won't make too much of a difference.

Fast rams benefits IGP performance..

 

[Rashkae]

intel + gpu should be better i guess

Keep guessing. For the same price, you'll not match the performance.

 

[Rashkae]

Fast rams benefits IGP performance..

Yeah but not much impact on the target games.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Fast rams benefits IGP performance..

Fast RAMs but definitely not more RAMs....

 

[wwenze]

You got your priorities wrong man... 32GB ram is like >$400 dollars? So it's no longer cheap. In fact I can buy a R9 380 and 8GB of ram with the same money and it will absolutely murder APU in gaming. Then you can get Intel instead of AMD APU and get higher CPU performance for less money.

Don't forget, 32GB = 16GB x 2 in those AIO boards. And not even considering the need for SODIMM yet.

 

[Rashkae]

Fast RAMs but definitely not more RAMs....

Yup, but for general use such as photoshop, etc, the extra RAM will help lots.

 

[Rashkae]

You got your priorities wrong man... 32GB ram is like >$400 dollars? So it's no longer cheap. In fact I can buy a R9 380 and 8GB of ram with the same money and it will absolutely murder APU in gaming. Then you can get Intel instead of AMD APU and get higher CPU performance for less money.

8GB of RAM? And an R9 380 just for Civ? Oh please.