Help configuring ASrock M8

[xLegendary]

I felt totally in love with this case, will look awesome in my living room as my badass Steam Box. Apparently they got it designed by BMWDesignworksUSA and ASRock.

Considering the power specifications and the case size, what would be the best config for this beauty?
I wanted to keep the power consumption and heat and lowest but still be able to game most of the games at high res.

 

[L1amrob]

Looks pretty good! Your right calling it a steam box badass
I would sugest you go for a 970, as they run pretty cool and doesnt consume alot of power!

 

[lukart]

Looks pretty good! Your right calling it a steam box badass
I would sugest you go for a 970, as they run pretty cool and doesnt consume alot of power!

Depends on the version he gets! As they have 2 different, one with 450W and other with 600W PSU.

 

[leedreamer189]

It's nice, but a bit bigger than I expected when I saw it in person. But here's my suggestion:

Intel Core i5-4690 Haswell 3.5GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I54690
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Laptop Memory Model F3-1600C11S-8GRSL
OCZ ARC 100 ARC100-25SAT3-240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
MSI N750TI-2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card
ASRock M8 Mini ITX Gaming PC 4th Gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3/Xeon/Pentium/Celeron Intel Socket LGA1150 Intel Z87 1 x HDMI Barebone

 

[xLegendary]

How about this one:

CPU : Core i7-4790 + Cooler Master Geminll M4
RAM : 2 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair
Graphics : NVIDIA GTX970 Zotac AMP!
HDD : 1 x 128GB SSD Intel + 2TB 3.5”HDD WD

Would it be too much for the 600W?

 

[L1amrob]

How about this one:

CPU : Core i7-4790 + Cooler Master Geminll M4
RAM : 2 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair
Graphics : NVIDIA GTX970 Zotac AMP!
HDD : 1 x 128GB SSD Intel + 2TB 3.5”HDD WD

Would it be too much for the 600W?

Considering the new series from nv are very power efficient, I imagine you could even get a 980 if you really want the best performance.

 

[Alternative X]

How about this one:

CPU : Core i7-4790 + Cooler Master Geminll M4
RAM : 2 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair
Graphics : NVIDIA GTX970 Zotac AMP!
HDD : 1 x 128GB SSD Intel + 2TB 3.5”HDD WD

Would it be too much for the 600W?

Think it would be prudent to get an i5 4460 instead, games generally do not make effective use of hyperthreading and getting an i7 will not help improve gaming performance by much.

Also, would also be a good idea to get a cheaper Crucial MX100 instead of an Intel, the MX100 will work just as fine.

How are you planning to obtain the M8 though?

 

[devilwahaha]

Clones talking to clones?

 

[leedreamer189]

How about this one:

CPU : Core i7-4790 + Cooler Master Geminll M4
RAM : 2 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair
Graphics : NVIDIA GTX970 Zotac AMP!
HDD : 1 x 128GB SSD Intel + 2TB 3.5”HDD WD

Would it be too much for the 600W?

Check out Chiphell, there is a roundup that shows that Corsair RM650 and Silverstone SX600-G can handle that.

 

[xLegendary]

Check out Chiphell, there is a roundup that shows that Corsair RM650 and Silverstone SX600-G can handle that.

Thanks! I guess It should be fine then

 

[ocer9999]

Just make sure you don't go with unknown brands for power supply...you don't want it to ruin the rest of your system...I've known people that bought no-name brands and regretted it.