Mini ITX for budget gaming

Rashkae

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Well, for low end games played at 1920x1080 and medium settings it should be OK. But pray that you don't need any technical support
 
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The CPU is not going to cut it for gaming as its only a dual core. Secondly you will need a system that has minimum of 16Gb of RAM and ideally a dual channel kit,.. if your going to mini-ITX then the motherboards only have 2 RAM slots making it not upgradable without replacing.

IF you want to keep cost down and have an upgrade path then I would not go mini-ITX. Building a smaller PC with good gaming capabilities comes at a high cost! Games such as GTA5 are very demanding on both CPU and GPU so take a look at other threads to see what others have built to fit these needs.
 
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1050ti isnt going to cut it anymore for modern titles. absolute minimum is 1650 super (non super is as bad as 1050ti), but budget is very tight in ts case.

honestly i would simply recommend getting the asrock deskmini a300, plop in a ryzen 5 2400g (3400g delivers very similar gaming performance), ram and ssd of choice and u are good to go. either way u are going to need to drop some settings to get smooth gameplay.

otherwise i agree with hafiz, either look at bigger form factor builds (which tend to be less expensive) or increase your budget. even when i built my pc --->
with taobao i could only manage $600 minimum cost (increased to $700 as i replaced the gpu) for a very good 1080p experience. i think the only way is to get cheap 2nd hand systems, then upgrade the gpu (rx570s go for about $100 on carou nowadays).
 
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Between 1050ti and the igpu in ryzen 3400g, which gives a better performance?

and thanks for your help in the mini pc thread! :s12:

NightRaven49 said:
1050ti isnt going to cut it anymore for modern titles. absolute minimum is 1650 super (non super is as bad as 1050ti), but budget is very tight in ts case.

honestly i would simply recommend getting the asrock deskmini a300, plop in a ryzen 5 2400g (3400g delivers very similar gaming performance), ram and ssd of choice and u are good to go. either way u are going to need to drop some settings to get smooth gameplay.

otherwise i agree with hafiz, either look at bigger form factor builds (which tend to be less expensive) or increase your budget. even when i built my pc --->
with taobao i could only manage $600 minimum cost (increased to $700 as i replaced the gpu) for a very good 1080p experience. i think the only way is to get cheap 2nd hand systems, then upgrade the gpu (rx570s go for about $100 on carou nowadays).
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cesc88 said:
Between 1050ti and the igpu in ryzen 3400g, which gives a better performance?

and thanks for your help in the mini pc thread! :s12:
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no worries :) as far as i can tell there are hardly any direct 1050 ti to vega 11 comparisons given how old the 1050 ti is, but comparing 3dmark benchmarks it seems like the 1050 ti is twice as powerful as the vega 11.
 
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