Need help in small form rig

[DominionX]

Hi,

I need help in building small form PC. This is my first time, most of the time i using mac. Therefore i am unsure about it.

My budget is around $900, excluding the monitor, OS & keyboard/mouse. I will be using for photo editing, surfing internet and streaming video. NO Gaming.

CPU: i5
MOBO: Not sure ? ITX
RAM: Kingston 8/16 GB Value
HDD: Plextor M5s 128GB
GPU: ?
PSU: Sunflower 500W/ SeaSonic M12II 520W
Casing: Jonsbo V3/ Fracture Design Node 304

Can anyone suggest/ recommend the components, alternative is welcome? I am unsure if the component can fit into the case.

Thanks

 

[royfrosty]

Hi,

I need help in building small form PC. This is my first time, most of the time i using mac. Therefore i am unsure about it.

My budget is around $900, excluding the monitor, OS & keyboard/mouse. I will be using for photo editing, surfing internet and streaming video. NO Gaming.

CPU: i5
MOBO: Not sure ? ITX
RAM: Kingston 8/16 GB Value
HDD: Plextor M5s 128GB
GPU: ?
PSU: Sunflower 500W/ SeaSonic M12II 520W
Casing: Jonsbo V3/ Fracture Design Node 304

Can anyone suggest/ recommend the components, alternative is welcome? I am unsure if the component can fit into the case.

Thanks

ITX is expensive and yet smaller in size with no future expansion.

$900 may not be able to fit everything. And if you intensively photoshop then an i7 is recommended. Furthermore Plextor M5S is obsolete and to add any SSD in it would probably hinder your other specs and over budget not unless you want an i5.

Asrock B75m ITX + i7-3770 ~ $451
Kingston Value Ram 2x8gb 1600mhz ~ $186
WD Blue 1tb ~ $78
Corsair Force LS 120gb ~ $141
Palit GTX650 1gb + FSP Hexa 500W ~ $199
Jonsbo V3+ ~ $79

Total cost $1134

If you want to have an matx build, slightly bigger form and downgrade the SSD to a budget one, then it will be cheaper.

Asrock B75m dgs + i7-3770 ~ $418
Kingston Value Ram 2x8gb 1600mhz ~ $186
WD Blue 1tb ~ $78
Silicon Power V60 120gb ~ $120
Leadtek GTX650 1gb ~ $140
CM 311 + FSP Hexa 500w ~ $105

Total $1047

 

[wwenze]

Your chassis is limited by the size of your GPU.

 

[nippp0n]

CPU & Mobo: i5-3570 & Asrock B75M ITX @ $340
Ram: Kingston Value Ram 8gb 1600mhz @ $93
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB @ $80
SSD: Silicon Power V60 120GB @ $120
GPU: Powercolor 7750 1GB @ $122
Case: CM Elite 120 @ $89
PSU: HEc True Power 300W @ $35

Total: $879
Buy and build at Tradepac.

 

[jtjt00]

Should be "GPU is limited by the size of your casing".

Your chassis is limited by the size of your GPU.

 

[mike911]

CPU & Mobo: i5-3570 & Asrock B75M ITX @ $340
Ram: Kingston Value Ram 8gb 1600mhz @ $93
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB @ $80
SSD: Silicon Power V60 120GB @ $120
GPU: Powercolor 7750 1GB @ $122
Case: CM Elite 120 @ $89
PSU: HEc True Power 300W @ $35

Total: $879
Buy and build at Tradepac.

Maybe TS can consider adding $10 for CM 130 which has usb 3.0 port. Although you will lose the small 3.5" HDD rack and have to mount the HDD on top of 5.25" bay

 

[DominionX]

Thanks for the suggestion guys. Seem that DIY is not as simple as it is.
I think i will go for i5, since i am not that intensive in photo editing. For HDD, external HDD which i am using. After going thru the suggestion i come up with the below setup. Not sure is it feasible to fit in the box.

I have downgrade to i5, do you think having 16GB ram is too much, should i reduced. As for power supply if i choose modular type, which brand should i select.

For the GPU, for photo editing is better to use AMD or Nvidia chipset. I read up, most people will recommend AMD chipset bcos of the OpenCL. Hope i did not get it wrong.

Setup ($1001):
CPU&MoBo:Asrock B75m ITX + i5-3570 ~ $340
RAM:Kingston Value Ram 2x8gb 1600mhz ~ $186
SSD:Corsair Force LS 120gb ~ $141
GPU: Leadtek GTX650 1gb ~ $140
Case: CM Elite 130 ~ $99
PSU: Seasonic M12ii 520W ~ $95

 

[DominionX]

ITX is expensive and yet smaller in size with no future expansion.

$900 may not be able to fit everything. And if you intensively photoshop then an i7 is recommended. Furthermore Plextor M5S is obsolete and to add any SSD in it would probably hinder your other specs and over budget not unless you want an i5.

Asrock B75m ITX + i7-3770 ~ $451
Kingston Value Ram 2x8gb 1600mhz ~ $186
WD Blue 1tb ~ $78
Corsair Force LS 120gb ~ $141
Palit GTX650 1gb + FSP Hexa 500W ~ $199
Jonsbo V3+ ~ $79

Total cost $1134

If you want to have an matx build, slightly bigger form and downgrade the SSD to a budget one, then it will be cheaper.

Asrock B75m dgs + i7-3770 ~ $418
Kingston Value Ram 2x8gb 1600mhz ~ $186
WD Blue 1tb ~ $78
Silicon Power V60 120gb ~ $120
Leadtek GTX650 1gb ~ $140
CM 311 + FSP Hexa 500w ~ $105

Total $1047

After going thru the suggestion i come up with the below setup. Not sure is it feasible to fit in the box. Need your advice.

Setup ($1001):
CPU&MoBo:Asrock B75m ITX + i5-3570 ~ $340
RAM:Kingston Value Ram 2x8gb 1600mhz ~ $186
SSD:Corsair Force LS 120gb ~ $141
GPU: Leadtek GTX650 1gb ~ $140
Case: CM Elite 130 ~ $99
PSU: Seasonic M12ii 520W ~ $95

I have downgrade to i5, do you think having 16GB ram is too much, should i reduced.

Power supply if i choose modular type, which brand should i select.

For the GPU, for photo editing is better to use AMD or Nvidia chipset.

Thanks.