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Compact PC for Agency Work and Games

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2014/09/07 05:17:52 (permalink)

Compact PC for Agency Work and Games

My last AVA box is getting on in years (3.5 to be exact), so it's time to get a new one.



I don't keep up with hardware nowadays, so this is a shot in the dark (sort of). I really just need a small, fast box that I can use for a decent amount of graphic/video/dev -- and the occasional game.





+ BITFENIX Prodigy Arctic White Mini Tower Case, mini-ITX, 2 slots, Steel/Plastic

+ HEC Orion HP585DB 585W Power Supply, 24-pin ATX12V, 1x 6-pin PCIe, Retail

+ INTEL Coreâ„¢ i7-4790K Quad-Core 4 - 4.4GHz TB, HD Graphics 4600, LGA1150, 8MB L3 Cache, DDR3-1600, 22nm, 88W, EIST HT VT-x XD, Retail

+ COOLER MASTER GeminII M4 CPU Cooler, Socket 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/FM1/AM3/AM2, 59mm Height Low-Profile, Copper/Aluminum

+ COOLER MASTER ThermalFusion 400 Thermal Compound, Electrically Non-Conductive

+ ASUS Z97I-PLUS, LGA1150, Intel® Z97, DDR3-3200 16GB /2, PCIe x16, SATA 6Gb/s RAID 5 /4, M.2 /1, DP + HDMI + DVI + VGA, USB 3.0 /4+2, HDA, Wi-Fi, BT, GbLAN, mini-ITX, Retail

+ KINGSTON 16GB (2 x 8GB) HyperX Fury Black PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL10 1.5V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC

+ ASUS GTX750TI-OC-2GD5, GeForce® GTX 750 Ti 1072-1150MHz, 2GB GDDR5 5400MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, HDMI + 2x DVI + VGA, Retail

+ CRUCIAL 512GB MX100 SSD, MLC Marvell 88SS9189, 550/500 MB/s, SATA 6 Gb/s, 2.5-Inch, 7mm w/ 9mm Adapter, Retail

+ MICROSOFT Windows 8 Professional 64-bit Edition, OEM w/ Media





Any red flags? Anything I should swap out? Am I totally missing anything obvious?



Thanks in advance -- you guys do good work.
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    vikonic
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    Compact PC for Agency Work and Games 2014/09/08 17:26:17 (permalink)


    Hello sola and welcome to the AVADirect forums!
     
    This is a pretty decent build for someone who isn't keeping up with the current hardware :)
     
    It all looks pretty good aside from few small things:
     
    - I definitely recommend changing the power supply. This is our default PSU purely for cost savings, but I highly recommend upgrading to something by Antec, Corsair or Cooler Master. For your setup, you will be fine between 500W-650W. Also, I recommend going with a modular PSU as it is going to help keep the cable mess to a minimum, which is very important in a small chassis like this one.
     
    - I would select Windows 8.1 instead of 8 as it is the most recent version and in this scenario, both are basically the same with few minor improvements in 8.1
     
    The rest looks good. The VGA is powerful enough for games but not too powerful to create too much heat in this little case. The CPU is powerful, basically the best 1150 CPU you can have today so everything is good there. The GeminII is a small cooler but works great for its size. You also have more than enough RAM so no problems there.
     
    Let us know if you have any other questions, I'll be more than happy to answer them!
     
    Kind regards,
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