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John Morrison. Founder and Team Leader of SFF.N
Original poster
SFF Network
SFF Workshop
SFFn Staff
Time to build a new(ish) rig. Budget is very tight though, so my choices are limited to the below.
Items in Bold Italics are yet to be purchased and have to be budgeted for under NZ$200. Keep in mind the purchase of the 120gb ssd is around NZ$75 and is critical to this new build!)
I have many CPU cooling options, as well as ATX, SFX and picoPSU power options available. Drive options, I have various 2.5" and 3.5" HDDs.
Option 1:
FX-8350 (undervolted)
Gigabyte 970A-D3P ATX motherboard
8GB DDR3 (single DIMM)
Gigabyte R7-360 GPU
FSP 300w SFX
Scythe Big Shuriken
120GB SSD
Custom ATX SFF Case (18-19L) which is a big task with the limited free time I have
Option 2:
FX-8350 (undervolted)
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 M-ATX motherboard
8GB DDR3 (single DIMM)
Gigabyte R7-360 GPU
ATX/SFX PSU
Scythe Big Shuriken
120GB SSD
Used M-ATX Compaq case or similar as board and SSD eat all of my budget
Option 3:
AM1 ITX board
Athlon 5350
120GB SSD
ITX case
PicoPSU
8GB DDR3 DIMM
My use:
Content production - image editing for articles, audio (podcasts), and video in future
Content writing
Gaming - GTA 5 and Minecraft mostly
Pick your option or provide a better option for me please
Items in Bold Italics are yet to be purchased and have to be budgeted for under NZ$200. Keep in mind the purchase of the 120gb ssd is around NZ$75 and is critical to this new build!)
I have many CPU cooling options, as well as ATX, SFX and picoPSU power options available. Drive options, I have various 2.5" and 3.5" HDDs.
Option 1:
FX-8350 (undervolted)
Gigabyte 970A-D3P ATX motherboard
8GB DDR3 (single DIMM)
Gigabyte R7-360 GPU
FSP 300w SFX
Scythe Big Shuriken
120GB SSD
Custom ATX SFF Case (18-19L) which is a big task with the limited free time I have
Option 2:
FX-8350 (undervolted)
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 M-ATX motherboard
8GB DDR3 (single DIMM)
Gigabyte R7-360 GPU
ATX/SFX PSU
Scythe Big Shuriken
120GB SSD
Used M-ATX Compaq case or similar as board and SSD eat all of my budget
Option 3:
AM1 ITX board
Athlon 5350
120GB SSD
ITX case
PicoPSU
8GB DDR3 DIMM
My use:
Content production - image editing for articles, audio (podcasts), and video in future
Content writing
Gaming - GTA 5 and Minecraft mostly
Pick your option or provide a better option for me please