Hey everyone, Im going to University this year, and I got a budget of GBP £2k and It has to be a small PC as I won't have enough space in uni for a full tower PC and this is what i've built so far. Monitor, Mouse and Keyboard are no issues, as i'll buy that myself but that's all I can think of so far. And this is only going to be used to play games as I got a MacBook for music, and doing assigments and Djing. Preferably want a motherboard with Wi-Fi just in case as I don't know what Uni gonna be like.
#PC Build for University
cobalt carbon
trim raven
ITX might be a better fit if you want a small pc
trail tartan
Motherboard is kak
cobalt carbon
Like not small small, because, I have like decent space.
trail tartan
Dont pair a620 with a 7800x3d
cobalt carbon
What motherboard would you recommend?
trim raven
b650s
trim raven
Like not small small, because, I have like decent space.
fair enough, being a student myself i do reccomend going smaller bcs before you know half of the space is filled open with books 🤣
cobalt carbon
Any brand recommendation? everyone saying Asus
trim raven
asus, msi, gigabyte
mostly the ones you have heard from
cobalt carbon
fair enough, being a student myself i do reccomend going smaller bcs before you ...
That's what I'm thinking, because i got myself a 240hz Alienware Monitor for chrismas haven't even opened it and I got a pair of DM-40D (Pioneer DJ) speakers with my setup for Uni. That's so far, just need to plan about keyboard.
cobalt carbon
some have more usb ports
the one thing i'm concered is bandwidth
Espically with me plugging in audio gear and them lot.
That's the latest one, now
trim raven
B650 being a more entry - mid ranged motherboard there will be a mix between usb 2.0 and 3.0
why does the case look bigger than some ATX cases?
it looks so wide wait let me check the dimensions
Dimensions
479 mm x 304 mm x 376 mm
18.858" x 11.969" x 14.803"
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B650 being a more entry - mid ranged motherboard there will be a mix between usb...
Perfect, that's what i'd like to have just in case
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Dimensions
479 mm x 304 mm x 376 mm
18.858" x 11.969" x 14.803"
is that good? tbh idk
Like, I have a basic knowledge but when it comes to like this, i'm lost
trim raven
im going to round some numbers to make it easier
the biggest gpus are 320mm (+/-) so you will have 20 cm of "unused" space, yes good for airflow and if you want hard drives you can fit them nicely in it but my pc is nearly half the size of it 🤣
i am on a ITX case (fractal terra) it is 15.5cm wide and 34.5cm deep and fits all but the most extreme sized cards
nothing wrong with a big pc case, it has many advantages but if size is a concern you have other options
cobalt carbon
Just size, like I don't mind but preferably don't want to put it in a big box, as when I move out I got loads of stuff....
trim raven
volumetric difference between what you chose and the mine
i do need to say mine is one of the smaller out there
trim raven
any reason 2SSDs there is no downside to have 1 big ssd
late cedar
I've heard having one SSD just for windows and another for games is an advantage
trim raven
very minimal, when hard drives were widely used it mattered more, the only real advantage now is ease of maintenance
late cedar
it's also much cheaper than a 4tb drive
late cedar
very true
trim raven
otherwise i dont really see anything wrong
still kinda sceptical about the pc case
cobalt carbon
Just thinking of Having 1tb of storage for windows and like important documentation
then 2TB for games
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But I might swap the drive to a cache drive
like get some more performance
and my mate said this... "tell him that the only thing id recommend is getting a bigger PSU as hes got a high demanding rig"
what's everyone's opinion?
slow spoke
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Qx9Fkf
those ssds are garbage
like bottom of the barrel qlc drives