New to PC building. Gaming PC (~€650).

EsteemedEntity

Hello! I've been exploring getting a proper desktop PC for a few months now and I've been kinda sold by some posts here on getting one from hardwareversand. I'm a total n00b to PC building though so I'd really appreciate the help or advice of anyone here.

I'm kinda set on some kind of slimline miniPC that would be relatively portable and maybe fit in a large backpack. For example, I was originally set on an Alienware X51 but the good people of boards.ie advised me I could get much better value by pursuing this course instead.

1. What is your budget? €600-€700

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming, Internet, light Photoshop/Illustrator use. I'd be pretty happy if I could play some games from the past 5 years or so (GTAV, KSP, WatchDogs, Skyrim). Wouldn't necessarily need to be high settings.

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No.

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No.

5. Do you need a monitor? No.

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? I have a 1920x1080 monitor atm but it's VGA only so whatever I build here would need to have VGA output or I'd need to get a DVI-VGA/HDMI-VGA adapter or something. I don't think I need to upgrade?

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? None other than I'd like a wireless card for convenience (included below) but a USB Dongle would do too I suppose.

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? No.

8. How can you pay? Visa Debit, Paypal

9. When are you purchasing? Within 14 days.

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? Dublin

I made this build on hardwareversand with the skinflint discounts, but I have no idea if it even makes sense. Can you fit those components in a case that small? Is that an appropriate PSU/fan? Is the CPU overkill? Will the good people of hardwareversand actually assemble this or just laugh?

Item|Price
AeroCool QS-102 Black Edition, mATX, benötigt SFX-Netzteil|€22.35
ASUS H81M-PLUS, Sockel 1150, mATX|€51.46
Intel Core i5-4460 in-a-Box|€149.46
8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9|€61.89
MSI N750Ti 2GD5/OC, 2GB DDR5|€121.01
be quiet! SFX POWER 2 400W|€53.08
Scythe Katana 3, nur für Intel-CPUs|€17.64
Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 120GB SATA 6Gb/s|€64.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€46.60
LG GH24NS bare schwarz|€12.49
TP-LINK TL-WN881ND Netzwerkkarte/-adapter|€12.99
Total|€613.96
Please forgive the lack of links above but I'm still "new user" with <50 posts so I can't post URLs.

Thanks!

DERPY DERPFACE

You don't need the cooler for the cpu. You should try and get the gtx 760 instead of 750 ti.

Addled

One thing to note is that motherboard does support the CPU but might require flashing the bios before it works :
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H81MPLUS/HelpDesk_CPU/

That would leave you in a chicken/egg situation unless you can get your hands on another older socket 1150 chip to get the board up and running initially.

It might already be pre-flashed though it's hard to tell as haswell refresh hasn't been out that long.

Also you need a low profile GPU for that case.

multimate

Personally I'd lower the cpu to a x4 750k or fx 6300 and upgrade the gpu to a r9 270x

yawhat!

Try to fit the gtx 760 into it. If not the R9 270. Same as R9 270x when overclocked.

Could go down the Fx 6300 or the 8320 route either.

EsteemedEntity

Thanks for the input!

Ok, say I chose a larger case, GTX 760, and chose an older CPU to avoid the scenario Addled described. Thoughts?

Item|Price
Sharkoon MS140, mATX, ohne Netzteil|€30.02
Intel Core i5-4440 Box, LGA1150|€148.89
ASUS H81M-PLUS, Sockel 1150, mATX|€51.46
8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9|€61.89
Gainward GeForce GTX 760, 2GB DDR5|€199.96
be quiet! PURE POWER L8 400W|€43.93
LG GH24NS bare schwarz|€12.49
Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 120GB SATA 6Gb/s|€64.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€46.60
TP-LINK TL-WN881ND Netzwerkkarte/-adapter|€11.31
Total|€671.54

yawhat!

Might up the power supply a bit to a 500w but other than tis grand.

SterlingArcher

Yeah you will get a be quiet 500w for 50 ish. Use Geizhals.de if you didn't already..

tazzzZ

tbh get a second hand gfx card. 7970's going for 200 or less atm on adverts. these are the same as r9 280x's. big jump from whats being mentioned here.