Spec Check Please

Bones · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:51

Finally talked the boss into getting rid of his rubbish old i5 mac mini and get something a little more suitable. He wants something small and quick how does the spec below look? Any glaringly obvious mistakes? Is that low profile cooler enough for a 8700k? Anyone with experience of that case?

Any advice or opinions appreciated!

orbitalwalsh · 22 Oct 2018 at 15:00

@Bones
used the board- does well and hit 5.2ghz with that board... issue is the cooling of the CHIP!

might want to think about the 8700 Non K !

is it going to be used for gaming or work? and if work what programs

if gaming- cheaper and far more powerful GPU, ryzen 1700 with AIO should hit 3.9ghz all cores 16 threads

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte AB350N-GAMING WIFI AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Mini ITX Motherboard= £104.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £124.99
1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £73.99
1 x Raijintek Ophion Evo Mini-ITX Case - Black Window= £129.95
1 x ID-Cooling FrostFlow+ 240 All In One CPU Water Cooler - 240mm= £49.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070Ti Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £389.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre 120mm Fan - Plain Black= £4.99
1 x TeamGroup 1TB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £139.99

Total: £1,190.47 (includes shipping: £12.60)

Bones · 22 Oct 2018 at 15:44

Hey, thanks for the reply. It will be used for work, VMware/Vsphere, remote sessions, Adobe applications, general stuff.

The case is very small so not really looking for crazy overclocks, although nice to know its possible.

orbitalwalsh · 22 Oct 2018 at 15:51

Bones said:
Hey, thanks for the reply. It will be used for work, VMware/Vsphere, remote sessions, Adobe applications, general stuff.

The case is very small so not really looking for crazy overclocks, although nice to know its possible.

yeah gtx 1070ti or even 1060 would be overkill- 1050 could be used . ryzen 1700 would give you 2 extra cores and 4 threads for VM but adobe does like intel, 8700 non K still runs at 4.3ghz all cores so is handy but costs have risen over £100 last 4 weeks ...

Bones · 22 Oct 2018 at 16:49

Yeh think i'll stick with the intel, just concerned about thermals in that tiny case. The non K version is a great shout actually although when I finally inherit the computer I'll probably be gutted I didn't get the K

orbitalwalsh · 22 Oct 2018 at 17:06

Bones said:
Yeh think i'll stick with the intel, just concerned about thermals in that tiny case. The non K version is a great shout actually although when I finally inherit the computer I'll probably be gutted I didn't get the K

You could cool the 8700k.... But would.cost as custom loop with one of the best performing slim rads with expensive fans you can run at 80% all the time, 100% if needs to and still quiet

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Alphacool Eisbaer (Solo) - 2600rpm - Black= £46.99
1 x XSPC TX240 Ultra Thin Copper Dual Radiator - Black= £42.95
2 x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 120mm PWM Fan= £19.99

Total: £139.82 (includes shipping: £9.90)