ITX Budget Build need help!

[rich9573]

I'm building a itx build for a friend he is going to be doing some caita work at home and wants a computer which can last. He is on a really tight budget say £600.

I was thinking of something like this:

Motherboard:Gigabyte AB350N-Gaming WIFI AMD
CPU: Ryzen 1600
GPU: My old 7950 (sell it to him for around £50)
ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 2666Mhz
Hard Drive: Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB
PSU: Corsair CX550M
Case: Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Cube Case with Fan

Any feed back would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[13thmonkey]

Three points are concerning me there.

How big are caita files? is 250GB enough storage to be useful? Gut feel says no.
How much ram does catia really use, my gut feel (again) is that 8GB is light.
Can catia use the acceleration from a 7950? or does it prefer cuda.

 

[rich9573]

Thanks and good questions:

1- He said it would be enough and if not later we could add another ssd was my thinking.
2 - Yep I agree again, would it be better to get 1 x 8gb ram stick so he can add another one later as there is only 2 ram slots?
3 - I do also have a MSI 770 what might be better i'll look into it, thanks.

Kinda the problem is the budget I guess. I've already stretched him to £600. I guess it would be great if we could get a cheaper motherboard (£105) but it's the only good itx one i can find for ryzen.

 

[13thmonkey]

Mixing sticks, even of the same type is less and less guaranteed the further we get from DDR1. Shame that memory is so expensive at the moment, my last 16GB cost £80 in 2012.

Does it use (or need to use) a GPU at all beyond display, in which case consider i5, and igpu, although given the cost of your old GPU's it's tempting to use them.

 

[rich9573]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Yea ram and gpu costs are insane, i'm currently looking at vega 56 for me.....

For the intel cpu it would probably be the i5-7500. But with 4 core and 4 threads i can't resist the 6 core 12 thread ryzen, it just seems worth it especially for cad work.

For ram maybe I could go for 16gb and get it from ebay or something, maybe this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16gb-vengeance-ddr4-ram-2133mhz-/142488411257?hash=item212cf89c79:g:tNoAAOSwHsBZosxt

i know the speed is 2133 but that will do him.

could also go for this to save the extra money we spend:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corsair-RMI-650w-RM650i-80-GOLD-CERTIFIED-Modular-Power-Supply-PC-Gaming-PSU-/292229220852?epid=1139052551&hash=item440a3809f4:g:gwEAAOSwqJRZoxBZ

Thanks again all this is really helping to make the best build possible!

 

[13thmonkey]

with the older higher end GPU the bigger PSU would be handy, but until vega 500-550 was the new norm, next year i'd suggest that 650 is the standard again.

 

[rich9573]

Ok thanks I'll adjust the build as we said and get the ram and pay off eBay or similar. Thanks again!

 

[rich9573]

Hey Can I ask 1 last question, anyone who reads it

I think the Final build is the following:

Motherboard:Gigabyte AB350N-Gaming WIFI AMD
CPU: Ryzen 1600
GPU: My old MSI GTX 770 (sell it to him for around £50)
ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 RAM - 16GB (2x 8GB) 2666MHz
Hard Drive: Samsung PM951 256GB M.2 NVMe
PSU: Corsair RM650i
Case: SilverStone SST-SG13B

Everything seems to fit but do you think there would be a heat issue? Just wondering?

 

[13thmonkey]

push air through with a 140mm fan and you'll be fine, however slightly concerned about whether you can get low enough profile cooler for the 1600.

 

[rich9573]

Apparently the and stock cooler is low enough