Living room PC recommendations

Apr 8, 2018
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Hi all,

I am looking for recommendations for a PC I can use in my living room specifically for gaming. the GFX spec does not need to be too current, I really want to be able to play older FPS (Half-Life 2) Portal 2, Skyrim and the like plus some Emulation apps (Mame, Vice etc)

The box would need to have an SSD and have some ability to upgrade RAM / CPU in the future.

I did some research myself however a number of systems I looked at (Alienware alpha) are no longer available or the Asus ROG G20 appears to come with 1TB HDD on the majority of models that i looked at. (I only want an SSD)

Any suggestions much appreciated
Jonathan
 
Apr 8, 2018
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A small/discrete case would be one criterion.A quiet fan would be the second criterion.

In short, a PC about the size of a mac mini with enough GFX punch to play 3D games at a reasonable framerate would be ideal.
 
Here is the list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (€323.94 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X31 69.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (€88.71 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard (€190.00)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€165.89 @ Alternate)
Storage: Intel - 540s 480GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (€105.87 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€41.10 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G Video Card (€949.00 @ Caseking)
Case: Phanteks - ENTHOO EVOLV SHIFT Mini ITX Tower Case (€109.90 @ Caseking)
Power Supply: Corsair - SF 600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply (€105.00)
Total: €2079.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-16 15:17 CEST+0200

Both Motherboard and PSU from Amazon.de
 
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