My first pc build(Need suggestions)

recklessjp

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Okay, so I am going to be building my first Pc soon. I will be using it for a lot of 1080p gaming and sometimes for typing up essays for school or surfing the web. However, my parents are divorced and I want to be able to take the Pc from house to house. This means I am pretty much forced to build either a micro-atx or a mini-itx computer due to them being small and portable. Here are the parts: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Recklessjp190/saved/#view=hjnscf

Anyways, I need to know multiple things.
1. Should I use the i5-6400 or the i5-4460?
2. Are there any better mini-itx or micro-atx cases that are more portable or easier to move around. And if it is micro-atx what is a good mobo for it.
3. Should I buy two monitors (one for each house) or should I get one portable monitor to take back and forth (if so what are some good ones?)
 
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First of all, you really NEED a better psu than that. Next, I really recommend the i5 6500 instead. Finally, either wait for the 3rd party RX480s to become available or look at the GTX1060. $269 is not a good price for a reference 480.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M-ITX/DL Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB Video...

CTurbo

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First of all, you really NEED a better psu than that. Next, I really recommend the i5 6500 instead. Finally, either wait for the 3rd party RX480s to become available or look at the GTX1060. $269 is not a good price for a reference 480.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M-ITX/DL Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB Video Card ($269.99 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.86 @ Amazon)
Total: $740.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-20 03:07 EDT-0400
 
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recklessjp

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Thank you for your help! Also, I just put that rx480 in there so people would know what gpu I was using. I am planning on buying the sapphire nitro oc once that comes out. But once again thank you for the feedback.