Catherine OLD

Needs

• USB keyboard?
• HDMI monitor? I think there a HDMI->DVI Adaptor around? Check boxes down end of the house.
• Currently around a 100GB of photos, etc...
• A microphone/headset for Kahlil. Bluetooth would probably be an idea. Leave this seperate for now. Might need blutooth support on mobo but that dongle I ordered for myself should work.
• Dualboot Windows/Linux

mITX, mATX

• Could use server mobo/cpu. But then no update for parents.
• MiniITX only has the one video card slot.
• cplonline MiniITX mobos - About $159-$210

• $175 case, $170 mobo, $100? PSU, $100 RAM, $100 cooler. $200 M.2 SSD. Something like $900 + CPU

CPU

• Skylake/KabyLake intel 6th/7th gen socket is: LGA 1151
• AMD Ryzen is Socket AM4

• AMD Ryzen CPUs cost $245, $265, $299, $345, $433, $519 (cplonline)
• There are no mITX AM4 mobos on cplonline. Most are 1151 with a few other Intel sockets. There are 4 mATX AM4 mobos from $119 -> $145
• Some of the Ryzen CPU's ship without coolers...

• 630 graphics get 21.6 fps
• Server is a i5-4590S (1150 socket...)

Code	ix	model	Socket	Graphics	💲	SC pts	QC pts	MC pts	Cores	Threads	💲SC	💲QC	💲MC	Notes
Intel	Celeron	G3900	1151	HD Graphics 510	$58.00	83.2 Pts	163 Pts	0166 Pts	2	2	1.43	2.81	2.86	Cheapest but not best value for money.
Intel	Pentium	G4560	1151	HD Graphics 630	$73.00	103 Pts	274 Pts	0281 Pts	2	4	1.41	3.75	3.85	💰 Best value for money but also kind of crap. Budget choice.
Intel ❌	Pentium	G3258	1150⚠️	HD Graphics	$94.00	102 Pts	198 Pts	0202 Pts	2	2	1.09	2.11	2.15	❌ old. More expensive and worse performance than the newer G4560. Silly 2011-3 socket.
Intel	Pentium	G4620	1151	HD Graphics 630	$129.00	110 Pts	295 Pts	0300 Pts	2	4	0.85	2.29	2.33	Little under twice price of G4560 for a %33 increase in speed. Probably best to go to the 7100 although that is worse value for money.
Intel Core ❌	i7	920	1366⚠️	❌	$46	70.3 Pts	242 Pts	346 Pts	4	8	❔	❔	❔	❌ ⬅️ Parents setup for comparison.
Intel Core ⭐	i3⬅️	7100	1151	HD Graphics 630	$155.00	115 Pts	305 Pts	0313 Pts	2	4	0.74	1.97⭐	2.02	🆗1️⃣💰 This is the best 7th gen value for money. Should be ok for gaming.
Intel Core ⭐	i5⬅️	7400	1151	HD Graphics 630	$255.00	102 Pts	382 Pts	0392 Pts	4	4	0.40	1.50	1.54	🆗2️⃣
Intel Core	i5	7500	1151	HD Graphics 630	$269.00	111 Pts	418 Pts	0430 Pts	4	4	0.41	1.55	1.60	🆗2️⃣
Intel Core ❌	i5	4590S	1150⚠️	HD Graphics 4600	$299.00	99.9 Pts	363 Pts	0374 Pts	4	4	0.33	1.21	1.25	❌ ⬅️ My server
Intel Core	i5	7600	1151	HD Graphics 630	$299.00	121 Pts	457 Pts	0467 Pts	4	4	0.40	1.53	1.56	🆗2️⃣
Intel Core	i5	7600K	1151	HD Graphics 630	$335.00	131 Pts	499 Pts	0510 Pts	4	4	0.39	1.49	1.52	🆗2️⃣ After this, the $ per perf drops off. +9% effective speed over the 7600 (+20% with OC). Would need to make sure the mobo supports overclocking...1600X
Intel Core	i7	7700	1151	HD Graphics 630	$422.00	121 Pts	432 Pts	0648 Pts	4	8	0.29	1.02	1.54	⬇️3️⃣ The value per $ for quad core benchmark drops off here... The MC is about the same.
Intel Core ⭐	i7	7700K	1151	HD Graphics 630	$473.00	139 Pts	490 Pts	0743 Pts	4	8	0.29	1.04	1.57	3️⃣ No real advantage over over 6700K, but its cheaper so yeh...
Intel Core ❌	i7	6700K	1151	HD Graphics 530	$485.00	131 Pts	456 Pts	0694 Pts	4	8	0.27	0.94	1.43	❌ ⬅️ My desktop
Intel Core ❌	i7	6800K	2011-3⚠️	❌	$595.00	112 Pts	443 Pts	0884 Pts	6	12	0.19	0.74	1.49	❌ The QC vs $ drops a bit more here. There is also no VGA forcing a GPU purchase. And the socket type is silly.
Intel Core ❌	i7	6850K	2011-3⚠️	❌	$869.00🔥	119 Pts	475 Pts	0949 Pts	6	12	0.14	0.55	1.09	❌ 🔻
Intel Core ❌	i7	6900K	2011-3⚠️	❌	$1,469.00🔥	117 Pts	475 Pts	1238 Pts	8	16	0.08	0.32	0.84	❌ 🔻
Intel Core ❌	i7	6950X	2011-3	❌	$2,335.00🔥	117 Pts	473 Pts	1,526 Pts	10	20	0.05	0.20	0.65	❌ 🔻
AMD YD1400BBAEBOX	Ryzen 5	1400	AM4	❌	$245.00	096.2 Pts	328 Pts	0535 Pts	4	8	0.39	1.34	2.18
AMD YD1500BBAEBOX	Ryzen 5	1500X	AM4	❌	$265.00	106 Pts	363 Pts	0591 Pts	4	8	0.40	1.37	2.23
AMD YD1600BBAEBOX	Ryzen 5	1600	AM4	❌	$299.00	105 Pts	381 Pts	0872 Pts	6	12	0.35	1.27	2.92
AMD YD160XBBAEBOX	Ryzen 5	1600X	AM4	❌	$345.00	111 Pts	407 Pts	0919 Pts	6	12	0.32	1.18	2.66
AMD YD1700BBAEBOX	Ryzen 7	1700	AM4	❌	$433.00	103 Pts	383 Pts	1137 Pts	8	16	0.24	0.88	2.63
AMD YD170XBCAEWOF	Ryzen 7	1700X	AM4	❌	$519.00	108 Pts	405 Pts	1204 Pts	8	16	0.21	0.78	2.32
AMD ?	Ryzen 7	1800X	AM4	❌	N/A	112 Pts	420 Pts	1244 Pts	8	16

|- | Intel Core || i3 || 7100T || 1151 || Intel® HD Graphics 630 || $199.00 || || || 286 Pts || Seems to be a power-saving version?

• Intel Core i5 6400 - $265
• Intel Core i5 6500 - $289
• Intel Core i5 6600K - $345
• Intel Core i3 7350K - $225
• Intel Core i5 7600K - $335

The 6xxx series more expensive than the 7xxx?

mITX Case

• cplonline mITX cases
• cplonline mATX cases

• pccasegear mITX cases
• pccasegear MicroATX cases

• PSU HDPlex250 'allows up to a 970'

Case	Price	Size	GPU	PSU	3.5"	USB 3.x	Notes
Coolermaster Elite 110 Mini ITX	$49.00	2 Shoe Boxes	✔️ (≤210mm), dual slot	❌ ATX (≤180mm, sticks out the back try at least a 160mm)	✔️	✔️ (3.0)
Cooler Master Elite 130	$58.00	Deep?	✔️ ≤343mm	❌ ATX	✔️	✔️ (3.0)
Antec ISK110 VESA Mini-ITX Desktop Black Case	$105.00	Small (VESA Mount)	❌	90W	❌	❌	Dust trap holes on cover. No 3.5" drive. No USB 3.0. Comes with a small 90W PSU.
Thermaltake Core V1 mITX	$65	2 Shoebox cube	✔️ full sized dual GPUs	❌ FULL ATX	✔️	Huge 200mm fan
In Win Chopin Mini-ITX	$115.00	❓	❓	150W inc	❓	❓	Don't think this has GPU space. PSU not enough for a GPU anyway... Comes in silver.
In Win 901 Aluminum / Tempered Glass ⭐	$239.00	Small Tower	✔️ (300×120mm dual)	❌ ATX	✔️	✔️	💲💲💲 Expensive, but nice!
Cooler Master HAF-915R Stacker	$74.00	Short but deep and wide. 228×248×578mm	✔️ (dual)	❌ ATX	✔️	✔️ (3.0)	Dust trap holes on cover. Could be an idea for splitting the server into 2 systems.
Fractal Design Node 202 ⭐	$145	Nice and thin	✔️ dual slot (≤310×145×47mm)	❌ SFX PSUs up to 130mm	❌	❓	pccasegear, not cpl. Seens nice. Optional 450W, but I don't think it comes with the pccasegear one (despite the price).
Fractal Design NODE 304	$135.00	2xShoeboxs❓	✔️ (but use a small 140mm psu)	❌ (ATX)	✔️	✔️ (3.0)	Lots of HDD's. Was considering it for the server.
Fractal Design Nano S	$119.00	Small tower	✔️ ≤313mm, dual slot	✔️ (ATX, ≤160mm, shorter recommended	✔️	✔️	CPL
Silverstone SG13	$55	Cube?	✔️ (≤266mm)	❓	❌ (ATX)	❓	pccasegear
NZXT Manta Mini ITX	$189	Small tower
SilverStone Raven RVZ02	$109 PCG / $199 (with window)	Not too big	✔️ (≤330mm × ≤121.412)	❌ (SFX/SFX-L)	✔️	✔️ 3.0	pccasegear. Milo looks nicer.
SilverStone Milo ML08	$109	Not too big	✔️ ≤330mm	❌ (SFX/SFX-L)	✔️	❓	pccasegear
Aerocool Dead Silence Cube	$129	mATX size	❓	❓	❓	❓	CPL+pccasegear. Lots of nice colour choices, although only orange from CPL.

Mobo

Intel Chipsets

Code	Price	Chipset	DP	HDMI	DVI	5Ghz	BT	USB 3.1	Type-C	Notes
AsRock H270M-ITX/ac LGA 1151 Mini ITX Motherboard	$175.00	H270	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️ 4.0	❌	❌
Gigabyte GA-B250N-PHOENIX-WIFI Mini ITX Motherboard	$175.00	B250	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️ 4.2	✔️ 6×3.1gen2	✔️ 1×gen2
MSI B250I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX Motherboard	$177.00	B250	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️ 4.2	✔️ 6×3.1gen1	❌?	Says it has Type-C on the blurb, but not in any of the specs, also talks about 10Gbps speeds implying gen2, once again not on the specs
Gigabyte GA-H270N-WIFI LGA 1151 Mini ITX Motherboard for Kaby Lake	$195.00	H270	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️ 4.2	✔️ 6×3.1gen1	✔️ 1xgen1
AsRock Z270M-ITX/ac LGA 1151 Mini ITX Motherboard	$209.00	Z270	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️ 4.0	❌ (8×3.0)	❌	No USB3.1, old BT kind of pricy...
Gigabyte GA-Z270N-WIFI LGA 1151 Mini ITX Motherboard for Kaby Lake	$229.00	Z270	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️ 4.2	✔️ 6×3.1g1	✔️ 1xgen1
MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC LGA 1151 Mini ITX Motherboard	$275.00	Z270	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️ 4.2	✔️ 1×gen2A+4×gen1	✔️ gen2C
ASUS ROG Strix Z270I Gaming Mini ITX Motherboard	$279.00	Z270	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️ 4.1	✔️ only 1 + internal	Pannel Connector	✔️

Code	Price	Notes
MSI B150I Gaming Pro AC LGA 1151 Mini ITX Motherboard	$159.00. Not sure if this supports 7th gen chips...
ASUS B150I PRO GAMING/WIFI/AURA LGA 1151 Mini ITX Motherboard	$179.10
AsRock Z170 GAMING-ITX/AC LGA1151 Mini ITX Motherboard	$179.00	HDMI+DVI-D.
Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI LGA 1151 Mini ITX Motherboard GA-Z170N-WIFI	$195.00	USB 3.0, USB Type-C (Not 3.1). Not sure if 7th gen is supported.
Asus H170I-PRO LGA1151 MINI-ITX Motherboard	$195.00	H170. Has VGA, DVI, DP,& HDMI. WIFI+5Ghz+BT.

NUCs

• Intel NUC Comparison
• NUCs only have like 32gb of internal storage. Probably not enough for dual booting Windows+Linux.
• Versions ending in S have RAM+eMMC installed. Version ending in H do not. Or does it stand for HDD supported? Maybe the new ones are different...

• An i3-6xxx seems to be about %80 of a i5-6xxx
• There isn't a 6th gen i7 other than the $800 skull one... NUC6I7

• $864 seems like an ok choice. 6th i5 + 8gb ram + Samsung 960 250GB Evo + 1tb hdd
• $719 for the i3 with less graphics performance. Could leave the internal hdd.
• $785 i5, no internal hdd
• $640 i3, no internal hdd
• i7 only gets like 30fps in bf4 at 1080p...

Code	Gen	ix	CPLOnline Price	Pccasegear Price	CPU	pts	Notes
BOXNUC6CAYH	6th	Celeron	$219.00	?	Quad-core Intel® Celeron® processor J3455 w/ Intel® HD Graphics 500	168Pts / 5-10fps???	No Ram/eMCC, does this support NVMe? It seems to say it does on the Intel site, but that might not be in NVMe mode...
BOXNUC6i3SYH	6th	i3	$370.00	?	6th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-6100U processor Intel® HD Graphics 520	184 Pts / 18.7 fps
⭐BOXNUC6I5SYH	6th	i5	$515.00	?	6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-6260U processor with Intel® Iris™ Graphics (540)	219 Pts / 27.7fps	NOTE: This H version one doesn't show up on the Intel page?.. Listed as 'coming soon' on intels page but in stock at CPL? +69% fps over i3
BOXNUC7I3BNH	7th	i3	$429.00	$439	7th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-7100U with Intel® HD Graphics 620	193 Pts / 19.7 fps	Only i3, but newer graphics... Seems to be the only one that pccasegear sells... 🔻 No real advantage over the 6th gen but $100 more... +%6fps over 6th
BOXNUC7I5BNH	7th	i5	$585.00	?	7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-7260U with Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 640	281 Pts / 25.8 fps
BOXNUC7I7BNH	7th	i7	$769.00	?	7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7567U with Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 650	325 Pts / 35.9 fps
BOXNUC6I7KYK4	6th	i7	$825.00	?	6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6770HQ processor with Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics 580	525 Pts / 38.9 fps	Has a 💀 on the box

Code	Gen	ix	CPLOnline Price	Pccasegear Price	CPU	pts	Notes
BOXNUC5CPYH	5th	Celeron	$169.00	?	Dual-core Intel® Celeron® processor N3050		OLD 5th gen. Only 2 cores.
BOXNUC5PPYH	5th	Pentium	$228.00	?	Quad-core Intel® Pentium® processor N3700 w/ Intel® HD Graphics	108Pts / 5.66 fps	OLD 5th gen. Shitty graphics. ❌ Probably NO NVME SUPPROT
BOXNUC6CAYSAJR	6th	Celeron	$319.00	?	Quad-core Intel® Celeron® processor J3455	168Pts / 5-10fps???	Has 2GB Ram+eMCC, does support 2.5" HDD
BOXNUC5i3RYK	5th	i3	$369.00	?	5th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-5010U processor		NO HDD!!!
BOXNUC5i3RYH	5th	i3	$375.00	?	5th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-5010U processor		Old 5th gen 2.5" SATA support
BOXNUC6I3SYK	6th	i3	$389.00	?	6th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-6100U processor		NO HDD
BOXNUC6I5SYK	6th	i5	$525.00	?	6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-6260U processor with Intel® Iris™ Graphics (540)		NO HDD SUPPORT!
BOXNUC7I5BNK	7th	i5	$629.00	?	CPU		NO HDD
Code	CPLOnline Price	Pccasegear Price	CPU

M.2 Drives

Check which NUC's are nVME compatible...

Drive	Size	Price	Notes
WD WDS120G1G0B Green SATA3 M.2 120GB SSD	120Gb	$79.00	SATA 6Gb/s
Kingston 120Gb M.2 SSD SM2280S3G2/120G	120Gb	$85.00	SATA
Crucial CT275MX300SSD4 MX300 275GB	275GB	$149.00	Avg. Sequential Read Speed 469MB/s
⭐ Corsair 120GB Force MP500 M.2 SSD	120Gb	$145.00, $159 (pccasegear)	1,778MB/s/1,030MB/s
Intel SSDPEKKW256G7X1 SSD 600P 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD M.2 form factor	256GB	$159.00	708 MB/s
⭐ SAMSUNG 960 EVO	250GB	$185.00, $189.00	2,283MBs / 1,224MBs
Corsair 240GB Force MP500 M.2 SSD	240GB	$225.00	2,139MB/s / 1,293MB/s
DRIVE	SIZE	PRICE

2.5" HDDs

Check which NUC's are nVME compatible...

Drive	Size	HDD/SDD	Price	Notes
Seagate ST500LM030 2.5" 500GB	500GB	HDD	$57.00
WD WD10JPVX 1TB Blue 2.5 Inch SATA	1TB	HDD	$79.00
Seagate 2TB ST2000LM015 BarraCuda	2TB	HDD	$135.00
DRIVE	SIZE	PRICE

DDR4 SO-DIMM RAM

Brand	Total Size	Price	Freq	Notes
Team Elite TED44G2133C15-S01 4GB	4GB	$45	2133	Single stick
TEAM 8GB (2x4GB)	8GB	$79	2400
⭐ Crucial 8GB CT8G4SFD8213 DDR4-2133	8GB	$85.00	2133	Single Stick
KINGSTON KVR21S15S8/8 8GB DDR4-2133	8GB	$89.00	2133	Single stick
Corsair 8GB (1x8GB) CMSO8GX4M1A2133....	8GB	$95.00	2133	Single Stick

NUC5CPYH Too shithouse

• - $169
• Says 8gb max ram (what does it come with?, Or is it missing the ram?. 2.5" hdd only.
• Intel® Celeron® processor N3050 - Only Duel Core

Intel BOXNUC5PPYH NUC Pentium N3700 Barebone

• cplonline - $228
• Intel Pentium N3700 Quad Core
• This is almost the exact same price as the one below.
• N3700 Processors listed as mobile but seems quite a bit better than the J3455

BOXNUC6CAYH

• cplonline - $229.00
• Specs
• Intel® Celeron® Processor J3455 (2M Cache, up to 2.3 GHz) - Quad Core

BOXNUC7I3BNH

• cplonline $429
• pccasegear - $439
• 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-7100U (2.4 GHz, Dual Core, 3MB cache, 15W TDP)