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For each generation of components, you get the periphery, the mainstream and the sweet spot. According to Chillblast, this Mini-ITX system is perfect for Fallout 4 at maximum detail. Ben also told us that it's VR-ready for HTC and Oculus. We asked him to bring one into the KitGuru studio and give us a tour.
With Chillblast controlling the chassis and cooling, they are sure that the 6600K is in the right situation to deal with a 4.4GHz clock. Coupled with a GTX970 graphics card and M.2 boot drive, your £899 gets you a lot of ticks on the average gamer's check list. Chillblast also promise to sort any hardware problems for up to 2 years and will give you lifetime technical support.
- Intel Core i5-6600K (O/C up to 4.4GHz)
- Asus Z170I PRO GAMING Motherboard
- 16GB DDR4 2133MHz
- 128GB Samsung SM951 M2 Solid State Drive
- 2TB Data Drive
- 4GB nVidia GeForce GTX 970 Graphics Card
- Lifetime Tech Support
- Windows 10 Home 64-bit (Pre-installed & Disc Included)
- Thermaltake E-Sports Commander Gaming Keyboard & Mouse
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KitGuru says: VR seems to be arriving in 2 flavours: Immersive and interactive. Only time will tell what the minimum spec will be for a fully interactive experience, but – with the technology available in the market today – a 6600K at 4.4GHz and a 4GB GTX970 looks like a good pairing.
Why generic green RAM sticks? If they go with some generic RAM why not something like GSkill value black sticks? Or GeIL Black Dragon, or even new white ones, to match the video card? Or blue kingstons to match the case?
When people buy systems like this they care how it looks like…
4 memory slots and 2 full PCIE slots on the motherboard clearly looks like a mATX motherboard to me and if that’s a Mini itx case I’d be pretty pissed off as it defeats the whole point of small form factor, its clearly larger that my mATX Aluminium Phanteks Enthoo Evolv and all the soft touch coating in the world won’t hide that plastic.
Then just to totally confound things they add that keyboard mouse bundle, nothing says corner cutting than bundling an accessory that is described as……Thermaltake Blue LED Commander Mechanical Feel Gaming Keyboard/Mouse. Yup its bona fide MECHANICAL FEEL whatever the hell that means, a quick online search will bag you all that spongy mouse/keyboard goodness for a combined price of £19.99.
*EDIT Chillblast Website describes the Asus Z170I PRO but all pictures and promotional pictures show a Asus Z170m. They also show a Zalman M1 Mini-ITX Gaming Case on the website which is not the case shown here. I’d definitely check what you are actually getting before you hand over your cash.
Only an autist would care what useless heatsinks on their RAM look like. Maybe your mommy or daddy will buy you flashy new RAM so you can stare at your guts for hours after you spend all day playing games. Grow up, kiddo.
Yeah blabla, whatever dude, but some people actually care. The guy in the video even bragged about the painting of the case. So, to meet up to the standards, system overall should look good inside as well. It’s all about marketing, and how the system looks in the eyes of the “kiddos”. And btw you can’t judge my age just by that statement, of course I would spend some few bucks more for the better RAM, and actually give some money to my own kids to get something better. What you said was really offensive, and there was no calling for that. Most of people don’t care about the hardware, but how they can brag how cool it looks. The black value g.skill rams cost about the same as the green kingstons (both don’t have heatsinks). And if I went for the green sticks I would go with the ECC memory. Bare with it.
No thoughts on them showing one case and motherboard in the video here and using another on the actual build on the website?
looks like it’s a KG error not a CB error, but yes someone should have fact checked.