Advice please! h80 and elite 120 build?

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Hi guys,
I'm looking to retire the trusty q6600 build and get something new. I'm after something pretty future proof, so a bit of OC'ing, a decent monitor, 2tb storage, and SFF primarily...not much space now! I've got a budget of £1200 max (ish!)
This is a build i'd put together but have questions about space for the HDD with the cooler...Anyone used this combo?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £123.98
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket /LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2) £75.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £74.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x Sapphire HD 6570 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £56.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £41.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £19.99
Total : £1,191.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).




PS. Ignore the video card...that's just to swap with the one in the old pc. I'll also use the Silverstone short cables kit...gives a bit more room :-)

Thanks for any advice
 
I had the unbranded version of that cooler, got me 4.6ghz at 75-80 degrees, but if you want to go smaller my setup gives about the same performance and cost with easy fit for both drives.

The sammy green is a bit expensive these days Vs everything else on the market
 
ok, I went through the spec and changed to cheaper ram, bigger SSD and cheaper monitor. I think I've found a way to fit the ODD and 3.5 HDD easily too whilst saving a bit of money! I can velcro the SSD somewhere, they're small enough...
I like the Silverstone cases but I still prefer the looks of this more :-)
It'll all fit i'm sure....!
 
revised basket

YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £220.00
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £149.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £123.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket /LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2) £75.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £71.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x Sapphire HD 6570 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £56.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Samsung SN-208BB/BEBE Slimline 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - OEM £15.98
1 x Lian Li EX-553 Slimline ODD Bay & 3.5"/2.5" HDD/SSD Bay - Black £12.98
Total : £1,136.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
hi,
I think you can just use a full size ODD in the 120 case, if you use a slimline it will leave you a gap to fill.
Shop a round for the motherboard and save a bit, or what about the gygabyte Z77 one ?( I have an Asrock Z68 and its great though , also same SSD)
 
No Vcore adjustment on the Gigabyte Z77, if you want a board to overclock with, the Asus and the Asrock both over clock exactly the same.

Whether you think the the large premium for the Asus is worth it or not, is purely down to personal choice.
 
timciren said:
hi,
I think you can just use a full size ODD in the 120 case, if you use a slimline it will leave you a gap to fill.
Shop a round for the motherboard and save a bit, or what about the gygabyte Z77 one ?( I have an Asrock Z68 and its great though , also same SSD)
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As far as I could see the Lian Li adaptor fitted into the standard ODD slot and converted it to fit a slimline version, with a 3.5 HDD drive fitted underneath into the same bay?
I'd kinda fixed on the asrock board :) seemed good OC'ing and wifi at reasonable costs...
I'd thought about 16gb RAM but decided it'd be overkill, and a bigger SSD would yield greater benefits!
 
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Gav_881 said:
You could use this, it will give you room to fit up to 4 SSD's and a slimline slot load optical drive in the 5.25" slot.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone 5.25" Slim ODD Bay with Internal 2.5" Bay - Black (SST-FP58B) £12.98
Total : £15.96 (includes shipping : £2.48).



Have seen cheaper versions of the same thing kicking about the web too
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Yeah i'd seen this too, but 2.5 HDD's are double the money for a big capacity one, and slower I think?...So i'd hoped to find some way of keeping a 3.5 HDD.
 
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