Downsizing my PC

traveyb · 28 Sep 2013 at 19:11

Hi,
I am looking at downsizing my current rig, my current setup is:

Corsair Carbide 300R
Intel i5-3570K
Gigabyte Z77-D3H
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB PC3-12800C9
GeForce GTX 560Ti 448 Edition 1280MB
Crucial M4 128GB SSD
2x 1TB drives (one with a SSD caching drive)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W

I would like something that I can reuse my bits in (happy to buy a new CPU cooler if need be), needs to be quiet and run a lot cooler than my current rig (the heat that my current box belts out is impressive, internal temps are fine though).

I am very taken with the Corsair 540, what are peoples opinions on this?

traveyb · 28 Sep 2013 at 20:11

Yeah realised after double checking the dimensions lol. We'll either way this case or something like that. Mainly after decent cooling and noise

traveyb · 28 Sep 2013 at 21:28

Ok it's my bad then, I thought a case like the 540 would decrease the amount of hot air emitted as the amount of cool air would be increased.

How about moving to a micro itx and switching to a h80i or equivalent

traveyb · 28 Sep 2013 at 21:46

Just makes my room really hot. My room gets hot enough without my pc being on so when I do come to use it, it gets unbearable after a while.
Problem is I'm moving next year so might not have the room for a desktop unit so keep looking at laptops also

traveyb · 29 Sep 2013 at 09:24

Ok thanks will take a look at that. I guess my gfx card isn't the most efficient

Looking at the Bitfenix Prodigy, can this be made almost silent?