Gtx 980 sff

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Hi everyone, I'm interested in getting a sff with a gtx 980 in it. Which case and spec would you all recommend? I really like the look of the prodigy, but I have been told it's not very good at cooling? Was thinking of liquid cooling the processor tho, so would the poor cooling still be an issue if I did?

This sff rig is to replace my ps4, so will be connected to my TV and surround sound.

My ideal spec sheet is:
Prodigy case
Gtx 980
I5k processor with liquid cooling
2tb hard drive
Any decent motherboard
16gb 1600mhz ram
A gold rated psu.
Blu Ray drive.

Would this be a good build that'll last me a few years?

Thanks

Ian
 
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Morning I an

Firstly, you say this is going through your TV, what res is your TV, 1080p 60hz? If so, you'd be better off (budget and size wise with a GTX 970. They do a mini itx version 970 which is no long than an itx board (13.5cm). The 970 will blast through 1080p for a long while to come.

The prodigy is a good case but it really isn't small. The 250D is worth a look for a small watercooled gaming system, as it unashamedly negate the room for decent air coolers but includes a handle 240mm rad bracket.

Getting an i5, 4690k is a good plan, amazing CPU. 8gb is fine for gaming but if you can spare some extra money why not but its by no means essential.

What is your budget and are you able/willing to build yourself?
 
Hi doomedspeed,

The budget is around £1300, maybe £1400 at a push. Yes, the TV is a 1080p, not sure of the refresh rate tho. My plan is for this rig to last a few years, hence the 980. Trying to future proof it as much as I can :)

I've tried building a rig myself before, it didn't turn out well. So planning on either buying the bits and someone else putting it together, or building a mini pc on overclockers configurator.

The 16gb ram is me trying to future proof again :)

Thanks

Ian
 
This'll work,

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclock ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2983-KR) £449.99
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming AC - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£12 Saving** £283.98
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331108G-2CIR) - Red Light £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian Series 250D Mini ITX Compact Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011047-WW) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 650w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Pioneer BDR-209DBK 16x SATA Internal BD/DVD/CD Burner - No Software £55.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
Total : £1,333.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



High end Blu-ray, for if you use them a lot.

GTX 980, fits with room to spare.

Cooler and fans are out of stock but should be back soon.

You can contact OCUK and ask themto build for you, im not sure on the cost though. youll have to ask in the CS forum.

My first idea was more like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming AC - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£12 Saving** £283.98
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 "Mini-ITX" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970IXOC-4GD) £269.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian Series 250D Mini ITX Compact Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011047-WW) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £39.95
Total : £1,031.95 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Much closer to £1k.

Slower blu-ray but still great for just casual use.

GTX 970 is still massively capable.

8GB of fast RAM.

What do you think?
 
Or if you were going to use the configuator:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Gamer Mini Xi - Intel Haswell Mini ITX Gaming PC Configurator £1074.3
- Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
- No Security Software
- OcUK Value AT/ATX "Kettle Plug" 2 Meter Mains Cable
- No Headset Option (Zero Cost)
- Speakers Not Selected
- Monitor Not Selected
- Mouse Not Selected
- Keyboard Not Selected
- Case Mods Not Selected
- Networking Not Selected
- No Operating System
- SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD
- Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)
- GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (97NPH6DT6XTZ)
- Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/16-OC)
- No Upgrade - Intel Stock Cooler (None overclocked systems)
- MSI Z97I AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard
- Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
- Corsair Obsidian Series 250D Mini ITX Compact Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011047-WW)
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £39.95
Total : £1,203.84 (includes shipping : £8.00).



.. and get them too add the CPU cooler and blu drive over the phone.. :) They are more than happy too, :)
 
Thanks :) I don't know much about that case, will it keep the gpu cool with just air cooling or would I have to liquid cool that too?

Thanks again

Ian
 
I think the GPU will be cooler in that than the Prodigy. The reason is the case has a vented panel right by where the GPU sits, allowing it to intake/expel air through the side. Ideal.

That is the reason i didn't pick a reference card (as below) due to air coming out the back ofthe reference coolers (it makes them better for SLI but no small cases)

Example of reference card:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (NE5X980015G2-PG401F) £439.99
Total : £449.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).



If you want to know more about the case OCUK have imbedded a video of the case on the product page, ill do the same here. He goes into a lot of detail, which should help you understand more about the product. If you've not seen a TTL video before (its 30 minutes long) you're in for a treat sir :)

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x MSI Z97I AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £94.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Silverstone Strider SFX Gold 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (SST-ST45SF-G) £79.99
1 x Silverstone SST-RVZ01 Raven Mini-ITX - Black £63.94
1 x Samsung SpinPoint M8 2.5" 1TB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HN-M101MBB) HDD £47.99
1 x Silverstone SST-SOD02 Slimline Slot Loading 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - Retail £46.99
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR06 CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable (AK-CB050) £2.99
Total : £1,301.29 (includes shipping : £11.25).



i7 + gtx 980 in a case the size of a console?
you'd want ocuk to build this one if you're lacking experience - post in the customer services section and they'll do you a quote for building and shipping
 
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tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x MSI Z97I AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £94.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Silverstone Strider SFX Gold 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (SST-ST45SF-G) £79.99
1 x Silverstone SST-RVZ01 Raven Mini-ITX - Black £63.94
1 x Samsung SpinPoint M8 2.5" 1TB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HN-M101MBB) HDD £47.99
1 x Silverstone SST-SOD02 Slimline Slot Loading 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - Retail £46.99
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR06 CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x Akasa Slimline Optical SATA Cable (AK-CB050) £2.99
Total : £1,301.29 (includes shipping : £11.25).



i7 + gtx 980 in a case the size of a console?
you'd want ocuk to build this one if you're lacking experience - post in the customer services section and they'll do you a quote for building and shipping
Click to expand...

Beaker920 said:
I do like the case on that one! Is that power supply enough for a 980 tho?

Thanks

Ian
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450w would be enough for a 970 but a 980 is pushing it.

Also, is there a point of having a K series i7 but not being able to OC it (in that case, with that cooler). The 250D is better in that respect.
 
Doomedspeed said:
450w would be enough for a 970 but a 980 is pushing it.
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i disagree. see here: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1355?vs=1351
scroll to the bottom and you'll see that the power draw is roughly equivalent.

Doomedspeed said:
Also, is there a point of having a K series i7 but not being able to OC it (in that case, with that cooler). The 250D is better in that respect.
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you could get a modest overclock. but of course not as much as a proper heatsink unfortunately
 
OK, well how about the corsair carbide air 240 case? That looks like it could suit my needs? Like the style of it too. Overclocking is something I might look at in the future, I don't really know how to do it yet :)

Ian
 
Options applied to the above product:
- Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) (temporarily out of stock)
- No Overclocking Options (Zero Cost)
- Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
- Asus H81M-K Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
- Prolimatech 81 CPU Cooler - 120mm
- TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01)
- MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE SiStorm Game Pad, XMAS Tree & Game
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD
- No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost)
- OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM
- No Sound Card Upgrade
- SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) (temporarily out of stock)
- Networking Not Selected
- Case Mods Not Selected
- Keyboard Not Selected
- Mouse Not Selected
- Monitor Not Selected
- Speakers Not Selected
- No Headset Option (Zero Cost)
- OcUK Value AT/ATX "Kettle Plug" 2 Meter Mains Cable
- No Security Software
- Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days

How does this build look? The only thing I would want is liquid cooling for the cpu, unless that air cooler would be OK?

Thanks

Ian
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £111.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - White £99.95
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - White (CC-9011069-WW) £69.95
2 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99 (£119.98)
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £44.99
Total : £1,409.35 (includes shipping : £8.00).



sli capable and with a psu that can support sli
 
So would the reference design 980 be better than an open air cooler 980 for the carbide 240? There's that many options it gets confusing!

Ian
 
OK no worries. Thanks. Just had a thought, probably going to have to get a new TV to do this new rig justice :) the Mrs is gonna kill me :)

Ian
 
Hi everyone, does anybody know much about the Silverstone raven RVZ01 case? Looks like the perfect one for my TV set up?

Thanks

Ian
 
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