Help choosing new SSF system

Voltage

Voltage

Voltage

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Hi,

Im not too familiar with SSF systems but due little room i need a new gaming machine that will play all the top games at 1920x1080 esolution pretty much maxed for the next few years.

It needs:-

Intel i7
6 gb ddr3
ATI 5850 equivalent or better
1tb 64mb cache drive
DVDRW (non blu-ray)

PSU capable of runnig the above

Mostly play WOW but will be playing a number of the cool up and coming first person games like Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Crysis 2.

Needs to run cool and quiet
 
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Well i7 means either 920 or 860, since you said 6GB, most likely 920.

The easy bit is putting names on everything you mentioned:

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But no case... and thats the only real bit of speccing to do.

OCUK do the Sugo and the Lian Li cube cases.

Used to have the Antec mini P180 which sometimes gets called a SFF case - it is cool and quiet but to be honest it's almost as big as a small, cheap ATX case.
 
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the major factor is the case to put all this in. Suggestions? Sugo?

dont need an OS, i already have Windows 7 64bit.

Why a water cooler? i was hoping to use the stock cooler as i dont intend to overclock.
 
Sorry my bad, ignore the cooler, kicked it out now. Doesn't fit the cubes OCUK does anyway.

By the way. Why do you want a 64mb cache 1TB drive?

That one is the only one OCUK does and it's a 5400rpm drive which is quiet but also slower than a 7200rpm drive.

But if you're after just the stock cooler yes, I'd get the sugo.

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I'd have the Lian-Li V350 for that, I wouldn't trust it all in an SG01.

That way you can bung a Scythe Mini-Ninja on the CPU for cooling.
 
Tute said:
I'd have the Lian-Li V350 for that, I wouldn't trust it all in an SG01.

That way you can bung a Scythe Mini-Ninja on the CPU for cooling.
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Sorry to jump in but would the Lian Li V351 case fit a 5870 card? I have most of the bits on here and was going to go for a Sugo build but I'd have to sell all my other bits. Also, is there another matx board apart from the rampage one I can use in that case?
 
Right, I'm more or less gonna go for the Lian Li V351 case and the Asus Rampage II Gene board. Will the psu in post #4 be ok and what HSF can I get away with using in the case? I currently have a i7 920 DO, 6 GB Corsair RAM, 128 GB GSkill SSD, 1 TB Samsung F3, LG Blu-Ray and an XFX 5870 card.
 
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i have ordered:-

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail

Samsung P2270 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Asus Rampage II Gene Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 microATX Motherboard

Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600ELK)

Lian Li PC-V351B Aluminium Cube Case - Black

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)

Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser (967688-0120)

Logitech X-210 2.1 Speaker System (970191-0120)

Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail

Akasa AK-160 BL-S 40mm Blue LED Fan (for northbridge)

Scythe Mini Ninja CPU Cooler
 
Voltage said:
i have ordered:-

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail

Samsung P2270 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Asus Rampage II Gene Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 microATX Motherboard

Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600ELK)

Lian Li PC-V351B Aluminium Cube Case - Black

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)

Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser (967688-0120)

Logitech X-210 2.1 Speaker System (970191-0120)

Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail

Akasa AK-160 BL-S 40mm Blue LED Fan (for northbridge)

Scythe Mini Ninja CPU Cooler
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That was exactly was I was going to buy on Wednesday! However, due to my wife's inability to drive I now need the money to fix the bloody car. Let me know how it all works out and iron out any problems so that when I do eventually get the kit my build will be hassle free :)
 
ok an update on this,

the 5870 is a very very tight fit!!, in fact it took some serious cable wrestling to get it in and powered to the psu

First analysis is that the northbridge runs very very hot (62oC idle), any ideas how i can attach a 40mm fan to the heatsink without removing the asus heatsink?

CPU is running hotter than expected even with the mini ninja, im getting 50oC idle. Im hoping that will calm down when the artic silver 5 has had time to settle and meld, may get a better fan than the one it came with.

Just power tested everything last night, not had a chance to install Windows 7 64 bit yet, will do that tonight.
 
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