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Londo

Londo

Londo

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I am thinking about going for a more portable setup with my gameing setup and was looking at something like this would the below be suitible in that case with the spec from my signature ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA Z77 Stinger Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £134.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £39.95
1 x Noctua NH-L9i CPU Cooler Low Profile - 92mm £34.99
Total : £219.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).




I all ready have this waiting to go into the system
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic X-Series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £119.99
Total : £129.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).



My current system is not overclocked. Just wondering if i will get away with my 7950 in that n case or should i look at something a bit bigger put still keeping it portable
 
I don't see why not... the picture for the case indicates a GPU thats 343mm in length. Where as the 7950 is what... 280mm?

I think... Personally, if you're planning on upgrading. You may as well get something where you can put a decent cooler in. This way, for the longevity of your components, you can OC the CPU :) If you for a Phenom or a Prodigy, you could put a much larger CPU heatsink (possibly a WC one)...

Just food for thought...

I would also get this mobo, its on sale to be the same price and comes with the wifi built in.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (Socket 1155/Intel Z77.DDR3/S-ATA 600/Mini ITX) £134.99
Total : £144.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Did not notice the asus board when i was looking thanks for the spot now if i go for a slightly bigger case i could keep my current cooler if it fits as it does run cool in my current setup just that motherboard i have got ant good for overclocking but do plan on getting another cpu at a later date and have the spare comp as my media server.

I could go for wc cooler i just dont trust water in my system had a bad experiance with a water cooled graphics card years ago that failed almost fried itself but managed to save it just in time.
 
Well after much debating i have gone and done a bit of an overkill for my portable pc ;)

Gone for this setup

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x MSI Z87I Gaming AC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £134.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £54.98
1 x Cooler Master Elite 130 RC-130-KKN1 Mini ITX Case - Black £45.95
Total : £535.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

Everythings on order all ready have the power supply and ram here in another system which i will be dismantling tonight once i get the dispatch confirmation :)

Didnt really want to go for water cooled unit on the cpu but for that size case dont think there was much options.
 
Overkill? Nice one. We like that 'round these parts.

You're quite right about the AIO water cooler. Those 120mm ones, though a little expensive for the performance you're getting, are ideal for small cases like the CM 130.

Enjoy :)
 
I agree about the 120mm ones everything i was looking at looked tight even that motherboard has issues with a graphics card install according to some videos i was watching so played safe so hope it works out.

Just stripped the old computer and got the components out i need just now sorting out the debian cant seem to get the onboard graphics working at the moment looks like more reading required but that`s another issue but the fileserver and twonky servers are all still up and running so not a big issue just waiting for knock on the door now :)

then i can get building :)
 
Check out my sig.
I had to 'customise' the case slightly to get the 7950 in. I use the stock HSF and everything runs fine when playing stuff like BF4, Far Cry 3 etc.
 
Thanks for the heads up was not expecting it to be easy to fit i know when i do jobs like these there is always something that you don`t expect but that if half the fun :)
 
All installed what a case :) had a few problems with it but all running now just love how small that case is :)
 
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