Living Room Gaming PC

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Hi folks, I haven't actually owned a PC since 2008 other than a little intel NUC which I use as a server and I'm considering building one for living room gaming since I'm a bit disappointed with my Xbox One/PS4 frame rates. The PC will be mainly used for gaming and the requirement is that it is a small form factor and will run quietly. I've only ever built 1 or 2 pc's back in the 00's so I'm not an expert by any means. The computer will be running off of my 1080p, would like to be able to run all the shiny high end graphics settings but my priority is that the system is also runs as quietly as possible. I have a few base components in mind that i've researched but past that I'm clueless. I'd like to keep it under the £1500 mark if possible. (excluding monitor, mouse, keyboard of course as I don't need these).


Silverstone Raven RVZ02 Mini-ITX HTPC Case - Black (SST-RVZ02B)

Asus GeForce GTX 980Ti DC3 Strix 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5

Silverstone SFX-L 500W '80 Plus Gold' Fully Modular Power Supply

Any advice on motherboard, CPU and cooler, RAM and anything else I've missed.

Haven't done anything PC wise for years so please be gentle if any of that is incompatible.

Thanks,

Simon
 
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I was not thinking about the length of the card. I thought it would fit.

I was actually thinking of the height of it.

Even though it may very well fit, it also takes 2x8pin connections, and you did take into account the extra power connections yes?
Seems thhat even if it does, there is not going to be really all that much room in such a small case, for such a card, that requires fairly good air flow and cooling,

Little things that you really do need to be aware of.

Plus that PSU is only 500w. Are you sure that is enough for such a high end GFX Card?
 
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