Major Rebuild - Mixed Use - Maybe Micro ATX? - Spec Check / Advice Please!
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Have pretty much come round to that idea. My 2TB drive is actually a 3TB I realised last night. May just keep that for this machine and set up a NAS. Any suggestions??!
Yes and no. For an ATX case, maybe. For a mATX - not really? Quite happy with mATX - so I can have a small case!
It's about 5 years old I think. It's actually a 520W.
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So, now all I need is a sensible, reasonable looking, smallish, mATX case that takes 1 or maybe 2 3.5" drives. Presumably I now have lots of good options?!
just had a bright idea!
5.25" to 3.5" bay converter.
boom! can mount three 3.5" spinning rust hdds
(or four 3.5" drives if you want to get a second bay converter for the second 5.25" bay)
My basket at Overclockers UK:
5.25" to 3.5" bay converter.
boom! can mount three 3.5" spinning rust hdds
(or four 3.5" drives if you want to get a second bay converter for the second 5.25" bay)
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
- 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £92.99
- 1 x Fractal Design Focus G Mini Window Micro-ATX Case - Black= £46.99
- 1 x Silverstone SST-SDP10B Bay Converter 5.25 to 3.5 plus 2x 2.25 inch= £10.99
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £74.99
- 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £199.99
Total: £617.64 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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You may find that you don't need a bay converter: the bay may already have screw points. But a tenner is a small price to pay for knowing you'll be able to complete the build without delay.
You might want to spring the extra £20 for 3600 MHz DRAM and that case will fit a longer GPU so you may find a twin fan card quieter.
You might want to spring the extra £20 for 3600 MHz DRAM and that case will fit a longer GPU so you may find a twin fan card quieter.
Any suggestions?
Lol - might have saved a bit of time
But at least the important thing is that you did get there! Thanks - although I'd almost given up on the idea and even now, still might! Partly because I like the look of the Citadel case! Pertly 'cos seriously looking at sorting a NAS.i wouldn't bother really. gtx 1660 is a power sipping card so a single fan solution should be adequate
besides, the cheapest dual fan 1660 is £210...so the below applies:
it is a decent looking case isn't it
and has tempered glass as well
focus g mini isn't that bad, and it ticks all the right boxes (albeit acrylic instead of tempered glass)
Since the GTX 1660 Super has just been leaked, it's an easy wait. Unless you can't wait, in which case go for Zotac (UK RMA) or Gigabyte (UK RMA and a rep here).
OK, so been a bit busy, but now looking to finish this off. So far, ordered:
Also thinking about starting with a 'fresh build' so adding:
So, now looking at case options. Need to fit: mATX board etc, 1x Rocket, 1x 3.5" HDD and maybe 1x 2.5" SSD.
I still quite like the look of the Kolink Citadel. Sleek, fairly plain and simple. I don't need or particularly want a window, but can live with one. Is there anything else I should now be looking at with my greatly reduced number of HDDs?!! If not, happy to order the Citadel.
Cheers.
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
- 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard
- 2 x 8Gb Crucial 3200 RAM
Also read up on NAS and have ordered one of these ^^^, plus
- 2 x 4 TB WD Red HDD
This is due out tomorrow, so will see what happens. If nothing else, might hopefully push costs of non-super down a bit! But will order either a 1660 (+/- super) or 590 in next couple of days.
Also thinking about starting with a 'fresh build' so adding:
- Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280
- 1x WB Blue 3TB HDD
- 1x Samsung 256GB SSD 830
So, now looking at case options. Need to fit: mATX board etc, 1x Rocket, 1x 3.5" HDD and maybe 1x 2.5" SSD.
I still quite like the look of the Kolink Citadel. Sleek, fairly plain and simple. I don't need or particularly want a window, but can live with one. Is there anything else I should now be looking at with my greatly reduced number of HDDs?!! If not, happy to order the Citadel.
Cheers.