Making the change to SFF.

Digital X

Digital X

Digital X

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I have not had my current case that long, but is it quite heavy on it's own without the added weight of my specs in sig, and want to go to SFF come Christmas/January (My Bday) Cases I've considered are the CM Elite 120/Advanced/130, also would like to check if a Corsair AX760 would fit with standard cables.

I can purchase the custom cables if needed, and budget no more than 60 If possible.
 
The Corsair PSUs will fit in most ITX and mATX cases, but they should give you measurements on the manufacturers website for you to check. If you are going that small, you wouldn't need a 760w PSU and could sell it and get a Superflower 550w instead.
 
Thanks, Which case would be good around £60 or under? I'd preferably like the cube style, not the small, tower standing type. Is the CM Elite line the best, or a Corsair 250D good too?

Was also considering an AIO watercooler for the CPU as my only cooler is a TX3 Evo and won't fit.
 
I would highly recommend the 250D, reviews on the case are solid and Corsair make great cases. As for a CLC, the H80i may be better in that case as the H100i may not fit.

What about the Bitfenix Prodigy? The ITX and mATX are identical in size or is it too big?
 
I do love the look of the 250D, size wise the Prodigy is the largest I'd go, as I may be moving house so it's beneficlal to get rid of this full tower asap :P

I'll look at some reviews, but the 130, prodigy and 250D seem like winners. Will look into the H80i, thanks for the help.
 
Can i ask , will you be overclocking at all ?

I can confirm the Corsair 250D is awesome ,, had it since the weekend and its a beast of a mini itx. Funny enough i came from a CM120 case, very small compact and really a good little case , just could not handle my 4670K at 4.4ghz 24/7. So hence my question. ! :D
For non over clocking , the CM series are small light and compact and really work well.Personally though i think its a no brainer to get the 130 version though as better air flow and ability to fit H60 helps with some form of clocking.
If you want raw power, looking to push your components hard , with excellent cooling then i recommend the 250D/Prodigy/Phenom type cases. Lots of room for an itx , but you can get the largest of components in them.

Hope that helped. :D
 
Won't be overclocking, sticking with my i7 2600. It's done me good all these years so far.

Did get bit of a nagging "You haven't had your case that long currently" etc etc.

I'd love a prodigy just for the looks. You may have decided for me on that :D

Say I bought the corsair gen 2 cables for my PSU, how easy would it be regarding management? Only need Mobo, 2 for GPU, 4pin power and HDD plus whatever case fans it has.
 
digitalx said:
Won't be overclocking, sticking with my i7 2600. It's done me good all these years so far.

Did get bit of a nagging "You haven't had your case that long currently" etc etc.

I'd love a prodigy just for the looks. You may have decided for me on that :D

Say I bought the corsair gen 2 cables for my PSU, how easy would it be regarding management? Only need Mobo, 2 for GPU, 4pin power and HDD plus whatever case fans it has.
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I had the i7 2600 , when using the coolermaster120 case. It ran perfectly. It's all depends what your looking for. The prodigy is quite a large case for a mini itx but if your pushing components hard then it gives you excellent cooling options in a reasonable sized case.
Though your temps won't be too bad, you could go smaller form if you wanted too. I used this cooler http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-024-NC&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2346 , and it worked great on my i7 2600 and my current 4670k clocked up to 4.4ghz in the small cm120 case. So you have options, just let us know what your thinking and we can help go down that path.

Having had the prodigy case, the corsair 250D destroys it in my opinion. Smaller and looks whey better.

Oh and are you thinking what board you would be getting as your current won't fit in any of the cases mentioned.

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Whatever is cheapest and does the job really, I used to have a H61 chipset, would it be worth grabbing another Z77 just incase I decide to grab a K chip? Might not sounds beneficial, but was considering the i5 3570k as I can get it quite cheap.
 
digitalx said:
Whatever is cheapest and does the job really, I used to have a H61 chipset, would it be worth grabbing another Z77 just incase I decide to grab a K chip? Might not sounds beneficial, but was considering the i5 3570k as I can get it quite cheap.
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Price wise , I would think micro ATX would be cheaper , though your limited to phenom/prodigy cases as they do matx versions.

If your looking at the corsair cases/ cm120/130 then you have to use mini itx.

With regards to chipset Z77 is the way to go with this. Sure you could pick up a good second hand one cheapish. Couldn't recommend buying new though unless a real good price.
 
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