Micro ATX with 290 or 780 + soundcard?

DanF

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It will work. I have a 7950 and a Xonar DX on a mATX board as well. Except my sound card is on the 3rd slot instead of the 4th, as that's the slot which is controlled via the chipset... So yours will have more room than mine. Temps should still be pretty good.
 
cool cheers, just deciding on what bits to buy, gonna salvage some parts from my current pc and give the rest to my folks :p
 
Bear in mind that the efficency of the cooler will depend on how quickly the heat that the cooler is expelling is removed from the immediate environment - 2 coolers that manage say 60C on one and 75C on the other in a desktop chassis might both get upto 80C in a smaller case with limited airflow.

Personally I'd say you'd be potentially better off with a 780 + rear exhaust titan style cooler in a small case.
 
was thinking of a rear mounted corsair h80i for the cpu. The case has a large 180 intake fan as std so it should be ok. Otherwise I could stick to a stock gpu cooler that vents out the back as well.

something like this

silverstone-tj08
 
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Thought about the SG10B? It's smaller than the TJ08 (23L vs 30L) and has better cooling for the GPU.

How would the H80i work in the TJ08, you'd have to have the radiator fan as exhaust wouldn't you as there aren't any other places for exhaust fans? Would definitely be better with a reference cooler on the GPU if that's the case, otherwise all the GPU heat would be going through the H80i radiator.
 
I own the TJ08-E and i have to be honest, its a downright awesome case...

The only problem i have with it is the PSU is a bit tricky to install with a DVD there (but i am stupid enough to have a long 750W PSU). It fits but took a good 30 minutes alone. :)

Other than that, suberb.

I have a GTX 670 PE in mine and it keeps it very cool, it will happily suit you're needs.

The dust filters are my favourite part about it. Built in to your front and PSU intake it saves a lot of cleaning and asre easy to remove and clean.
 
zenf said:
Thought about the SG10B? It's smaller than the TJ08 (23L vs 30L) and has better cooling for the GPU.

How would the H80i work in the TJ08, you'd have to have the radiator fan as exhaust wouldn't you as there aren't any other places for exhaust fans? Would definitely be better with a reference cooler on the GPU if that's the case, otherwise all the GPU heat would be going through the H80i radiator.
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Yeah that looks really tempting, I'd be able to get away with no dvd drive as well, can't remember the last time I used one.

Currently I have a 6950 with stock cooler which would go in to it then pick up something newer in the spot day sales they are doing. I guess 780 would be better than a 290 using stock coolers.

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Ah the only thing with the SG10, trying to put a SSD + HD in there, they live right behind the CPU mount with not much airflow.

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dunno if the SG10 suits the corsair h80i, it's so big it blocks the top pci-e slot
http://imgur.com/a/xEtnO
 
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Doomedspeed said:
The dust filters are my favourite part about it. Built in to your front and PSU intake it saves a lot of cleaning and asre easy to remove and clean.
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The SG10 has them too, I haven't had it long but I've popped them off once for a quick clean, they really are amazingly convenient!

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Currently I have a 6950 with stock cooler which would go in to it then pick up something newer in the spot day sales they are doing. I guess 780 would be better than a 290 using stock coolers.
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I've got a 780 with stock cooler in mine and it works great, I did set a custom profile to stop it reaching 80 in 3DMark but it only gets to 72 now after a full run with the fan only reaching 66%. I'm planning on getting another for SLI at some point, it should be fine in this case.

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Ah the only thing with the SG10, trying to put a SSD + HD in there, they live right behind the CPU mount with not much airflow.
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The top 180mm intake actually blows down the back of the mobo to cool the HDDs. I only have a SSD in mine but I've seen plenty of SG10 setups with HDDs, I don't think that'd be a problem.

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dunno if the SG10 suits the corsair h80i, it's so big it blocks the top pci-e slot
http://imgur.com/a/xEtnO
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It works but only it one orientation apparently, see here (loads of great info in this thread):

http://www.overclock.net/t/1356389/sg09-sg10-owners-thread/330#post_20141403

I'd actually recommend a good air cooler in the SG10 as they tend to perform as well as, if not better than 120/140mm AIO water coolers. I've got the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 in mine although I'm not sure I'd recommend it specifically unless you don't mind an incredibly annoying install! Noctua NH-U12S might've been a better choice, but not as cool looking. :cool:

Few pics of my build here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25957339&postcount=859

Edit: do you really need a soundcard? I went from a Xonar D2 to Asus Maximus VI Gene onboard and can't tell the difference.
 
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yep need a sound card, well I'm powering some pretty big headphones that are hard to drive so I'm already using a essence stx for the amp.

For the HSF, I can get my hands on a free Noctua NH-U12F with 115x mounting bracket. not sure how it compares to newer stuff, thinks it's 6-7 years old.

Could see how it cools a 4670k running at 4ghz+ and go from there.
 
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So I managed to build it this weekend, just made a few small changes

4670k currently @ 4ghz
msi z87m-g43
noctua NH-U12P SE2 dual fan
6950 with 6970 bios
essence stx
480gb ssd + 2 x 1tb storage drives
corsair hx 620 psu

the build was pretty easy to do but took some times with cable routing.
The stock rear 120 mm fan is noisy at full chat, I've not got a spare low voltage cable for it and will probably swap it out for something else.
The psu cable comes out the wrong way which means the bottom 120mm doesn't fit.

Temps are all fine, was hitting 50-55c on the cpu at stock and I'm not really after a big overclock on it, maybe just 4.2ghz.
 
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ok my PSU is squealing like mad in certain games after adding in a msi 290. It's a 6 year old corsair 620 hx so warranty has finished. What's a recommended PSU for the following setup?

4670k, msi 290 gaming, ssd, 2 x HDD and a bunch of fans

Silverstone SST-ST65F-G Strider Gold Series - 650 Watt

Seasonic X-Series 650w gets better reviews but costs a lot more
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How about this Seasonic?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-SS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2383

Any then there's SuperFlower as well:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...4-SF&tool=3&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057
 
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