Micro ATX with 290 or 780 + soundcard?

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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
 
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.

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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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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