Mini ITX - triple screen gaming?

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toothless

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Hi all,

Hoping you can help with some questions and validation regarding this shopping list (similar to previously posted builds).
First time trying to squeeze stuff into a small case, so am a little wary.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming AC - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £271.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £129.95
1 x Silverstone Strider SFX Gold 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (SST-ST45SF-G) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
2 x Kingston 240GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/240G) £64.99 (£129.98)
1 x Corsair Hydro H55 Quiet Liquid CPU Cooler £52.99
1 x Silverstone SST-ML07B Milo Mini ITX Case - Black £51.95
1 x Silverstone SST-SOD02 Slimline Slot Loading 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - Retail £46.99
1 x Silverstone SST-PP05-E Short Cable Set For SilverStone PSU Strider Series 100% Modular £16.99
2 x Be Quiet! Shadow Wings Fan Low-Speed - 120mm £9.60 (£19.20)
Total : £1,207.61 (includes shipping : £8.00).



It will primarily be used for gaming (sim racing), and sometimes find itself at friends/relatives (hence the preference for a small case). I would like to game using multiple monitors, so questions are about the suitability of the components and perhaps whether I should perhaps just use a larger case/SLI.

- i have selected OC's 970 card, is this a better choice for small cases wrt to heat dissipation?
- the case has two adjacent fan openings, would these be sufficient for other cards that throw heat around within the case?
- will temperature be an issue running three monitors for gaming? Doesn't have to be 1080p, top graphics settings, etc.
- can i make use of the mobo/cpu video output at the same time as the gfx card's? eg. run three for the game, and one/two for light apps?
- do OC offer a build service?

Would really appreciate your thoughts, thank you in advance.
 
Don't bother with the short cable set since those cables are actually longer than the ones that come with the PSU!

The 970 should run surround 1080p fine and with the reference cooler it'll suck in air from outside the case through the dedicated vents and blow it out the back so no air will circulate into the case. having the card up top in its own area pretty much isolates it from the rest of the system

It'll be a bit fiddly and tight to get the H55 into the case though, but can be done.

You can't run onboard GPU and the 970 together without having Lucid Virtu on the board, which I don't think that one does.

OcUK sell pre-built systems, but I don't know if they have an actual build service for a custom spec. Drop them a line to see.
 
Thanks for the feedback, especially the reassurance with multiple monitor and temperature/cooling queries.

I did get in touch with a representative yesterday about a build on site quote with the component list. However, they have not yet come back to me - *edit!*

Wait n see, hopefully not too long as these gaming laptops are a temptation ...
 
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