Hi guys, looking for a touch of advice.
As the title says I'm looking to move to a smaller, more living room friendly (and portable) case and motherboard for my pc.
My current set up is:
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (ST2000DM001) HDD
Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White
As I have started using it in the living room on occasion I am wanting to move to a smaller case and will also need a smaller motherboard. At first I was thinking about building a second unit in a console style case but I can't afford that right not so was looking at migrating my current components down to micro atx.
The case that caught my eye is:
BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black
Would my current gpu etc fit in that case okay? Also which motherboard would suit this rebuild?
Although there are good reasons for doing this I also can't shake the feeling that downgrading these components may be a bad idea. Any thoughts on that while i'm here?
Many thanks for any who can help.
As the title says I'm looking to move to a smaller, more living room friendly (and portable) case and motherboard for my pc.
My current set up is:
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (ST2000DM001) HDD
Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White
As I have started using it in the living room on occasion I am wanting to move to a smaller case and will also need a smaller motherboard. At first I was thinking about building a second unit in a console style case but I can't afford that right not so was looking at migrating my current components down to micro atx.
The case that caught my eye is:
BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black
Would my current gpu etc fit in that case okay? Also which motherboard would suit this rebuild?
Although there are good reasons for doing this I also can't shake the feeling that downgrading these components may be a bad idea. Any thoughts on that while i'm here?
Many thanks for any who can help.
