new mitx project plan

Psypher5

Psypher5

Psypher5

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looking to "update" my little itx, to something smaller and newer :)

Currently I have (as per sig)

lian li q08b
dfi p55 itx
8gb ram
i7 920
corsair aio
corsaire 620 hx psu
nvidia gtx 570
tb hdd

Its HOT, a bit loud and a bit too big (i've got the "Lets make a tiny pc" itch)

Throwing ideas around, I'd love to stick to itx, however deep down I'd love an matx setup (to SLI in the future) and a parvum. If that parvum itx ever came to sell I'd be all over it though...

what I'm looking at:

OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
(id like silence, so prolly look for a gigabyte WF or something)

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
(worth it, really? I tried ocing my i7 and well, the dfi aint great so its at stock, ive never been much of an overclocker!)

Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI IMPACT Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £173.99
(worth it if im not ocing loads? Chosen because its the best, ngff etc, but was also looking at the MSI itx)

TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit £119.99
(I 3d model and game, ram is good)

Silverstone Strider Plus 600W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST60F-P) £71.99
(size wise, mentioend below, 600W will be ample for this rig)

Silverstone SST-SG08B-Lite USB 3.0 Sugo Mini-ITX - Black £49.99
(Tiny good looking case, there was that french ITX but I cant remember the name? Im after something tiny)

Total : £1,021.53

plus: 250gb ish SSD, cpu cooler. ~£200quid?


Need a bit of help though! Which cooler should I get? My current AIO jobbie gets too hot in my lian li, end of. PC shuts down/crashes/BSOD's whenever i play games etc and its annoying. If I can get a stonker of an air cooler thats quiet and decent i;ll go for that, if not ill try and squeeze a kraken in ;)

Also, with that psu will it be too big for the case + gfx card?

From silverstone website:
Expansion Card
Support expansion cards up to 12.2” long, width 4.84”*
Limitation of CPU cooler 147mm

This is going to take a little while to come up with the cash, just started new job so this will be a treat once pay starts coming in, I'll be MM'ing and scouting for deals so shouldn't take too long.

Discuss/help? :D
 
will be passing my current system on probably so it needs to be in a working state, means I can't yoink things from it unfortunately!

Interesting about the card, have seen a ref blower with a custom duct on the end in an sg08 so will potentially do that. With the msi the base system is under £1k now which is good!


edit:

so found a mod with a push pull config 280mm rad and 4 noctuas, think I might strive to do something like that :D

Also: Silverstone at Cebit:
600watt, flat cabled sff psu? Oh my.
 
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decided to go for something special case wise :)

going to stagger the build so ill get some this month, some the following months, and in between ill mod as much as i can! I'll start a proper build log, but at the moment im looking towards:

parvum itx, ive fallen for the looks of the parvum and nothing comes close! in talks now about colours etc.

silverstone sfx 450 psu (having read up a lot about this, 450w can take on a 780ti so no worries from me anymore!) and the case cant hold anything bigger than an sfx!

watercooling (AIO), id love a kraken x40 but theres only a 120mm fan space at he front of the case...

and then next round ill update my cpu/ram/mobo/graphics/ssd. Oh and also a logitech k810 keyboard. Used to have a dinovo edge and the k810 looks so sleek.

edit: just saw this: MSI Z97I Gaming.
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Sounds like a plan!
 
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I 3d model/game design so ram is needed and will be used :)

My only main gripe at the mo is heat, im talking 80degrees gpu on load and 50degrees cpu, and everytime I load a game itll crash after half an hour or so. Its so frustrating and I cant figure it out.
Oh and lan drivers on mobo not being supported in windows so I have to disable and re enable the ethernet everytime I reboot lol

It is tempting due to so much changing and coming out soon, ddr4, refreshes here and new sockets there...

I spose... Cpu cooler(and an oc? Im running stock atm), graphics card (ive always had nvidia, physx stuff etc in game engines) ssd, id be Ok for a while but damn that upgrade itch and parvum itx....
 
well i have been out of the loop for a good few years so, im just guestimating galore :P

decided to have a play just, stuck my corsair H60 onto my 140 front fan and made a push pull config, cpu is currently sat at 30degrees and gpu at 50 (ive got chrome open and thats it)

Apparently i have speed and turbo mode enabled for my cpu on bios and my cpu is fluttering around 3 to 3.5ghz lol.

gw2 is pushing 45 degrees cpu and 70 gpu, see if it crashed now!

intriguing. I thought the gpu hitting 80 was causing the crashes.

edit, annnd it crashed. ha
 
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its nice to hear "well under thermal thresholds" I was fretting for a bit! haha.

I'll get backuping and reinstalling and report back!
 
I dont get it, running some stress tests atm, hdd checks are fine, been running furmark for about 30mins ago and its been fine, tipping 86degrees but no crashes,

ran prime burn for about 20 mins and it hasn't crashed, will mem check on reboot but :/

I do not understand!
 
little update!

deciding to wait a little untill the new sockets etc come out and i'll have some money to play with. However these errors are killing me:

Kernel Power - Event ID 41 - Task Category 63. Seems a generic windows error, relating to realtek audio, enabling c-state and whatever else, blah. Will try different sata ports aswell and then reinstalling windows. I might go back to win 7 so my lan controller fixes too but I do quite like windows 8.

For now, just ordered a logitech k810 :) will complement the desk and im sick of my generic clackety dell affair
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On the parvum itx front, deciding on colours then will get it ordered, black and blue or black and purple and some little tweaks. In no rush so will grab the silverstone psu in time.
 
Thats what I like to hear! It juwt looks so sleek, and I miss my old dinovo edge. Will connect it to my pc and TV (samsung 46 es8000) which is my main pc screen on my desk at the moment, killing my eyes sat so close to it haha. But a long hdmi cable will allow for gaming in bed, will have to get a wireless ps3 controller working too.

Getting a load of ikea furniture too so its turning into a complete project now!

Will be ordering the parvum and psu next week hopefully! (psu in stock on ocuk now!) Maybe an ssd if I can find one cheap, and ill put my mechanical hdd in an external housing to help with making a silent rig.
 
little update,

got a 480gb seagate ssd and a usb3 caddy for my mech hdd, keeping everything nice and silent in the main case now :)

Reinstalled windows and still getting restarts/bsod's so the plan will be to get a new mobo/cpu (and possibly use my current ram) this month, and then the following months, get some new ram, a parvum itx and the strider psu. Oh and then a graphics card!
 
the latest bsod was due to windows update lol, but i shall be doing some proper tests now, previously i did memtest for 3 or 4 passes and it was fine, but i'll pop it on overnight and see how she goes.

plus side, my lan wasnt connected again so had to disable/enable in device manager BUT i just managed to install network drivers (couldn't previously) so there is hope yet.

next will be tackling audio drivers.

Note: my psu before the reinstall:
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+5 volt is a little low but ?


z97 soon anyway, excited!
 
Disappointing in the z97s... Cpu voltages when ocing,, lack of z97 fearures on some itx (new ssd ports but is that a concern as ive only just got an ssd...) im just confused. Msi itx can hit 5ghz in a review, Hmmm.

Thinking of waiting for devil canyon and see if theres a rog itx? Just annoying as my pc constantly bsods etc which I think is down to the mobo or psu so do need a new rig to be able to just play some games!

Half tempted to get the parvum itx and psu etc now and wait for issues to be reviewed more and things to settle down, have been burnt before buying latest things that have had problems and new revisions come out etc. Other half is telling me for 10 or 20quid I can get a full size gaming 7 and a free cooler... :/
 
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random update, my keyboard wont hold charge, and will only work if the usb cable is plugged in. Have contacted logitech, seems very strange though.

was actually going to buy the asus z97 itx the otherday, was 2 in stock, then 0 :( lol
 
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Waiting for warranty approval for my keyboard now :(

good news is: got a 4770k and 16gb 2400mhz beast ram coming my way.

edit: sod it, went for an asus z97i and the strider 450w g psu :) will update when I get it all up and working.

will try and scrape together for a parvum in next few paycheques!
 
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thanks :D got it all installed and working, its so nice to be able to play a game for more than 10 mins before a crash!
I was the same, would have like the giga or the msi but, was getting to the point where I couldnt wait any more and needed a functioning pc.

Haven't tried overclocking yet, think I need some help on that part :P

Parts now:

asus z97i
4770k h60
16gb kingston beast 2400mhz
gtx 570
silverstone 450w gold psu
seagate 460gb ssd
 
Was messing with the oc today, everything I did failed and the auto tune went on for over 45mins so I stopped it :/ lol. Randomly sat at 3.8 (no idea how) and doesnt get too toasty so im happy at the moment. Will look into it a lot more though and do some research. Being able to use my pc for more than 30mins is amazing!

The little Silverstone psu is tiny!! Seems to cope well too, cant hear it over my stock lianli fan which needs replacing soon!

Boot and shutdown take an age so need to look into that. Will throw some pics up Wednesday or so :)
 
let me know how you get on.

sat at 4.3 (if i do x44 ratio in aisuite it bluescreens) at the moment with 1066mhz ram, (set xmp profile on and it decided not to die for a change)

hasn't touched 60 degrees yet playing bf4 :)

ive still got 14days dsr, so i could drive up to ocuk on the 12th if worst comes to it.

Let me know what the msi is like, I still love the look of it!
 
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well tweaktown have just put out a review with a 4770k sitting at 4.9ghz -.- More learning is needed on this one! lol
 
Nice little surprise in the post today.

A spank new logitech k810 :D! Emailed logitech about the issue, didnt hear anything after they said it was being looked into setting up an rma, was going to email Monday to chase it up. Hopefully this one has no issues. Other one works fine just has to be plugged in :/ lol

Also managed 4.4ghz on my 4770k, but quickly bsod. Sits happy at 4.3 on 1.3 v did r.4 on 1.4 so might just need tweaking more.
 
stop it :P Not got chance to take it back now, have an interview on thursday so no way I can drive to ocuk. I'll stick with it and see if it matures! Not in a position to keep faffing now :(

well done though. Knew I should have waited! Oh well
 
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