Phenom Build With Potential 290

[Aemon]

Hi.

I've been patiently waiting to purchase a new PC and get a Phenom and had a build set with a 7970. Then the Rx series got released, so I'm going to pick up one of those. I'm potentially thinking of getting a 290x but don't know if thats even going to fit at the moment.

The Sapphire and the Phenom obviously haven't been released yet so I don't know if anyone will know yet. With this build does anyone see any potential issues with fitting and sizing such as the corsair, gpu and case? As this is my first SFF build and I need to purchase soon within 30 days.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI GENE Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX 760W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020045-UK) £139.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel kit (PV316G160C0K) £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £99.95
1 x BitFenix Phenom MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x Prolimatech Blue Megahalems CPU Cooler £52.99
1 x Prolimatech Blue Vortex Blue Wings 120mm Fan £10.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,370.41 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Thanks

 

[Aemon]

Thanks both, for the advice.

I'm mainly going with the corsair as I've heard good things about the fans being quiet keeping the system cool and I'd like the flexibility in the future to go crossfire.
If I wasn't going Crossfire which good quiet, smaller PSU would be a good choice?

Also I'm planning on putting 2x 3tb Hard Drives in the bottom where the 230mm fan would go, covered by the heatshield.

 

[Aemon]

Possbily thinking of going for the Prodigy M now, as I saw the reviews for the Phenom, I was hoping it was pretty much prodigy without the handles.

Thanks for your advice.

 

[Aemon]

I was initially under the same impression. The canuck review shows its quite different, no where to place harddrives on the bottom. They mount on the side on the phenom, on the Prodigy there's the ability to route cables round the back. Not so on the Phenom which is a little dissappointing for airflow