SFF Build, unsure?

Dizz

Dizz

Dizz

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 780Ti DirectCUII OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £539.99
1 x BenQ XL2411T Rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £289.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £184.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI GENE Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIR) - Red Light £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Aero Cool Dead Silence Gaming Black Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
Total : £1,797.77 (includes shipping : £19.10).



Have i missed anything?

Cheers
 
Some changes:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 780Ti DirectCUII OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £539.99
1 x BenQ XL2411T Rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £289.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI GENE Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £139.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Aero Cool Dead Silence Gaming White/Black Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
Total : £1,776.72 (includes shipping : £19.10).



The PSU you selected is too big for the case.
The Samsung PRO SSD is not worth the premium over the EVO - the speed difference will be noticeable only in benchmarks.
I put some faster RAM on This Week Only in there.
Those savings funded an upgrade from the h80i to the h105.
The retail version of the 4670k is only £10 more. For that you get an extra 2 years warranty, and the stock cooler as a backup.
The black Aerocool is out of stock, so I put a white and black one in.

EDIT: With a MSI motherboard and GPU rather than the ASUS models you can get a 4770k:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £509.99
1 x BenQ XL2411T Rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £139.99
1 x MSI Z87M Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Aero Cool Dead Silence Gaming White/Black Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
Total : £1,797.92 (includes shipping : £20.10).



Motherboard review: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/msi_z87m_matx_gaming_motherboard_review/14
 
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Thanks for your time tweaking the build, definitely grateful for the PSU notification :) thats the kind of thing I am not to sure about.
So the GPU fits in that case ok then?

I am abit of an ASUS RoG fan so I think I would go for them rather than MSI. Maybe I would just put the 4770K in there anyway though.

Again, thanks for the input. Not looking to buy just yet but its my first look at building a SFF so trying to learn all i can.
 
Any way of making this build cheaper without taking away too much performance? I'm looking at the AMD R9 290 and with the non-ref cards the cooling would be less of a problem
 
The GPU will fit, yes.

The 290 would be a bit of a step down from a 780ti. Obviously the 290 is also a fair bit cheaper, so you'll just have to look at some reviews to determine whether or not you want to pay the extra.

e.g. http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/asus-gtx-780-ti-directcu-ii-oc-review/20/

Ultimately, if it is a choice between a 780ti/4670k or a 290/4770k, go with the 780ti. Remember: if you do go SFF, you probably won't be adding a second GPU.

There isn't much to save money on, apart from the GPU. You could get a cheaper CPU cooler. Something like the Alpenfohn Matterhorn will do a good job - although you would need to get lower profile RAM, and I'd probably recommend getting a couple of extra fans for the roof. A 1TB hard drive would save you £20 or so and still give you plenty of storage space.

Other than that - if you're not buying everything yet, you can get settled on a spec list and take advantage of daily deals. The RAM, SSD, and the MSI GPU in my spec are all on offer at the moment.
 
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