New Mini-ATX PC Build (1 Viewer)

[Tommy]

Well, I decided to go down that road again and build a new gaming PC. I feel the need to play DayZ again and some GTA V with some of the custom PC mods. Neither of my Lenovo T series laptops can handle these games without heat issues and throttling.

So far I only bought the case. I settled on the CM Elite 130.

(some pics from Google images)



Planning to buy...

i5-6600k (Maybe i7-6700k if I do some other non-gaming tasks on it)
Corsair Liquid CPU cooler
650w modular power supply
Asus M/B
GTX 1070
16 GB Ram
256 GB SSD

 

[Pokerdweebz]

Building your own PC is so rewarding.

 

[Psypher1000]

It's unlikely that you'll need the extra processing power of the i7. Other than that, awesome.

Maybe a separate disk for the OS?

 

[derekdd23]

I really want one of these bad boys in my gaming pc, i still have a GTX970 which works for the very limited gaming i actually play.

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series/titan-x-pascal

 

[MillyS]

I built mine about 18 months ago, definitely rewarding.

 

[Mr. Cheese]

My computer build is from 2010 so its ancient by today's standards. I really need to get on it and build a new one someday.

 

[ChipTalker]

I did something similar back in July, been working very well.

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[Tommy]

Changed the case to this one...



Parts ordered...

 

[Pokerdweebz]

That's one of the split cases right? I got this one and love it. https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Carbide-High-Airflow-Cube/dp/B00D6GINF4/

 

[Tommy]

That's one of the split cases right? I got this one and love it. https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Carbide-High-Airflow-Cube/dp/B00D6GINF4/

Nah, not that style. This is a mini-ITX case with room for 2 rads, but not dual chamber. Your case it a bit wider too.

 

[Pokerdweebz]

Nah, not that style. This is a mini-ITX case with room for 2 rads, but not dual chamber. Your case it a bit wider too.

Still looks like a sick build (y) :thumbsup:

 

[Tommy]

I'm going for small, cool, and quiet this time around. No LEDs, or flashing lights.
I also picked up this to share my mouse and keyboard with the gaming system and my Lenovo dock station.

IOGEAR 2x4 USB 2.0 Peripheral Sharing Switch

I have triple 24" monitors hooked to my Lenovo dock via 2 Display port cables. (One is daisy chain). I'll use a single HDMI cable from the GTX 1070 to my center monitor and have auto-detect set on the monitor so I don't have to mess around with switching display input sources.

In theory this all should work.

 

[Tommy]

Did the build last night.


Cool air is brought from the front via 1 x 120mm fan/rad combo and 1 x 140mm fan.
The rear rad/fan combo exhaust out the back.

I ended up going with the Hybrid GTX 1070 so now I have a brand new GTX 1070 sealed in the box if anyone wants it. $50 less than what it is selling for now. I can't return it. Stupid NewEgg return policy on video cards. They only replace.

 

[Tommy]

I ended up going with the Hybrid GTX 1070 so now I have a brand new GTX 1070 sealed in the box if anyone wants it. $50 less than what it is selling for now. I can't return it. Stupid NewEgg return policy on video cards. They only replace.

Nevermind. I ended up taking out the EVGA Hybrid 1070 because of a water pump hum/buzz that was driving me nuts and used the MSI 1070 with active cooling instead. Much quieter now. I got the Hybid 1070 from Amazon so I had no problem returning it. Save $100 too.