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April 10, 2013 10:13:48 AM

So I saw this: http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/601-falcon-nor..., and was really impressed. I mean that really is lean and mean. Then I went to NW Falcon's website. Then I saw the price. On the base model. Then I died a little bit inside. Not that it's not worth it after all the craftsmanship that goes into it, I just don't have that kind of money. I was disheartened that I wouldn't be able to have my Lionel Messi of computers.

But then I read this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/silent-pc-gaming-pe... and it's left me feeling rather inspired.
After seeing that they removed the HDD cage all I could think was how much empty space there was, especially if you were willing to forgo their zero-fan-zero-noise tolerance and get rid of their great big heat sink and put in something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... (fan mounted on the underside to save even more room), or even a little bit of liquid cooling. Even more if you relied on like a NAS system or whatever to stream your media and only had the SSD with just your OS and games on it. Which makes me think about the temjin. Don't get me wrong, I like the temjin a lot, from what I've seen it looks to be a very nice case, but after all they did and what more could be done there's a lot of empty space. Too much. What other cases are out there that don't let so much empty space go to waste at the same time as letting me play games like Crysis and Bioshock Infinite on my HDTV in reasonable detail at the same time as not looking stupid next to it?
But, I don't really have any experience with computers this side of 2008 outside of my laptop so I was just wondering what you guys thought could be possible. This is what I'd like to think possible as far as innards go:

Mobo: ASRock Z77 Pro 4M
CPU: i5-3570k
CPU cooler: Silverstone NT06-Pro(I don't know if that's a possibility, just saw it around)
GPU: HD 7870 assuming it's possible to OC it up a bit in this tiny, tiny case, if not; a 7950.
RAM: 8gb (2*4gb) Corsair Vengeance lo-pro White 1.35v
PSU: I suppose that would be dependant on the case a lil
HDD: Samsung 840 pro 256Gb
Optical: Don't really care. Blu-ray would be nice.

CASE: smaller than the temjin


So yeah, ideally, fire away.

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April 10, 2013 10:30:40 AM

I use that same case with a GTX680 and a 3570K.
The front fan is on low and undervolted. I found no need even for the optional 120mm exhaust fan.
The setup is very quiet.
Your build would be good with a couple of changes.
1. There is no need for a less efficient downdraft cpu cooler.
I use a prolimatech megahalems, which is somewhat equivalent to a $80 Noctua NH-D14, or phanteks.
Really , though, a $30 cm hyper212 would do the job.
2. I see little value in 1.35v ram. the default 1.5v low profile ddr3 1600 ram is all you need.
3. You need to be a bit careful with the length of your psu. 160mm is max.
A 7870 needs only a 500w. psu. I might get 650w just to have a bit of headroom.
I might pick a psu like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
4. For the graphics card, I like one with a dual slot cooler that gets heat out of the system quickly.
Perhaps this HIS 7870 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
The rest of your parts are good.
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April 10, 2013 10:48:06 AM

geofelt said:
I use that same case with a GTX680 and a 3570K.
The front fan is on low and undervolted. I found no need even for the optional 120mm exhaust fan.
The setup is very quiet.
Your build would be good with a couple of changes.
1. There is no need for a less efficient downdraft cpu cooler.
I use a prolimatech megahalems, which is somewhat equivalent to a $80 Noctua NH-D14, or phanteks.
Really , though, a $30 cm hyper212 would do the job.
2. I see little value in 1.35v ram. the default 1.5v low profile ddr3 1600 ram is all you need.
3. You need to be a bit careful with the length of your psu. 160mm is max.
A 7870 needs only a 500w. psu. I might get 650w just to have a bit of headroom.
I might pick a psu like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
4. For the graphics card, I like one with a dual slot cooler that gets heat out of the system quickly.
Perhaps this HIS 7870 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
The rest of your parts are good.


Yeh sorry just reread it and I see my post is a little ambiguous as to what I wanted from the answers, I wanted for it to be asking for something even smaller than the temjin. I'm not supper fussed about the particular parts I've picked. I shall edit accordingly.
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