Build Critique: mITX Magic w/ an H80i???

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Little brother came up on money and asked for guidance on making the "most decked out console-sized gaming computer ever!" - as he put it. PC Part Picker says all this will work, but will the H80i really fit in the Silverstone Raven???

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Impact Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Dominator 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($200.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($419.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB K|ngp|n Video Card ($849.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply ($88.55 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($94.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $2369.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-16 18:25 EDT-0400

Granted, some components are impractically priced for a small build like this, and he may adjust accordingly (e.g. Kingpin card).
 
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logainofhades
Might want to give this a read. Personally, I would switch out the case to a Coolermaster Elite 130 and add a bigger PSU.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/silverstone-raven-rvz01-listed.197250/


I would go with something more like this. Still small, just not quite console sized.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120XL 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($143.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)...
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Might want to give this a read. Personally, I would switch out the case to a Coolermaster Elite 130 and add a bigger PSU.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/silverstone-raven-rvz01-listed.197250/


I would go with something more like this. Still small, just not quite console sized.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120XL 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($143.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($419.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB K|ngp|n Video Card ($859.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($48.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($94.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $2282.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-16 19:05 EDT-0400
 
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Eggz

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The case is a key selling point, so it and the PSU are fixed on this build. As for the cooler, I found a 90mm Noctua that would work for sure (even if not ideal): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608029&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

As for the H80i, I think it might actually fit with one fan. The radiator is 38mm, and each fan is 25mm, so that is 63mm. The case supports up to 83mm, so it will fit so long as the water block/pump is not more than 20mm. I can't find any specs on that specifically, but I also don't know where distance the "83mm of heat sink clearance" begins. I know it ends at the top of the case, but is that 83mm from the case to the CPU, the RAM, or from the other side of the case (i.e. excluding the motherboard)?

H80i aside, this Silverstone air cooler would fit (NT06-PRO): http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=368&area=en

I don't know exactly what Silverstone would be talking about when they say all-in-one water cooler solutions can fit in the case if they don't mean something like the H80i, unless they mean a H60 or H75.
 
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Yeah, the wattage options on that case are pretty restricted. Seems like 450 watts is about as much as you can get out of such a tiny PSU. Still my current system pulls just under 600 watts when I run Prime 95 Small FFT (3930k OCed by 800 Mhz), running a similar graphics stress test that maxes out both a 780 ti and a 750 ti, a drive test that maxes out an SSD and two HDDs, an H100i on high, and 4 sticks of RAM running at 1.65v.

My current system never pulls that unless I'm doing a weird combo of tests like that. Given that the LG1150 uses much less power than LGA2011, it's already looking better. Plus there is only one video card, no HDDs, no liquid cooler (maybe), and the RAM will be 2 sticks at 1.5v. A Silverstone 450 watt 10+ Gold should be able to handle that, especially since I will almost never run anything that pulls max power (e.g. a suite of of CPU and GPU benchmarks simultaneously).
 
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