Building My First Gaming Mini ITX PC,please help!

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So im trying to figure out what parts i need for this tiny gaming pc i have planned. Ive never built a pc from square one so im being very careful. Its going to be a gaming pc and it has to be able to fit a 980 ti that i have ordered. I allready have a i7 4770 non k cpu in my old gaming pc whitch will be fine cuz i belive i wont be doing much overclocking for the cpu Or the gpu. So the biggest problem is the right case and the right MoBo. Im gnna try to make it as clean and pretty as possible so i thought a MSI Z97I GAMING AC / Intel® Z97 / Socket 1150 mini itx board might do? But will the Huge 980 ti even fit on there cause ive heard of these special ITX GPU's? Can i only fit special GPU's? And for the case im thinkin BitFenix Phenom Mini-ITX white cuz it just looks so damn pretty! The rest is a bit easyer once i know that the case,board,cpu and gpu fit. Any recomendations would be greatly apreciated,thx for reading :)
 
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reference GTX 980 ti are 267mm long they will fit EASY

as for the best mobo matx , it is this :

1- ASUS ROG Maximus VII Gene

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VII_GENE/

http://arvutitark.ee/est/TOOTEKATALOOG/MAXIMUS+VII+GENE/Asus-Maximus-VII-Gene-Intel-Z97-Socket-1150-RoG-mATX-106378

then comes :

2- ASRock Z97M OC Formula

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97M%20OC%20Formula/



then comes :

3-ASRock Fatal1ty Z97M Killer

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20Z97M%20Killer/

dont get anything else .. those have best DTS connect , best sound chip and M2 , and many other things.

if you want Analoge 5.1 sound , get Asrock...
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the best itx case with good cooling and small size :

Fractal Design Core 500 black

http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/core-series/core-500

tell me what you think

if you want bitfenix one , no need to go itx , their cases are same size of the matx one

look at my suggestions here
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2793687/review-build-psu-length.html

 
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I would pick one of those :

1- http://arvutitark.ee/est/TOOTEKATALOOG/ARVUTIKOMPONENDID-Korpused-mATX-korpused/Fractal-Design-Define-Mini-must-USB30-FD-CA-DEF-MINI-BLL-1183

2- http://arvutitark.ee/est/TOOTEKATALOOG/ARVUTIKOMPONENDID-Korpused-mATX-korpused/Xigmatek-Auila-mini-Tower-valge-Aknaga-USB30-CCD-14AWX-U01-84482

3- http://arvutitark.ee/est/TOOTEKATALOOG/ARVUTIKOMPONENDID-Korpused-mATX-korpused/Xigmatek-Auila-mini-Tower-must-Aknaga-USB30-CCD-14ABW-U01-84787

4- http://arvutitark.ee/est/TOOTEKATALOOG/ARVUTIKOMPONENDID-Korpused-mATX-korpused/Corsair-Carbide-Series-Air-240-High-Airflow-MicroATX-Case-valge-Aknaga-USB30-CC-9011069-WW-133823

5- http://arvutitark.ee/est/TOOTEKATALOOG/ARVUTIKOMPONENDID-Korpused-mATX-korpused/Corsair-Carbide-Series-Air-240-High-Airflow-MicroATX-Case-must-Aknaga-USB30-CC-9011070-WW-133824

if you want a german shop that sends to estonia ,

www.computeruniverse.net

sends to estonia for 11 euro per 20KG ...

have fun

btw , if you want small case , get MATX not itx ... unless you want ultra small then I look further for you.

tell me what you think
 
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Yeah thx,number 4. looks pretty good and i hear Corsair is a reputable company :D
So you think a 980TI will fit in there no problem?
What about a Motherboard? is a MSI Z97M GAMING / Intel® Z97 / Socket 1150 / mATX good sounding product?
 
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not all GTX 980 ti will fit. Must be Max 290mm Length to fit.

as for motherboard, dont get Z97 , get Z170 and socket 1151 .. alot better ..

the new Z170 has 20 lanes PCIe 3.0 in the chipset which will give you better cards choices and M2 at 3.0 PCIE 4x

the older Z97 works at PCI 2.0 from Chipset ...

the new CPU can give upto 64G of DD4

the older Haswel spu only 32G DDR3

dont get Z97 it is bad choice today
 
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reference GTX 980 ti are 267mm long they will fit EASY

as for the best mobo matx , it is this :

1- ASUS ROG Maximus VII Gene

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VII_GENE/

http://arvutitark.ee/est/TOOTEKATALOOG/MAXIMUS+VII+GENE/Asus-Maximus-VII-Gene-Intel-Z97-Socket-1150-RoG-mATX-106378

then comes :

2- ASRock Z97M OC Formula

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97M%20OC%20Formula/



then comes :

3-ASRock Fatal1ty Z97M Killer

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20Z97M%20Killer/

dont get anything else .. those have best DTS connect , best sound chip and M2 , and many other things.

if you want Analoge 5.1 sound , get Asrock not Asus , Asus has no 5.1 Analog sound out.
but both have Digital 7.1 sound and DTS connect.

 
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