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Building a gaming PC.
Hi I'm putting together a mITX gaming build and basically I just want some hints if I'm doing it right or wrong. Will it overheat? Will something bottleneck it? Is something overkill? Will it be loud?

Case: EVGA Hadron Hydro
GPU: Gigabyte gtx 970 Gaming G1
CPU: i5-4690k
CPU Cooler: EVGA Watercooling Kit for Hadron Hydro
Motherboard: ASUS Z97I-PLUS mITX
RAM: Crucial DDR3 BallistiX Sport 1600MHz 8GB
SSD: Samsung 850 pro 256GB
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October 13, 2014 12:21:00 PM

logainofhades said:
If you do not think you will ever use any expansion slots, then ITX is fine.


Well the last question then. How much worse is the airflow in the Prodigy M version?
a c 200 4 Gaming
October 13, 2014 12:17:49 PM

If you do not think you will ever use any expansion slots, then ITX is fine.
October 13, 2014 12:15:16 PM

logainofhades said:
It is a nice case, but costs more and is a good deal bigger.


Would you recommend the Prodigy or the Prodigy M by the way? I've heard that if you're not planning to SLI you should get the mITX one. Also what fans would be good?
a c 200 4 Gaming
October 13, 2014 12:11:18 PM

It is a nice case, but costs more and is a good deal bigger.
October 13, 2014 11:57:10 AM

logainofhades said:
If you get a k series you are better off getting a z97 board, in order to overclock. If not going to overclock, then get a locked i5 like the i5 4460. Wouldn't need the water cooling if you decide not to overclock, really, either.


Would you personally recommend a Prodigy btw or is the CM 130 better?
October 13, 2014 11:43:01 AM

logainofhades said:
If you get a k series you are better off getting a z97 board, in order to overclock. If not going to overclock, then get a locked i5 like the i5 4460. Wouldn't need the water cooling if you decide not to overclock, really, either.


Well I'm going for overklocking so that's what I'm going for then.
a c 200 4 Gaming
October 13, 2014 11:36:25 AM

If you get a k series you are better off getting a z97 board, in order to overclock. If not going to overclock, then get a locked i5 like the i5 4460. Wouldn't need the water cooling if you decide not to overclock, really, either.
October 13, 2014 11:13:03 AM

logainofhades said:
geofelt said:
OOPS!! searching for a link, I found the GTX770 version. Sorry.

Still, with one 6 pin and one 8 pin, the G1. is likely to draw more power than the supplied 500w unit can deliver.
The card will not be significantly faster that a stock GTX970 superclock that uses two 6 pin leads only.


GTX 970 only needs a 500w minimum, and that is for cheap PSU's. Quality ones, the wattage necessary is less. As an example, this rig with a GTX 970 only rated for 313w. A 650w would power my system and my GPU uses nearly double the power of a GTX 970.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($248.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120XL 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($144.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1212.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-13 14:04 EDT-0400


The Intel Xeon is not available at any of the shops I'm looking on so will the i5-4690k work?

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