Geeek Max Acrylic (MITX), Casing, Small Form Recommendation.

[Guardianz01]

Hi, Linus

 

I'm planning on building a mini ITX gaming rig (Skylake) around this particular casing.

 

 

 

Geeek Max Mini-ITX M100-WB  : Link to site : http://www.geeekstore.com/store/p7/GEEEK_MAX_Mini-iTX_Gaming_PC_Case_M100.html

 

I would like your recommendation for the following :

 

1) Power Supply : 500W or 600W ?

 

2) RAM : 8GB or 16GB  ?(DDR4) ?

 

3) Water Cooling Kit : Any recommendation for 120mm ? Below 70$

 

4) Proc : I5-6400 or I5-6600K ?(best bang for buck or best budget)

 

5) Planning to get the Asus GTX 970 DCMOC 4GB mini, Any other recommendation ? (Around the this bracket)

 

6) Mobo : Asus Maximus Impact VIII or MSI Z170I Gaming Pro AC ?

 

7) I would like to spray paint the front cover to another color besides white, what paint and color would you recommend ?

 

Please do leave your comments and suggestions.

 

Would really appreciate all the help 

[Xenift]

1) 500w, its a mini-itx with only 1 pcie slot.

2) 8GB for the poor, 16GB for the rich. Ill probably get the 16GB one.

3) -No idea about watercooling products-

4) I5-6600k, since you are already going with watercooling

5) Asus has a nice itx short card for its 970.

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-GTX970-DCMOC-4GD5-ASUS-Graphics-Cards/dp/B00RL2SLAG (Remember, use linus amazon linkswap when purchasing, this one doesn't have it)

6) -No idea about mobos, sorry-

7) Extremely dark but distinguishable grey from the black of the case cause I love my two tone blacks. ​(I suck at spray painting so no protip.)

 

-Linus would probably not answer you-

[CJ Chua]

3) Either a H80i from Corsair or X41 from NZXT

7) I would say VIII because of the features and the perfect UEFI BIOS that asus made

[Guardianz01]

1) 500w, its a mini-itx with only 1 pcie slot.

2) 8GB for the poor, 16GB for the rich. Ill probably get the 16GB one.

3) -No idea about watercooling products-

4) I5-6600k, since you are already going with watercooling

5) Asus has a nice itx short card for its 970.

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-GTX970-DCMOC-4GD5-ASUS-Graphics-Cards/dp/B00RL2SLAG (Remember, use linus amazon linkswap when purchasing, this one doesn't have it)

6) -No idea about mobos, sorry-

7) Extremely dark but distinguishable grey from the black of the case cause I love my two tone blacks. ​(I suck at spray painting so no protip.)

 

-Linus would probably not answer you-

 

Thank you for the recommendation.

 

Lol i didn't really expect Linus to reply, just used the name on the forum. 

 

For the price range i'm tempted to to get the R9 390 8GB, is it a better choice ?

 

(Read somewhere that for 4K Gaming this is better)

 

As for the paint job, Could you provide me a link to see how the color combination comes out ? 

 

 

3) Either a H80i from Corsair or X41 from NZXT

7) I would say VIII because of the features and the perfect UEFI BIOS that asus made

 

Asides from the AIO system, i'm looking for something along the line's of reservoir, pump, CPU Block etc...

 

 i saw on their site they have their own water cooling kit

 

http://www.geeekstore.com/store/p27/Bykski__120mm_Water_Cooling_System_Kit_for_max100.html

 

But besides this do you have any recommendation ? i.e. Bitspower, XSPC

 

Not to be a noob, but how is the UEFI BIOS different from MSI ? Not really familiar with MSI, have seen my friends Asus UEFI....

 

 

Basically looking to build a themed build but not sure of the color combinations with the case.

 

My future enhancements for the will include engravings (since its acrylic) but that can come later, just need to get the basics down first.

 

Can anyone recommend a good paint brand ?

[Xenift]

Yes the R9 390 has 8 GBS of VRAM, higher resolutions require more VRAM. Below is a test colour . Mind the bad editing.

[Guardianz01]

Looks all black but I think I can manage with some red or green finishing... lol.