nkucz

Touche, however for my budget the GTX 770 is more reasonable, especially for the games I play I probably wouldn't need a GTX 780. Especially since I'm only playing on one monitor. I do indeed like the cooler the guy in that build used! Maybe I would be better off with that cooler and the NF-F12 as an exhaust to really get some air pumping, I will not be overclocking anyway. 

Welcome to my build log!

The goal of this build will be to create a portable, yet powerful, ITX format computer-- also focusing on silence. This build will not be focused on being attractive (sleeved cables, LED's, etc.) but it will 100% be clean. A huge part of this build will be focused on cable management, which is not an easy task to successfully complete in such a small enclosure. I want silence because, well, who wants a loud computer, and keeping it quite is easy if you aren't focusing on internal sexiness. Although internally it won't be beautiful, externally my setup looking good is important to me, stay tune for final pictures of my setup as well. Keep in mind it will look good and clean, just not color coordinated and such. I'm sick of seeing Fractal Node 304 builds on the web that just look horrible with cables everywhere (except MetallicAcid's build of course). Anyways, stay tuned for pictures and updates.

Parts List:
Intel i5 4670k - Have Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI - Have Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB 1600MHz - Have MSI GTX 660 2GB (Temporarily) - Have Fractal Node 304 (White) - Have Samsung 840 Evo 120GB (Temporarily) - Have Adata SX900 512GB - Need Western Digital Blue 1TB HDD (Temporarily) - Have Silverstone 550W Gold Series - Have Noctua NH-L9i - Need Extra Parts:
Noctua NF-F12 - Need Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit OEM - Have
Peripherals:
Asus PB Series PB23Q - Need CM Storm QuickFire TK (MX Brown) - Need Razer Deathadder 2013 - Have Steelseries QCK Mouse Pad - Need
The reason behind naming it "Project Obsession" is very simple, I have Obsessive-Compulsion Disorder. I'm also very anal about my cable management, thus the name was created

Building should begin February 4th, 2014 and pictures will be uploaded that day or the next depending on how things go! I love feedback and suggestions so feel free to leave some below, I will respond.

~nkucz

This could turn out to be a pretty awesome build!
For what do you need the 500GB 840? Wouldn't it be possible to have the 500GB 840 or the 1TB WD Black? Or are you using the 1TB temp. so that you can later replace it with the 500GB 840? 
 
Also, I'd get something different than the G930, I found them to be pretty mediocre. Maybe a Func HS-260 or a nice combo between a decent headphone and a clip - on mic? 
 
But other than that, looking forward to this build log! Especially stoked because you're using a 304 instead of the Prodigy  

Almost all entry level DSLR's like the t3i and d3200 have auto settings for those who just want to use them like point and shoots, but still have manual functions for those who want more control over their image.

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/keyboard/#sort=a8&s=3&m=276
 
Hmm, you might as well get a Shine 3 for that price.

this system will draw something like 430W so 550W is plenty and gives you the possibility to overclock the processor and graphics card. 

Yeah it will be enough to power your system.

You're good

in that case youll be fine

How many mm is the power supply? it will probably fit, but even my 140mm PSU was a bitch to get in! Best of luck to ya

Its all digital signal apart from vga and the other analogue signals, digital signels dont matter what quality the cable or interface is it will display the same quality image, so hdmi is basically dvi with audio yes 

They are impossible to find in the U.S. as well, that's why I switch to Haswell. 

The thing is my 20" seems kind of small but my desk isn't that big and I'm going to college next year and won't have that much room, I'm really stuck haha I like the price of the 21.5" though

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Why does this bad boy only have Display Port and HDMI Mini ports? Which should I use?
 
http://www.amazon.com/Galaxy-GeForce-Mini-HDMI-Graphics-77NPH6DT8KXZ/dp/B00DJ3GHUC

Display Port all the way if you monitor supports it, otherwise, well, it's not like you have a lot of choice huh... And why HDMI mini jeez.

I think it comes with adapters, luckily. 

Use the display port if your monitor supports it. 
It it doesn't just use the good old HDMI port

I haven't seen a completely white card in ages, wow

Does this have disadvantages over good old DVI?

It happened to my brother ordering his K70. He kept on showing me how mad he was that his order has been pending for 2 weeks. Its quite funny how such a big and respected company has such a bad customer service.

Any company, club, nation, or body of people are just the sum of the people they are made up of. So yeah that kind of is Corsair.
 
Customer service aside I do love their products anyway.

As great as their products are their headsets are complete shit and had to deal with this all the time when i had them, i know the feel.

It's not corsair, it's the people they hire most of the time. \
 
 
But I understand what you mean, for something like that they should be embarrassed about how their employees have.