Knudsen

My bad, downSIZE and upGRADE. Went with the Ryzen 1700 instead of a 3770k. And a Prodigy instead of the Corsair Air 540 (Only slightly smaller, I know.)

Hey everyone, I decided to downgrade my PC tower and went with a Bitfenix Prodigy as my case. Now I'm looking into getting rid of my H105i cooler because I feel that it's too clunky and noisy. I've been looking at the Noctua series but can't actually make out if it fits inside the Prodigy. If it does, what would be my best choice for the case, and AMD4 socket that I'll be running?

Any last thoughts? Would the 1600 do fine for me? The additional 100 dollars doesn't seem worth it unless I do streaming, rendering and such which I won't be doing to be honest. Worst case I'll be doing some heavy spreadsheets and scripts to gather data.

The first parts with the 5 TB SSD, 120 SSD and such is what I currently have in my PC. Those parts I aquiered over the past few years. The Ryzen 1700, RAM, Case and MOBO linked slightly further down is what I am looking to buy in order to change my build from a Medi to a mini tower. I removed the prices now. Suggested changes, which would make my build a mini tower instead of the Corsair 540 which is too big: PCPartPicker part list CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory Case: BitFenix - Phenom Arctic White Mini ITX Tower Case Total: $635.65

Those prices are from PC Part picker tho, I havn't made those up

What is your intended use for this build? Gaming, small scale photoshop but no major rendering, though it might come in the near future (Data Scientist master study) If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, framerate, game settings) Preferably 144 Hz, but I can live with 1920x1080p at decent FPS too for the high-end games like BF1, Crysis and such. What is your budget (ballpark is okay)? ~500 € (650 $) I need to either stick with the 1155 socket, in which case I need a new mini-itx MOBO (Couldn't find brand new ones in the EU besides ebay, which I am not too keen on buying) or I would need to upgrade CPU, Mobo and everything In what country are you purchasing your parts? Denmark, but I'll find the cheapest nearest retailer, US/EU links are welcome. Current build: PCPartPicker part list CPU: Intel - Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Motherboard: Asus - P8Z77-V PRO ATX LGA1155 Motherboard Memory: Patriot - Signature 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Strix Video Card Case: Corsair - Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: Corsair - 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply Monitor: Asus - VG248QE 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor Suggested changes: PCPartPicker part list CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory Case: BitFenix - Phenom Arctic White Mini ITX Tower Case Total: $635.65 Comments/Thoughts/Requirements. - I want to use a mini-itx case, no question about that. I've fallen in like with the clean Bitfenix cases, preferably in white. Though any color works. The only thing I don't like is the windows on the side. Since it will likely be sitting on the left side of the desk against a wall/closet.