Silverstone FT03-Mini Build

[SMEXYBeach]

Ok, so I'm looking to upgrade to my old tower to a lovely new ITX case that can fit on my desk looking pretty...

 

I was looking at the Silverstone FT03-Mini as the case and due to it's limited cooling ability, even with a slim 120mm radiator i wasn't planning to overclock as well as saving some money by using a H87 board instead of a z87.

My only questions were due to the lack of airflow in the case would it not be possible to run a MSI twin frozr design card (as I already have one and it would save a lot of money if i could reuse it) and, as I'm not overclocking, is it worth getting a Xeon E3-1230 v3 over the classic i5 3670 chip for increased performance?

[Anthony10]

I just did a build log with a small ITX case you might wana try, http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/145948-silverstone-rvz01-rebuild-console-size-desktop-performance/#entry1949050

[SMEXYBeach]

could you get any overclocking done with such a small case?

[Thorium19]

could you get any overclocking done with such a small case?

very little, you'll have to use a low profile air cooler, something like a noctua l9i, or a 120mm AIO which would allow more over locking headroom. Anyway, the xeon e3-1230 v3 doesn't support overclocking, but is a good chip anyway.

[SMEXYBeach]

very little, you'll have to use a low profile air cooler, something like a noctua l9i, or a 120mm AIO which would allow more over locking headroom. Anyway, the xeon e3-1230 v3 doesn't support overclocking, but is a good chip anyway.

So do you think it would be a good idea to get the xeon for the extra performance?

[Thorium19]

So do you think it would be a good idea to get the xeon for the extra performance?

it's basically an i7 4770 without the iGPU, so as long as you see a need for hyper threading go for it, it's a solid choice