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I've been giving life support to my old machine for far too long.
Phenom II 1090T has been running at 4gigs and I've been giving ad-hock clocks to the GPU as well.

It is time to move on to something new, more powerful yet elegant.
Hence the update MicroATX and I would like some pointers from others.

Reuse from old machine:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 Windforce OC
4GB Adata Gaming Series DDR3 2000Mhz CL 9-9-9-24 1,55 - 1,75v
8GB (2x4) CORSAIR XMS3 DDR3 2000MHz CL 9-10-9-27 1.65V
ASUS Xonar D1 Sound Card
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler

Buy:
Intel Core i5-4670K (and clock to the max)
ASUS GRYPHON Z97 LGA 1150 Intel Z97
ASUS GRYPHON ARMOR KIT (just because it is cool :D)
BitFenix Phenom (black)
PSU

SSD

Questions:
Will the Case work with the components, especially with the cooler? (I’ve seen pictures, so I think so)
Should I consider Fractal cases instead?
What PSU should I buy? Good price, low energy consumption and silent.
Do I need extra fans for the case? Any experience or ideas?

 

Purpose of the new machine:
For gaming, only Natural Selection 2 (LUA engine, uses a hell of a lot CPU, yet doesn’t know how to utilise multiple cores, one might say game is badly coded, but I like it)
Also moving on with my life.. the machine needs to take less space and it needs to look sexy (to non-nerds, dem females).

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