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How about a mid tower build instead?

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Yo!   
 

I still cant decide whether to go SFF or Mid Tower (this is a mid range build)

If I go SFF .....here are the specs

Case: Aerocool DS Cube
Mobo: Gigabyte z97mx gaming 5
Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws X 8gb (2x 4gb)
CPU: Intel Core i5 4460
GPU: Sapphire R9 270x Toxic
PSU:  Fractal Design Integra 750w
Liquid Cooler: Intel TS13X Closed Loop

But If I Go Midtower:



Case: NZXT H440 
Mobo: MSI Z97 Gaming 3/ H97 Gaming 3
Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws X 8gb (2x 4gb)
CPU: Intel Core i5 4460 (i'm still researching about em K processors)
GPU: Sapphire r9 270x Toxic
PSU:  Fractal Design Integra 750w
Liquid Cooler: Intel TS13X Closed Loop

So What Do You Guys Think???

1. Sff or The Mid Tower?
2. If sff what would you like to change?
3. if mid tower what would you like to change?
4. Any better cases than the h440?? (Looks pretty bad-ass to me ;) )
5.If mid-t should i get the z97 gaming 3 or the h97 one??? got any other suggestions?
6.Better power supplies? Can the sff and mid handle 650w?  

Im using a Liquid Cooler even thought its not overclocked coz I dont like tower heat sinks or em stock one. I like to keep my pc quiet.

Feel free to comment!

Thanks Again
 

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If you plan to overclock then you will need a K processor (i5 4690K as an example), and a Z97 motherboard such as the MSI z97 PC Mate.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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IMO:

1) Mid tower

2) -

3) PSU is overkill, and I don't see any storage (no HDD nor SSD)

4) Fractal Design Arc R2 Mini/Midi (not necessarily better, just an alternative)

5) Z97 if you're going with K-processor, H97 otherwise

6) 650W is enough, not sure about the vendor though

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Ok Sorry I did not put the storage options


So Ill be using a SSD boot drive and a 1tb HDD storage drive

Can you guys suggest good ssds and 1tb hdds? 

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Ok Sorry I did not put the storage options

So Ill be using a SSD boot drive and a 1tb HDD storage drive

Can you guys suggest good ssds and 1tb hdds? 

I use Crucial, may not be the fastest, but they work for me. But Kingston HyperX 3K is the way to go right now.

 

For the HDD I'd select WD Green. Seagate are good as well, I just don't remember what is their "green" line is called.

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buy K cpu if you buy a z97 mobo. And motherboard doesn't effect preformance. so get a cheap b85 mobo and them get a i7 or xeon e3 1230 v3. Its a quadcore with hyperthreading but only 250

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Oh. You were talking about the regular B85 and not the gaming ones. Ok. That sounds good :)

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The problem is, the i7 is out of my price range. The i5 would be good enough for the mean time with the mobo. I want it to be somehow future proof...... Hey is the pentium anniversary any good? If I overclock, will it perform like the i5 or more of like an i3?

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