Mini monster

Rhotis · July 8, 2015

Ok so the fractal node 202..... has me all kinds of excite. My current rig outside of the 970 is a 3770 put together at the start of 2013 so when skylake comes out gonna double down and put together the ultimate (to me) mITX gaming rig

Case - node 202

GPU - GTX 980 tI Prolly a reference blower design for this case so heat does not become an issue but have not decided yet.

Mem - Just 16 gigs of whatever

SSD's - 850 EVOs 1TB and 1 500gig. (or one of the 2TB if they come out in time and are not stupid price)

PSU - the silverstone 600w SFX

Cooler - maybe Noctua L9i , gotta be 56mm or shorter so throw me some suggestions

CPU and mobo - will be the top end skylake when they come out and mobo depends on whats released ITX wise early on.

Throw me some suggestions particularly on the CPU cooler.

brob · July 8, 2015

Blower style gpu cooler makes a lot of sense. The case does not seem to have any other clear path for gpu exhaust.

If http://wccftech.com/intel-launches-core-i7-6700k-core-i5-6600k-unlocked-skylake-cpus-5th-august-skylakes-platform-roadmap-detailed/ is accurate, you will have the option of going with a 65W S processor instead of a 95W K. Have to wait and see what the benchmarks say, but it might be optimal in this situation.

Rhotis · July 8, 2015

Blower style gpu cooler makes a lot of sense. The case does not seem to have any other clear path for gpu exhaust.

If http://wccftech.com/intel-launches-core-i7-6700k-core-i5-6600k-unlocked-skylake-cpus-5th-august-skylakes-platform-roadmap-detailed/ is accurate, you will have the option of going with a 65W S processor instead of a 95W K. Have to wait and see what the benchmarks say, but it might be optimal in this situation.

Yeah if the non K sku is released in August I will be prolly picking that up since overclocking in this would be minimal if at all.