Advice for future small form factor build

[DebatED Nothing]

So in the last few years I've grown very tired of having a large and "gamery" computer, and also have grown weary of my CPUs thermals, heat output and power usage, as well as the fact that my CPU socket is a complete dead end. So, I'm now entertaining the idea of a new build in a smaller case, but I have a few issues in that department which make it a bit harder to choose (because were it not for these issues I'd 100% just go for a Node 202.

Requirements:

-Unless SSDs become much cheaper and quickly, I need at least 1, preferably 2 3.5 inch HDD bays for mass storage.

-I'd honestly rather not have a case window, because that way I don't have to worry about how it looks inside as much.

-Budget of at most £1000, after factoring in the fact that I already have the storage, the NH-D14 cooler, and an HX750 if it will fit in the case.

This is a build I just very quickly threw together on PC partpicker by mostly sorting by rating and selecting something that seemed good, so I imagine it's not very well done (also the 1070 is just a placeholder GPU, I have no idea which one I'd go for yet, and might keep my 770 for the time being anyway)

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/bGWf7h
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/bGWf7h/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£164.28 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£123.68 @ More Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£56.93 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  (£419.95 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case  (£58.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£42.66 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM 64-bit  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Total: £866.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[21rkosta]

my suggestion if you will take it is to go to m-atx style and get this case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NZI5T0U/ref=s9_simh_gw_g147_i6_r?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=FBTFKRKTEA8DKACCQVRQ&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=6aad23bd-3035-4a40-b691-0eefb1a18396&pf_rd_i=desktop

[21rkosta]

and if you dont want to go m-atx i would reccomend switching to 16 gb stick of ram so if you want to upgrade in the future you can easily

[Guest]

Go with the i5 6600K as you have a Z170 board and a big air cooler. 

 

You want a better psu. Something like the EVGA GS 550W would be better. Your Corsair HX is too long at 200mm otherwise you could reuse that. The Fractal case takes a max of 160mm. The EVGA GS is 150mm.

 

Maybe swap out the Ram for something low profile. I don't know off hand what the clearance is like with the D14 but a low profile kit means you don't have to worry about it not fitting under.

 

[DebatED Nothing]

13 hours ago, lee32uk said:

Go with the i5 6600K as you have a Z170 board and a big air cooler. 

 

You want a better psu. Something like the EVGA GS 550W would be better. Your Corsair HX is too long at 200mm otherwise you could reuse that. The Fractal case takes a max of 160mm. The EVGA GS is 150mm.

 

Maybe swap out the Ram for something low profile. I don't know off hand what the clearance is like with the D14 but a low profile kit means you don't have to worry about it not fitting under.

 

I realised that 500 GB SSDs are a lot cheaper than I thought they were now, so I think a 202 is back on the cards, made a few of your changes as well, thoughts now?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Qy8bvV
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Qy8bvV/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£194.99 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£53.00) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£123.68 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£64.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£106.65 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB ACX Video Card  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case w/450W Power Supply  (£109.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £651.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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