Silent portable mid tower

[Thirall]

So I am going to Get the GTX 1080 and a HTC vive after summer, although my room is too small for the vive and so I have to go to the basement whenever I'm gonna use it. I currently have the silent base 800 with window. But I am pretty sure that's gonna be a hassle to carry down. So I am thinking of buying a new case that is portable and easy to carry up and downstairs. However I still want it to be silent. I do not care about having a window if that is going to affect the noise too much, because I hate fan noise (I has a laptop before this build). This is my baby:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($64.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($279.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: be quiet! Silent Base 800 (Orange) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($114.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1260.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-21 23:28 EDT-0400

Edited June 22, 2016 by Thirall

[Naeaes]

Sorry about the wall of text. I had lots to say and time to ramble on. 

 

Just so you know, me, the next guy to comment, pcpartpicker.com or any other third party in this transaction of yours isn't liable for the compatibility. Heed people's warnings, but do not take matters at face value from anyone other than the manufacturer and the seller. Stuff fitting in is one annoying thing but stuff being unstable can drive you bat-shit crazy.

According to Corsair the RAM isn't compatible with the motherboard. Asus agrees. As always, it's entirely up to you if you still want to take the risk (of it not working/being unstable/voiding warranties), but I'd personally look into Kingston or G.Skill. Corsair RAM is nice-looking and often reliable enough but their compatibility is a bit narrow and/or the test methodology for it a bit too crude.

 

If you can get your hands on Cooler Master Trooper, it's old but a great case to lug around. http://gaming.coolermaster.com/en/products/cases/trooper/ The handle is actually super sturdy. Get some wheels from a hardware store and you'll love the thing to death.

 

I haven't personally benchmarked them yet, but the new Pascals, GTX1070 and GTX1080 are told to be great for VR. Now that they're released and the availabilities are just about to get better, I'd suggest looking into it instead of the GTX970. 

About the drive, while you can technically mount a 2,5" HDD in a desktop case, you don't want to rely on such a thing alone to store your data. I'd always go for a RAID-1 setup but if budget is an issue, it might not be for just anybody. Anyway, laptop HDDs are not good for storing data and it's not just about the fact that they're more often shocked/vibrated due to being in a laptop, they're also slower and less reliable. 

One other thing, the new 3,5" 5400RPM WD Blue drives are bit sketchy. AFAICT, WD is discontinuing the infamous Green line and re-branding it Blue. Generally speaking Blues have been pretty reliable and up to 1TB in size whereas Green starts at 1TB, sucks sweaty monkeyballs in terms of reliability and are cheap. It's been a trade between speed, size, reliability and price. That's just to say, if you had a reliable and still consumer-priced WD drive, get the 7200RPM 1TB Blue, WD10EZEX, I believe is the P/N for it.

[Thirall]

My ram works great after I got tue lpx ones. I had some kingston hyper x and my pc kept crashing. The case looks nice, but is there easy to mount wheels, or is that not meant to be done. And yeah, as I said I'll probaly buy a 1080. Gonna have to wait a bit to be sure of which manufacturer. Ohh sorry I actually do have the 1tb blue 7200rpm already, I put in the wrong. Ehat is a Raid-1 build? The case doesn't have usb 3.1. Is this really an issue?

Edited June 22, 2016 by Thirall

[Thirall]

On 20. juni 2016 at 8:59 AM, Naeaes said:

Sorry about the wall of text. I had lots to say and time to ramble on. 

 

Just so you know, me, the next guy to comment, pcpartpicker.com or any other third party in this transaction of yours isn't liable for the compatibility. Heed people's warnings, but do not take matters at face value from anyone other than the manufacturer and the seller. Stuff fitting in is one annoying thing but stuff being unstable can drive you bat-shit crazy.

According to Corsair the RAM isn't compatible with the motherboard. Asus agrees. As always, it's entirely up to you if you still want to take the risk (of it not working/being unstable/voiding warranties), but I'd personally look into Kingston or G.Skill. Corsair RAM is nice-looking and often reliable enough but their compatibility is a bit narrow and/or the test methodology for it a bit too crude.

 

If you can get your hands on Cooler Master Trooper, it's old but a great case to lug around. http://gaming.coolermaster.com/en/products/cases/trooper/ The handle is actually super sturdy. Get some wheels from a hardware store and you'll love the thing to death.

 

I haven't personally benchmarked them yet, but the new Pascals, GTX1070 and GTX1080 are told to be great for VR. Now that they're released and the availabilities are just about to get better, I'd suggest looking into it instead of the GTX970. 

About the drive, while you can technically mount a 2,5" HDD in a desktop case, you don't want to rely on such a thing alone to store your data. I'd always go for a RAID-1 setup but if budget is an issue, it might not be for just anybody. Anyway, laptop HDDs are not good for storing data and it's not just about the fact that they're more often shocked/vibrated due to being in a laptop, they're also slower and less reliable. 

One other thing, the new 3,5" 5400RPM WD Blue drives are bit sketchy. AFAICT, WD is discontinuing the infamous Green line and re-branding it Blue. Generally speaking Blues have been pretty reliable and up to 1TB in size whereas Green starts at 1TB, sucks sweaty monkeyballs in terms of reliability and are cheap. It's been a trade between speed, size, reliability and price. That's just to say, if you had a reliable and still consumer-priced WD drive, get the 7200RPM 1TB Blue, WD10EZEX, I believe is the P/N for it.

How about this case:

 

LianLi TU300 is hard to beat. LianLi also are known for some of the best quality on the market.

I read up on the LianLi 300. It has reinforced corners like luggage so it can handle the abuse of being dropped and slid around when moving it. Just like a guitar amp. It comes with a trolley so I can wheel it around. It can handle 300mm video cards and 160mm heatsinks. My heatsink is 159mm so it'll work. The filters are high quality and just slide out easily. Overall for portability I think it's hard to beat since most portable systems are limited to micro ATX or ITX motherboards. This one has the capabilities of a full tower with the weight and portability of a small system. A lan gamer's dream. What do you think?

[Naeaes]

18 minutes ago, Thirall said:

How about this case:

 

LianLi TU300 is hard to beat. LianLi also are known for some of the best quality on the market.

I read up on the LianLi 300. It has reinforced corners like luggage so it can handle the abuse of being dropped and slid around when moving it. Just like a guitar amp. It comes with a trolley so I can wheel it around. It can handle 300mm video cards and 160mm heatsinks. My heatsink is 159mm so it'll work. The filters are high quality and just slide out easily. Overall for portability I think it's hard to beat since most portable systems are limited to micro ATX or ITX motherboards. This one has the capabilities of a full tower with the weight and portability of a small system. A lan gamer's dream. What do you think?

I love Lian Li cases. It'll probably be awesome as they tend to be. The full aluminum body will be way lighter to carry too.

[Thirall]

On 23. juni 2016 at 9:42 AM, Naeaes said:

I love Lian Li cases. It'll probably be awesome as they tend to be. The full aluminum body will be way lighter to carry too.

Great I'll probaly get this one then!