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My DiY steam machine!

UboatLarry
By UboatLarry
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I'm a long time fan of Linus, new forum member. I own a clevo P150em with a i7 3720qm, and a 680m laptop. Its from Myth logic (Pollux 1612).

I am planning to build a steam machine this week. Well a steam machine, or a gaming htpc- which ever you want to call it. It will be for gaming mostly with my 48 inch 1080p Samsung TV. I also have the nvidia shield so it will stream to that as well.

Budget Price- 1300$

All items will be purchased from microcenter

Case- Bitfenix prodigy mini ITC case.

Mobo- Gigabyte z87n wifi - I want a board with fast WiFi because it will not be wired to router.

Ram- Corsair ballistix 16gb DDR 3 1600

PSU- Corsair cx600 watt non- modular

CPU- i5 4670k haswell

GPU- Evga gtx 770 2gb ddr5

CPU cooler- Corsair H60

HDD- Seagate 1 TB 7200 rpm

SSD- sandisk 64gb- just for OS, will upgrade later

Extra cooling- 1 120mm fan, and 1 230mm fan.

Any advice or comments? I'm excited! Am think about the 780, but that would push me from 1300$ to 1550$, and I still need the os. I don't know if its worth it?

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That case is gigantic, will look weird sitting next to a tv.  Since you are using an itx board, you might as well find a smaller case.  Unless you have made room and what not for the prodigy somewhere, then that's up to you, just my opinion.

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Well I want the 770 for shield streaming.

What case would you recommend? I was going to get the fractal 304, but it looks difficult for cable management And airflow

 

 

Actually with two drives only you'd be fine because you can just remove two of the white brackets and use the room for cable management and free up some airflow.

 

My home server is in a 304 and it was a pain to build in with all drive slots populated, but it should be easy enough if you do this. It's an all-around great case, you should consider it

CPU: Intel 3930K @ 4.6GHz || MOBO: Asus P9X79-E WS || GPU: 2x Nvidia GTX Titans || CASE: Fractal Design Define XL R2 || PSU: Corsair AX1200i


RAM: 32GB Dominator Platinum @ 2100 MHz || Storage: 240GB Samsung 840 Pro & 2TB Seagate Barracuda || Sound: Asus Xonar Essence STX


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Switch to a 7970, 8GB RAM and get a modular PSU (RM650) for your savings.

I'd recommend you to buy Prodigy M with an mATX board tough.

My rig: CPU: Intel core i5 4670K MoBo: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast 2x4GB 1600mhz CL9 GPU: EVGA GTX780 SC ACX SSD: ADATA Premier Pro SP900 256GBHDD: Western Digital RED 2TB PSU: FSP Aurum CM 750W Case: Cooler Master HAF XM OS: Windows 8 Pro

My Build log, the Snowbird (heavy WIP): http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/188011-snowbird-by-lachy/?hl=snowbird

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This would be my DiY Steam Machine:

 

 
CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($214.98 @ Outlet PC) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory:  Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($112.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card:  Zotac GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($635.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: EVGA Hadron Air Mini-ITX Case With Integrated 500W PSU ($189.99)
Total: $1368.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-06 06:48 EDT-0400)

Workstation: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Sephius/saved/YQ3H99
Gaming Rig: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Sephius/saved/vhdJ7P        .

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Well I want the 770 for shield streaming.

What case would you recommend? I was going to get the fractal 304, but it looks difficult for cable management And airflow

Cubitek mini cube

 

http://us.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=82033&vpn=CB-MNI-B004&manufacture=Cubitek

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Here is my suggestion:

 
CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 240M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($78.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($127.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory:  Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($112.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ Outlet PC) 
Video Card:  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  ($395.30 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1254.19
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-06 07:18 EDT-0400)

My rig: CPU: Intel core i5 4670K MoBo: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast 2x4GB 1600mhz CL9 GPU: EVGA GTX780 SC ACX SSD: ADATA Premier Pro SP900 256GBHDD: Western Digital RED 2TB PSU: FSP Aurum CM 750W Case: Cooler Master HAF XM OS: Windows 8 Pro

My Build log, the Snowbird (heavy WIP): http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/188011-snowbird-by-lachy/?hl=snowbird

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do not switch out the 770 for a 7970 nor a 7950, wait for the new amd cards then make your decision also i would recommend a air cooler if you arent going to go with a 240 rad or bigger its not worth the money

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