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[Soraie]

Hi,

 

It's been probably 5 years since I've updated my PC and I don't exactly NEED the upgrade but i'd like to reward myself so looking to make a high end build.

 

I plan to put this on my desk, half exposed and half behind my monitor. I will be using the Acer X34 monitor. I wanted to make this build as small but can also decently perform the tasks that I need it to. I've done a few hours worth of research and came to this build. 

 

PCPartPicker List

 

I decided on this CPU because there isn't that much difference in gaming performance (No OC as this case is really small) between the 8700k (and the best I can get in an ITX build I think). The more cores helps with development(full stack) heavy tasks so that's always a plus. The only game I play heavily now is Rainbow Six Siege so I'd like this build to be able to run at 100+ fps consistently at 1440p. I'd add the 1080 blower style cooler card to the list but I can't find any so i just left the 1070 ti in there for now. I know the GPU and CPU will get toasty on the 70-80C side but I'm looking to try to improve thermals as much as possible here. I've read up that some have used a 120mm AIO but only a slim fan fit the radiator. Slim fans just don't push enough air through the radiator so I don't know how much benefit that will be. I don't want to do a custom loop (don't know how and don't want to spend the money on it). I will be using the Cryorig C7 CU with the Noctua NF-A9x14 fan as many have said this is the best combination for CPU coolers. 

 

I'm also concerned about power draw. I've used psu calculators and always come up to around 530 watts... With the small form factor case, the best PSU i can get is the 600 watt PSU. I've looked into the RVZ03 for a full atx psu but was not able to find a tier one* PSU that was 140mm or less to be able to manage cables properly. 

 

I'd like anyone's feedback on what can be improved. How would I improve thermals in this case? What do you think of this build? How can this be improved in general? Do you think the 8700k would be better fit? 

 

I really don't want to get a larger case (Define Nano S, NZXT H200i, etc.) and not a big fan of cube like cases (SG13, Node 304, etc). But I'm willing to listen to suggestions on different builds  Like if micro-ATX is just better, let me know why. I'll consider it but it would need to be really persuasive as I want this console like case as I don't have a lot of room and I'd like to get rid of the bigish tower that's on the floor (Define Mini). 

 

I don't really have a budget. I'm in the USA, and I have all the peripherals so just need the tower  I currently run Rainbow Six Siege around 70fps with everything set to low settings. Just looking to do an upgrade to the best I can get as I don't plan for another upgrade for another 5+ years depending if I even game in the future or not (I can see that if I don't game, this will last me longer than 5 years). 

 

Thank you for reading!

[PlayStation 2]

Honestly, for a 2700X and a 1070 Ti, it wouldn't use more than 300-something watts and that's full load.

I'd recommend not doing a big ass M.2 SSD to save money; rather, I'd do an M.2 OS and important shit drive (say, 256GB) and either a traditional SATA SSD or hard drive for everything else. But you do you on that.

 

Otherwise, I don't have much else to say.

[Soraie]

1 minute ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Honestly, for a 2700X and a 1070 Ti, it wouldn't use more than 300-something watts and that's full load.

I'd recommend not doing a big ass M.2 SSD to save money; rather, I'd do an M.2 OS and important shit drive (say, 256GB) and either a traditional SATA SSD or hard drive for everything else. But you do you on that.

 

Otherwise, I don't have much else to say.

I decided on the big ass M.2 just to save the few SATA cables that come out of the PSU as there is limited space but I can definitely see that there should be enough room to store the cables as I'm using an SFX PSU, so I'll take that into consideration! Thank you  

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, Soraie said:

I decided on the big ass M.2 just to save the few SATA cables that come out of the PSU as there is limited space but I can definitely see that there should be enough room to store the cables as I'm using an SFX PSU, so I'll take that into consideration! Thank you  

Eh fair. 

Yeah, making at least one SATA cable work won't be too much work, especially if you plan on nice cable management. Again, it's just what I'd recommend.

[forregacc02]

21 minutes ago, Soraie said:

Hi,

 

It's been probably 5 years since I've updated my PC and I don't exactly NEED the upgrade but i'd like to reward myself so looking to make a high end build.

 

I plan to put this on my desk, half exposed and half behind my monitor. I will be using the Acer X34 monitor. I wanted to make this build as small but can also decently perform the tasks that I need it to. I've done a few hours worth of research and came to this build. 

 

PCPartPicker List

 

I decided on this CPU because there isn't that much difference in gaming performance (No OC as this case is really small) between the 8700k (and the best I can get in an ITX build I think). The more cores helps with development(full stack) heavy tasks so that's always a plus. The only game I play heavily now is Rainbow Six Siege so I'd like this build to be able to run at 100+ fps consistently at 1440p. I'd add the 1080 blower style cooler card to the list but I can't find any so i just left the 1070 ti in there for now. I know the GPU and CPU will get toasty on the 70-80C side but I'm looking to try to improve thermals as much as possible here. I've read up that some have used a 120mm AIO but only a slim fan fit the radiator. Slim fans just don't push enough air through the radiator so I don't know how much benefit that will be. I don't want to do a custom loop (don't know how and don't want to spend the money on it). I will be using the Cryorig C7 CU with the Noctua NF-A9x14 fan as many have said this is the best combination for CPU coolers. 

 

I'm also concerned about power draw. I've used psu calculators and always come up to around 530 watts... With the small form factor case, the best PSU i can get is the 600 watt PSU. I've looked into the RVZ03 for a full atx psu but was not able to find a tier one* PSU that was 140mm or less to be able to manage cables properly. 

 

I'd like anyone's feedback on what can be improved. How would I improve thermals in this case? What do you think of this build? How can this be improved in general? Do you think the 8700k would be better fit? 

 

I really don't want to get a larger case (Define Nano S, NZXT H200i, etc.) and not a big fan of cube like cases (SG13, Node 304, etc). But I'm willing to listen to suggestions on different builds  Like if micro-ATX is just better, let me know why. I'll consider it but it would need to be really persuasive as I want this console like case as I don't have a lot of room and I'd like to get rid of the bigish tower that's on the floor (Define Mini). 

 

I don't really have a budget. I'm in the USA, and I have all the peripherals so just need the tower  I currently run Rainbow Six Siege around 70fps with everything set to low settings. Just looking to do an upgrade to the best I can get as I don't plan for another upgrade for another 5+ years depending if I even game in the future or not (I can see that if I don't game, this will last me longer than 5 years). 

 

Thank you for reading!

You have a pretty good build actually. I believe that two Noctua - NF-F12 will be put on the GPU side? If yes, then I reckon you'd get okay temps on an open airflow card even when the case is placed horizontally.

[Soraie]

27 minutes ago, forregacc02 said:

You have a pretty good build actually. I believe that two Noctua - NF-F12 will be put on the GPU side? If yes, then I reckon you'd get okay temps on an open airflow card even when the case is placed horizontally.

I actually plan to put this vertically. I was under the impression that an open air card would put more heat into the case? I was told that this case was designed to have negative pressure so that all the case fans would be intakes and the air would be blow out through the vents. The 2 NF-F12 will be on the GPU side as intakes, would it be better to have those as exhaust?