7Coolhand Posted October 3, 2011 Posted October 3, 2011 Want to build a mATX rig, have not got that much space for my PC. Is this a good combination? Ace Ecco 220 Micro Tower Svart Fläktar: 1x 120mm Bak, mATX, 2x USB, 1x eSATA, I/O: AC97, ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z, Socket-1155 m-ATX, Z68, DDR3, 2xPCIe(2.0)x16, CFX&SLI, SATA Cooler Master GX 650W PSU ATX 12V V2.31, 80 Plus, Standard, 2x 6+2pin PCIe, 6x SATA, Corsair Vengeance™ DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9 Kit w/2x 4GB XMS3 modules, CL9-9-9-24, 1.5V, Low Vengeance Heatspreader, 240 pin Intel® Core™ i5-2500K Processor Socket-LGA1155, Quad Core, 3.3Ghz, 6MB, 95W, Boxed MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti 2GB PhysX PCI-Express 2.0,"Twin Frozr II", GDDR5, 2xDVI, Noctua NT-H1 Kylpasta 3.5 gram, High-Performance Hybrid Seagate Barracuda® 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 32MB Cache, 7200RPM, 3,5"
Rahvin Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 Want to build a mATX rig, have not got that much space for my PC. Is this a good combination? Ace Ecco 220 Micro Tower Svart Fläktar: 1x 120mm Bak, mATX, 2x USB, 1x eSATA, I/O: AC97, ASUS Maximus IV GENE-Z, Socket-1155 m-ATX, Z68, DDR3, 2xPCIe(2.0)x16, CFX&SLI, SATA Cooler Master GX 650W PSU ATX 12V V2.31, 80 Plus, Standard, 2x 6+2pin PCIe, 6x SATA, Corsair Vengeance™ DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9 Kit w/2x 4GB XMS3 modules, CL9-9-9-24, 1.5V, Low Vengeance Heatspreader, 240 pin Intel® Core™ i5-2500K Processor Socket-LGA1155, Quad Core, 3.3Ghz, 6MB, 95W, Boxed MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti 2GB PhysX PCI-Express 2.0,"Twin Frozr II", GDDR5, 2xDVI, Noctua NT-H1 Kylpasta 3.5 gram, High-Performance Hybrid Seagate Barracuda® 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 32MB Cache, 7200RPM, 3,5" I've got a similar configuration (With an MSI Hawk instead of the 2GB, a crucial C300 SSD, and a Scythe Yasya fan), and it works pretty well. I've only gone for a 500 Watt power supply though, and I think even that is plenty. So you could probably opt for something smaller, unless you want to run two GTX cards at some point. Be careful with the cooler, the graphics card is pretty close to the CPU, and the Yasya almost touches the card -- but it is quite wide. Also watch for possible height issues - don't know how wide that case is, but don't want to find out it doesn't fit. Finally: Even a 'lowly' 560Ti will need reasonable case cooling to stay cool, so make sure there are enough fans in the case. I'd recommend one side fan, and one front fan.
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