PC build thread

[AppleQueso]

I've seen worse cable management.

[Valkyrie-Favor]

That was fast!

[ZenErik]

Here are the specs:

Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX
Mobo: ASRock Z87E-ITX Socket LGA 1150 mini ITX
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz
Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper T4
GPU: Gigabyte GV-N770OC-2GD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16
PSU: Corsair CX600M 600 Watt ATX Modular
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"

Will add a SSD soon enough. Probably just 64 or 128GB for boot.

[emwearz]

I was wondering if any other AMD GPU users here use Hybrid PhysX?

[Hazerd]

Here are the specs:

Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX
Mobo: ASRock Z87E-ITX Socket LGA 1150 mini ITX
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz
Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper T4
GPU: Gigabyte GV-N770OC-2GD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16
PSU: Corsair CX600M 600 Watt ATX Modular
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"

Will add a SSD soon enough. Probably just 64 or 128GB for boot.

I think you should go for a higher PSU imo, id go for a 750 to be safe, minimum of 650 with that GPU.

[ZenErik]

I think you should go for a higher PSU imo, id go for a 750 to be safe, minimum of 650 with that GPU.

That was one I was unsure on. Still am. But two pretty employees at Microcenter seemed to say that the 600w would be fine and so did a forum member here. We'll see how things go.

[Hazerd]

I think you should go for a higher PSU imo, id go for a 750 to be safe, minimum of 650 with that GPU.

That was one I was unsure on. Still am. But two pretty employees at Microcenter seemed to say that the 600w would be fine and so did a forum member here. We'll see how things go.

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop ... ifications

Yeah your probably fine, but you can never have too much wattage!

[emwearz]

The card itself needs 230Watts. Your PSU's single 12v rail can deliver (552Watts), as long as you are not draining it overtly with the rest of your system. It's fine.

[AppleQueso]

Yeah, though I'd keep it in mind in the future when you want to upgrade. Might have to change out the PSU too.

[ZenErik]

I'll certainly keep it in mind. Thinking about picking up a SSD today. It's hard to wait.. I can mount 6 drives in here, btw. But I don't think I would do more than 1 boot drive and 1 media drive anyway.

The only kind of tough things about setting this up were the cables and attaching the larger heatsink I bought. The two brackets that hold it in left very little space to hook in the heatsink itself. There is maybe 2mm between one bracket and the RAM. And no space on the other side. It is practically right up against this black metal thing. Not exactly sure what it is, to be honest. But I had to hook the heatsink in on that side before I could even screw down the bracket. It was fun.

If anyone else is considering a compact PC build I'd say go for it.