Mini-ITX Gaming PC
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:35 am
Hi,
I'm looking to put together a small, powerful yet quiet gaming PC.
I have an available space (WxDxH) of 526x441x182(mm) or 20x17x7(inches) although of course I'd like as much space for airflow as possible, the only suitable case I can find is the SILVERSTONE Sugo SST-SG06B which looks pretty good although the PSU noise is a potential concern.
A lower, wider case would be great but I haven't found one so far.
My initial component ideas are as follows :
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-H67N
CPU INTEL Core i3-2120
RAM Corsair DDR3 1333MHz 8GB XMS
HDD SAMSUNG Spinpoint M8
GPU Possibly MSI HD 6870 TwinFrozr II
Cooling is my biggest problem, I'm not really sure which quiet coolers for the GPU ad CPU will fit in the case.
What about water cooling, would that be an option at all in such a small case?
I'd ideally like to have a machine that's quieter than my game consoles.
I appreciate any advice you can offer, I'm new to the forum and to assembling PCs from scratch.
I live in Europe btw.
Cheers,
Denis
I'm looking to put together a small, powerful yet quiet gaming PC.
I have an available space (WxDxH) of 526x441x182(mm) or 20x17x7(inches) although of course I'd like as much space for airflow as possible, the only suitable case I can find is the SILVERSTONE Sugo SST-SG06B which looks pretty good although the PSU noise is a potential concern.
A lower, wider case would be great but I haven't found one so far.
My initial component ideas are as follows :
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-H67N
CPU INTEL Core i3-2120
RAM Corsair DDR3 1333MHz 8GB XMS
HDD SAMSUNG Spinpoint M8
GPU Possibly MSI HD 6870 TwinFrozr II
Cooling is my biggest problem, I'm not really sure which quiet coolers for the GPU ad CPU will fit in the case.
What about water cooling, would that be an option at all in such a small case?
I'd ideally like to have a machine that's quieter than my game consoles.
I appreciate any advice you can offer, I'm new to the forum and to assembling PCs from scratch.
I live in Europe btw.
Cheers,
Denis