Mini itx gaming pc

[R3v4n]

Hey guys so I'm building a mini itx gaming pc and looking for it to be as quiet/cool/high performance as possible haha . My budget is £900-1000 closer to £900 the better.

Most of the specs I already have sorted;

Bitfenix prodigy
i5 4690k
Msi z97i gaming ac
16gb team group 2666mhz
Samsung 840 pro 256gb (from my old pc)
Seagate 1tb 7200rpm sshd

Now the 2 things in contention haha number one being power supply I'm thinking either 550 or 650 and am not sure of brand I was looking at corsair RM but I've hard they are a bit overpriced and there are better PSUs for the same or less money.

Next is graphics card; 3 options r9 290 vapor-x, refernce 780, reference 780ti.

Now originally I was dead set on the vapor-x but then I came across a potential problem where the 290 draws air in which may not be ideal for a small case.

However the 780 reference is lower performance for more money but it blows air out rather than taking in. While the 780ti is better and blows air out but is only like 11% better (in best case scenario) and it costs a ton more like £320 for the vapor-x and £450 reference 780ti huge premium for such a minor increase but again blows air out.

I think I'm probably over thinking this air flow issue wouldn't some top mounted exhaust fans fix the problem fine? Anyway I'm mostly just looking for some other peoples opinions before I go ahead .

Thanks .

 

[son of spanner]

you don't need 16 gb of ram id go with 8 that is more then what you will need as for the case if you go for the black prodigy it has the mesh front so air flow wont be holding you back most of the build sounds good its hard to call wen it comes to cards though I just got a r9 290 its very good for the money mine cost 300 pounds it mite just be me but im not used to how much heat it dumps out but im new to the r9 series of cards

 

[R3v4n]

you don't need 16 gb of ram id go with 8 that is more then what you will need as for the case if you go for the black prodigy it has the mesh front so air flow wont be holding you back most of the build sounds good its hard to call wen it comes to cards though I just got a r9 290 its very good for the money mine cost 300 pounds it mite just be me but im not used to how much heat it dumps out but im new to the r9 series of cards

Cool what do you think in terms of the PSU?

 

[son of spanner]

well its a itx you wont need anything bigger then a 600watt psu unless you plan to drop a monster duel gpu video card

ive got a corsair cx600m in my rig ive had it for two years works fine for me I modd mine I sprayed it white to match my build

 

[R3v4n]

Ok cool thanks .

I'm also considering the h100i, kraken x41 or h80i I will definitely want to oc my CPU straight away really of course the h100 is best and I'm pretty sure I can top mount it in the prodigy.

The real question though how noisy is the h100 vs the likes of the h80 and kraken x41? Is the h100 really noticeable?

 

[Innocent159]

Sapphire vapor-x is great cards. I would go with the r9 290x and from sapphire for reliability