Need major help with a build

[Ghosthud1]

I have a budget of around £900-£1000 for a brand new workstation/gaming system.

Been going through numerous websites to see what I could come up with but I just didn't like how the overall build would look.

Already ordered: (not included in budget)
650W be quiet! DARK POWER PRO P10 80PLUS Gold
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
1TB Western Digital Caviar Green
Phobya FanMax 6

Needed
CPU
Motherboard
Ram
Graphics card
Case/fans
Cooler

The system will be running animation suites, CS6 suite and most games for my project work in university, only reason im asking for help is that I've currently not been as knee deep in hardware as I usually am and I feel a little in the dark over the current progression.

 

[Ru5ty_t00l]

but I just didn't like how the overall build would look.

what was that you didn't like?

 

[Ghosthud1]

what was that you didn't like?

Theme, colour matching etc. i could just imagine it looking bad.

 

[Ru5ty_t00l]

what's the colors theme that you would be satisfied with?

 

[Ghosthud1]

what's the colors theme that you would be satisfied with?

im a sucker for anything mono, black/white, red/black.

two very distinct colour choices need to be recognized.

Blue has always been one of my favourites

 

[seumasbeathan]

MSI Z77A G45 for motherboard, 3770k, 8/16gb Corsair vengeance blue and a KFA2 670?

 

[Ghosthud1]

any thoughts?

 

[seumasbeathan]

Imo that really wouldnt not be a nice colour scheme, also why m-atx? And I really wouldn't bother with that cooler, the specs I listed would IMO go fantastically well together colour wise

 

[Ghosthud1]

Imo that really wouldnt not be a nice colour scheme, also why m-atx? And I really wouldn't bother with that cooler, the specs I listed would IMO go fantastically well together colour wise

moving into a tiny room at uni thought I'd try and spare some space, wish aria stocked asus gtx 670's they have a great red/black scheme.

i've spec'd your suggestion aswell and its dirt cheap.

 

[Ghosthud1]

Think I've decided

ASRock Z77E-ITX

PALIT JetStream GeForce GTX 670 OC

Intel Core i5-3570K
Corsair H60
GeiL Black Dragon 8GB 2133MHz

Bitfenix prodigy midnight black

 

[jamesriley94]

What uni you going to?

And I'd push up to an H100. I think single fan all-in-one loops look a little stupid - especially in a prodigy

 

[Fractal]

Think I've decided

ASRock Z77E-ITX

PALIT JetStream GeForce GTX 670 OC

Intel Core i5-3570K
Corsair H60
GeiL Black Dragon 8GB 2133MHz
Bitfenix prodigy midnight black

Um don't go with the ASrock. I was reading a build log and it has an M-Sata port on the back of the motherboard and the Hydro Series back plates from corsair interfere with it and you will need to file it down to get it to fit. Go with the Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe. Also the Asus is just laid out better, the CPU socket is a good distance away from the PCI-E 16x Slot and it has nothing on the back of it to make back plats an issue.

Edit: Also as the above poster said, with some ITX board the All in one Liquid cooling solutions tend to not fit in ITX cases as the Radiator hits the CPU Block, but the H100 will fit in the Prodigy no problem at the top of the case.

Edit 2: Here is a perfect example of what happens with Back
plates on that motherboard.

Edit 3: That Plait Graphics card is actually 2.5 slots thick due to the way the cooler is designed and it wont fit right in the prodigy.

So in short...

Go with the H100 it will fit better and cool better.
Get the P8Z77-I Deluxe as the Asrock is designed stupidly.
and Get a different 670.

 

[Ghosthud1]

is that a mini pci on the back of the board? also thanks for the info, helped me alot! seems building small form factors got real tricky these days!

 

[Fractal]

is that a mini pci on the back of the board? also thanks for the info, helped me alot! seems building small form factors got real tricky these days!

Yes its right near the back of the CPU slot on the back of the motherboard.

Edit: Just went back to the build log I looked at and this is what a Guy had to do to make the H100 backplate fit on that ASRock board...

If you look you can see where he has had to file a corner off. And the Asus board is a better one all round for everything, design, overclocking and pretty much anything you can expect from an ITX motherboard.

 

[jamesriley94]

The single rad all in ones should fit the prodigy fine - you wont have an issue installing it in the case (excluding the motherboard problems mentioned)
I just personally thing the rear mounted rads look stupid, whereas the H100 in the top looks really nice.

I think the Palit card would fit fine, but the cooler is louder than others anyway, so that's why I'd avoid that card. I have the KFA2 version, which I find amazingly quiet, so I'd go with that