The orange box

[Feronix]

Pretty sure that this is mini-ITX, mate
http://www.evga.com/articles/00690/#Z77Stinger

But it's still a great build and I'm looking forward to the result!

 

[kaney]

aaah yes that one is ! I punched in evga stinger in my search and it just popped up with the first one an ATX form.

that is however a nice mobo hahaha christ I am now researching mini ITX mobos again !!

 

[Feronix]

Haha, I'm so good at making other peoples decisions harder

Good luck mate!

 

[dragoonk]

Good work, like the orange case, I love small form factor, powerful builds like yours. There is another one I have seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWAeZYB9DGg that caught my attention.
I like crowded stuff, smaller, tight toghether and at the same time, very powerful. If I'll have enough money, I'm actually considering building a small form factor rig myself.

 

[kaney]

cheers dragoonk,

I did watch this, nice case, had a bit of a run through today with the build as I want to make it as neat and tidy inside with the cables as possible.

Will share more soon.

 

[Bang]

Youll have to post up the final system specs mate. This is a great looking rig and helps me considerably as I've been thinking about doing one like this for my daughter. :rock:

 

[kaney]

The Orange Box (specs)

Hey BANG,

I forgot to post any specs up on this build from the off, I forgot
But anyway this is where I am so far

I have more kit hopefully coming this week/next, cant wait to get a bit more done !!

GAMING SPEC
MOBO Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (1155 Socket, Digi+ VRM, USB 3.0
SSD Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD - 2.5" SATA III
HD 2TB SATA 6GB/s - 7200RPM - 64MB Cache - 8ms - OEM.
RAM G.Skill Ares 16GB (2x8GB) Kit CL9 (9-9-9) 1600MHz 1.5V
PSU Be Quiet Pure Power 530W Modular PSU
CPU COOLER Corsair Hydro H80i
GPU Zotac Amp GTX670
FAN x1 BitFenix Spectre 230mm Fan Orange LED (front intake)
FAN x1 Xigmatek Orange Line 120mm White LED Fan (XLF-F1253) (exhausting)


I do actually have and additional 120mm Xigmatek Orange Line plus x2 140mm Xigmatek Orange Line but as of yet not sure what to do with these !? there could be a window in the roof OOOOOOORR mesh the roof out and install these to exhaust up and out !

I went for the 230mm BitFenix Spectre in the front as this had a better CFM than the 200mm Xigmatek Orange Line, but still thinking about purchasing the 200mm Xigmatek purely for aesthetic reasons, we will see.

 

[andrevautour]

Looking good!

 

[Koolzy]

That Bitfenix Prodigy Mini ITX Case is beautiful. And the idea of a powerfull and small pc is very nice.

 

[sheroo]

Hey BANG,

still thinking about purchasing the 200mm Xigmatek purely for aesthetic reasons, we will see.

I have one in the front and one in the roof of my rig, have to say they look fantastic...

 

[kaney]

New Years Update

Hi folks and Happy New Year !
Had a few items delivered the other day so thought I would just take a couple of pics and share with you all.

I have taken delivery of an interim GPU to crack on with the rest of this build (and my impatience)
Plugged for a ZOTAC AMP GTX650ti, great little card and very reasonably priced.

I have read great things about this little card so I am looking forward to see how this perform in my rig. I can also compare this with my 'White Elephant' build for gaming performance, I think will be interesting

I do also have an MSIGTX670 OC where I am also going to look at painting the accents on this card from Blue to ORANGE, this great idea came from CPMFW so thank you for that.

In the meantime a few pics to share.

KANEY.

 

[CPMFW]

happy new year to you too
really looking forward to the orange accents on the gpu

 

[kaney]

Hi Folks,

Just a few more updates and pics to share. Such a small case with very little space to play with I will do my best in achieving as neat a rig as I can this is going to be a bit of a challenge !

But I shall keep trying to find the tidiest solution.

I also have the Top Window mod is under way

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

:s not quite sure if i like the 24 and 8 pin sleeving job

also you really could've grabbed a spray can even and spray that bare metal, orange would be too excessive so black or white would look nice

 

[BesiX]

What I don't get is that you started out with a case with a black interior (first post) and now it's grey

 

[kaney]

Very true BesiX, I wanted to give the interior a bit of a lift and brighten it up, as the inside is a tight dark space !

all a bit or trial and error going on at the moment I think !

You know I do like the sound of an ORANGE interior though, that is very possible

 

[BesiX]

Actually, I think the black interior would have looked better in this situation...
But you can't objectify taste, so all is well

 

[kaney]

To be honest when I stick this beast in the window I may paint the inside PINK

Who would know !?

 

[andrevautour]

personally i think the card with the blue looks really perfect in there--the orange is great, but the bit of blue adds a bit of variety to it and blue and orange match very nicely in my opinion. just my two cents

 

[dragoonk]

Wow, I am really pleasantly surprised with the way it looks, and I like the window too with the black rivets or screws ( can't see them very well ). Well done!