EVGA Hadron Air vs Bitfenix Phenom

[cmt95]

I'm going to build a gaming itx. mostly to play Dota 2 and CS GO

Which case should i pick.

also do u know if the evga psu is too loud?

 

[WildCard999]

I have the EVGA Hadron Air. The case is really great as long as your not using it as a "travel" case. It scratches easily. The PSU is pretty quiet and I usually can't hear it over my CPU/GPU. I left the top fans as an exhaust which works ok but with only the small grate on the bottom theres not much air blowing into the case which can be an issue if your running a hot gpu. My GTX 780 6gb can get up to 73C under heavy loads in that case. If you do get it a card like the GTX 750TI would be more then enough to* suffice and almost always stays under 50C under load (I have both cards). I would go with the EVGA for better air cooling or the Bitfenix if I went with water cooling.

 

[cmt95]

I have the EVGA Hadron Air. The case is really great as long as your not using it as a "travel" case. It scratches easily. The PSU is pretty quiet and I usually can't hear it over my CPU/GPU. I left the top fans as an exhaust which works ok but with only the small grate on the bottom theres not much air blowing into the case which can be an issue if your running a hot gpu. My GTX 780 6gb can get up to 73C under heavy loads in that case. If you do get it a card like the GTX 750TI would be more then enough to* suffice and almost always stays under 50C under load (I have both cards). I would go with the EVGA for better air cooling or the Bitfenix if I went with water cooling.

Thank you for the answer.

the case will be staying on my table, and i think i will be using a air cooler.

what about the quality of the EVGA PSU and what do u think the evga with a gtx 960

 

[WildCard999]

I have the EVGA Hadron Air. The case is really great as long as your not using it as a "travel" case. It scratches easily. The PSU is pretty quiet and I usually can't hear it over my CPU/GPU. I left the top fans as an exhaust which works ok but with only the small grate on the bottom theres not much air blowing into the case which can be an issue if your running a hot gpu. My GTX 780 6gb can get up to 73C under heavy loads in that case. If you do get it a card like the GTX 750TI would be more then enough to* suffice and almost always stays under 50C under load (I have both cards). I would go with the EVGA for better air cooling or the Bitfenix if I went with water cooling.

Thank you for the answer.

the case will be staying on my table, and i think i will be using a air cooler.

what about the quality of the EVGA PSU and what do u think the evga with a gtx 960

The quality of the PSU seems really good. I have EVGA PSU's in my other 2 systems and I haven't had any issue (fingers crossed). And the PSU has more then enough power, it can handle up to a GTX Titan Black. The only thing that is difficult to do is wire management since the case is pretty small and even though you can remove both side panels theres not enough room between the MB/Panel to fit any cables. And the molex cables it comes with are pretty useless (Non Modular PSU). My current setup on mine is...

I5-4590
EVGA Mini-ITX CPU Cooler
EVGA Z97 StingerCore 3d (Should of gone with a H97/Wifi MB)
8Gb GSkill Sniper 1866
EVGA 780 6gb Superclocked
Samsung 840 Pro 256gb
WD Blue 1 TB HDD
EVGA Hadron Air 500W 80+G PSU

 

[WildCard999]

I believe the top fans can go up to 2000 rpm but they can be easily replaced with cooler/quieter fans.

 

[cmt95]

will this setup handle CS:GO/DOTA 2 on ultra

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.9 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ( i think i will w8 to gtx 960)
Case: EVGA Hadron Mini ITX Tower Case w/500W Power Supply

should i change anything?

 

[WildCard999]

That build would be fine for those games although I'd spend a bit more and get this motherboard since its a newer H97 MB with Wifi:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157526&cm_re=1150_socket_mini_itx-_-13-157-526-_-Product

 

[cmt95]

I have the EVGA Hadron Air. The case is really great as long as your not using it as a "travel" case. It scratches easily. The PSU is pretty quiet and I usually can't hear it over my CPU/GPU. I left the top fans as an exhaust which works ok but with only the small grate on the bottom theres not much air blowing into the case which can be an issue if your running a hot gpu. My GTX 780 6gb can get up to 73C under heavy loads in that case. If you do get it a card like the GTX 750TI would be more then enough to* suffice and almost always stays under 50C under load (I have both cards). I would go with the EVGA for better air cooling or the Bitfenix if I went with water cooling.

That build would be fine for those games although I'd spend a bit more and get this motherboard since its a newer H97 MB with Wifi:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157526&cm_re=1150_socket_mini_itx-_-13-157-526-_-Product

can i get a h97 without wifi because i have a ethernet cable

edit: MSI H97I AC ?

 

[WildCard999]

Yea you don't need wifi if you have the ethernet cable. Any socket 1150 board would be fine as long as its not an O/C (Z series) board since you cpu is locked.

 

[WildCard999]

And theres plenty of boards that fit that catagory. Its more of just a personal preference at this point. For me I'd rather pay considerably more for EVGA since I love there products/service but companies like MSI/Asus/ASrock are all fine to use.