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So I wanna build a gaming tig in a Bitfenix prodigy. Id like to get a good gpu as well as a 240-ish GB ssd since the pc needs to be quick with more general use and booting too. Now my budget is about 1500 to 1600 euros.

I was planning on getting a gtx780, but it has ro be a reference blower style cooler and the cheapest I can find them for at a dutch store is freaking 480ish euros, about the price of a msi gtx780 lightning! The 770 is about 120 euros cheaper, wich would mean I could get an ssd while barely breaking the budget with like 15 euros.

Im doubing what to do. Going with a gtx 780 would mean waiting another month, and after 5 months of saving im kinda sick of it.

So my question: How big will the preformance difference be between a GTX 780 SC from evga and a gtx 770 4gb from Inno3D be? And would it be worth waiting for the 780 (note that im already going crazy from waiting and I cant stop wasting my time doubing all day!)
 
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My two cents based on the available information:

If you are going to run 1080p the get the 770.
If you plan on running 1440p or greater, get the 780.
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Vindaloovians how is it better cooled? Just look at the nearly totaly closed front intake vs prodigys full mesh on the black one im getting. Also I dont need 2 gpus or so, im fine with 2 expantionslots. The prodigy has grat airflow and great looks too!
 
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Alright, I'd just never trust using Mini ITX for gaming...
 
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Why? What makes it different at all besides it takes up less space?
 
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Flimsy board, can't support aftermarket coolers, less expansion, you have to pay more for the same features, no SLI capabilities (I know he said he doesn't want to but what if he does later?) easier to build, more heat produced by board. Need I say more?
 
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Flimsy board, can't support aftermarket coolers, less expansion, you have to pay more for the same features, no SLI capabilities (I know he said he doesn't want to but what if he does later?) easier to build, more heat produced by board. Need I say more?
 
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I'm sorry, those claims are not true.

First of all you can put a Noctua NH-D14 in a prodigy case. The BIGGEST AIR COOLER. http://cdn.overclock.net/8/82/500x1000px-LL-82e08d96_IMG_20120821_184152.jpeg

There is no heat produced by the board. And The prodigy has BETTER airflow than many normal cases. Heat is NOT an issue at all.

The board are actually STRONGER than normal ATX board because there is less surface area. Physics 101 please. Come on. Which is easier to bend? A 1x1in piece of metal or a 10x10in piece of metal. Also the board is mounted FLAT. A cooler will put ZERO stress on the board.

Sorry, you are just wrong.
 
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+1 to that.
 
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Also, I am SICK AND TIRED of the "big coolers will flex the motherboard" crap. SO MANY tests have been done and it takes POUNDS of tensional force to flex a properly installed motherboard and the heaviest CPU coolers out there apply ounces of tensional force. It's just a lie made up by people who don't like air cooling for whatever reason. You have to set your computer down hard enough to break other components before a HEAVY CPU cooler will even apply ANY real force to the motherboard.
 
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I disagree too. The prodagy has geat cooling, can fit so many coolers in upto 1 240mm and 1 120mm radiator if you would like to. Also you dont pay more, its only 65 euros! Its a rocksolid case and if id ever want to expend (not soon anyways, where do I need dual gpu for?!) I wont mind buying new stuff, its fun :)

Part two, ik I change my mind a lot, but after looking up some noise tests I decided to get 2 noctja FN-F12's for the rad anyway, just to be sure. Im not gonna go cheapass on a already nearly 1600 euro build 😛 also taking a noctua a12 as outtake fan. Still is cheaper than my plan with the pushpull sp120 qe's and the af140 qe. Saves me 15 euros, hough for 2 less (but good quality) fans.

Thanx all for helping me out, im very happy with this idea and am pretty certain that this is the way to go for me. I might get 2 more f12's when I buy the monitor mouse and keyboard that will replace the crappy temporary ones I got for free. Its like 8 years old stuff 😛.
 
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Yeah. You can make an argument against big coolers in ITX, but it's purely based on if you move them around a lot, as it can shake them around pretty easily and cause damage, but it's a really extreme worst case scenario that involves a poorly attached cooler and an awful lot of shaking it.

There's a lot of incompatibilities with coolers on ITX, but that's almost entirely based around the fact they have a non-standardised CPU location and a much larger variance of height compatibilities in cases, rather than an explicit limitation of the format.
 
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