£400 Shuttle?

Maxeh · 1 Sep 2009 at 11:42

Hi guys,

At long last I am going to upgrade my PC, been looking into Shuttles as I will be moving it around a fair bit.

I will be using a 32" 1080p monitor, already have mouse, keyboard and OS.

I am looking to spend under £400 ideally.

Main uses will be watching films (blu-ray would be a bonus) and some gaming.

Possible?

PermaBanned · 1 Sep 2009 at 11:49

So an HTPC? Wouldn't you want a handle for carrying it around? There are a few, like the Lanbox and the CM Scout. This is just a rough build though:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Zotac Ion Intel Atom N330 Mini-ITX DDR2 Motherboard (IONITX-A-B) £172.99
(£150.43) £172.99
(£150.43)
In-Win BM648 Mini-ITX Case - Black (120W PSU) £59.98
(£52.16) £59.98
(£52.16)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS) £35.98
(£31.29) £35.98
(£31.29)
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51)
Sub Total : £250.39
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £39.17
Total : £300.31

As a bare minimum. Do you want mITX, mATX or ATX?

95thrifles · 1 Sep 2009 at 11:54

Did this spec for someone before, to bring it under 400 youd have to forego the blu ray, so swap that out for this, still marginally over but decent spec, could get smaller HDD

Col_M · 1 Sep 2009 at 12:10

Something along the lines of this maybe

You said gaming so I just put a 4770 in there, it may not be the best choice for you but it fits within your budget. I also gave you reasonable size HDD for films, if it turns out you don't play very demanding games you can save on the graphics card and get a bigger drive for your films. With your free postage that comes to £400.94 so just over budget

Edit: Damn forgot the optical drive

for a slim blu-ray one you'll have to add about £150 onto that

SfnX · 1 Sep 2009 at 12:10

Col_M said:
Something along the lines of this maybe

You said gaming so I just put a 4770 in there, it may not be the best choice for you but it fits within your budget. I also gave you reasonable size HDD for films, if it turns out you don't play very demanding games you can save on the graphics card and get a bigger drive for your films. With your free postage that comes to £400.94 so just over budget

needs the bluray as well

Col_M · 1 Sep 2009 at 12:14

SfnX said:
needs the bluray as well

LOL yeah, I noticed as I saw your last post

PermaBanned · 1 Sep 2009 at 12:18

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sony NEC Optiarc BC-5500A Blu-Ray / DVD Writer Combo Notebook Drive £160.99
(£139.99) £160.99
(£139.99)
Silverstone Sugo SG05B Mini-ITX Case - Black (300w PSU) £89.99
(£78.25) £89.99
(£78.25)
Gigabyte GA-GC330UD Intel Atom 330 Mini-ITX DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£56.51) £64.99
(£56.51)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4550 "Low Profile" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)
Fujitsu 250GB 5400RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (MJA2250BH) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Akasa AK-961 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £20.69
(£17.99) £20.69
(£17.99)
Sub Total : £367.50
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £56.63
Total : £434.13

Col_M · 1 Sep 2009 at 12:31

Superewza said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sony NEC Optiarc BC-5500A Blu-Ray / DVD Writer Combo Notebook Drive £160.99
(£139.99) £160.99
(£139.99)
Silverstone Sugo SG05B Mini-ITX Case - Black (300w PSU) £89.99
(£78.25) £89.99
(£78.25)
Gigabyte GA-GC330UD Intel Atom 330 Mini-ITX DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£56.51) £64.99
(£56.51)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4550 "Low Profile" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)
Fujitsu 250GB 5400RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (MJA2250BH) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Akasa AK-961 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £20.69
(£17.99) £20.69
(£17.99)
Sub Total : £367.50
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £56.63
Total : £434.13

You won't need or be able to fit the LGA775 cooler on an Atom CPU

You'll also need RAM

Maxeh · 1 Sep 2009 at 13:34

Regarding the size, I don't mind if its mITX, mATX or ATX, aslong as I can just unplug it and go.

I'm guessing going upto ATX will give me a lot more for my money?