Arrghh cant decide HELP please

[nintenjo]

... Ok i have a pretty old system that is requireing a full update. And after recently moving house i have decided i need a nice small neat PC.

Now.. for the past month i have been trying to decide what laptop to get, this way i thought it would be both small neat and convienient, and there are some pretty powerful options out there. Saw a nice 7950 GTX 512mb Rock laptop for about £1400..

But nowww i have been looking at a similar priced SFF pc i could get for the same price and it would be a BEAST!! .. But what do i do? All my flatmates have laptops and usually sit around the living room using them.. they seem so handy but none of them play 3D games...

Can i get an 8800 in a shuttle?? (as i know the best shuttles are only 400watt)

Is a shuttle easily portable if i should want to visit a mates and tag it along?

How noisey are shuttles.. compared with a regular tower with a few 80mm fans in?

Shuttle XPC Barebone SD39P2 is this the best shuttle out there for performance?

.. someone decide for me as i cant

 

[nintenjo]

Yes i did look at the Sugo a while back.. and yes its cheaper slightly more portable but also slightly larger...

Would be nice to see them side by side.

The benefit of a Sugo / shuttle is i can plug it into my LCD tv for some big screen game etc.. would just make doing work a bit more tricky as i dont like resting my keyboard on my lap and nothing for a mouse to rest on

 

[nintenjo]

Well weighing it up the Sugo isnt that cheap an option..

Sugo £80
Intel DG965OT -- micro ATX £81
NT06-Lite cooler £30
400watt PDU £60

£250 total.... hmmm might get a shuttle after all.

 

[nintenjo]

Sweet

I may actually keep my current PSU i forgot i bought a fairly good one..

Only thing is that Mobo i mentioned the Intel has dolby digital gold.. 5.1 encoder built in which i really wanted.

PS: does that cooler fit the Sugo and PSU ok?

 

[nintenjo]

Ok then.. how does this sound as a rig:

-- Buying New --

Sugo
Asrock Conroe 945G-DVI
Zalman CNPS8000
2 Gig Gskil PC2 6400
OcUK 8800 GTS 320mb
Core2Duo E6600
(a nice Wireless KeyB and Mouse)

-- Salavaged from old rig --

My 400 Watt PSU
Samsung Spinpoint 200GB HDD
Plextor 760SA 18x DVDr

 

[nintenjo]

okwell the DVD r is pretty short compared to my old IDE lite-on drive so it should be ok.. and the PSU isnt anything to big.. its a:

Jeantech 450Watt PciX model

And out of interest is the Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD any good? and does the fact its got an ATI chipset mean it only runs ATi cards or is that just being silly? (i havnt kepth in touch with ati's chipsets)

Plus i think i will go for the 640mb version, as its not that much more.. and a bit more future proof.

EDIT: Either way on the motherboard i could keep my Fatal1ty X-Fi card.. just wanted optical out on the rear for neatness Dont like that frontplate thing.

 

[nintenjo]

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