Looking at building a new gaming SFF

Nikumba · 10 Sep 2011 at 10:32

So got this speced up, suggestions? Improvements etc?

is all appricated

Thanks

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Zotac Z68ITX-A-E Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
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gropingmantis · 10 Sep 2011 at 10:40

Nooooooo not the Zotac Z68. Get the Gigabyte H67 or wait.

Other than that it looks good.

Nikumba · 10 Sep 2011 at 10:41

the Zotac a bit pap then?

gropingmantis · 10 Sep 2011 at 10:44

Nikumba said:
the Zotac a bit pap then?

Quite a lot pap.

Nikumba · 10 Sep 2011 at 10:45

Will avoid then, and of course I would have to go and click on a thread about Shuttle machines now looking at them as they seem to be compatible with the big AMD cards

gropingmantis · 10 Sep 2011 at 11:05

Nikumba said:
Will avoid then, and of course I would have to go and click on a thread about Shuttle machines now looking at them as they seem to be compatible with the big AMD cards

Also look at the SG07 from Silverstone. Will happily fit any graphics card and you aren't limited by OEM motherboard sizes and funny PSUs.

Edward78 · 10 Sep 2011 at 15:38

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