mom and pop mini itx

jpod

jpod

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Hi my first mini build, would appreciate your advice, I have read through a lot of threads and this build is not for PC gaming:

I have a standard sized psu, a keyboard, mouse, an optical drive and OS (W7)

I would like a quality mini case, I like lian li but I don't know about the mini cases so will have a read about any you recommend.

They don't need more than 60gb for a hard drive so I would consider a ssd or a regular 500gb hdd
Onboard graphics
Cpu with quiet fan
mb
wireless
24" screen

This is to replace my M&D's PC, they look at pictures, email and surf the net, play solitaire (Mum).

If they could watch a video at 1900x1200 that would be pro

They can use sound off the screen or headphones which they have.

I have thought of a laptop but they pref a desktop and W8 is out soon anyhow.

Many thanks in advance fellas
 
Okay I have come up with this what do you think?

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2450HM 24" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black £137.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Antec ISK110 MiniITX Vesa Mountable Case - Black/Silver with 90W Power Supply £71.99
1 x Gigabyte H61N-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £44.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £43.99
1 x Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98
1 x Samsung SE-S208AB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN821N) £12.98
Total : £447.89 (includes shipping : FREE).



I fancy the Intel path
Got a bigger SSD for less
I can use 1333 memory with i3

I assume I will need the external cd drive for loading my W7 OS

Plus I get the fun (read hours of frustration) of building it!

Look forward to some feedback, thanks

Cheers pod
 
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Hi J81 can you post the spec or even better any pics? Was it a gaming rig?

I am going to build shortly, can't wait! I also had not appreciated that there was mini and micro itx!
 
Yikes, built the box, but can't manage to install W7!

I have had a look in bios, I made a bootable usb with W7 on, I have also put the contents of the motherboard dvd on that usb too.

The OS installation starts, I see the SSD, I find one driver that is installed, I partition the SSD but I can't get past that point.

Says
'Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system'

I am stuck there, any pointers appreciated, thanks
 
Here is the finished beast in case your thinking of using the fantastic Antec case too!

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