New build - Work/Storage

[bloodline76]

Hi,

I have a full stack computer at the moment and its a bit of a noisy beast. I no longer game on it, but I do use a lot of monitors for work (4). Expect for work, which is mainly cyber security related, so labs etc, I only use it for storage. I have a NAS so could easily move away from computer storage totally.

Anyone found any nice in between devices that cater for screens but not take up half the room?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tetras]

What kind of CPU power do you need?

This case is kind of large for MATX, but it does support ATX PSUs (instead of SFX) and large graphics cards, if you ever wanted to game on it.

There are much smaller cases if you don't care about GPU support and don't care about ATX PSU.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i3-12100 3.30GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AK-IN) = £119.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B760M DS3H DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5C0-GI) = £114.98
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £59.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00541) = £104.99
• 1 x Lian Li A3 mATX Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-02350) = £69.95
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £89.98

Total: £571.87 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

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Motherboard says it supports up to 4 display, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, 2x DP.

Edit: you might want to look at Fractal's Node 304 or 804, if you want to keep your storage in the case.

 

[dfour]

Had a go at mini itx but you do pay a premium for itx by the seems of it.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 6600 Dual Challenger D 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-00T-AK) = £184.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B760-I Gaming WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ITX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6KB-AS) = £184.98
• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-38400C40 4800MHZ Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-4D5-CS) = £79.99
• 1 x Crucial P3 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-078-CR) = £99.95
• 1 x Kolink Rocket Heavy Aluminium Mini-ITX Case - Gunmetal Grey (SKU: CA-04Z-KK) = £59.99
• 1 x be quiet! SFX 3 450W Bronze Power Supply (SKU: CA-14D-BQ) = £64.99
• 1 x Kolink Rocket Heavy Aluminium Vented Side Panel - Gunmetal Grey (SKU: CM-001-KK) = £11.72
• 1 x Jonsbo HP-400S 90mm Low Profile CPU Cooler - Black (SKU: HS-00V-JB) = £20.99

Total: £806.59 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

You can drop £36 off it as i added the optional air flow side instead of glass and also an aftermarket cooler to keep it quieter. Also a gpu and 6 core cpu so you could play games on it.