Hi guys,
Can you help me? I'm looking to build a new SFF type cube or something small enough to be light and quite portable.
Ideally it needs to:
- Ideally hold 2x 2TB hard drives and maybe also a SSD for gaming. Not bothered about a DVD drive - thinking of getting an external Bluray drive
- Have a decent level of performance - support for an i3, i5, i7 or an equivalent AMD core.
- Hold preferably 4GB of RAM or more
- Be able to run RAID for backup purposes, to support backups from 2 MBP laptops on a daily basis
- Support gaming to a good level - therefore needs to house a PCI-E slot with clearance for a reasonable graphics card
- To support a decent sound card / good on-board sound
- To be fairly silent / support a large quiet fan like a 140mm.
Budget - around £600 - £800. I already bought a Samsung Spinpoint 2TB drive and thinking of getting another.
I was looking at the Lian Li PC-Q08R, with a mini ITX board (no idea which!) but don't know whether this would be the best solution. I'm also not sure what kit to buy - which board, graphics card or anything else.
Can anyone advise me please?
Many thanks,
Moores28
Can you help me? I'm looking to build a new SFF type cube or something small enough to be light and quite portable.
Ideally it needs to:
- Ideally hold 2x 2TB hard drives and maybe also a SSD for gaming. Not bothered about a DVD drive - thinking of getting an external Bluray drive
- Have a decent level of performance - support for an i3, i5, i7 or an equivalent AMD core.
- Hold preferably 4GB of RAM or more
- Be able to run RAID for backup purposes, to support backups from 2 MBP laptops on a daily basis
- Support gaming to a good level - therefore needs to house a PCI-E slot with clearance for a reasonable graphics card
- To support a decent sound card / good on-board sound
- To be fairly silent / support a large quiet fan like a 140mm.
Budget - around £600 - £800. I already bought a Samsung Spinpoint 2TB drive and thinking of getting another.
I was looking at the Lian Li PC-Q08R, with a mini ITX board (no idea which!) but don't know whether this would be the best solution. I'm also not sure what kit to buy - which board, graphics card or anything else.
Can anyone advise me please?
Many thanks,
Moores28