Review on Shuttle SZ68R5 dream build please

Genoma

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I'm looking for a review on these components please.

I'm probably going to start without some of the components to keep costs down and add them later. Hopefully this should make a really nice HTPC/Gaming PC for the living room.

Shuttle SZ68R5 not currently stocked by OCUK +

1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £126.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £69.98
2 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99 (£95.98)
Total : £912.25 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
oooh the SZ77R5 does look nice... I've postponed my shuttle build for the time being as I bought a laptop recently instead :)
 
From: http://www.shuttle.eu/products/mini-pc/sz68r5/specification/
Storage bays: 1 x 5.25" (external), 2 x 3.5" (1x internal, 1x external)"

I had assumed it woudl support a SDD + HDD due to the compatibility with Intel's RST (SSD caching for HDDs) but I think you are right, the 5.25" bay is probably for the optical drive (external? I assume they mean it's accessed externally).

Now I'm wondering if the configuration for this build would have to be:

1x5.25" bays used by the optical drive (blu ray)
1x3.5" bay for a SSD
1x3.5" bay for a HDD

So I would have to adjust the shopping list and replacethe 5.25" 2TB HDD with a suitable 3.5" laptop HDD.
 
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