Hi All,
I'm shortly going to be doing a small form factor build for my mum and I'm looking for a double check on the spec. I think I'm pretty set on the components that will be going into it, and i've already purchased the RAM as it was on sale for less than £40 yesterday.
She will only be using the machine for basic day to day tasks, no gaming, but she will probably be wanting to keep it for a good 5 years or so which is the reason for going for one of the more powerful i3s. I also like the fact it's only a 55w chip so should run cool and quiet.
We will be re-using a standard 5.25" optical drive, and 3.5" desktop hard drive from her old PC so data storage and reading discs are taken care off, but this is where I come on to the trouble I'm having. I'm not 100% sure on that case, but I'm not entirely sure what else to go for that doesnt work out much more expensive. Are there any other cases I should be checking out? Obviously it needs to be able to fit a 3.5" and 2.5" hdd together. I'm willing to swap to a slimline ODD instead of moving her full fat one across though if it opens up any noticeably better choices.
Any ideas?
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3225 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (55W) - Retail **High Performance IGP** £109.99
1 x Gigabyte H77N-WIFI Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x In-Win BP671 Mini ITX Case with 200W Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £49.99
Total : £395.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).
I'm shortly going to be doing a small form factor build for my mum and I'm looking for a double check on the spec. I think I'm pretty set on the components that will be going into it, and i've already purchased the RAM as it was on sale for less than £40 yesterday.
She will only be using the machine for basic day to day tasks, no gaming, but she will probably be wanting to keep it for a good 5 years or so which is the reason for going for one of the more powerful i3s. I also like the fact it's only a 55w chip so should run cool and quiet.
We will be re-using a standard 5.25" optical drive, and 3.5" desktop hard drive from her old PC so data storage and reading discs are taken care off, but this is where I come on to the trouble I'm having. I'm not 100% sure on that case, but I'm not entirely sure what else to go for that doesnt work out much more expensive. Are there any other cases I should be checking out? Obviously it needs to be able to fit a 3.5" and 2.5" hdd together. I'm willing to swap to a slimline ODD instead of moving her full fat one across though if it opens up any noticeably better choices.
Any ideas?
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3225 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (55W) - Retail **High Performance IGP** £109.99
1 x Gigabyte H77N-WIFI Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x In-Win BP671 Mini ITX Case with 200W Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £49.99
Total : £395.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).
