Hey guys, looking for case advice more than anything really. I'd like to build a pc with moderate gaming capabilities that i can take around to LANs with me and such. My current i7 rig is quite a beast to transport around. I'm going to upgrade the graphics in my i7 rig, and put one of the 4870's currently in that into my new portable mATX build.
I've been looking at both i3 and am3 tri-core options, think i'm going to settle for the x3 450 with a cheap mATX mobo as i don't really plan to overclock. This along with 4gb of corsair xms ddr3 ram and a 500gb samsung spinpoint clocks in at about £170. I have a few spare optical drives lying around.
My real problem is choosing a low cost case that will support a 4870, aswell as the 500w antec psu from my last build i have lying around. It needs to be as small/portable as possible, preferably <£40 whilst housing all these components.
On top of this should i be looking at third party cooling options aswell? If i do decide to overclock the processor, how easy will this be on a cheap mATX asus motherboard, and what Heatsink would be recommended?
Cheers
I've been looking at both i3 and am3 tri-core options, think i'm going to settle for the x3 450 with a cheap mATX mobo as i don't really plan to overclock. This along with 4gb of corsair xms ddr3 ram and a 500gb samsung spinpoint clocks in at about £170. I have a few spare optical drives lying around.
My real problem is choosing a low cost case that will support a 4870, aswell as the 500w antec psu from my last build i have lying around. It needs to be as small/portable as possible, preferably <£40 whilst housing all these components.
On top of this should i be looking at third party cooling options aswell? If i do decide to overclock the processor, how easy will this be on a cheap mATX asus motherboard, and what Heatsink would be recommended?
Cheers
