Which case?

No, I haven't pressed the Checkout button yet :) As the PC will be screwed under the desk, I don't want anything on the topside of the case, and I need something quiet and a bit smaller.
 
when you say you are screwing it to the top of the desk, do you mean its going to sit roughly where the keyboard goes, or on a shelf to the side of your legs?
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the 'this week only' deals have changed, so heres a few modifications to your build to take advantage of them:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £239.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £205.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
2 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £69.59
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £44.99
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 5450 1024MB GDDR3 SILENT Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card (H545HR1G) £33.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x OcUK Value 3m DVI to HDMI Gold Plated Cable (CDLDV-303) £7.99
Total : £922.06 (includes shipping : £12.50).


sadly, whatever offer the ocz vertex 3 was on has now finished, hence the big price jump
 
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No the PC will be screwed under the desk to the underside of the desk with a metal bracket. This allows the cables to move with the desk when it is in "standing mode", and is good for airflow, reducing dust slightly. The case in my basket is not suitable because of the top, any other suggestions?

**edit**
Actually I thought about getting one of these and ditching the PSU, what do you think? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-043-OP
 
keymoo said:
No the PC will be screwed under the desk to the underside of the desk with a metal bracket. This allows the cables to move with the desk when it is in "standing mode", and is good for airflow, reducing dust slightly. The case in my basket is not suitable because of the top, any other suggestions?

**edit**
Actually I thought about getting one of these and ditching the PSU, what do you think? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-043-OP
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I wouldn't. It does not give a specific description of the PSU and so it may not have sufficient cables for your needs. Also, it is most probably a cheap one that is liable to explode at any point.

I doubt with your set up, 500W is going to be enough anyway.
 
says 9 Kgs empty. Weird, felt lighter than that when I moved it around with all the stuff in it, and I'm no beefcake. Maybe it's the massive size that threw me off.

It's very big though. Make sure it will fit wherever you want to put it. If you want the low down, give me a shout although I have the older but very similar model.
 
OK, I think this is the final setup. I've decided to use my old case and put the old bits from my old case into an older case.


YOUR BASKET
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £205.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
2 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £69.59
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £64.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £44.99
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 5450 1024MB GDDR3 SILENT Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card (H545HR1G) £33.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Belkin F8T016NG 10m Mini Bluetooth Adapter £8.99
1 x OcUK Value 3m DVI to HDMI Gold Plated Cable (CDLDV-303) £7.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.98
Total : £862.03 (includes shipping : £10.00).
 
Looks sensible. Not sure what the AC5 will do in terms of lowering the temps, but it's only a fiver. Coincidently, I'd still take a Antec 620W, with more usable power, for only a fiver more (well, £7). Then you can add any graphics card you wish later (as long as it fits in the case).
 
Did you not say in your other thread that you needed to power 4 monitors with DVI? The graphics card you listed will only support 1.

I think that the cheapest option for up to 4 monitors would be 2 of these.
 
Jordan97 said:
Did you not say in your other thread that you needed to power 4 monitors with DVI? The graphics card you listed will only support 1.

I think that the cheapest option for up to 4 monitors would be 2 of these.
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Hmm, well the mobo has these sockets: 1x D-Sub, 1x DVI-D (up to 1920x1200), 1x HDMI (up to 1920x1200) and the graphics card I selected has these: 1 VGA, 1 Dual-Link DVI-I & 1 HDMI. That's a total of 6, or am I missing something?
 
You can't use the motherboard integrated graphics alongside a discrete graphics card. It just won't work.

I suppose that you could use the graphics card you selected, but you would only have 3 ports and you would have to buy adaptors, which are sometimes hard to find, to use all the monitors on DVI.

The graphics card I suggested has two DVI ports and so with two of them using Crossfire, you could use 4 monitors with DVI connections which might be easier for you.

However, it is your money and your decision so I will leave you to decide what you do.
 
Thanks for the reply. I'm happy with using one of the monitors on DVI through the HDMI, the other one DVI, and the third with VGA (the monitor I have accepts VGA). It seems like a lot of money when I don't really need to spend it. I'm actually wondering if the on-board graphics will be good enough to power 3. I don't need 4 at the moment. Will the onboard power 3 monitors?
 
Yes the integrated graphics will be able to power three monitors. However, if you use it for things like Visual Studio as you said, you will probably see a better performance using a discrete graphics card.
 
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