Roughly £1000 Budget Gaming Shuttle build advise wanted

[Dryath]

As the title says i have roughly £1000 to spend can go a little higher or lower

The system is primarily going to be used for lans and moved about a reasonable amount.

I would like to use 2x 120gb SSD in RAID 0 for the operating system/games as any storage space can be with external drives.

What suggestions would you make for other components to get the most bang for my buck.

(I would be willing to consider other case options than shuttles but must be portable)

Thanks

 

[Bullmecha]

Any idea what motherboard, CPU, Video, etc you want to use?

You want small ITX, Mini ATX , ATX ???

Need a few more details please

 

[seumasbeathan]

HD 7870 or GTX 670 with 3570k?

 

[tinytomlogan]

Just get a single 240 drive forget raid for the most part.

Mainly TRIM doesnt work.

 

[FTR.4500MHz]

MicroATX you should go .

Asus Maximus 4 - Gene Z + 2500k

8 Gigs of Ram

240 Gig ssd

7870 or similar on the green side ( depends on what games you play and @ which resolution )

A TJ08-E or a Fractal Design Arc-Mini ........ I would also recommend Lian Li but very expensive !

You might manage to stay around the 1000 pound mark if you can find some good deals .

 

[wassupdoc]

For the case, you can't go wrong with the fortress ft03 micro atx version

 

[Jadarite]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The best i could come up with is as follows:[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case Arctic White :£64.74[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]BFC-PRO-300-WWXKW-RP[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]LG Electronics 10x Internal BD Combo Retail Kit £47.98[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]CH10LS28.AUAR[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Corsair 650W Enthusiast Series TX650 Modular Power Supply £77.98[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]CP-9020002-UK[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Corsair Memory Cooling Hydro Series H80 High-Performance CPU Cooler £69.99[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]CWCH80[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe S1155 Intel Z77 DDR3 mITX £143.98[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]P8Z77-I DELUXE[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Intel Core i5-3570K S1155 3.4GHz 6MB £175.99[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]BX80637I53570K[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) Vengeance Blue DDR3 1600MHz DIMM 240-pin CL9 LP £38.98[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]CML8G[/font]HopX3M2A1600C9B

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Corsair Memory 120GB Force Series 3 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive (Read 550MB/s, Write 510MB/s) £86.98

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]CSSD-F120GB3-BK[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]MSI GeForce GTX 670 965MHz 2GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI OC £329.98[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]N670GTX-PM2D2GD5/OC[/font][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]　

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Delivery cost £2.00[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Sub Total £1125.59[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]With a £65 discount[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Total £1060.59[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Hope this is of some help [/font]to you

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[Master&Puppet]

I like what Cram has done - I agree with TTL about the SSD's. You will be spending a lot of your budget on SSDs when you need to be spending it on the gpu. You only need to keep the OS and games on the SSD; the smaller it is the better especially with your budget.

Such a shame the prodigy isn't a mATX case :/

For a small build you will be looking for an intel set up.

For the budget and in an mATX case you are looking at a single card solution.

This leaves you money for the case and some extra storage (HDD or SSD) or an aftermarket cooler for overclocking if you want:

 

[Dryath]

Cheers for all the suggestions guys gonna have a look over them all now just got in from work.

My main concern with the SSD's was having enough space for the operating system + any games id want installed but going with a single drive as you say sounds like a decent idea.

Im liking the look of the build you have posted Cram, couple of things I might change.

I don't watch Bluerays on my computer so that can be wiped off.

Is water cooling a good idea on a system that is going to be moved about a fair amount, im not familiar with the bit of kit you linked is it suitable for that ?

I am flexible by a few hundred are there any significant upgrades i could make if i were to spend a little bit more?

Thanks for all your input everyone.

Edit:- forgot to mention that case isn't actually out yet, i was looking to put this together fairly soon, is there a good alternative ?

 

[Dryath]

This is what ive come up with so far

Case

http://www.pcupgrade...&categoryid=491

PSU

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ppc-silencer-mkiii-600w-modular-psu-80plus-bronze-certified-85-efficiency-120mm-fan-5-year-warranty

Motherboard

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-maximus-v-gene-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-pcie-30-(x16)-displayport-hdmi-micro-atx

Processor

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/29-4intel-core-i5-3570k-s-1155-ivy-bridge-quad-core-34ghz-5-gt-s-dmi-650mhz-gpu-6mb-smart-cache-34x-

GPU

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-palit-gtx-670-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-915mhz-boost-980mhz-cores-1344-2x-dl-dvi-dp-h

RAM

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(4x2gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-jet-black-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v-x79-z68-a

SSD

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/240gb-ocz-agility-3-ssd-25-sata-6gb-s-sandforce-2281-read-525mb-s-write-500mb-s-85k-iops

Would these all work together and fit in the case ? and are there any parts you would change?

Also is it possible to add water cooling for the CPU ?

Thanks

 

[Master&Puppet]

Case look fine - you have the right mobo size and the case supports ATX psus. But I don't think that case supports watercooling.

As for your selections:

PSU - I'm not familiar with that PSU manufacturer. You can get a 600w PSU for a lot less http://www.aria.co.u...productId=44572

Mobo, cpu and gpu are all good choices.

Ram selection is a little odd - 4x2gb? Not sure why you have chosen that. It is also quad channel which you don't need (not that this is a bad thing). Get something like this: https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Com...annel+Kit+(CML8GX3M2A1600C9)+?productId=45511

SSD - OCZ have got a bit of a bad rep on this forum and elsewhere and are you sure you need 240gb? That's a ton of games. Also the sandforce controller has had it's problems. Best to get something else like a marvell controller (like the crucial ssds which are good value still).

 

[SEBAR]

I do not think you would be happy with that case. The quality is on the lower end. If you want something with a handle you would be better off going with an NZXT Vulcan or [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Silverstone SG04. [/font]

 

[AverageNinja]

For mATX I would suggest a Fractal Design Define Mini