Future mini-pc Rig (consider portability)

[VGAzee]

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 130 CASE
Motherboard
ASUS® MAXIMUS VII IMPACT: Mini-ITX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, WIFI
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB VELOCIRAPTOR WD1000DHTZ, SATA 6-Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Corsair H55 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£39)
Extra Case Fans
1 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£5)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11AC 867Mbps PCI-E CARD (£39)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
AOC I2369VM 23" Widescreen IPS Monitor - 1920 x 1080, DP, HDMI (£132)
Cable Tidy
PCS 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management (£2)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,902.00 including VAT and delivery.


What do you guys think?? The specs on paper say I can fit an optical drive but the configurator says there arent enoug PIC/e slots. I was going to case the prodigy/or the corsair 250D, but the coolmaster 130 is the easiest to fit into a carryon wheeled suitcase (and has the same mount of bays as the prodigy)

thoughts?? Im very closing to pressing buy

 

[SlimCini]

Turn in the raptor drive.... pointless. Just get a cav black. Any reason for the gigantic SSD if you're getting a regular hard drive anyway?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Turn in the raptor drive.... pointless. Just get a cav black.

I'd agree, the Raptors are quick, but for these uses totally pointless and they're damn loud!

 

[TheGSL]

Unless you are thinking of the future, a 980 won't be much better really than a 970 at 1080p, so you could
save money there.

As above, just get a decent big ssd, hd's are over with. If you want the very fastest, get an m2 ssd, faster than
anything, assuming the mb supports m2.

8 gb ram would be fine for gaming. Does that mb support xmp? If not, you are wasting money on faster ram, you
are anyway really, there isn't much in it unless you really must have the fastest.

It's similar to my own set up, but mine was 900 quid less due to shaving extras off. You don't need the fancy cpu
cooler unless you plan to oc the cpu, which is a good overclockable cpu I have it myself, and it is slightly oc'd, but
with a standard cooler, it's fine.

There is a single 5 inch bay for a dvd / blue ray player so you could have your writer if you like. It's a good case
that, decent cooling.

£2 for cable "management"? ;-) I wouldn't bother with that.. they just cable tie everything together, without
much thought, I've since removed most of it.

You could shave a few hundred quid off here and there if you needed to.

 

[MiniPCNut]

I would go for an Obsidian 250D case, those have dust filters. I couldn't imagine any case that has no dust filters after using that one. Although expensive, I use these for cable management and they are excellent.

Check out this Obsidian 250D review (No problems with the on/off switch on mine).

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