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June 14, 2010 12:21 PM Subscribe
Help me find an online builder of small form factor (Shuttle-like) PCs for gamers. My Google-Fu is weak today.
I'm in the market for a new gaming PC, but I've decided I do not want a big tower system. I'd like to buy a small form factor system, like a Shuttle brand, but am having trouble finding an online builder of these systems. The only one I've found is Lanslide PCs, which offers the right price and specs, but I don't like the case they use. Googling for "small form factor gaming pcs" brings up a lot of SFF enthusiast pages and reviews of nettop systems.
I've built plenty of systems in the past and would have no problem building this one, but my concern is picking a video card that would comfortably fit in the Lian Li case I like. If anybody knows of a $150-$200 nVidia card that'd fit in that, please tell me.
I'm in the market for a new gaming PC, but I've decided I do not want a big tower system. I'd like to buy a small form factor system, like a Shuttle brand, but am having trouble finding an online builder of these systems. The only one I've found is Lanslide PCs, which offers the right price and specs, but I don't like the case they use. Googling for "small form factor gaming pcs" brings up a lot of SFF enthusiast pages and reviews of nettop systems.
I've built plenty of systems in the past and would have no problem building this one, but my concern is picking a video card that would comfortably fit in the Lian Li case I like. If anybody knows of a $150-$200 nVidia card that'd fit in that, please tell me.
Newegg has a fair number of barebones systems (including ones with onboard nvidia chipsets) here. You should be able to pick up what's possible by reading the reviews on the Lian Li case (several builds mentioned) or a little model-based googling. That search netted these guys who made this box (same model, just in silver) using this nVidia card which would appear to fill your bill...
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:27 PM on June 14, 2010
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:27 PM on June 14, 2010
I did as Ogre has suggested when kitting out my box - trust the previous buyers. Avoid nVidia's Quadro cards, however - they aren't for gamers.
This 55-page thread on HardOCp might be useful, too.
posted by unmake at 3:15 PM on June 14, 2010
This 55-page thread on HardOCp might be useful, too.
posted by unmake at 3:15 PM on June 14, 2010
It looks like silverstone cases in general support most size cards for either microatx or mini-itx. This mini-itx case supports up to a 5970 so you should be good with length. I don't know what your target framerate and resolution are for gaming, but I think you could make a pretty comfortable system (unless you plan to overclock) with a lower TDP processor and higher powered gpus. Your best bet for your price is either a GTS250 or 5770, though I'd recommend spending a bit more on the latter.
posted by palionex at 12:50 AM on June 16, 2010
posted by palionex at 12:50 AM on June 16, 2010
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