Personal computing discussed
Moderators: renee, JustAnEngineer
DPete27 wrote:UI would be comfortable with that Silverstone 300W PSU and a 7850. Speaking of which, if you have some money laying around, I'd go for a 7850 2GB instead of the 1GB variant. Other than that, looks good.
Voldenuit wrote:Anand's test rig with a 7850 drew 289W in Metro2033
Voldenuit wrote:Have you had a look at Silverstone's own SG09 and (upcoming) SG10 cases? A bit bigger than the SG05 as they support microATX. If you decide to stick to mini-ITX, the lian-li Q07 is another option.
DPete27 wrote:Use a power supply calculator to determine your PSU needs. I would be comfortable with that Silverstone 300W PSU and a 7850. Speaking of which, if you have some money laying around, I'd go for a 7850 2GB instead of the 1GB variant. Other than that, looks good.
Voldenuit wrote:the OP's 7850 rig was configured with a 450W PSU, which should be plenty.
superjawes wrote:First off, 1080p + high settings or 1080p and willing to make concessions? Both cards will do 1080p, but the 7850 will be a solid step up. Generally speaking, your GPU will determine your performance more than the CPU, especially at this level.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Are you set on mini-ITX rather than Micro-ATX?
macaonghusa wrote:I liked the Antec NSK3480 when I had it, other than it really needing a revised internal drive bay arrangement to accommodate more hard-drives. Take a look at the Silverstone Temjin TJ08-e as another nicely-sized mini-tower. If you like the compact SFF boxes, you might consider the Silverstone SG02F.I'd definitely consider a MicroATX case if it was quite portable and space conscious.... Had you any particular MicroATX suggestions in mind? One case that struck me as very interesting so far was the Antec NSK3480. I like the design.
JustAnEngineer wrote:I liked the Antec NSK3480 when I had it, other than it really needing a revised internal drive bay arrangement to accommodate more hard-drives. Take a look at the Silverstone Temjin TJ08-e as another nicely-sized mini-tower. If you like the compact SFF boxes, you might consider the Silverstone SG02F.
JustAnEngineer wrote:The Bitfenix Prodigy doesn't appeal to me. It's tiny on the inside but large and heavy on the outside; not at all like the TARDIS.
macaonghusa wrote:storage #1: Intel X25-M 160GB SSD
Storage #2: Samsung 1.5TB F2 Eco Green 32MB S300
JustAnEngineer wrote:The NSK3480 can handle two 3.5" drives and a 5.25" drive easily.
macaonghusa wrote:Unfortunately I was too busy to make the order during week so weekend looks more likely. Still undecided on case but getting closer to a decision I think.JustAnEngineer wrote:The NSK3480 can handle two 3.5" drives and a 5.25" drive easily.
I'd be happy if I could just fit in two drives (1x 2.5" and 1x 3.5") and one 5.25" drive.
However you mention it can handle two 3.5" drives easily.
Would I need to buy some sort of storage bay adapter in order to fit my SSD in this case?