My Mini ITX Gaming Build

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

look pretty good. how does it compare to SG05 in size? I'm looking for a smallest mini itx case which can hold an ATI 3850 in it.

Cooling is pretty dire for the graphics card in the Cubit 3 and 5 cases so go for the SG05 instead. Also the company which made them went bankrupt ages ago so it is pretty hard to get hold of them now.

If you are looking for small cases check this website out:

http://linitx.com/

[Gordy]

Cor this takes me back to my cubit 3 gaming rig. It's a bit dated now but it was a stormer when I built it. It's possibly my favourite pc that I owned as it was soooo small yet very powerful.

I got the cubit on ebay from the seller mentioned above. It cost me less than £40 from memory. They are very hard to find, I get people asking to buy mine all the time (I no longer own it )

Mine was the black version:

[Breezey]

Heres the latest spec:

Core 2 Duo T9400 2.53ghz 1066mhz fsb 6mb cache
4GB Kingston HyperX 1066mhz
Commell LV-67B
Sapphire HD4670 512mb
500GB Seagate 7200.12
Optiarc 7670S Sata DVD-RW
And ofcourse the Cubit 3


Pics:

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The motherboard must have cost a pretty penny!! Where did you buy it form??

[Breezey]

The motherboard must have cost a pretty penny!! Where did you buy it form??

ICP-UK, it was expensive but ill regain my money with a 40w power consumption surfing the net

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I like the look of the PICO820:

http://www.icp-epia.co.uk/index.php?...&productId=408

http://blogs.sun.com/oslab/entry/intel_atom_pico_itx

It has a 1.6ghz Atom and US15W chipset which has the GMA500 integrated graphics. AFAIK the GMA500 has better video acceleration features than the GMA950.

It would go nicely with this case:

http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12275

I like the look of the eBOX-530 too:

http://www.icp-epia.co.uk/index.php?...&productId=452

http://www.axiomtek.com/Download/Spe...530-820-fl.pdf

I wish that Nvidia had released the pico-ITX Ion prototype as a production model too!!

[Breezey]

I like the look of the PICO820:

http://www.icp-epia.co.uk/index.php?...&productId=408

http://blogs.sun.com/oslab/entry/intel_atom_pico_itx

It has a 1.6ghz Atom and US15W chipset which has the GMA500 integrated graphics. AFAIK the GMA500 has better video acceleration features than the GMA950.

It would go nicely with this case:

http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12275

I like the look of the eBOX-530 too:

http://www.icp-epia.co.uk/index.php?...&productId=452

http://www.axiomtek.com/Download/Spe...530-820-fl.pdf

I wish that Nvidia had released the pico-ITX Ion prototype as a production model too!!

Thats amazingly small but the cost is just insane, if anything i want the Nvidia ION referance design pico itx PC shame its not in production its the ultimate MCE PC.

http://www.mini-itx.com/2009/02/04/n...ed-benchmarked


Edit: Nice ninja edit

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Thats amazingly small but the cost is just insane, if anything i want the Nvidia ION referance design pico itx PC shame its not in production its the ultimate MCE PC.

http://www.mini-itx.com/2009/02/04/n...ed-benchmarked


Edit: Nice ninja edit

Imagine having that box on top of the desk and someone saying: "what is that??"

You answer back: "that's my PC!!"

In fact I want want one of these UMPCs too:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/deskt...ix-gobook-mr-1

http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptop...Rugged-UMPC/p1

[Breezey]

Imagine having that box on top of the desk and someone saying: "what is that??"

You answer back: "that's my PC!!"

In fact I want want one of these UMPCs too:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/deskt...ix-gobook-mr-1

http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptop...Rugged-UMPC/p1

HOW MUCH !

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

HOW MUCH !

Not very cheap are they!! If I had loads of money I would get one of them as they would be ideal for travelling (just bung them in a rucksack with no case).

[Breezey]

Looking at the pic abpove i didnt relise that the Nvidia ION box was only just smaller than a mac mini shame thats £500 aswell although i wouldnt gain anything getting that from my current setup except smaller and quieter.

[fedora]

Looks very cute. Thanks for sharing this!

[Breezey]

Looks very cute. Thanks for sharing this!

Thanks, nice to be different pretty sure i was the only one with a Cubit at i37 the other 99% had Antec 900s lol

[MadduckUK]

breezey's build is far more interesting than all that super tiny but cant do anything crap anyway. i would certainly like a tidgy comp that could play anything fine. its like a custom games console or something

[Breezey]

breezey's build is far more interesting than all that super tiny but cant do anything crap anyway. i would certainly like a tidgy comp that could play anything fine. its like a custom games console or something

Thanks, its pretty powerful imo heres the windows 7 experience index scores:




Suprising how it thinks the hard drive is slow as its one of the fastest drives u can get .