My 5 yr old dell tower has been destroyed by my 1 yr old twin daughters.
I need a replacement that the wife says must be "discrete" (Ie invisible and with no wires!).
I REALLY like the look of SFF Pc's.
Currently looking at whether to Build My Own, or Buy Pre-Built
Here are the choices:
I like the Shuttle XPC SN85G4 for looks and +ve reviews.
Pre-built, i could buy one from Mesh
I also like the Aopen XC Cube AV EA65 especially for InstantON entertainment centre (as I have no standalone CD hi-fi) - InstantON means 5 second boot to access MP3's DVD's etc.
Pre-built I could buy the EA65 system form CarreraSSC
Problem is I have seen bad reviews for both Mesh & Carrera SSC.
Iwould like to build my own bt have NO experience how to configure, purchase, assemble and problem solve (as I am in no doubt I would get it wrong first time).
HELP or advice please
Would like to build/buy a system to last 5 yrs for Multimedia Apps (Photos; DVD writing etc.) Small Office stuff & Computer Aided Manufacture (so decent processor & graphics). Not too fussed on gaming (though may dabble).
Intel or AMD - you tell me!!
Thanks in advance


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) on how to build and you can’t go wrong, as the motherboard, power supply and cables are already installed you just add the hard drive, cdrom, cpu and memory. It’s just like building lego, the bits you need to add can only really go in one place so you will be fine doing it yourself mate.. go for it they are very ‘neat and tidy’ plus can be moved around effortless and they are pretty quite compared to a standard pc these days.
