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I'm looking to make a similar build myself. Essentially I want the smallest, most well ventilated case I can find that has provision for an expansion card. HTPC-ITX7 looks good, but significantly larger than the Travla C292 which would be preferable I have no need for an optical drive. The...

UK buyer here looking to replace a dead motherboard. Don't mind which brand so much, but I do require six DDR3 slots. Can anyone help?

Thanks for that - now I just need to find someone who'll ship the Travla to the UK without charging me $130 in shipping!

Either this one or this one. They should be relatively cool. Yeah, I was meaning to ask about HSF recommendations. I take it the stock Intel job won't do?

Thanks for that - it is worth of consideration. On the CPU front, we have the Core i5 3470T which is a 2.9GHz dual core part (so not sure why it's an i5 in the desktop space) that draws just 35w, and the 45w 3770t 2.5GHz quad... they are pricey though - how would an undervolted 65w part stack...

That's really useful, thanks! Surprising there are no mITX cases with touchscreens though. Are there any "clip-on" LCDs or anything similar that can help to make a more portable unit? Also with regards the Travla case, would I require a better HSF than the Intel one? Is it "safe" to use a 77w...

With a 65w CPU that shouldn't be a problem. I ran two HDDs and an E8400 in a Shuttle D10 with a 100W PSU. Speaking of the D10, you wouldn't know of any mini-ITX cases with a 7-inch or so touchscreen? Or even an all-in-one with a PCIe slot? These are all options...

Hi, I'm looking to integrate a PCIe x1 or x4 expansion card into as small a PC as possible without having to do extravagant mods (back in the day I actually connected a PCIe x1 card to a Merom Mac Mini via its WiFi port and it actually worked). I can work with half-height but ideally I'd like...

It is half-height and internal.

Thanks, motherboard recommendation in particular is very helpful.

Any more thoughts on an actual set of build components that could do what I want it to do? I was thinking I could build something like this...

It's a general purpose PC with a video capture card. I can buy parts from anywhere in the UK, but the usual "best places" are Amazon.co.uk, Ebuyer.com and Scan.com. It was mostly be used in an office environment. No additional peripherals needed over keyboard and mouse but USB 3.0 ports might...

Let's go for the i3 and the budget mobo - as long as it can handle a non-GPU expansion card in the PCIe slot.

Well, I get the idea that the requirements are going to define the budget as there are only a limited number of components that will do this specific job?

Hi, I'm looking to build a tight, compact mini ITX system with the following requirements: * As small as possible * Cheap but durable, it'll be ported about a fair bit * Core i3 or i5 processor * RAM not especially important - 2GB min * Room for low profile expansion card (not a GPU)...