Recent content by triskele81

Better? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock Z77E-ITX Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Amazon) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600...

So if I don't limit myself to a single vendor and nix the BD I think I can squeeze out a pretty nice build. I just wanted to make sure everything will fit, be compatible, and make sure there aren't better component options since this'll be my first full build. I've only ever done upgrades and...

Just got home from work, and it just occurred to me that a better location would be on my desktop in one of the cubbies of my hutch. It too has a porthole in the back for cables, but is 2". I'd just have to clean one out, and reclaim my tower cubby as a bookshelf. Width: 13.75" (face), 15.5"...

I'm not restricted to ITX per say, but I was working under the assumption that ITX would offer the best clearance for ventilation given it'll be in a cubby. I looked at the SG09 after seeing is mentioned on forums here and elsewhere, but as you said it's ugly as sin. The cases I mention in my...

1. What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming (GW2 and TF2 mostly) 2. Will you be overclocking? no 3. What's your budget? <$1200 flexible 4. Where do you live? Zip is 11967. My closest computer chain was Compusa. I prefer everything to be single source though since I&#8217;ll be ordering...