Shuttle or not?

[Beave]

My friend wants to buy my computer for 400 dollars. i have had enough lugging my computer huge and antec case around and was wondering if i should go with a shuttle.
should i go amd or p4? (i am feeling p4 because of the heat)
i am going to want to put a 9800 pro and a 4.1 sound card in it can it support this.
i am not into overclocking and wouldnt mind the mobility as i will use it in college.
how many hard drives can you fit in this thing?
and i will be purchasing a dvdrw

thanks
beave

 

[Dark Assassin]

For a shuttle, I'd also definitely recommend a nice 2.8c Northwood. It won't run you too much money nor too high in the temperature category. For $400 though, you would be hard pressed to build ANY decent system worthy of gaming, if that's his flavor.

Due to space constraints with the design, Shuttle boxes can only support 1 hard drive, 1 optical drive, and 1 video card. Trust me though, they rock for all around looks and ease of transporting.

Dark Assassin

 

[Beave]

sorry the $400 will go toward new mobo, case psu (shuttle) and processor and ram