[robina80]

hi guys,

i want a new or 2nd pc either a laptop or mini itx pc, its purpose is to stay on over night and occasionally days but 99.9% of the time going to be switched on and left overnight, its not going to do any strenuous tasks just run 1 task in the background

[mctw]

For reliability, cheaper price and ease of upgrade/repair, a small form factor PC is often your best bet. You could even get a old PC, gut it, and stick it in a small case, if the jobs its going to be doing are pretty basic.

[robina80]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4GB%2...d-CAS-5-5-5-15

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Akasa...t-DC-converter

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/120GB...MB-Cache-11-ms

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Samsu...ook-SATA-black

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-3Gb-s-ITX-VGA

[mctw]

Looks fine to me! Just a query though, I don't know if a 80watt PSU will be enough, I don't see why not however.

[robina80]

also will this pc be really quite as the case comes with a fan?

one more question as the case comes with a PSU will it have all the right connections for the Peripherals im getting

[philthomas]

Check out the ASROCK ION330 ..... this is a good ready made alternative.
Also doubles as a fairly decent HTPC, if needed.

[robina80]

also im looking at this one aswell

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Elect...36869&context=

this hasnt got any fans so will be DEAD silent what do you think of it over the other one i mentioned

[philthomas]

I think your original choice would be my pick, as this, together with the ASROCK, I listed, has the NVIDIA ION Chipset. This is far superior and can perform upto 10 x faster than other on board graphics cards.

I suppose it depends on what you are going to use it for. I wouldn't worry too much about fan noise, as my ASROCK ION 330 is extremely quiet.

[robina80]

mini itx cases some of them have got low profile pci slots but lets say when you buy a pci or pci-e card cant you change the metal bracket to a smaller one so it can fit in the case as the cards are screwed on the bracket so cant you swap it with another bracket, heres the link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_PCI

look at the section Low Profile

[robina80]

good zotac boards come with a ext PSU does that mean instead of using the case ext psu i can use the zotac one or no? im thinking about this case

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Aplus...2x-USB-80W-PSU