My Micro ATX budget project.

[fudgester]

This is my project to build a half-decent system for not too much (as i am still at school)

Ive found all the internal parts, but now I need a case (micro atx) which poses a problem.
Im on a budget so I would rather not buy a £50+ case, ideally keeping case and psu under £40, and novatech have one case, and to be honest, it looks a little naf.

so... does anyone know of any solutions to this dillema?

any replys are much appreciated.
Fudgester :)

[system7]

Actually, the £19 Jeantech Micro Titan is very nice. And much cheaper than at PC World. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?JEA-TITANM

Novatech must have listened to me when i moaned about them not having any. :lol:

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6296/jeantechmicrotitanho8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Add a £10 rear exhaust 120mm fan for excellent cooling. Add a front 120mm intake fan if you can stand the noise. And a standard 3.5" camera card reader will fit behind a flap. Mine had AC97 front panel audio connector, but you can simply leave that off. The motherboard fits on a removable tray accessed from the other side, so building it is quite easy. OK, the hard drive bay covers the memory, but that sort of thing is typical in mATX cases.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9638/silverfasciamb7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Voila. The fleece, of course, is extra. :D

[fudgester]

Just one question.. does it take full size psu or micro atx psu?

Fudgester

Btw system is:

Gigabyte GA-VM900M Core 2 Duo DDR2 LGA775 PCI-EX16
Intel Dual Core D925 3.0GHz 4MB Cache 800MHz FSB Processor
2x1GB Corsair value select RAM
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO 512MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI
ThermalTake CPU Cooler 4 Intel P4 LGA775
NEC 16x DVD 48x CD ROM SATA Black
Samsung 80GB HD
Case?

[system7]

Completely Standard full size ATX12V ver. 2.2 Power Supply.

Those micro supplies only go in old shop bought PCs.

p.s. Do your self a favour, even an E2140 is better than an old D925. Uses less power too. Retail processor packages, rather than OEM, come with a suitable cooler and heatsink compound.

[fudgester]

Well I've already got it and its fine for me, although i did invest in a decent cpu fan.

Getting the rest tomorow, putting in my old full tower, then saving for the case.

[system7]

Hope you like it as much as I do. Can't give it a review, because I bought it at some "other place", but it is one cool case for £19. Five Stars. :D