BinaryCleric
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- May 25, 2005
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- 193
Hey everyone.
I used to be a hardware geek (kept up to date on all the latest hardware releases and such) but since finishing college I've really fallen out of the loop. I've decided that it's time to upgrade my aging gaming rig (X2 4600+, 2GB RAM, Geforce 8800GT) and I'm considering going SFF now that I am going to LAN Parties again.
Many years ago I had a Shuttle XPC and I really liked it a lot. I figured I'd look at what shuttle offers these days and I was quite unimpressed overall. After a good bit of searching I found a Shuttle box that can support an i7 link here.
So my question to the SFF crowd is this. Is this a decent starting point for a SFF system? Is there something better out there (made by Shuttle or otherwise)? Also, if I went with this box how powerful of a video card (nVidia most likely) could I put in there given the 500 watt PSU?
Thanks guys. I'm glad to be back to the [H] forums.
I used to be a hardware geek (kept up to date on all the latest hardware releases and such) but since finishing college I've really fallen out of the loop. I've decided that it's time to upgrade my aging gaming rig (X2 4600+, 2GB RAM, Geforce 8800GT) and I'm considering going SFF now that I am going to LAN Parties again.
Many years ago I had a Shuttle XPC and I really liked it a lot. I figured I'd look at what shuttle offers these days and I was quite unimpressed overall. After a good bit of searching I found a Shuttle box that can support an i7 link here.
So my question to the SFF crowd is this. Is this a decent starting point for a SFF system? Is there something better out there (made by Shuttle or otherwise)? Also, if I went with this box how powerful of a video card (nVidia most likely) could I put in there given the 500 watt PSU?
Thanks guys. I'm glad to be back to the [H] forums.