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so kinda like these guys?: http://www.parvumsystems.com/products
 
Going by them, acrylic cases look fantastic with a bit of vivid colour on them, especially if it's slightly transparent, so it lets a bit of light through.

I was going to do black and white acrylic, fully modular. Its hard to explain quickly in a comment but at some point I'll be posting a build log for it which will essencially act as an online portfolio/live feedback source through out the build

I realised just after I published the poll that black and green was going to be a good combination :') with Nvidea and razor both having their colours schemes like that, but oh well :') 
 
 
hahah :') missed that one too, sorry, like your style though

Glow in the dark or uv reactive materials

wheres the transparent option ffs nah jk

Thanks for all of the replies and suggestions,
 
Firstly, most of the suggestions that people gave me for specific products were great but the f***ing Australian dollar is so bad that everything that all of you suggested me is 25-35% more expensive for me. ;( 
 
I did some internet scouting and I think that I might just be able to use Linus' exact tutorial except for the graphics which I'll use gtx 750ti. I think I may just have to keep a very keen eye out for sales.
 
Thanks for the help anyway.

The board should support it out of the box.

that was a few years back
 
but most board will support the FX x300 and above series

Ugh, mid tower peasants and their underwhelming builds.
 
 

Oh, I know what form factors mix and match with what cases. I was just saying that when you say "full ATX" that translates to ATX board in a full tower case to a majority of the community (enthusiasts as a whole). Mid ATX being mid towrr ATX build, cube ATX being an ATX build in a cube case. Trust me when I say I know my fair share about the dimensions and motherboard and case form factors.

Take that with a grain of salt, mITX is growing quickly as a commonplace form factor. Lots of people are going small for many reasons. Personally, I'm doing so because college dorms are small, and bigger computers are more of a pain in the ass to haul around for LAN parties. Not to mention the bragging rights that, "sure, mine may be smaller, but it's all in how you use it."

I'm not going to look up 1 min. and 33 seconds of silence.

i use a full-atx cube case from cooler master.

A good profile picture would help to gather at least couple more votes.

Industry certifications is the way out of that particular loop, at least as far as I have been told.
 
Or internships, if you feel like being a slave.

Offer your service for free for a while and ask if you can get paid after?

I can tell you that you most definitely can stump the Trump.
I mean like what kind of person would wear a toupee like that...

I would get this if you are getting a new CPU (I think it is recommended)
I would not get the SSD, HDD and only get 8GBs of Ram.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant   CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£150.95 @ Amazon UK)  Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX4 4g Thermal Paste  (£3.89 @ Amazon UK)  Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£86.94 @ Amazon UK)  Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£35.07 @ Amazon UK)  Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00)  Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£172.99 @ Aria PC)  Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£57.35 @ Aria PC)  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For £0.00)  Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (Purchased For £0.00)  Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (Purchased For £0.00)  Total: £507.19 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-22 14:59 BST+0100    
If you are not going to get a new CPU, I would get this
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant   CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX4 4g Thermal Paste  (£3.89 @ Amazon UK)  Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£70.42 @ Amazon UK)  Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£35.07 @ Amazon UK)  Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£35.07 @ Amazon UK)  Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.71 @ CCL Computers)  Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00)  Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.94 @ Aria PC)  Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£172.99 @ Aria PC)  Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£57.35 @ Aria PC)  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For £0.00)  Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (Purchased For £0.00)  Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (Purchased For £0.00)  Total: £468.44 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-22 14:56 BST+0100

I really don't know how your CPU compares to the G3258, so here goes nothing
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant   CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)  CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.95 @ Aria PC)  Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£86.94 @ Amazon UK)  Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£35.07 @ Amazon UK)  Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00)  Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  (£157.00 @ Aria PC)  Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.72 @ Amazon UK)  Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£65.90 @ More Computers)  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For £0.00)  Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (Purchased For £0.00)  Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (Purchased For £0.00)  Total: £474.57 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-22 14:49 BST+0100   If you can not go over the 450£, take the cooler out.   Now, if you want to keep your CPU, I'd rather have this, since it has a PSU   PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant   CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For £0.00)  CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.95 @ Aria PC)  Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£70.42 @ Amazon UK)  Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£35.07 @ Amazon UK)  Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£50.27 @ Amazon UK)  Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00)  Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  (£157.00 @ Aria PC)  Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.72 @ Amazon UK)  Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£65.90 @ More Computers)  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro OEM (64-bit)  (Purchased For £0.00)  Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (Purchased For £0.00)  Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (Purchased For £0.00)  Total: £458.33 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-22 14:52 BST+0100

Mini-DTX is actually my favorite... But I suppose mATX works. I'm good on my cable management and I like to make my builds as powerful as possible in the smallest form factor possible. 

hey guys, I'm doing a Design Tech project in which I'm designing a computer case (keep an eye on the build logs section for my name), and for my research I need to know what the most popular case size is among "power users" of a PC (power user meaning gamers, editors, animators, 3D modellers, etc).
 
I'm sure you're all familiar with Straw Poll so It'll only take a few seconds, it will be much appreciated, Thanks
 
~FAIL 
 
http://strawpoll.me/5544095
 
EDIT: Mods, it would be a MASSIVE help if you could pin this for like 24 hours or so just so I can get a nice large selection of people, Thanks
 
       (Also please spread this around (without spamming), need a lot of votes for a proper overview of what people use, Thanks ) 

I like ATX since its the most universal and gives you them most room for regular builds, but I have more fun cramming a ton of hardware into mATX cases.

hey guys, I'm doing a Design Tech project in which I'm designing a computer case (keep an eye on the build logs section for my name), and for my research I need to know what the most popular case size is among "power users" of a PC (power user meaning gamers, editors, animators, 3D modellers, etc).
 
I'm sure you're all familiar with Straw Poll so It'll only take a few seconds, it will be much appreciated, Thanks
 
~FAIL 
 
http://strawpoll.me/5544095
 
EDIT: Mods, it would be a MASSIVE help if you could pin this for like 24 hours or so just so I can get a nice large selection of people, Thanks
 
       (Also please spread this around (without spamming), need a lot of votes for a proper overview of what people use, Thanks ) 

Ugh, I use:
ATX for my daily driver
ITX custom box for my upcoming HTPC
2U for my router
1U for my filserver (it's smallish, i know)
 
Considering a 3-4U for a new filserver or a huge eATX tower 

It has to be ATX/EATX (most cases support both). But I'd love to see more M-ATX cases