Angy

Hey guys, 
 
I am currently planning to build a MINI ITX system into a 50 CAL ammo box. 
I have some prices on parts that are all under $1300
it is mostly going to be used for flight simulation; as I am in the Australian Air Force Cadets. 
 
I am buying parts of two different websites because of pricing, and the actual stocking of such a part. 
These are the specs as of today.
 
PCCG -
MSI B150I Gaming Pro AC Mini-ITX Motherboard
SilverStone SX600-G SFX Modular 600W Power Supply
$338
 
MSY 
Noctua NT-H1 Pro-Grade Thermal Compound
DeepCool DP-MAELSTROM120K Maelstrom 120K AIO Enclosed...
Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB Kit (8Gx2) DDR4 2133 Desktop RAM
Intel BX80662I56500 Core i5-6500 3.2GHz 
Gigabyte N960IXOC-4GD 4G GTX 960 (Mini ITX) PCI-E VGA Card
Intel 540 Series SSDSCKKW240H6X1 240GB M.2 SSD 
$833
 
total of $1170
Yes I am water-cooling the CPU, that is only because i have room for a radiator, and it will keep the temperatures down in the box. 
I have Bought the Ammo box already. It is a used one in good condition, I also spayed it with a can of rust guard. 
I have cut out some pieces of card board to size so i know everything fits. 
If you have any ideas or have built such a PC, pleasseee send photos and tips, or ask questions!
 
 

Hi 
 
im in the Australian Air Force Cadets, and i am currently planning an Ammo Box PC for a personal flight sim 
link is here:
i know the price for all the stuff is double what you wanted to spend, but it has a good military feel. its small and potable so I can take it to Cadet nights. 
 

Haha, I had RAM without a heatsink, so I got some from china for around 5 dollars. And when I mounted them I kind of failed on one of the,

if you can, save up and spend at least $800 - $1000

I would go nvidia for the GPU, such as the 1060.
It runs cooler which means the fans don't need to run at a high speed, making it quiet 

Liquid cooling isn't necessarily quieter (pumps can get loud), and good air cooling can outperform it. If you want to go all out silent, you could use a passive cooler.

$130-150 each
 
You can find them pretty cheap
 
 

So What were the Zotak Boxes for? 

Try a different cable, the E1 isn't "compatible" with Mac's for this reason:  http://mashtips.com/apple-headphone-on-android-or-windows/ (although it works fine with iPods, iPads, and iPhones.). There are adapters that switch the mic/ground pin to make things compatible, but honestly a regular "3 pole" cable will solve your problem. I had this same problem with my wifes MacBook too(I just use USB when I use her computer, since it charges the E1).

no. the hard drive looks to be dead and I need to try the ssd in my rig but will do that tomorrow 

if this works add it in code tags and then mark your post as the answer. That way people from google can easily find the solution too.

That board doesn't support the Xeons at all
 
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z170I-PRO-GAMING/HelpDesk_CPU/

There are NTFS patches you can install in Terminal in mac OS so that you can access windows drives, and you can download HFS Explorer on a PC to access mac OS drives
 
Hope this helps and saves you from buying a 3rd hard drive!

This is exactly what I meant and was looking for. Thank you!!!

although, @DaMainMan
you are able to buy - https://www.pccasegear.com/products/33432/corsair-hydro-series-hg10-n970-gpu-liquid-cooling-bracket
these make it easy to mount a CPU watercooler on a gpu

@Angy Not really. The box wasn't doing very much heavy lifting. just serving as a media server. I was going to cut more ventilation but temps rarely went above 60 deg in the case. The powersupply fan was exhausting air. If I was going to add better ventilation I would probably drill some small holes in the lid and mount a fan for exhaust. Also add a fan grill inlet behind the handle on the front of the case.

The i7-5775c says hi. 

for the price of 350 dollars youll build a ofice pc that will be outdated piece of crap in a year

yes, medium is possible. 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($66.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 2GB ITX Compact Video Card  ($141.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $393.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-21 09:04 EDT-0400

Yeah with SSD Programms and OS start up a whole lot faster. It's pretty much the best upgrade you can do. 

Uhm I think you are mixing up alot of things. Corsair does not make GPU coolers -> they make coolers for CPU's. GPU's also dont use sockets, CPU's do.

i think its better to get a PCI Wifi card, only because it can be faster, and work better than inbuild wifi modules on motherboards.
you can get them for $20

Both are good boards. It depends on what IO you need or want. or different specs like SLI or an M.2 slot 

GTX 960? What is this 2005 

I am buying some case feet to raise it off the ground, i will drill some holes in a grid on the bottom of the case, and in the alu on the top of the case