finally building a PC.

[Tocsin_786]

today i was at bestbuy w/ my uncle and we were checking out computers for him to put in his office, he wants one for 600 bucks and i finally got him to agree that i should make him one. i am having a really hard time picking a case, i as gonna choose the air 240 but he said he wants a dell optiplex sized system. what is a good m-itx , m-atx case that is the shape of the dell optiplex ( shape of a xbox one, but obviously bigger). btw i didnt count in a licence for windows 8 so make sure its cheap and awesome. 

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

The SilverStone Raven looks more like a gaming case than a business case but it fits that size of the Dell OptiPlex. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163252&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Computer+Cases-_-N82E16811163252&gclid=CjwKEAiAgfymBRCEhpTR8NXpx1USJAAV0dQydPC1x1pH8TBN1MP39ibGArnWdEO-utvtvOCY7wUU8hoCxvbw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

Maybe something from Lian Li

[Sandvich]

The SilverStone Raven looks more like a gaming case than a business case but it fits that size of the Dell OptiPlex. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163252&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Computer+Cases-_-N82E16811163252&gclid=CjwKEAiAgfymBRCEhpTR8NXpx1USJAAV0dQydPC1x1pH8TBN1MP39ibGArnWdEO-utvtvOCY7wUU8hoCxvbw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

Maybe something from Lian Li

If he is on a 600 dollar budget I don't think that a 84 dollar case would make sense.

[Lotus]

I like the BitFenix Prodigy, and an ITX case would be fine for this as long as he doesn't need a ton of HDDs. I would probably go with something like the following build:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX/WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($71.71 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($50.99 @ Directron)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($98.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $598.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-15 00:31 EST-0500

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

If he is on a 600 dollar budget I don't think that a 84 dollar case would make sense.

OP was considering Air 240, and the Raven is around the price of an Air 240.

[Tocsin_786]

If he is on a 600 dollar budget I don't think that a 84 dollar case would make sense.

 

 

I like the BitFenix Prodigy, and an ITX case would be fine for this as long as he doesn't need a ton of HDDs. I would probably go with something like the following build:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX/WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($71.71 @ Amazon)

Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($50.99 @ Directron)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($98.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $598.64

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-15 00:31 EST-0500

 

 

OP was considering Air 240, and the Raven is around the price of an Air 240.

okay so i ordered all the parts. instead of a 240 i got a cooler master elite 110 because its like 40 dollars cheaper. my uncle does photoshop and illustrator work, he always complains about his computer getting slow so instead of going for a core i5 system i went for an amd A10 based system and put a 500 gig ssd in there. this isnt his main work station he has a imac at home for that. this is his office pc and is the stepping stone for him letting me build a baller home pc because he is starting to hate the mac. 

[jakjakattack]

okay so i ordered all the parts. instead of a 240 i got a cooler master elite 110 because its like 40 dollars cheaper. my uncle does photoshop and illustrator work, he always complains about his computer getting slow so instead of going for a core i5 system i went for an amd A10 based system and put a 500 gig ssd in there. this isnt his main work station he has a imac at home for that. this is his office pc and is the stepping stone for him letting me build a baller home pc because he is starting to hate the mac.

Hold on, just, just, he photoshops and complains of slowness, so you give him a way worse processor and a big ssd? Am I getting this right? Cause I dont think that was a good idea. You should have got him an i3 and a smaller ssd if he had to have one.

[Tocsin_786]

Hold on, just, just, he photoshops and complains of slowness, so you give him a way worse processor and a big ssd? Am I getting this right? Cause I dont think that was a good idea. You should have got him an i3 and a smaller ssd if he had to have one.

i was thinking about the i3 but face it, software in the coming years cant run off of dual core regardless of the hyper threading stuff. the A10 is fairly capable for what he does. i have a gpu and other things laying around so its not gonna get bottlenecked by some stupid illustrator design where the dimensions are of a billboard.