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Elardoven
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Hey guys! So I'm currently attempting to build a portable computer, one that I can pick up and take to LAN parties and friends house and stuff like that. I don't have any experience making anything portable, so any advice is welcome. My max budget is roughly $900 US. Also is there anything that I should get to keep the gpu in place on the end opposite of the back of the case? And are there any cases you'd recommend with handles? Thanks!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gdLggs

My Build: i7-4790K, 212 Evo, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB DDR3-1600, Intel 730 240GB SSD, WD Blue 1TB, EVGA GTX 980Ti ACX 2.0, NZXT H440 Blue/Black, EVGA 650W 80+Gold.

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Have some lists:

 

 

You could go $25.25 over and:

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($100.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($168.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card  ($198.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $925.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-15 15:55 EDT-0400
 
OR get a case with a handle:
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($168.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card  ($198.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Lian-Li PC-TU200B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $908.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Hey guys! So I'm currently attempting to build a portable computer, one that I can pick up and take to LAN parties and friends house and stuff like that. I don't have any experience making anything portable, so any advice is welcome. My max budget is roughly $900 US. Also is there anything that I should get to keep the gpu in place on the end opposite of the back of the case? And are there any cases you'd recommend with handles? Thanks!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gdLggs

here http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bx2CYJ super portable

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The air 240 is pretty big btw.

 

This is what I would do. Total power and meets budget with ease. You could even buy a non-stock cooler to make it less loud.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($313.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $876.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Or you could go under and still get a 390. Like I did

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So it's overclockable CPU vs. better GPU.

True, but I could redo your builds to get them under with ease. BX100 SSD, rosewell fully modular PSU that's 50 dollar's saved. Trim the ram down another 10, grab a PCS 4gb model for ~30 less and hell you are looking closer to 850 for that build.

 

Like so:

EDIT: didn't realize the length tolerances were so low on that first itx case...  PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($100.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Panram Falcon 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($17.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Panram Falcon 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($17.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($188.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $871.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-15 16:15 EDT-0400
 
Ram that doesn't run so high voltage (not that I could possibly see that ram actually needing that voltage) is only like 2 dollars more.
 
And the second build you did:
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI H81I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($62.99 @ Directron) 
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card  ($198.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Lian-Li PC-TU200B Mini ITX Tower Case  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $850.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-15 16:18 EDT-0400

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Mass SSD: Crucial M500 960GB  // PSU: EVGA Supernova 850G2 // Case: Fractal Design Define S Windowed // OS: Windows 10 // Mouse: Razer Naga Chroma // Keyboard: Corsair k70 Cherry MX Reds

Headset: Senn RS185 // Monitor: ASUS PG348Q // Devices: Note 10+ - Surface Book 2 15"

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Prosumer DYI FreeNAS

CPU: Xeon E3-1231v3  // Cooling: Noctua L9x65 //  Mobo: AsRock E3C224D2I // Ram: 16GB Kingston ECC DDR3-1333

HDDs: 4x HGST Deskstar NAS 3TB  // PSU: EVGA 650GQ // Case: Fractal Design Node 304 // OS: FreeNAS

 

 

 

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I'm not exacly sure how I manage to do this... Well I didn't put an SSD inside, instead I went with as much performance you can get. I also added you option to overclock (with a beefer CPU cooler)

But you can pick one up for 50$ when you'll have the money and just simpley install it in pc :)

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($100.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($313.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Antec ISK600 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($33.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $898.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-15 16:37 EDT-0400

CPU: i7 5820K Motherboard: MSI x99A SLI PLUS RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2800mHz (4x4gb) GPU: MSI GeForce  GTX 980Ti Case: NZXT S340 Storage: 840 Evo 120gb and WD Blue 1TB  PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 850W CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3

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