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Portable workstation

yrjosmiel73
By yrjosmiel73
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I've been wanting to make a portable desktop using a pelican suitcase for a long time now. I would take a cheap computer case, cut it down so I have things like a PSU mount, motherboard mounting holes and other essentials then take the bezel off a monitor and put it in the lid. It would be difficult but awesome and as a bonus: waterproof when closed.

I've built 3 PC's, but none for myself... In fact, I'm using an iMac that my dad bought for me as my desktop. Awkward...

Please don't say "SSD drive." By doing so, you are literally saying "Solid State Drive Drive" and causing my brain cells to commit suicide. The same applies to HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express).

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Suggestions on how to design a case for a portable workstation?

Do you already have the work station? What hardware were you planning on and what's your budget?

You could always buy one of the Eurocom laptops

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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How about this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570T 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($199.99 @ B&H)

Motherboard: ECS H81H3-I/HDMI (V1.0) Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($41.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Team DARK L3 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($43.98 @ Newegg)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R5 230 1GB Core Edition Video Card ($33.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case ($26.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: CoolMax 300W Micro ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Directron)

Total: $399.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-02 08:44 EST-0500

Athlon X2 for only 27.31$   Best part lists at different price points   Windows 1.01 running natively on an Eee PC

My rig:

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Celeronator (new main rig)

CPU: Intel Celeron (duh) N2840 2.16GHz Dual Core

RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz

HDD: Seagate 500GB

GPU: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Series

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Frankenhertz (ex main rig)

CPU: Intel Atom N2600 1.6GHz Dual Core

RAM: 1GB DDR3-800

HDD: HGST 320GB

GPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

 

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Well, I have a 630 USD budget.

I don't think workstation is going to work well at 630 dollars, the best CPU you'd get at that price is going to be an 8320/e, but those only come with micro ATX boards at best.

What is your workload?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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