Portable Build?

[Scottagecheeze]

Hi all, So my Dad has finally decided to get a new computer, but I talked him into building one for him since I told him it would be cheaper. One concern he has is that he makes a lot of trips to our beach house and the computer he has now is a XPS M2010. It is pretty slow and old now but what he loves about it is how it is very easily transportable. So what I was wondering was what kind of build would be good if he wants to be able to move it easily, and what I was thinking was a mini tower build. However, he still wants to have a fast computer that will be able to run a lot of his old business programs.

Thanks

[Nshadd2455]

If you're looking for a case suggestion the Bitfenix Prodegy is pretty portable and you can fit a lot in there.

[crocski]

i3 ivy or sandybridge processor should be perfect or maybe one of AMD chips

4gb ram

430 w PSU

threw a ssd in there, show him what he's been missing.

[angelo]

If you're only considering portability over performance than I'd recommend you the Intel NUC DC3217BY (the Thunderbolt version).

For case suggestions, Bitfenix Prodigy, Silverstone FT03-MINI, Silverstone TJ08-E or one of the Lian Li.

As for motherboard, I'd suggest an Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe.

[Sgt Rager]

Firstly i'd say. It all depends on the programs he is using, because there are laptops that maby could handle these programs. However a mini build would be great.

Id opt for something like a Silverstone FT03-Mini but this can be a bit tough, Just be sure to read the manual and everything shoud be fine.

Core i5, A Z77 motherboard and around 8 to 16 gbs of ram would be great. And an average video card of maby a GTX 660ti / HD 7870

[Benbass]

If your father can reasonably run his programs on his old PC, any recent laptop will be fine. Even an i5 with 2 cores is enough (CPU+APU in today laptop are way better than a portable pc from 2006).

I'd go for an ultrabook personally.

[Benbass]

If you're only considering portability over performance than I'd recommend you the Intel NUC DC3217BY (the Thunderbolt version).

For case suggestions, Bitfenix Prodigy, Silverstone FT03-MINI, Silverstone TJ08-E or one of the Lian Li.

As for motherboard, I'd suggest an Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe.

I missed an "I", I was talking about the P8Z77-I Deluxe which is meant for overclock the voltage where the P8H77-I is basically the same without the voltage control.

[Scottagecheeze]

Thanks for all the help. I will discuss options with him when I get a chance and see where it goes.