looking to build a lan pc

[mcbeaty]

Looking to build a portable gaming desktop, something that light and easy to carry and be able to play most fps at decent graphics and framerates. Looking to spend around 600 and I prefer AMD over Intel

[Darksideblues42]

Looking to build a portable gaming desktop, something that light and easy to carry and be able to play most fps at decent graphics and framerates. Looking to spend around 600 and I prefer AMD over Intel

What country do you live in?

Do you have any parts you can re-use?

Does your budget include a Display, Mouse, or Keyboard, or will you be re-using what you already have?

[mcbeaty]

No parts to reuse, I'm from the united states and I have all the peripherals

[vesseblah]

Make it Mini-ITX, BitFenix Prodigy is perfect lan case when it comes to portability. There are bunch of other options too if you don't like it, for example simple black box from Fractal Design.

Sadly AMD is not an option really for Mini-ITX because of lacking motherboards. Size does not mean you're missing any major features, here's an example of what you can get on Intel side.

[Keller]

Make it Mini-ITX, BitFenix Prodigy is perfect lan case when it comes to portability. There are bunch of other options too if you don't like it, for example simple black box from Fractal Design.

Only sane AMD choice in that price range is FX-4300 and only if you overclock it. At stock speed Intel will give you better gaming performance no matter what you prefer. Motherboards can be very fully featured so you won't be missing anything even in small form factor, here's an example from AMD and Intel side.

Huh, wasnt their lan-party case called survivor?

---------- Post added 2012-12-03 at 11:41 PM ----------

Also, that mobo is an FM2 socket, a FX-4300 wont fit there.

[vesseblah]

Huh, wasnt their lan-party case called survivor?

Don't care what they call it, but something which is half the size and third of the weight is what I'd call proper lanparty case.

Also, that mobo is an FM2 socket, a FX-4300 wont fit there.

Bah... Nevermind, AMD is not an option for Mini-ITX then unless you want to go for the A10 series for example. It's not necessarily that bad either, but really needs OC'ing to be able to compete with Intel options.

[Keller]

Don't care what they call it, but something which is half the size and third of the weight is what I'd call proper lanparty case.



Bah... Nevermind, AMD is not an option for Mini-ITX then.

Yeah, the prodigy is their mini-itx case and the Survivor is their ATX case. the survivor is fucken bulky tho, to put it lightly, at 11 kilos.

THere's always this one, but it's an old chipset: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A88M/

[mcbeaty]

Im sure there are microatx cases, was thinking 4300/7770 for this unit. What powe supply would be sufficient. You know any portable microatx cases?

[Darksideblues42]

Here is an AMD based Mini-ITX solution kit for just under your budget (Assumes you don't need an optical drive at the moment)

SilverStone Sugo Series SG05BB-450-USB3.0 Case $129.99 (Includes Power supply, 450W)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811163208

ASRock A75M-ITX FM1 AMD A75 Motherboard, $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157273


AMD A6-3500 Llano 2.1GHz APU, $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103951

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 $33.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148544

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148840

MSI R7750-PMD2GD3 Radeon HD 7750 2GB 128-bit DDR3 Video Card, $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127709



Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116986

Total $593.93

IF you could do a little more on your budget, the APU and Video card have some significant upgrade paths, but this is a good start for your budget.

[Keller]

yeah, bitfenix prodigy, with the aforementioned motherboard, as mobo choice is limited with amd. I'd suggest bumping it up just a bit to an 7850 if you do graphical intensive games,(i.E. new games) else just get the 7770.
As far as PSU goes - i think it's safe to go with seasonic's 520W modular PSU, and storage of your choice, probaby 8 gigs of ram aswell.

---------- Post added 2012-12-04 at 12:30 AM ----------

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($60.38 @ Amazon)
Memory: A-Data XPG Gaming Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($217.86 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Case - Prodigy Arctic White, Newegg ($80.00)
Total: $638.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-12-03 19:29 EST-0500)

Well, I went overbudget, Consider a 6850/6870, they're both better than the 7770, that would also give room to a CPU Cooler.

However it would totally work.