with $300, worth it to build a SFF?

[LOUISSSSS]

I have a spare FSP ATX 600w PSU , and 150gb Raptor

with $300, can i build a decent SFF with onboard video?

are there any benefits to going with a g45 chipset over AMD's 780g?

help me piece together a system using newegg as price maker

 

[GaryJohnson]

Most of the SFF cases you'll see use a SFF PSU and come with it, so I don't think the spare ATX PSU will be helpful.

What do you want to do with this system? If all you want is websurfing then:

Case/PSU/MB/VGA/CPU: $149.99
MSI Wind Nettop 100 Intel 945GC 1 x 200Pin Intel GMA 950 Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System - Retail
Ram: $18.99
Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Desktop Memory Model KVR533D2N4/2G - Retail

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
are there any benefits to going with a g45 chipset over AMD's 780g?

For integrated video the 780G is stronger. If you end up wanting a G45, read the specs carefully. Some (mostly Gigabyte) don't have a true PCIe x16 slot but are electrically x4. I know you're using IGP, but it is a "just in case."

 

[LOUISSSSS]

i know the 780g does 1080p playback fine at 1080p resolution, how does the G45 go with 1080p high res playback?

 

[Smoove910]

Why 780G? Why not 790GX? I have the Biostar TA790GX XE and love it...

 

[alyarb]

790GX is slightly overpriced for simply being a 780G with overclocked IGP and SB750 southbridge. these things are all great if you're a phenom overclocker, but if all you want is a low-frequency K8, there is no need throwing the extra $30 at a motherboard. if 1080p playback is a requirement of yours, then presumably you have a large LCD you're using this system with. spend money making the system silent, and get the biggest hard drive you can. you'd be surprised how fast a terabyte is filled by 1080p content.

 

[ther00kie16]

780g is cheapest. though 8200 is probably better (not much more expensive) because of support for multi-channel LCPM. I think Anand's test showed that 780g had slightly better color reproduction but I think having surround LCPM is much more important. G45 is just too expensive (~$100) while you can get the other chipsets for $70 or less (good ones too such as Gigabyte's 780g that has all the connections you'd want).