Which barebones shhould I choose

Which barebones system would you go with


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rightonparr

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Hello everyone I bought a I5-4670K while they were on sale at amazon ($180) and I am trying to decide between two barebones systems. I picked these two for ease of putting together and size.

1.) So the first one is the recently released MSI Nightblade see below ($399)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167066

Review

http://www.modders-inc.com/msi-nightblade-barebone-system-review/7/


2.) The second one is the Shuttle SH87R6 ($264)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101146

What do you all think, which would you go for as a barebones system? I am not planing on buying a super expensive graphics card, probably won't spend more than 150 on it. I really want something that is portable.
 
If I were choosing between the two I would go with the Nightblade. It has a larger power source 600w vs 300 and seems like better parts overall. The only thing I don't like is the slot loading cd drive and some of the stylistic aspects of the case. While you may not want a full sized power hungry graphics card it's nice to have the option if you would like to upgrade. I would say these options are worth the $130 difference, plus the night blade with some nice headphone that you could sell on ebay for like $50, making it $80 difference.