1200 Portable gaming system

Are you looking for an "all-in-one"? That offers good portability without actually having a laptop.

He stated he is looking for an mITX build, not an all in one. He also gave examples of cases he is interested in.

Just an inquiry to see if an all-in-one would be ok. Nothing more. An all-in-one would make for great portability as he stated that portability was a major concern.

Gotcha. Kinda felt like the 'ol toes got stepped on a bit earlier so I decided to back off and let tiny voices help if he so desired. LOL If you'd still like the help I'll still be glad to be of service.

Gotcha. Kinda felt like the 'ol toes got stepped on a bit earlier so I decided to back off and let tiny voices help if he so desired. LOL If you'd still like the help I'll still be glad to be of service.

Gotcha. Kinda felt like the 'ol toes got stepped on a bit earlier so I decided to back off and let tiny voices help if he so desired. LOL If you'd still like the help I'll still be glad to be of service.

Feel free to post a build for him, never meant to step on your toes or anything like that.

It's ok. Just giving space if it was so desired. When suggesting a build, it gets confusing for everyone (ESPECIALLY the poor guy/girl that wanted the advise) when a bunch of people start throwing proposed builds out there.

Not desired at all man. Sorry if my post came off wrong.

I'll stick this one in: It's one I'm building right now, well, as soon as the power supply gets here!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H90 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($136.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($346.99 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (White) Mini ITX Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1158.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-22 17:42 EDT-0400)

Looks like a good build, but I would not personally use that cooler. You can fit a Noctua NH-D14 in that case and it will cool the same or better, cost $5 less and make WAY WAY less noise.

Ok.....sorry it took so long. I made it from scratch and not from a previously saved build.

You will notice that there isn't a case. This is what took so long. I tried to find a nice, portable case with a handle on PC Part Picker, but I couldn't find a suitable one. This is a link to a good case with a handle according to a lot of reviews that I read:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CI-MvI6Np70CFUuXOgodJXoA2g&Item=N82E16811146065&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Computer+Cases-_-N82E16811146065&ef_id=Uy3z5gAABVddFDDo:20140322213813:s

And here is the rest of your build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3extV
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3extV/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3extV/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H 1.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($369.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1177.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-22 17:58 EDT-0400)

This build will allow you to overclock should you so desire. It wasn't specified, but I always assume that any gamer will want to overclock unless I'm specifically told otherwise.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3extV
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3extV/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3extV/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H 1.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($94.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($369.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1177.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-22 17:58 EDT-0400)

Heres a PC with a Corsair 250D:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3gFYH

GEFORCE GTX 780 TI | ASUS MAXIMUS IV IMPACT | 2X4 GB COSAIR VENGEANCE | INTEL CORE I7 4770K | CORSAIR H100i | EVGA SUPERNOVA 80+ GOLD 650 WATT | 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA | CORSAIR 250D CABINET M-ITX.

TOTAL: 1267$

The tightest minx case.