Desktop for traveling

[trenchtoaster]

Okay, so my job has me living most of the year in the Philippines but then I travel back to NY for a month or two each year. I am sort of going the "Up in the Air" route and selling or letting friends borrow most of my possessions like my bedroom set and such. One thing that I can't really live without though is a computer so I have justified buying a new desktop for gaming. I have a gaming laptop (c2duo processor, 4 gigs of ram, 9600 nvidia) but I honestly don't like gaming or even doing excel work on a laptop. This time around I am going to buy a new desktop, give my current one to my friend across the hall, and then buy a new monitor in the Philippines.

This is what I am thinking so far:
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

SAPPHIRE 100282-3SR Radeon HD 5850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102884

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231276

GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD4P LGA 1156
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128409

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

Intel X25-M Mainstream SSD 2.5" 80GB SATA II
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167023

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065


So basically a i5-750 5850 build with only 4gig of 7 CAS ram (I will upgrade to 8gigs soon- unfortunately I will be leaving the country soon and I do not get my next commission check until April 16th). I will also probably get a TB of storage room to go along with the SSD (this will hold my windows 7 64bit, excel, and maybe a game or two). How does this look?

What I need from you guys is a case recommendation. I plan on bringing it on an international flight so I want something lightweight that can fit all of my components and keep them cool, yet still be sturdy (I will bring it on as carry on if at all possible).

 

[dndhatcher]

The best travelling case I know of is the Coolermaster Storm Scout.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196
Its not light, but its sturdy and has handles for carrying. Im not sure if it will be ok as a carry on or not. Probably smart to ship it in a box.

 

[trenchtoaster]

what about switching to a micro atx motherboard and perhaps a cube case? the lian v351 for example. would that be a better bet or what?

 

[trenchtoaster]

hate to bump this but I will be leaving the country soon and need to know.

btw, has anyone actually taken a computer tower on a plane as carry on before? I called TSA and they said it would be allowed most likely- which doesn't say much to me. I wonder if there is a nice bag or something that could hold the computer so i could store it in the overhead.. anyone know?

 

[dndhatcher]

Ive only taken CPUs in boxes on planes, never carry on.