Soldato
I built my first Mini ITX a few months ago for the Lounge but it made my main rig look old, bulky and clumsy! So I set about building a new rig based on the same SG05 I used on my first ITX build but I didn't want to comprimise on power!!!
Parts Used
Silvestone Sugo SG05 450w
Gigabyte H67N-USB3-B3
Intel i7 2600K
Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
NVidia PNY GTX 580 (Reference Design)
Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB (2x4GB)
Samsung F3 1TB Hard Drive
Apache 120mm Fan
External USB powered DVD writer (only plugged in when needed)
First problem
The GTX 580 is about 4mm too long for the case, The solution was to measure and cut away some of the metal behind the plastic fascia. If you're careful this works a treat and you won't lose any mounting holes for the front fan. I performed this mod with a jigsaw and drill and afterwards the GTX 580 fitted fine and there wasn't any bulging of the front fascia.
Second problem
I wanted to use a 3.5" hard drive and the only way to do this was to mount the radiator directly on to the case upside down with the pipes running along the bottom of the case. I then mounted the fan on to the radiator pulling air through in to the case. I also had to anchor the pipes to one of the screws on the fan using a cable tie to stop the very stiff pipes from pressing against the Ram.
Third problem
Where to mount the 3.5" Hard Drive? The only solution i could come up with was to fashion a mounting plate to stretch across the case out of a metal cover from an old HiFi tuner! I measured cut and bent into shape the mounting plate and drilled 4 holes so i could screw the hard drive on to it using rubber mounts to cut down on vibrations. I also drilled 2 holes that lined up with existing holes on the case to secure the hard drive mounting plate.
Well everything worked so here's some pics.
I decided against an SSD as from previous experience apart from booting in to Windows quickly and initial quick loading of programs it's not really worth it. Well not until I can get a 1TB for under £300 lol
I went for the Gigabyte H67 as again from experience, overclocking CPU's like the i7's doesn't offer any real world noticeable difference and wanted to keep temperatures down. Also had nothing but good experiences of Gigabyte boards
So that's it then, No overclocking, No SSD but plays BF3 like a dream on a Tiny Cute little PC
Parts Used
Silvestone Sugo SG05 450w
Gigabyte H67N-USB3-B3
Intel i7 2600K
Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
NVidia PNY GTX 580 (Reference Design)
Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB (2x4GB)
Samsung F3 1TB Hard Drive
Apache 120mm Fan
External USB powered DVD writer (only plugged in when needed)
First problem
The GTX 580 is about 4mm too long for the case, The solution was to measure and cut away some of the metal behind the plastic fascia. If you're careful this works a treat and you won't lose any mounting holes for the front fan. I performed this mod with a jigsaw and drill and afterwards the GTX 580 fitted fine and there wasn't any bulging of the front fascia.
Second problem
I wanted to use a 3.5" hard drive and the only way to do this was to mount the radiator directly on to the case upside down with the pipes running along the bottom of the case. I then mounted the fan on to the radiator pulling air through in to the case. I also had to anchor the pipes to one of the screws on the fan using a cable tie to stop the very stiff pipes from pressing against the Ram.
Third problem
Where to mount the 3.5" Hard Drive? The only solution i could come up with was to fashion a mounting plate to stretch across the case out of a metal cover from an old HiFi tuner! I measured cut and bent into shape the mounting plate and drilled 4 holes so i could screw the hard drive on to it using rubber mounts to cut down on vibrations. I also drilled 2 holes that lined up with existing holes on the case to secure the hard drive mounting plate.
Well everything worked so here's some pics.
I decided against an SSD as from previous experience apart from booting in to Windows quickly and initial quick loading of programs it's not really worth it. Well not until I can get a 1TB for under £300 lol
I went for the Gigabyte H67 as again from experience, overclocking CPU's like the i7's doesn't offer any real world noticeable difference and wanted to keep temperatures down. Also had nothing but good experiences of Gigabyte boards
So that's it then, No overclocking, No SSD but plays BF3 like a dream on a Tiny Cute little PC
nice system im thinking of something similar, where would the hdd usually go if you were to install a optical drive?
