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RobH

RobH

RobH

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Been out of the loop for several months, I last looked into them in September. I want to squash my desktop into a Micro ATX case of some sort, as a minimum I would need space for:

1x Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
2x 3.5" SATA Hard Disks
1x X-Fi sound Card (PCI)
1x BFG 8800 GTS (PCI-E, dual slot)

Optionally:
Full sized ATX PSU
1x SATA DVD-RW (Slimline or full size 5.25")
1x 3.5" Internal Card Reader

I'm aware these requirements quickly rule out a large number of SFF cases, are there any that offer these features?
 
May i be the first to recommend the Silverstone sugo 1 :p had mine for years now and love it.
Few pics, specs in sig and not far off what you have.







Others may recommend the sugo 2,3,4 or even the 5! :o dont be taken in by this, The sugo 1 is cleary King of the range :)



Oh and make sure you get a Modular psu ;)
 
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Another vote for the Silverstone sugo 1, I have had mine for a couple of years, great little case, any Matx board will fit and most PSU's.
 
yea but its huge box! and doesnt fit in a bag, and why do you need better airflow if a sugo thats smaller can do the job ?
 
Kezmo said:
yea but its huge box! and doesnt fit in a bag, and why do you need better airflow if a sugo thats smaller can do the job ?
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OP hasnt stricly said he wants it to fit in a bag, i would probably recomend the Silverstone Sugo SG03 becuase iirc its smaller than the 01 and jas better airflow :).
 
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Kezmo said:
yea but its huge box! and doesnt fit in a bag, and why do you need better airflow if a sugo thats smaller can do the job ?
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Cooler and quieter which gives you more room for high powered components and overclocking. The SG01 is only 20% smaller and lighter (F model weighs more though). I know I don't run my PC in a bag.
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll take a look at them. Does the SG01 take a full sized PCI-E such as an 8800 GTS with a dual slot cooler?

It would be handy to fit in a bag as I am likely to be moving it around the country every few months but I think even the V351 is small enough to put in one.
 
RobH said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll take a look at them. Does the SG01 take a full sized PCI-E such as an 8800 GTS with a dual slot cooler?

It would be handy to fit in a bag as I am likely to be moving it around the country every few months but I think even the V351 is small enough to put in one.
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Yep you can fir a dual slo card in there of around 9" which is the same length as the 8800GTS.

Silverstone actually do a bag for the SG01 so you can carry it around :).

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=sugo-pack&area=
 
If Silverstone, SG01 for a desktop case or SG03 for a tower.

Lian-Li V350 is also a good case.

If you wanted to go even smaller, give the Sugo SG05 or SG06 a look. :)
 
Whats the main difference between the SG01 and SG02?

Also whats the deal with the '-F' suffix, are there different versions of the same model?
 
RobH said:
Whats the main difference between the SG01 and SG02?

Also whats the deal with the '-F' suffix, are there different versions of the same model?
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The SG02 is a cheaper version made from steel rather than alu in the SG01, the F versions have a relocated hard drive rack allowing longer graphics cards to be installed such as the 4870x2.
 
So would I need the 'F' version for an 8800 GTS or does the standard version have enough space? Kezmo looks like he has the 8800 in his fine but is that the 'F' version?
 
Went with the SG01 in the end along with the Asus P5N7A-VM. Also took Kezmos advice and invested in a 450W Corsair HX Modular PSU. Thrown in a PCI-E WiFi card, SATA optical drive and low profile cooler.
 
Will post some pics when I get a chance to build it, I went for black in the end as it's easier to match everything with.
 
Some pics from the build so far:

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