Any other options to SG05 or SG07 ??

jimbo19 · 12 Sep 2011 at 10:02

Looking to do a build based on either SG05BB but is there anything of similar size that would fit a 2 slot graphics card ?

Tute · 12 Sep 2011 at 10:34

Similar size? There's the Lian Li Q11 at 17L but you only have 260mm of depth. Then there's the Lian Li Q08 with 345mm depth but then you're up to 21.3L in volume.

jimbo19 · 12 Sep 2011 at 10:52

They all look a little too high for where I need to position it

So looks like the SG05/07 is my only option then
Thanks for the suggestions

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 12 Sep 2011 at 12:10

The other alternative is a Shuttle SFF PC such as an SH67H3 for £231.

Bane · 12 Sep 2011 at 12:23

I remembered Lan Gear Infinity a week ago, but not sure how easy it is to source (will be from abroad).

gropingmantis · 12 Sep 2011 at 18:33

Bane said:
I remembered Lan Gear Infinity a week ago, but not sure how easy it is to source (will be from abroad).

Apparently that is dead in the water. There was a big thread on it over on another forum but it died as the guy who makes the cases stopped posting and the website hasnt been updated for years.

SG07 is the way to go (or SG08). The Lian-li cases are nice but a touch big and not as well thought out as the Silverstones.

Bane · 12 Sep 2011 at 19:14

That's a shame. It was listed as out of stock, so I thought it most of been available at some stage.

Tute · 12 Sep 2011 at 20:44

Thing about the Langear products, the way in which they've handled the whole design process doesn't instill confidence in me for their after-sales support.

I personally wouldn't give them my money.

Wakinglimb · 12 Sep 2011 at 21:22

Which card specifically were you wanting to use?

jimbo19 · 13 Sep 2011 at 10:15

Wakinglimb said:
Which card specifically were you wanting to use?

Bought a 6870 yesterday so will be using that now - so may get away with the SG05BB

Participant · 13 Sep 2011 at 10:44

SG06?

Better looking than the 05 with the aluminium front cover (imo).

Wakinglimb · 13 Sep 2011 at 18:33

But you need the better cooling of the SG05 with a decent graphics card in it... plus it's cheaper. You can get the 450w version for £91!

jimbo19 · 15 Sep 2011 at 07:33

I will be going with the SG05 with 450w psu

str · 15 Sep 2011 at 09:53

People have complained about a stutter/freeze issue and a chirping noise with the 450W PSU. Silverstone recently posted about a fix they can do for it but it reads like they are masking the noise but nothing is said about the stutter/freeze issue talked about in the second link:

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1037594637&postcount=47

http://www.overclock.net/small-form-factor-systems/889834-silverstone-st45sf-total-crap.html

Might be why it can be found for £91 although I couldn't find it at that price lol.

Wakinglimb · 15 Sep 2011 at 12:54

Today only place.

Anyway, I had no issues with the 450w I bought recently - awesome little thing.

pumaz · 15 Sep 2011 at 20:25

I've had the SG05 450w for months now and never had a single problem, best mini-itx case until the SG08 imo

jimbo19 · 18 Sep 2011 at 07:10

pumaz said:
I've had the SG05 450w for months now and never had a single problem, best mini-itx case until the SG08 imo

Can I just ask what GPU you are using in it ?

Participant · 18 Sep 2011 at 09:32

Wakinglimb said:
But you need the better cooling of the SG05 with a decent graphics card in it... plus it's cheaper. You can get the 450w version for £91!

It's cheaper yes (because the front panel is cheaper), but from what I've read I'm not sure the increased cooling of the 05 is significant, especially when considered next to the reduced noise levels of the SG06.

However if I was after the best vfm case that would play nicely with a 200W gpu and future proof me aginst upgrades, then yes looks and noise would come second to price and cooling

.

Incidentally, I got the 300W SG06 for £75 today only.

jimbo19 · 18 Sep 2011 at 09:58

have seen the 300w today only - shame they haven't done the 450w version on that any time recently.
Think may be pushing it with the 300w using 15 2500k , hd6870 , ssd and 1tb sata

Participant · 18 Sep 2011 at 10:08

jimbo19 said:
have seen the 300w today only - shame they haven't done the 450w version on that any time recently.
Think may be pushing it with the 300w using 15 2500k , hd6870 , ssd and 1tb sata

Yeah I think that might be pushing the boundaries of what you could expect to run reliably with the 300W PSU. It would probably work in the sense of it would boot and let you play games at stock, but overclocking would be a problem and the PSU fan would probably be on max constantly.