G50 or V600

Mystic_Smeg · 31 Jul 2006 at 21:07

Thinking of getting Lian Li G50 or a V600 because I like their small size and the fact the PSU is mounted on the bottom.

Foresee any problems or any thoughts? Can't find much written about them.

Any other cases spring to mind that are either small ATX or have the bottom mounted PSU?

Yewen · 31 Jul 2006 at 21:10

The PSU on these cases is mounted on the side over the HSF for the CPU.

Sure your not thinking of the v1000's?

Messiah Khan · 31 Jul 2006 at 21:11

I was going to get a G50 a little while back for my server. Ended up building it into an android instead(as one does). Looks like a great little case. The only problem I have seen, is that there is very little clearance for the HSF. It might also need quite a bit of tweaking to get the best out of the cooling setup.

Yewen · 31 Jul 2006 at 21:12

If your after a small case it pains me to say, get the TJ08. It is not built aswell, nor does it look as good as the v600 yet it does its job well enough.

Depends what you are after though, as from what you have said you may be looking for something completely different and the mATX route may be better for you.

Mystic_Smeg · 31 Jul 2006 at 21:26

Thansk for you replies and suggestions.

May look into mATX but that looks like a whole kettle of fish I've never dealt with before.

Yewen · 31 Jul 2006 at 21:28

Its not hard at all if you think it through, and you get a really small high performance PC at the end of it.

Mystic_Smeg · 31 Jul 2006 at 21:43

Most of the mATX mother boards I see have onboard GFX would that cause me issues when using a pci-e or agp card?

Yewen · 31 Jul 2006 at 21:49

Nope, you can turn it off on almost all motherboards.

Just built a budget SFF rig, 3700+, 7800gt in a Sugo Evo, nice high perfomance rig if you go back 12 months, for peanuts!

SFF has very high performance gear, but runs about 3 months behind ATX motherboards.

You can add me to msn if you want a natter about them, I don't rate Small Form Factor that much, I consider it the dark arts of cases but some systems you can make in the space are truely mind blowing.