Gaming SFF?

[K1LLSW1TCH]

well im going to get the case ordered asap (sg05) and braid the cables maybe spray it all black, its all new to me so hopefully it all goes well

i will be worried about the psu though say a i7, 5850, H50, SSD.. will it be enough watts lol?

Very doubtful on the PSU mate. The Core 2 Duo and 5850 that I've got is stretching it to it's limit already, not sure what the power consumption is on an i7 but I'm sure it'll be much more than what my rig is currently pumping out. I know the 5850 requires something like 150 watts at load so another 150 for your RAM, HDD, DVD Drive and CPU is not leaving you with a lot. I'd check Silverstone's site regular over the next month or so, they are bringing out a standalone 400 watt PSU for the Sugo which might help you.

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

Damn,

I read something about a new case coming out cant remember exactly.. the one that fits a 5970 couldn't seem to find a release date as i would be tempted to choose that over the sg05 as it has a better power supply

Do you know the power consumption of the 5970? I know some of the newer cards save power compared to the older ones but the 5970 is a beefy card. I don't quite know what you're after but with these cases you have to make a bit of a compromise. You can't really expect to have a tiny box like the Sugo to have the same sort of hardware as a top spec gaming PC. There's the noise, the heat and the PSU constraints that you'll have to deal with. Also the PSU at the moment only comes with a single 6 pin power connector so that's something to bear in mind as well.

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

i would never get a 5970 for a small thing like this, im after a small portable gaming computer im stuck between the 5770 and 5850 it will be my main pc for a while and over time i plan to save up for a holiday and a monster computer

about 3 months ago i sold my quad core machine which had stuff like a Q6600 + 4850 so i want to top that with the i3,i5 or i7 and a much smaller build

I think you'd be okay with either a fast C2D or an i3, I think an i5 or i7 would push the standard PSU in the Sugo and the uprated PSU isn't available in Europe yet, I don't think. Graphics card wise I'd go for a 5670 or similar. I've tried Fallout 3 on the 5850 and it runs fine with the PSU but I wouldn't like to risk anything that uses more power, in fact, I'm a bit apprehensive about using the 5850 really and I'll be looking to get the uprated PSU when it becomes available.

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

not to keen on the 5670 as the benchmarks don't seem great, After all i be playing games like DIRT 2 the new battlefield ect.. Did think about going the Li Lian Route with a Q07B with a single slot expansion 5670 but i dont think it be powerful enough..

my heads spinning atm on what to buy time for some shut eyes before i explode with confusion, Maybe im to picky lol

You might have to get some parts from places other than OcUK. It's against the forum rules to discuss where and to post links though. The last time I checked OcUK didn't have many Silverstone products in stock and they didn't have the Zotac 9300 ITX board either, not sure about the Lian Li cases but I would definitely recommend the SG05B to anyone who is after a small, clean looking case but doesn't want to make a huge compromise on performance.

I've just been playing Fallout 3 for the past hour, max detail settings and the CPU temps fluctuated between 41 and 42, the graphics card went up to 43 from 38 idle so I think that's quite impressive for an air cooled case of this size, definitely impressed. Also, It's been switched on overnight for downloading which has impressed me even more. I'm now going to try Modern Warfare 2 for a bit and I'll report back later with temps and screens of the readings.

EDIT: After around an hour on Modern Warfare 2, the GPU temps rose to 50 and the CPU to the high 40's. Still not bad for such a small case, I'll get some screens up later.