I7 Micro ATX -sugo sg01 evolution

chiLLZ · 26 Oct 2009 at 23:20

Thought I would post a few pic's of my micro ATX setup. I modded it a bit - added a window and added a 5.25 drive bay cover that i drilled out.

Temps arn't that good obviously but the with the cpu undervolted at default speeds its ok. I tried it with a couple of gtx 280's but they exaust air into the case also, so that was a bit too hot. I could probibly get away with any single card and a after market cooler though.

Any way I am pretty satisfied with it

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trackrat · 26 Oct 2009 at 23:29

Nice job.

My case is slightly different, the hard drive fan cooler is on the graphics card side, but for a brand new case of the bay for £30, I am not complaining.

Can you answer a few questions for me?, as I am building a computer in a SG01E.

What low profile cooler did you use and how did you cut out the side for the window.

chiLLZ · 26 Oct 2009 at 23:41

Thanks, I used the normal i7 920 cooler that came with the processor, The hard drive cage in my case is a different one that I got out of a old lian li case and cut in half. the normal sugo ones are quite big bulky.

as for the window I used a hacksaw blade and then a metal file to tidy it up. -a really slow way lol.

trackrat · 26 Oct 2009 at 23:55

Cheers for the answers, I am using an AMD set up, so the 920 cooler is a no no.
But you have given me a few ideas.

lsg1r · 27 Oct 2009 at 12:59

chiLLZ said:
Thanks, I used the normal i7 920 cooler that came with the processor

theres the likely reason the cpu is running a little hot, there's a conflict of air flows around the psu/cpu fans (unless you've modded the corsair to push or the cpu fan to pull) meaning the cpu isn't being cooled as well.

Just out of interest (as I'm likely to do similar shortly) what temps are you getting anyways.

trackrat - I've got an s939 opty in my sugo at present and it using the older version of the silverstone nt06 evolution cpu cooler (cooled by psu fan) and its fine temp wise in my opinion even with a mild overclock

chiLLZ · 27 Oct 2009 at 15:22

Yup, I need to get a better heatsink and sort out the airflow under the psu, after an hour of prime 95 with ati tool running the hottest core gets to 82c but thats using a i7 c0 chip thats undervolted to 1.056v. The temprature goes up really slowly when stress testing, showing that the heat is not getting out.

lsg1r · 27 Oct 2009 at 17:30

cool ta for that, I should be ok using a nt06e like I intended then (cooler running gpu too) as it will probably run about 20 degrees cooler than that once the fans aren't conflicting

trackrat · 27 Oct 2009 at 18:18

lsg1r, thanks for that tip.

Tiamat21 · 7 Mar 2010 at 07:42

What temps dya get on that REALLY.
The GPU right above the powersupply must blow really hot air over it.
As for the i7, it can't be that cool either.

jon.bda · 7 Mar 2010 at 08:13

lsg1r said:
cool ta for that, I should be ok using a nt06e like I intended then (cooler running gpu too) as it will probably run about 20 degrees cooler than that once the fans aren't conflicting

what cpu are you going to be using mate?, built my kids a Sugo with a Phenom II 940 and an NT06E.

nightmare99 · 7 Mar 2010 at 08:29

May I ask why you have the front audio ports plugged into the mainboard onboard audio and not the X-Fi? Do you use the onboard for windows and the X-Fi for games?

johnny sublime · 9 Mar 2010 at 01:50

the corsair hx 770 is a bit of waste in there if ya ask me

johnny sublime · 12 Mar 2010 at 02:44

still does look nice though

chiLLZ · 12 Mar 2010 at 12:26

Update, Put the gtx 280 cards back in undervolted them to 1.03v, one of them still reaches 80c which is ok.

also got the AKASA AK-975CU heatsink and turned it to the side and made a duct to push the heat out the side of the case.

the cpu is more undervolted at 1.0v and temps have dropped dramatically. the psu fan deals with the videocard heat which has been reduced and i am still modifieng the side of the case for the cpu air exit.

nightmare99 said:
May I ask why you have the front audio ports plugged into the mainboard onboard audio and not the X-Fi? Do you use the onboard for windows and the X-Fi for games?

Because i had installed windows and planned to use the asus onboard xfi simulation but the password for the xfi software did not work, so i put the sound card in for the mean time until i could get the onboard sound sorted

hawker1986 · 13 Mar 2010 at 00:03

I would definately recommend the NT06-E in this case, I had one on my Q6600 overclocked and overvolted, never went above 65oC, im a bit sad to have sold my SUGO

Hawker

Maniacfest · 13 Mar 2010 at 00:28

Looks nice, must have taken years to drill out that cover!

lego · 13 Mar 2010 at 01:20

What mobo / ram are you running in that, looking to get an i7 setup to upgrade mine

chiLLZ · 13 Mar 2010 at 07:49

lego said:
What mobo / ram are you running in that, looking to get an i7 setup to upgrade mine

Its the x58 Asus Rampage 2 Gene, the ram is some 4gb ocz 1333mhz stuff i think, I still need to get proper tripple channel memory for it.

hawker1986 said:
I would definately recommend the NT06-E in this case, I had one on my Q6600 overclocked and overvolted, never went above 65oC, im a bit sad to have sold my SUGO

Hawker

Nice, I tried the coolermaster gemini 2 but the psu got way too hot, was worried about the caps blowing. Thing is those gtx 280 cards need the psu fan to extract some of their heat, relying on it to deal with the cpu also is a bit much which is why i decided to duct the cpu heat out the side. the c0 i7 runs sooooo much hotter then a q6600.

chiLLZ · 13 Mar 2010 at 07:51

Maniacfest said:
Looks nice, must have taken years to drill out that cover!

haha yeah i dont think i would do it again LOL