Joining the SFF bandwagon

Had my first trip around to my friends last night for some lan fun. Case under one arm, monitor under the other and bag on my back with the peripherals :D So much better than trying to squeeze in a TJ07 into the back seat of the car and then struggling up 2 sets of stairs (lives in a flat) with the thing. For £40 this really is brilliant.

adriancal said:
What cooler would you recommend in a SG05 if I
was looking to overclock a 3770k to 4-4.2ghz?
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I wouldn't like to OC in such a small, confined space. Surely the 3770K is plenty fast enough as it is already. Sorry I'm not more useful.
 
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SPARC: the SG05 is actually quite roomy given its size. plus there's lots of vents and open spaces on it to allow heat to escape.

adriancal: first off make sure your mobo is up to the job of OCing that high - Mini ITX isn't as capable as full-sized boards. But in the Sugo there's no reason not to go all-out and use an AIO water cooler. I'd go for one of the double-thick, 120mm units like the Corsair H80.

You will have to plan and make a few trade-offs though. Firstly, if you use a decent graphics card, you'll more than likely have to mount the H80 vertically so the card can run the full length of the case. In doing this, you can't use the internal optical drive and drive cage. SO you then have to mount your 2.5" drives somewhere else in the case - the best choice for that is flipping the PSU upside-down and using a dual 2.5" mount (like the Akasa) stuck the the underside of the PSU.

It may sound like a fiddle, but it's actually really easy - did it in mine and it's great.


My fiddle actually came from deriviting the drive cage from the optical shelf - I mount my rad horizontally because my graphics card isn't very long so I can keep the optical drive, but have to remove the drive cage. I still mount my 2 drives in the AKasa mount though.
 
LePhuronn said:
SPARC: the SG05 is actually quite roomy given its size. plus there's lots of vents and open spaces on it to allow heat to escape.

adriancal: first off make sure your mobo is up to the job of OCing that high - Mini ITX isn't as capable as full-sized boards. But in the Sugo there's no reason not to go all-out and use an AIO water cooler. I'd go for one of the double-thick, 120mm units like the Corsair H80.

You will have to plan and make a few trade-offs though. Firstly, if you use a decent graphics card, you'll more than likely have to mount the H80 vertically so the card can run the full length of the case. In doing this, you can't use the internal optical drive and drive cage. SO you then have to mount your 2.5" drives somewhere else in the case - the best choice for that is flipping the PSU upside-down and using a dual 2.5" mount (like the Akasa) stuck the the underside of the PSU.

It may sound like a fiddle, but it's actually really easy - did it in mine and it's great.


My fiddle actually came from deriviting the drive cage from the optical shelf - I mount my rad horizontally because my graphics card isn't very long so I can keep the optical drive, but have to remove the drive cage. I still mount my 2 drives in the AKasa mount though.
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Any chance of some photos?
 
Everything's in pieces atm, but the guy I was inspired by (i.e. copied the idea from) still has an old worklog up. Google search

miahallen max11l

To see the build log and pictures.

Now, don't worry about hacking your case apart - his GPUs were a touch too long for the case. Also I didn't create a screwable mount for my drive cage, I just stick my Akasa mount underneath the PSU at the corners with some strong 3M double-sided tape.
 
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