Midi Tower to Small Form Factor PC

Liquid_Entity · 7 Feb 2008 at 11:17

What do I need to buy (do they still do socket 939 SFF) and what can I take with me to the SFF PC from the old build ?

AMD Athlon 64 (939) 4200+ X2 Dual Core 2.2ghz
Arctic Cooling Freezer Heatsink & Fan
ASRock 939DualSata2 Mainboard (AGP + PCI-E)
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT/GTO 512mb GFX
2gb Geil 400mhz Dual Channel Memory
2 x 120gb SATA Maxtor 7200rpm HDD
1 x 250gb SATA 2 Western Digital 7200rpm HDD
3.5" Floppy Drive
Sony DVD-RW Dual Layer DVD Burner
Lite-On DVD-RW Dual Layer Lightscribe DVD Burner
600w PSU
USB 2.0 (8 ports)
PCI 3 port Firewire Card
Antec Lanboy Case (Silver)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (licence on case + cd provided)
2 x Iiyama E431S Black 17" TFT

Liquid_Entity · 7 Feb 2008 at 11:44

Ok I have seen a SN25P for £165

Is that a bargain ? Is it good ?

Liquid_Entity · 12 Feb 2008 at 14:40

Right I have got the SN25P SFF PC but I need a PCI Express gfx card to go in it. What is the best small/medium spec PCI-E card for around £40 ?

Will it fit is my other question. I looked at the X1950 Pro but it seems to big with the mega fan/heatsink on it. ANy ideas ??

misterPK · 12 Feb 2008 at 16:25

how about a 2600? or depending on the heatsinks a 3650?

PK!

Bane · 12 Feb 2008 at 19:45

I would have considered a 7600GT. No idea how it compares to current low end models though.

Edit: Quote taken from a well known Shuttle user forum (link filtered out by OcUK). About putting a 8800GTS in a SN25P (no mention about removing the CPU wind tunnel platic thing) thread link

Just put mine in and went in easier than a x1900xtx and easier than a 7900gtx,its exactly the same length as a x1900xtx.

default 3dmark06 score with my cpu was 8080,overclocked it to 600 / 1700 and the score went upto 8605.

mOdO · 13 Feb 2008 at 11:46

Liquid_Entity said:
Right I have got the SN25P SFF PC but I need a PCI Express gfx card to go in it. What is the best small/medium spec PCI-E card for around £40 ?

Will it fit is my other question. I looked at the X1950 Pro but it seems to big with the mega fan/heatsink on it. ANy ideas ??

i've got a x1950 pro in my shuttle sn25p, fits fine.

Liquid_Entity · 13 Feb 2008 at 11:51

mOdO said:
i've got a x1950 pro in my shuttle sn25p, fits fine.

Did you take the air flow thing away or does it fit round it ?