MITX Build SG05 Help needed

cupofchow · 15 May 2010 at 21:33

Right guys im going for a SG05 case, now at the moment i have got :

Q9550 E0
4Gb OCZ Reaper DDR2
Asus P5Q-EM
8800GTS
1Tb F3
500W PSU

Now the decision is... Do i get the Zotac 9300itx board and keep it 775 ?
Or do i get the Zotac H55 itx board and sell my bits now ? I was thinking of a i5 750.... It will be getting a HD5850 when i can find one cheap enough and want the best i can get for gaming.

Which would be better and why ?

Destination · 15 May 2010 at 22:04

Is the 5850 a single width card or does it take 2 expansion slots?

K1LLSW1TCH · 15 May 2010 at 22:17

OP you should keep it 775 and use the bits you have now, you don't need a 500W PSU by the way and afaik there isn't one that will fit in the Sugo.

Hikari Kisugi said:
Is the 5850 a single width card or does it take 2 expansion slots?

Takes two slots, so both slots in the Sugo.

cupofchow · 15 May 2010 at 22:17

It is a dual slot cooler mate. I know they fit as a few on here use them.

K1LLSW1TCH · 15 May 2010 at 22:27

cupofchow said:
It is a dual slot cooler mate. I know they fit as a few on here use them.

I've got one in mine on the stock 300W PSU and it works perfectly so far, no crashes and I've been running GTA4, Modern Warfare 2, Fallout 3 and Dirt 2 on max settings for all those but GTA4 which requires a bit of tweaking due to my dual core, but still runs at high settings and looks a hell of a lot prettier than the console versions.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18141335&page=2

cupofchow · 15 May 2010 at 22:28

Hmmm H55 or 9300 ??

K1LLSW1TCH · 15 May 2010 at 22:31

9300 was perfect for my build so I could highly recommend that.

Lemons_Mufc · 16 May 2010 at 00:09

As you got CPU and RAM i'd say the 9300

Im going for the H55 as its a fresh build but were also considering getting a 9300, But lets not get into that as im a pain on deciding on what to get lol

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 16 May 2010 at 00:14

Make sure that you get the latest 9300-I-E version!

chipps101 · 16 May 2010 at 00:45

or you could hunt around and get the zotac g41-itx wifi

i just got one for a project i'm about to do

they do a g43 version as well both with big savings over the 9300 and as your not using the onbaord gfx thats the only advantage the 9300 has over them pretty much gone.
but the 9300 is a pretty good board to as i have one of them also

Tute · 16 May 2010 at 02:29

I'd personally try and get an Intel chipset board as I can't get along with nVidia's chipset drivers at the best of times, but from what i've read the 9300-ITX seems a decent board.

cupofchow · 16 May 2010 at 11:07

cupofchow · 17 May 2010 at 10:01

right guys, got myself a i7 860 and would like yo overclock it, now after reading up the zotax is useless, so i was looking at the DFI mitx board or going matx like the EVGA p55 micro... What you guys think ?

Also what decent cases are there for matx ?

Cheers

K1LLSW1TCH · 17 May 2010 at 12:05

Be interesting to see what PSU you manage to get and what your cooling is going to be like.

Guardsmon · 17 May 2010 at 17:30

i7 in SG05... buying a Silverstone 450W SFX PSU?

Thats a hell of a step up in cost over the i5 750.... :eek:

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 18 May 2010 at 03:25

chipps101 said:
or you could hunt around and get the zotac g41-itx wifi
i just got one for a project i'm about to do
they do a g43 version as well both with big savings over the 9300 and as your not using the onbaord gfx thats the only advantage the 9300 has over them pretty much gone.
but the 9300 is a pretty good board to as i have one of them also

The only place I can see the Zotac g41-itx wifi being sold at in the UK looks a bit dodgy. Is it the Euro place BTW??

chipps101 · 18 May 2010 at 23:32

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Is it the Euro place BTW??

yes CAT, i got mine on monday and will be building my project soon