SFF Case that will fit an 8800GTX

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Is this even possible?

If anyone has made something similar, please could they link me to the case?

Cheers, WSS
 
Guardsmon said:
Um there isn't such thing as a 9" 8800GTX... its 10.5" It won't fit in a mini-itx case, well any I've found. Certainly not the SG05/06
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Yeah, i'd been reading around and found that was the case. So i'd be looking at the SG01-F and the SG02-F. What exactly is the main difference between them? I can't see much after a quick check on the web site.

Cheers for all the help :)
 
Okay, an update on this. I don't know whether or not to continue with the i7 as its proving to be pretty expensive all together! :P

At the moment i'll be getting:

i7 920
MSI X58M
Sugo SG01B-F
Patriot 6GB 1600MHz stuff
Seagate Barracuda 500GB HDD

This comes out to about £550 inc VAT.

Stuff i'll be adding:

8800GTX
Sound card?
DVD writer
Monitor
Keyboard
PSU?

^^ I'm wondering if i'll get away with using the 550Watt PSU i'm using currently in my shop bought MESH pc, but then again, don't think it's worth risking £500's worth of kit just to use an old power supply, so maybe this instead? OCZ ModXtreme 780Watt PSU


All in all, can you guys see any problem with all that fitting together (It'll be my first built, newbie me xD) or anywhere where I can save some money? This should hopefully get me through 3 years of uni.
 
Guardsmon said:
My personal oppinion on OCZ psu's isn't good. I found them noisy little ********, but it is a good price. Corsair are always wonderfully reliable, but come at a price.
From my understanding I wouldn't get 1600Mhz Patriots, as it isn't worth it over 12800Mhz esp when you are putting it all in a m-atx case, (Saves you a fair bit of money as well)

Other thing is the 8800GTX will be bottlenecking an otherwise top of range rig. Don't get me wrong they are wonderful cards, I've still got mine, but your building a rig to knock the pants off most applications / games for some years, and a HD4850 is faster than a 8800GTX in most things now unfortunately : (
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Ah cool, I'll downgrade the RAM then, the OCZ modules look pretty cool :D

And yep, I thought the 8800GTX would be getting a bit cranky now, but I'd rather not shell out £150+ for another good card at the moment. At least I know the rest of the rig will be running for a few years so I can upgrade the graphics later.

But apart from that, will everything fit in? If I buy the CPU individually, do I get the CPU cooler with it, or is there a after market cooler that will fit in the Sugo?
 
Guardsmon said:
O I just thought, if you are interested in using an AM3 chip instead, you can get a system for much cheaper.

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £145.98
(£126.94)
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £77.99
(£67.82)
OCZ Platinum AMD Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1600LVAM4GK) £60.00
(£52.17)
With the Case, PSU and hard drive you selected added to the price, inc tax and del. I get £486.86

Good luck, less us know what you do.
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Actually, that looks like a better idea. Are there any mATX AM3 motherboards available at the moment? I don't think the one you linked is mATX.

Also, is there a big difference between DDR2 and DDR3 RAM?
 
Alright then, looks almost complete.

What wattage PSU should I be looking at getting? And what is the difference between modular and non-modular?

edit: sorry, i should specify. This is for the AMD Phenom X4 955 processor, 4GB DDR3 1333MHz, Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H mobo, and an 8800GTX

Thanks for all the help by the way :)
 
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Right, got most of the components sorted now, the only thing i'm concerned about is the cooling - will the stock cooler actually fit in the case with my PSU? And do PSU's actually vary in size by a large amount?
 
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