SFF for these parts

quickshot89 · 22 Sep 2011 at 18:15

Im thinking of downgrading the size of my tower to a SFF, i currently dont want to spend lots of money and re-use as many of the parts i can. Below is a list of the parts id like to re-use. Havnt used a SFF since my MSI 651 and would like to have another as i found them great little machines

C2Q Q8200
DDR2 2x2Gig
Blu-Ray Drive
ATI 4750
500Gig + 1 Tb Drive (Both SATA)
ASUS Xonar DG PCI

So i would require a new mobo, PSU and case that would run the above, while being cheap, say 150 or less if i can get away with it.

Thanks

MasterPlan1 · 22 Sep 2011 at 18:49

Try and get a secondhand sugo sg05 and zotec itx 9300 board. Both should be ~£50 each.

Gepetto · 22 Sep 2011 at 21:26

Is the BluRay slimline or 5.25"? And is the GPU single or twin slot?

If you need more than 2 PCI slots (with the Xonar) you'd be looking at M-Atx as opposed to M-Itx and could look at cases like the Lian Li V351B, which also takes a standard PSU. Many more options available with boards too.

Participant · 23 Sep 2011 at 09:45

MasterPlan1 said:
Try and get a secondhand sugo sg05 and zotec itx 9300 board. Both should be ~£50 each.

I agre with this but for the fact that he won't easily be able to fit two 3.5" HDDs in a SG05. If I was the OP I'd sell the smaller HDD and put it towards a 2.5" drive, preferably SDD.

Personally I avoided uATX as I was of the mindset that if I wanted to go small, I wanted to go as small as I could.

MasterPlan1 · 23 Sep 2011 at 09:49

What you could do is get a Lian Li Q08. That would suffice. Little more pricy, but you could reuse your current PSU.

quickshot89 · 23 Sep 2011 at 15:19

Ah sorry forgot to mention the blu-ray is full sized at 5.25"
GPU is single slot

edit: M-ATX might be a better solution so i can re-use the H50 for cpu cooling, so, any hints on what i could use

MasterPlan1 · 23 Sep 2011 at 15:51

Lian Li do nice mATX, have a look at them.