SG03 Owners, Get you pics up here please

Tedandy · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:15

meansizzler said:
which psu and which Mobo/CPU?

Silverstone PSU, AMD 4400 x2 CPU

Kezmo · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:22

meansizzler said:
Well my CPU temps are not good, 50 degrees idle, and 65 degrees while playing games, using orthos and stressing the CPU it is around 76 degrees after 2 minutes..

I even changed the CPU fan to a Zalman 8700 LED although running it at 5V and flipped the PSU around to suck air in from the outside..

I think the problem is the fact that there is no exhaust fan on the case, so the hot air is being circled around the case, I do not have room to mount a blower fan and seems silly that silverstone cut the top mounted 80 MM fan mount from the case, I mean a 92MM blowhole on the top of the case should help get rid of that that, but why silverstone did not install one is beyond me.

I think they only tested their case with the NT06Lite, not with a normal cpu fan..., anyway does anyone else with this case and have any lower CPU temps, it's a great looking case but cooling wise there does not seem to be a satisfactory solution out there...

Will probably get the P180 Mini when it comes out.., althoguh looks wise it does not touch this case...

People @ [H] have reported better temps when blocking the side grill (improves airflow)

meansizzler · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:26

Tedandy said:
Silverstone PSU, AMD 4400 x2 CPU

AMD's run much cooler, have an X2 4600 which ran at 25 idle 33 LOAD, that was using a stock cooler in the Asus Pundit Barebone, this SG03 case and the NT06 is really designed at at AMD setups, despite what Intel says there Core2 CPu's are not energy efficient

meansizzler · 17 Jul 2007 at 21:27

Kezmo said:
People @ [H] have reported better temps when blocking the side grill (improves airflow)

The PSU actully blocks most of the grill, and with it reversed, then blocking it is not an option...

m_cozzy · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:06

Just ran cpu burn on mine, not really been bothered with temps until reading this. E6600 @ 3ghz idles at about 40, 55 under load. System temp(case temp I assume) remains at 40 throughout. This is with a stock intel heatsink/fan & 2 x 120mm akasa amber front fans.
Considering my old prescott ran at 80 :eek:

under load im not unduly concerned.

meansizzler · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:41

m_cozzy said:
Just ran cpu burn on mine, not really been bothered with temps until reading this. E6600 @ 3ghz idles at about 40, 55 under load. System temp(case temp I assume) remains at 40 throughout. This is with a stock intel heatsink/fan & 2 x 120mm akasa amber front fans.
Considering my old prescott ran at 80 under load im not unduly concerned.

not bad temps, but that Cooler must put out a lot of noise on Load, wonder where all the hot air from it goes?, which psu do you have and if it has a 120mm fan which way does it face

m_cozzy · 17 Jul 2007 at 23:16

corsair 520 psu with the fan facing outwards, didnt want it fighting with the cooler. It doesnt get noticebly noisier under load tbh. Its audiable yes, probably a little bit noisier than I would like. Its the front fans that are the culprits. When the front panel is removed with the fans running they are very quiet, as soon as I move the panel into place then I guess it a sort of windtunnel effect & i hear the roar(bit too strong a word that really

) of the air travelling through the case. It was certainly quite a bit quieter with the 1 standard silverstone fan fitted. I have seagate drives fitted in raid 0 though & they get too hot for comfort, hence fitting the 2nd fan in the bottom position. The psu & cpu fan I cant even hear.
Difficult thing to measure noise, its very subjective. I may experiment with fan positions, numbers & make at some point but i'm really quite happy with it as it is for now.

Tute · 17 Jul 2007 at 23:45

Just got mine up and running, definitly a tighter squeeze than the SG01e, there's very little room for cable management IMO. I mean the motherboard power cable has to go right across the 120mm fan, no choice there. But I had a right fight to get everything in without it looking cluttered.

Also I agree about the quality control. Had to drill a screw out on the FDD bracket to get it off. They'd done it up so tight I couldn't get it undone, and stripped the screw head doing so.

Going to monitor temps over the next 24 or so hours.

Tedandy · 18 Jul 2007 at 07:34

Looks like the AMD run cooler with this case then. Is the NT06 a better Cooler to use in the SG03 or do you think a Zalman would be better? Thing is though, wouldn't the Zalman fan and PSU fan be fighting against each other?

meansizzler · 18 Jul 2007 at 12:45

Tedandy said:
Looks like the AMD run cooler with this case then. Is the NT06 a better Cooler to use in the SG03 or do you think a Zalman would be better? Thing is though, wouldn't the Zalman fan and PSU fan be fighting against each other?

NT06 should be fine

beavis · 18 Jul 2007 at 16:46

Tedandy said:
I had very low temps with mine. 30 degrees but the PSU fan was ramping up as i had an NT06 under it.

Pretty much the same here with a 939 3800+ X2, NT06 and Silverstone PSU.

Kanifee · 18 Jul 2007 at 17:32

what coolers could you fit in this case? cheapest ive sourced a nt06 at is £38 and i just couldn't justify that on a cpu cooler at the moment.
will this hinder me and are my temps going to sore through the roof with my stock cooler im using at the minute?

beavis · 21 Jul 2007 at 15:11

If you are using a PSU with a 120mm fan then you don't need the full nt06 in this case, the nt06 lite is fanless and a bit cheaper.

Tute · 21 Jul 2007 at 15:19

damian666 said:
what coolers could you fit in this case? cheapest ive sourced a nt06 at is £38 and i just couldn't justify that on a cpu cooler at the moment.
will this hinder me and are my temps going to sore through the roof with my stock cooler im using at the minute?

If you want something active then there's always the Zalman CNPS8000. It fits quite easily with a gap between it and the PSU.

I'd recommend turning the PSU outwards though so it gets cool air from the outside of the case, and then the CPU gets all the cool air from the two 120mm fans in the front.

Shaved 10-15C off my idle and load temps this way.

Kanifee · 21 Jul 2007 at 15:56

nice i think ill be doing that never have really like passive coolers its ok for the noise but id rather rely on somthing doing the job.

jaykay · 21 Jul 2007 at 16:39

beavis said:
If you are using a PSU with a 120mm fan then you don't need the full nt06 in this case, the nt06 lite is fanless and a bit cheaper.

I think it would be better to turn your cpu cooler around the other way to get more air.

meansizzler · 21 Jul 2007 at 22:40

Tute said:
definitly a tighter squeeze than the SG01e, there's very little room for cable management IMO. I mean the motherboard power cable has to go right across the 120mm fan

Plenty of room, use your imagination, or take a look at how I routed my cables

m_cozzy · 23 Jul 2007 at 20:27

After buying new server to replace my old dell poweredge last week running antec tri cool fans I realised how much noise my sg03 makes

So experiment 1, drop the 2 akasa ambers down to 5 volts. They spin at about 700rpm and are extremely quiet! Running a load test the case went over 45 before I stopped, it remained at 40 previously. ! was about to check at 7 volts when I noticed the dust filters in front of the fans. They were CLOGGED to the max after only 5 weeks or so :eek:

so out they came and now at load the case sticks at 42 degrees.
So what the case will fill up with dust, I will give it a yearly clean.
Very quiet, very happy

beavis · 10 Aug 2007 at 15:44

jaykay said:
I think it would be better to turn your cpu cooler around the other way to get more air.

You are indeed correct, thats not a picture of my system just a handy picture that showed how the psu/heatsink work together