SG06 build...fill in the blanks!

Skyboat · 22 Jul 2011 at 22:21

Right, snagged a an i7-2600 off the clearance page for a good price so I'm only missing a few things to get this build going

Here's what I have planned so far:
Silverstone Sugo SG06-450
Intel Core i7-2600
4GB DDR3 RAM
Radeon HD 5850
30GB SSD + 1TB HDD

Basically, all I need really is a motherboard and a suitable HSF to cool the CPU and that can fit inside the case neatly together. Any ideas?

Cheers

gropingmantis · 23 Jul 2011 at 00:23

Gigabyte H67 and something small like a Scythe Shuriken or you could put an H50/Antec Kuehler in if you dont mind some light modding, tbh I found the stock Intel cooler to be more than capable of cooling my i5 as the Sandy Bridge chips run quite cool, it can be a touch noisy though.

Skyboat · 23 Jul 2011 at 11:16

Hmmm...the water cooler might be preferable as it'll be one less fan to deal with in the case reducing noise - do you know if the integrated pump would be noticeable or would it be droned out by the case + GPU fans?

Cheers

Tute · 23 Jul 2011 at 11:25

Right, it's a bit complicated. Best if I take each separately. You have the Corsair H5O, H6O, and the Antec Kuhler H2O-620 as all-in-one watercooling solutions that have a 1" thick radiator. You then have the Corsair H7O, H8O, and the Antec Kuhler H2O-920 as the solutions with the 2" thick radiator. All the pump/CPU blocks should clear the 300/450W PSU fine, and don't seem to interfere with board components in my experience.

All the radiators can be mounted in three different ways.

a) With the rad mounted horizontally in the front of the case. This will allow you to mount an optical drive in the front (you will need to dremel off the HDD bracket) but it will stray into the space for the graphics card, and you will lose the equivalent length of the rad - as you can get away with a total of 10.25" in the SG05, mounting a rad this way will leave you with either 9.25" or 8.25" depending on your choice.

b) Mount the rad vertically. This doesn't interfere with the graphics card choice (you get the full 10.25") but you won't be able to fit an optical drive - the bracket that holds it will NOT fit in the case with this method.

c) Drill holes yourself to mount the rad slightly off-centre. This allows you to get away with both an optical drive and the full 10.25" of graphics card, but it means you will have to drill your lovely new case.

Note that mounting the rad lower by drilling may also affect your ability to mount the HDD to the bottom of the case, as the rad will foul that idea. So you'll need to improvise it somewhere else.