Should I Go SFF ?

Slinger

Slinger

Slinger

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Hey all,

right now I was thinking today of maybe switching to sff for my pc, my specs are in my sig.

I was tihnking of going for a sugo, I just like having a small, and quiet pc, compared to this huge thing I have now, its a yuck antec plusview 1000, (I honestly dont know what made me buy it 2 years ago, )

I do know I would need to switch to a different motherboard, but might not get a good overclock out of my e6300, but I have it now at 2450mhz and I am happy to leave it at that, are there mATX mobo's out there that will allow a overclock to this ?, so 350mhz FSB ? I do know I would need to also get a new cooler. at the moment I get idle of about 38c and load of about 46c.

Which mobo would be reccomended ??

Oh yes, and for the graphics card, I have read that a gts will fit in a sugo without getting saw out, as I dont want to have to go chopping up a case., so thats all good.

Harddrive wise I am happy with have just 2/3, so sugo ticks those boxes.


This is not set in stone yet, it would be a good few months still, I would like you guys views on doing this, or maybe letting me know of somethings I may have probably overlooked.

EDIT: Ok, I just had a thought, Would going for a lian li pc V600 be a better choice, I would then only need to get a new cooler ? and keep my mobo

Cheers,

Slinger
 
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unfortunatly thats one drawback about matx boards not enough clocking options, The conroe 945g-dvi asrock will get around 300+ if your lucky currently my 6400 is running @ 2.6 325*8.

The abit might be better F-I90HD, but people have had unconfirmed reports of it reaching 350-375 fsb, or wait and look at this thread try to read the whole thing, then you might understand what problems people are facing with matx setups before you decide to go SFF:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17619432
 
Am going back to a midi size case next month went i upgrade to a intel C2D...I had enough of worrying about heat problems went running highend components in small PC cases...

Am been running my P shuttle with the cover off for ages now...Just runs way to hot with the cover on :mad: ..
 
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chaparral said:
Am going back to a midi size case next month went i upgrade to a intel C2D...I had enough of worrying about heat problems went running highend components in small PC cases...

Am been running my P shuttle with the cover off for ages now...Just runs way to hot with the cover on :mad: ..
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Hmmm, I would think the V600 would be much better for cooling than a shuttle.

I do like to rather use a sugo than a V600, I think its a great case
 
Slinger said:
Hmmm, I would think the V600 would be much better for cooling than a shuttle.

I do like to rather use a sugo than a V600, I think its a great case
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I have the g50 (same as the v600 really except for top 80mm fan) and a sugo both running nearly identical specs (sugo opteron 175, g50 - x2 4200+) - the sugo runs hotter than the g50 due to no active incoming air for the cpu. The g50 front 120mm fan pulls more air into the cpu cooler area, the sugo doesnt have this and as such runs slightly hotter even with an aftermarket cooler.
 
What about Silverstone TJ-08? Far better cooling than a Qpack and Sugo- front and rear 12cm case fans, and space for large CPU cooler (again unlike cubes)

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squiffy said:
What about Silverstone TJ-08? Far better cooling than a Qpack and Sugo- front and rear 12cm case fans, and space for large CPU cooler (again unlike cubes)
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But many people have shuttles,qpack etc because of having no space to put a full sized PC midi case....

That big case would look really stupid on top my little desk...

Plus It block out my plasma as well..

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