gizmo1990, I expect that it will be fine. The EVGA GTS 250 fits, and it is 241.3 mm long. If you do get it, please report on the gpu temperature under load (say, FurMark 1.7.0 for half an hour).
Silverstone Sugo SG05
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Just got all my bits delivered and have to say the SG05 case seems nice except however decided about the cable length for the case needs to be shot and then shot again. The cables are stupidly long for a case this size, i mean the main ATX power connector is 30cm long at least and the case front to back is only 27cm.
This is going to make cable management a bitch
This is going to make cable management a bitch
Guys I'm having great difficulty finding a gfx card for this chassis given its limited 300w psu.
People have been talking here about cards which I'm sure are rated as needing 450w psus...
Is it the case that the 300w sfx psu will actually power these cards ok? I'm looking at getting a fanless 9600gt but even that mentions in the manual that I'd need 450w?? And as far as I know no other psus can be purchased in this form factor which is more powerful than 300w?
Can anyone help me out here?? some advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
Running a 4870 in mine with no issues.
It was a tight fit, but it does go.
The psu cables are, indeed, a bit too long for the Zotac 9300 ITX. However, the length will be just fine for a forthcoming Gigabyte mini ITX MB with a power connector on the right (next to the cpu socket).
I was more concerned about the internal usb and audio cables which are a bit too short for proper routing on the Zotac 9300 ITX and have to stretch right in front of the 120mm fan which imho is counterproductive so far as the cooling of the MCP heatsink is concerned.
By the way, if one is looking to maximize the cooling effect of the 120mm fan for the Zotac 9300 ITX, it is a good idea to use low-profile memory modules, such as Kingston KVR800D2N5K2/4G. This is also the memory which works without any problems with the recently introduced NVidia Memory Manager Advance Path function, which seems to be incompatible with several Corsair XMS modules, including the popular TWIN2X4096-6400C5.
Yes, here is the data sheet: http://www.valueram.com/datasheets/KVR800D2N5K2_4G.pdf. It is much lower in height than the picture suggests, just up to the middle of the second notch.
I am considering one of these for a htpc build but I am working with some awful shelf heights / shape meaning one of these is *just* too tall but the shorter wider cases may hang off the part of the shelf where this would sit (oval shelf).
I know what it says on the spec. for height but does that include / exclude the feet ?, if it includes the feet how much do they add to the height ?
I know what it says on the spec. for height but does that include / exclude the feet ?, if it includes the feet how much do they add to the height ?
The feet only add about 3/4mm or so, Unfortunately I don't have a ruler to hand to measure the exact height at the minute.
I make it to be 17.5cm without feet. The front bezel makes it go a little over that too by the looks of it...
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Thanks for that, but also curses, looks like this is no good for me.
I think i've got cable management cracked, will post up some pics in a bit 
I don't think that'll fit. It's pictured in that link on top of a 9300-WiFi and if you look closely it does stick over the edge of the board quite a bit. There's not a lot of room on that side of the SG05.
I don't think that'll fit. It's pictured in that link on top of a 9300-WiFi and if you look closely it does stick over the edge of the board quite a bit. There's not a lot of room on that side of the SG05.
The standard Shuriken is completely sufficient for 65W cpus, much quieter than the stock Intel cooler and the Silverstone NT07-775, and fits well in the SG05. Try one and you will be surprised.
The Germans are saying that it fits, see http://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/showthread.php?t=611804. It is available in Germany, and I am inclined to believe them.
Any details as to what in particular you did not like?I have one hence the statement
I think it fits the Zotac board but I would imagine it overhangs the mb to much to fit in the SG05 case, this is only an assumption and I wouldn’t mind it compatibility with the SG05/06 confirming
I can’t quite see how much it overhangs the board from that image
I think if it was more asymmetrical in design like the Thermalright AXP-140 it may have a better chance of fitting, I just cant see it fitting as the Rev. B just about clears the case cover and it is 20mm small in width than the BIG Shuriken. So we are looking at a 10mm~ overhang??
Black Hat, I don’t understand your statement
I see the only downside of the normal shuriken is possibly its average performance but thats a consequence of its size, so surely a larger version would address this issue.
Either way Im sure the normal shuriken would easily outperform the tiny dual core Intel reference HSF and do it nearly silently.
The fact that its barely better than the stock cooler at full speed and with it set to auto in the bios the motherboard allowed my cpu to reach 95 degrees (god knows what it would have gotten to if i hadnt have noticed).
tbh it sounds like the cooler does struggle in your set-up. A while ago I had a mess about with a 3060 xeon c2d and I found it had a highish vid and consequently away ran a little warmer than my e6600 that I had at the time. Even though both were 65w tdp chips the xeon would idle at a higher temperature.
With the combination of your 65w xeon and cubit itx case I guess you can see why the normal shuriken would fall over.
The normal shuriken has been used in countless sg05/9300-itx builds and no one has any real issue with it. Its hardly a big cooler so its performance isnt going to be significantly better than the stock dual core intel hsf, so you have to expect that.
At the moment I'm using a stock Intel extreme quad core cooler on an E5200 chip, the stock cooler that comes with the e5200 is simply pathetic! If I didn't already have the beefy retail intel quad cooler I would have probably gone for a shuriken.
I cant see the shuriken being that much better than the intel quad cooler though, that is why Im interested in the new shuriken big
With the combination of your 65w xeon and cubit itx case I guess you can see why the normal shuriken would fall over.
The normal shuriken has been used in countless sg05/9300-itx builds and no one has any real issue with it. Its hardly a big cooler so its performance isnt going to be significantly better than the stock dual core intel hsf, so you have to expect that.
At the moment I'm using a stock Intel extreme quad core cooler on an E5200 chip, the stock cooler that comes with the e5200 is simply pathetic! If I didn't already have the beefy retail intel quad cooler I would have probably gone for a shuriken.
I cant see the shuriken being that much better than the intel quad cooler though, that is why Im interested in the new shuriken big
Are you 100% sure that the Shuriken was making full contact with the cpu, it is difficult to install on the Zotac 9300 ITX. In my case, with a stock E5200, the Shuriken maintains some 10 deg C lower temperatures than the stock Intel cooler at full load (under IntelBurnTest v2.3).