Hi All,
Im thinking of knocking up a fair tame gaming rig to connect to my tv (via s-video until I upgrade the tv).
Does the below fit into one of these? Looking at the silson website, they say a 250 fits into it.
Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi Mini-ITX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £113.99
(£99.12) £113.99
(£99.12)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.33GHz 4MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £103.99
(£90.43) £103.99
(£90.43)
Silverstone Sugo SG05B Mini-ITX Case - Black (300w PSU) £89.99
(£78.25) £89.99
(£78.25)
Palit GeForce GTS 250 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes World of Warcraft Trial) £86.99
(£75.64) £86.99
(£75.64)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £48.99
(£42.60) £48.99
(£42.60)
Samsung SN-S083C/BEBE 8x DVD±RW SATA Slimline Drive (Black) - OEM
Anything I have missed? Should i get some right angle sata cables?
I reckon you could put together a more capable gaming rig for the same $$ by switching to a cheap and more power efficient dual core and going for a more powerful GFX card.
It has been confirmed that the 260 GTX 216SP and HD4870 both fit in this case. The only reason these cards aren't listed is the PSU's lack of a second 6pin PCI-E power cable. Molex to PCI-E fixes that tho.
You can fit anything up to 9.5" with power connectors on top, or 9" with power connectors on the end of the card. Also there is a fairly easy option involving cutting out the front of the metal section of the case (on the left of the 120mm fan) behind the front panel which gives you nearly another inch of space length-wise, this would become useful if you wanted to go crazy and fit a GTX285 graphics card, you may have to look into replacing the stock FSP PSU with a more powerful Seasonic SF PSU.
With regards to the Processor I run a cheap E5200 dual core clocked at 4GHz on a stock Intel quad cooler, high multi dual core clock so well on the Zotac 9300-ITX board! It would be hopeless at overclocking a high FSB quad, not to mention cooling an overclocked quad.
An efficient 45nm dual core and 260 GTX would draw no more than 250watts at around 90% system load so its not going to push the stock PSU.
45nm duals tend to overclock very well on stock voltage so you could get a fairly impressive overclock with little impact on power consumption and no real increase in temperature output, again something you may not achieve with a quad in this system.
Oh and on a completely different note you will need a slimline sata/power cable for your laptop dvd drive