SSF Gaming recommendations

It's a bit of both really

only the ssds are a problem with clearance

You can use mobo supplied cables if you are careful with the cover, bend the saras into a right angle before you attach to the ssds so they tend to want to drop down the case instead of sticking out

The cover on the case is quite a tight fit , swivel angled cables are a better option imo
because if you get right angled ones then they are angeld on the mobo which causes problems
itself covering other satas and or hitting components on the mobo.
I managed it with a combo of straight and right angled ones.

you could get around it buy using stick pads and seat the ssds a little bit further in

the slimline optiacal cable use a special mini sata/power plug at the optical end, you cant use a standard one on it, but i had to get a sata extension as it would not reach the sata ports on the mobo


and another thing the case has a power suplly built in , theres a really really hard to see on off switch on it which is set to off, it is right next to where the cable goes into it insiide the case.

I spent ages scratching my head as to why it would not boot up :)
 
Thanks for the clarification.

..I thought the zotac came with a sataIII controller but it seems I just dreamt it :-) If not I would probably stick to the gigabyte as it would suit me better (except for the missing wifi)

Quango-uk said:
It's a bit of both really

only the ssds are a problem with clearance

You can use mobo supplied cables if you are careful with the cover, bend the saras into a right angle before you attach to the ssds so they tend to want to drop down the case instead of sticking out

The cover on the case is quite a tight fit , swivel angled cables are a better option imo
because if you get right angled ones then they are angeld on the mobo which causes problems
itself covering other satas and or hitting components on the mobo.
I managed it with a combo of straight and right angled ones.

you could get around it buy using stick pads and seat the ssds a little bit further in

the slimline optiacal cable use a special mini sata/power plug at the optical end, you cant use a standard one on it, but i had to get a sata extension as it would not reach the sata ports on the mobo


and another thing the case has a power suplly built in , theres a really really hard to see on off switch on it which is set to off, it is right next to where the cable goes into it insiide the case.

I spent ages scratching my head as to why it would not boot up :)
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um don't think so SATA: 6 (SATA 3.0Gb/s)

but them im only using the sata hd to store stuff the os and any gaming is on the ssd
win 64 boots in about 20-30 secs and is very fast

sata3 is 6.0GB/s I think

Im ordering the scythe shuriken so will let you know if it fits, Im sure it does
 
I just made one with these specs: (See " The SFF Case Gallery And Specs Thread" page 16 for pics)

Intel DH67CF
Intel Sandy bridge I7-2600
Corsair XMS3 8GB
Corsair Force 120GB SSD
Sapphire HD6950 2GB
Sony optical drive
Silverstone SG07

Boots win7 x64 under 5 seconds and is just superfast all around.
Adding another Corsair Force 120GB SSD in raid0 is an option im considering.

Would easily be within your budget.
Just be sure to only use the SATA600 ports cause of the SATA300 problems with the chipset if you go sandybridge.

For the SG07 i'd recommend the use of angled sata cables for the 2.5 inch drives like Quango-uk mentioned, its hassle free.
 
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I went for the sg07 with gigabyte h55 and i870 just to be safe. (I had troubles with technology too new in the past, it's personal :)

I went for a gfx 560 oc and single 1tb 64mb and 8Mb corsair vengeance I think they're called.

To my surprise the scythe rev.B doesn't fit the H55N-USB3 mobo unfortunately so I'll have to return it at some point.

Otherwise good good

Thanks a lot

p.s.
the sg07 looks really cool but beware the optical sata cable is not usually long enough to reach the sata connectors.

L
 
are you sure the rev.b doesn't fit?

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yes i got a 6870 in my sugo 07

i just tried to put a scythe in and it is just touching the back of the 6870
So i will have to use electical tape


Update:
Works fine with electrical tape
 
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Geez I just realized that I still can't use it because the side copper pipes prevent from installing the corsair vengeance modules (which to my surprise are much taller than expected).

Any recommendation?

the max height from the cpu to the ceiling fan in the case is 120mm

I'm seriously considering keeping the stock i7 cooler
 
I'll was thinking of keeping the ram as it is and the stock cooler for now :)

in fact I don't think the i7 870 and gigabyte h55n-usb3 would allow for cpu overclocking (although I'd love to play with it) and all considered the sg07 is well ventilated with the mega top fan and holes in the sides. The other option would be to take the top fan off the case and mount a cool big cpu cooler, but i'm not too sure just yet.

Ideally a medium sized fan with a max height of 12mm would do the trick, hopefully not as massive as the scythe
 
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I was running the stock cooler on my i5 with no problems while it was sat on my desk.

When playing games for a few hours the fan would get noticeably louder.

I decided to put it under the workstation in the side slot made for tower type units

The ventilation was not as good as it could be with the wooden side to the section it was in

When it got warm outside the other day, the room it was in got really warm as well

The stock fan then got quite loud to the point of annoying me.

I put the scythe in and I can hardly hear it now.

It was a tight fit though and I had to use electrical tape on the graphics card as they just touched each other
 
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