Thinking of an SFF build with recycled parts

[MTWest]

Hi guys,

I'm thinking of gutting my old gaming PC and sticking its insides into a SFF case, but I'm not too sure about the build. Never ventured into the microATX domain before but I do want something that can play games well.

The old parts I'll grab from my old rig will be the Q6600, some RAM, HX620W PSU, 8800GTX, sound card, hard drive and an optical drive.

For the case I'm thinking of the Silverstone SG01-F seeing as this can now house graphics cards up to 12" so my 8800GTX shouldn't be a problem.

Next I'm thinking of a Zalman CNPS7500-CU CPU Cooler because of its low profile.

And that leaves the motherboard... if I only look through OCUK's offerings I thought maybe the MSI M3-F Intel G31, but I'm not sure if that's the way to go?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

 

[MTWest]

I quite like the look of that Asus P5N7A, seems like a good set of I/O and decent reviews for it too. As for the CPU cooler no Zalman then, but that Zipang looks quite big, do you reckon it would fit? The Shuriken looks like more of a safe choice seeing as it's smaller but it obviously don't move as much air as the Zipang...