Very Tempted to go SFF - Few Questions...

[~Divine~Wind~]

Well after seeing the LL v350 Im Very tempted to move over to SFF.

Was originally lookin at gettin a Q6600, now changed to an e8500.

will a SFF case be within decent temps to OC this type ov chip a fair way? My understanding is they run cooler than Quads anyway.

if So what cooler is the best to pop into either the v350 or possibly the Sugo.

Is there enough clearance behind the front intakes to mount a swiftech H20 120compact if the coolers that will fit wont keep up with an Overclock?

Lookin at pairing 4Gb RAM, 4870, E8500 which of the current mATX mobo is most suitable/reliable for this keeping in mind the overclock, I would like to be able to take the 8500 as high as possible.

Is there anything else I need to know about these cases?

e.g cooler x wont fit, PSUs longer than x wont fit, anything really.

I'm guessing limited space a modular PSu is a must.
Also decent onboard sound would be Ideal.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

yeah looking at getting 4Gb or RAM, possibly the OCZ 8500C5.
5-5-5-18 on the OCZ 5-5-5-15 on the Geil Evo BD will this make a noticeable difference?
Am Ir ight in thinking Im gonna need more than 6400 RAM in order to OC the E8500 by increasing the FSB?

Also how did you find overclocking the 8400?
Does the Stock HSF perform well enough to OC?

Main use is gonna be gaming, I do play MMOs tho but IVe managed to have my current opteron running a fwe clients at a time so I assuming this wouldnt really be challenge on an 8500, reasoning for the 8500 is they will run cooler and Im not 100% sure if a quad ould balance the client across cores or just load whatever to wherever.

PSU I might be going for (many of you will shudder), maybe a Hiper purely due to their RMA service which I found fantastic, Im not willing to pay a stupid amount of postage for an RMA and I hear other PSU manu's have RMA centres abroad, PSU+Abroad = silly postage. Corsair is ND as iirc.

also was looking at the CoolerMaster SilentPro M700W, not 100% sure where CM's RMA centres are though