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Old 07-17-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default Club for those with beastly mATX/ITX rigs.

Hello,

This thread is for a congregation of members that pack high-end hardware into tiny mATX or Mini-ITX cases, preferably without compromise. The emphasis is on small cases.

I just finished mine: A Core i7, 3 hard drives (1240 GB total) and a 3870 (soon to be one or two 4890s) All in a 35x38x18 cm (14x15x7 inches) case, a 30 dollar bugger from Newegg.



The CPU heatsink takes up most of the case, lol

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bet you that case has the worst airflow, how come you aren't running on a rampage gene? those tend to be the best matx mobos
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Nice build! Mine is in my sig and I think its pretty beastly, I plan on getting pics soon
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bet you that case has the worst airflow, how come you aren't running on a rampage gene? those tend to be the best matx mobos
I needed a floppy controller.

I keep all my passwords on a floppy disk, security through obscurity.


And yeah, airflow is an issue considering it's only got 2 92mm fan holes. I cut the grills out though.
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I have a mATX rig, I don't know how beastly it is. Plan on overclocking (a little) when I finish putting my GPU and CPU underwater.
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Hey everyone, I took some more pictures since I had to take the panels off to add in 3 more gigs of RAM. It's really crazy how small this bugger is compared to most cases here on OCN. I'm about to put my DVD drive in, and once Newegg ships my $148 4890, it's going in too. Crossfire might be in the future as well. No compromises.

In the 3rd pic, I added in an Antec Big Boy 200 for size comparison.
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Wow that 3870 is definately not getting much air. But thats cool how you fit everything into that small case.
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Maybe cut a hole out under the 3870 for some fresh air for the vid card at least...looks very tidy!
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Oh yeah, how bout all the horsepower in my sig crammed into a SG04?












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