A place to show off your pics, and discuss all things on this great case.
Here's my SG09 fitted with a Noctua NH-D14 and an Asus GTX680 DirectCU II (it has a triple slot cooler)
I placed my 2 SSD's in the space where the ODD was supposed to be, fit like a glove, and gives me the space behind the mobo to place a 3.5 inch HDD and lots of space to hide my cables.
I did place a 92mm fan at the end of the case in the optional spots to helps extract the hot air emitting from the GPU., works well.
Great build! I'm looking for building my monster rig with 6 cores Ivy-E and 680/7970 or equivalent 700/8000 series in Q3 in this case. It's amazing how everything fits into this tiny, portable case while not getting much hit on performance
One thing I'm wondering, doesn't huge dual tower CPU cooler such as yours interfere with 120mm fan?
I think this case is the best "air-cooled" SFF m-atx case on the market, being able to fit a dual tower cpu cooler and a video card with a triple slot cooler, which lead to a lack of fan noise.
On the 120mm side fan and the NH-D14, the fan on the side does touch the cpu cooler fan, but you are able to squeeze in the side panel, with just a tiny bit of force, nothing severe. And it's been running fine.
I been using the top dvd case for 2.5" inch drive as well
asus z77m pro + 3770k + corsair h60 + asus gtx 780 dcuii + kingston 2x 8GB kit + xonar stx
2x gelid wing 12 pl for the rad , 3x wing 9 for the side and a wing 8 as exhaust with the deafult 180 fan ontop
antec HCP 750w psu
it is quite a tight fit with a large graphic card suh as the 780, do check the size when you are planning
been routing the cable to the back of the case which limited the possibility of another 3.5 hard disk
swapped for a NHD 14 , got much better temps, and the case is fully cramped
got to say brilliant design, fit right in my shelf and do the job great
but they should consider a power cord in different angle as most of the psu is in the other angle than their own's.
So far I'm absolutely amazed at how cool and quiet this little beast is.
It sits in middle cabinet in my credenza under my Samsung PN59D8000 Plasma.
I have it hidden behind a mesh door that still allows plenty of air into the case.
My 3 yr old 1st gen i5 based HTPC sits on a shelf to the side makes twice the noise & uses more electricity.
I'm ready to start OverClocking this rig, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks. I got great info from this thread.
I would think there are short cable kits with other PSU's. I just went with Silverstone as I figured it would be the best fit in the SG09. But, the PP05 and a shorter PSU (160mm Vs. 180mm) is recommended. Both my server and HTPC run 24/7 and have an Emermax and Corsair. This rig only runs when I game, and it does what I need it to do.
I will post pics of mine when i'm finished. I still have to: get a new gpu, sleeve cable, add another 80mm fan, move ssd, possibly put in a WC loop.
does anyone know if i can get a 7950 iceQ turbo in australia, i can't find any.
Eventually I pulled trigger and ordered SG09 along with 3930k, Powercolor 7970 Vortex II, Rampage IV Gene and H80i today. Will come back later with completed build
Eventually I pulled trigger and ordered SG09 along with 3930k, Powercolor 7970 Vortex II, Rampage IV Gene and H80i today. Will come back later with completed build
My advice is to actually go with a big air cooler rather than AIO. Air coolers perform better at lower fan speeds & noise, and don't have pumps & tubes that could leak or break down.
AIO's are great when space is a constraint (SG05's and other tiny cases), but this case allows massive air coolers, so might as well take advantage of that.
I though I should post my newly built SG09 here and share some of the things I learned while building it as well as ask a few questions.
Build:
3570k
Asus Gene V
Galaxy GTX 670 GC 4 GB
16 GB G Skill. Ripjaw X 1600
Thermaright HR-02 Macho
Corsair AX-750
Plextor M5P 512 GB
I guess I will start with the fans and power supply. I went with a corsair psu which has the power connector facing down which does not allow you to mount a 120mm fan in the forward most mounting position on the side panel. You can however mount a 92mm fan. I knew this ahead of time and purchased a left hand 90 degree psu extension so I could mount a 120mm fan with this style psu. It works, but you have to off set the psu about 15mm because the male plug on the after market extension sticks further then the silverstone right hand plug does. I decided to just use the standard plug and a 92mm fan.
I removed both the 120mm fans because they were noticeably louder then the 180 and the after market fans I added. I have also noticed that the 180mm fan seems to be quieter when the top panel is removed and there is no metal mesh covering its intake. So I was thinking of cutting the mesh out in the top panel above the 180mm fan but still leaving the dust filter attached. Will this greatly weaken the strength of the top panel or should I be ok?
The CPU temperatures are in the mid 60-70 while running prime95 with a 3570k @ 4.5 GHz with 1.23V. I can't hear the fan on the HR-02 even with the panels off and sitting right next to the case.
The GPU however is reaching temps of over 80c at 100% load with a fan speed of 50%, which is when its fans become noticeable over the 180mm case fan. I was surprised by this considering there are 3 fans providing air directly to the GPU and the cooler on the card seems to be perfect for this case since the hot air from the front of the card gets exhausted out the side of the case. Maybe I just have a bad card or I need to reapply the thermal paste on it.
Overall I am really liking the case, but would like to lower the GPU temps. I could not see adding a second card if a single is reaching over 80c.
Here are some pictures of the build as well as my bad cable management. Sorry for the poor iphone picture quality.
Nice air cooler there, and great looking build, the cable management is actually top notch.
On your GPU, I'm thinking the problem is that all the 3 fans on the side are intake, and all the hot air generated by the GPU can't escape. Try turning your two 80mm fans into exhausts, I'm pretty sure you'll see a world of difference.
Try flipping your top fan and using it as exhaust. That lowered GPU temps by 10 degrees or more for me.
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