Why we didn't have one already is beyond me, so let's do this. Membership will be a little unorthodox- if you have and SG05 or SG06 and want to be a member, just declare it. This thread is more about sharing knowledge, experience, and pictures of builds in this case
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I'll add more to this page as time allows me.
I've had 3 SG05s total, with the last two being donors for my current frankencase
You might find the H70 and both fans is a struggle to fit in the case. How deep is the radiator? It will also depend which motherboard, the ATX connector might be right up against the second fan.
You might find the H70 and both fans is a struggle to fit in the case. How deep is the radiator? It will also depend which motherboard, the ATX connector might be right up against the second fan.
Well the plan was to use the P8Z77i Deluxe, H70 w/ 1 or 2 NF-F12's, GTX 760 Gaming, ST45SF-G and a 840 EVO.
Even with a single NF-F12, it only reaches 63c on the hottest core with 550rpm, I'm currently using 2 stock fans from an unknown maker just for testing, they perform ~3c better from time to time.
So I was only thinking on putting on another fan, for the sake of bringing colder air into the case, so I won't heat stuff like the VRM's up.
Don't worry about heating up the VRMs, all you need is airflow over them, and there will be enough. Remember it's a 11liter case, one fan can push more percentage of the total volume than 5 fans can in your Define R4. The SG05 is designed so the front intake, plus GPU fans, plus PSU as exhaust are constantly moving air throughout the whole case.
If I were you I would change to the H60 with two fans, rather than H70 with one fan. But I have no hard evidence to base that on
I don't think p/p on an h70 will fit in an SG05. Possibly if the tubes are running out the top of the rad, but it would be really close. I ran a galaxy 560ti in the red SG05 above with an h70 and a 2000 rpm CM fan on the rad, and stayed in the 70's when gaming. When stress testing the cpu (i5 3550S) never broke 85 and the gpu 83, but never stressed them at the same time since that's an unrealistic load. That case was packed with a 3.5" HDD and an ATX PSU as well though, so an SFX PSU and SSD should allow much more airflow.
I don't think p/p on an h70 will fit in an SG05. Possibly if the tubes are running out the top of the rad, but it would be really close. I ran a galaxy 560ti in the red SG05 above with an h70 and a 2000 rpm CM fan on the rad, and stayed in the 70's when gaming. When stress testing the cpu (i5 3550S) never broke 85 and the gpu 83, but never stressed them at the same time since that's an unrealistic load. That case was packed with a 3.5" HDD and an ATX PSU as well though, so an SFX PSU and SSD should allow much more airflow.
I don't think p/p on an h70 will fit in an SG05. Possibly if the tubes are running out the top of the rad, but it would be really close. I ran a galaxy 560ti in the red SG05 above with an h70 and a 2000 rpm CM fan on the rad, and stayed in the 70's when gaming. When stress testing the cpu (i5 3550S) never broke 85 and the gpu 83, but never stressed them at the same time since that's an unrealistic load. That case was packed with a 3.5" HDD and an ATX PSU as well though, so an SFX PSU and SSD should allow much more airflow.
That's Prime 95 with almost no ventilation in the case, because 2/3" of the PSU fan (the exhaust fan) is covered by the 3.5" HDD, which is literally sandwiched on top of the mobo under the ATX PSU. The case is literally sardines packed, so 85* over an hour of Prime is not bad. Ironically, turning the fan down to 50% actually dropped temps slightly. The fan was a stock fan from a Hyper 212+, that is spec'd at ~100 cfm and 4mm H2O. The GPU was stressed with the Furmark Donut with the same situation.
That's Prime 95 with almost no ventilation in the case, because 2/3" of the PSU fan (the exhaust fan) is covered by the 3.5" HDD, which is literally sandwiched on top of the mobo under the ATX PSU. The case is literally sardines packed, so 85* over an hour of Prime is not bad. Ironically, turning the fan down to 50% actually dropped temps slightly. The fan was a stock fan from a Hyper 212+, that is spec'd at ~100 cfm and 4mm H2O. The GPU was stressed with the Furmark Donut with the same situation.
It's funny because I also had an i5-S and 560ti in my SG05 and I saw quite reasonable healthy temperatures in comparison. For about a year I did folding@home 24/7 on CPU+GPU. It's not quite Furmark+Prime, but on an H60 with push-pull my CPU was usually under 50C and my GPU under 70C.
lawl, i never reach above 40 degrees in the orange sg05, i3 for the win?
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