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Club for those with beastly mATX/ITX rigs.

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Hello,

This thread is for a congregation of members that pack high-end hardware into tiny mATX or Mini-ITX cases without compromise. The emphasis is on small cases. Feel free to post pictures or just discuss SFF cases in general.

9/2012 Update:

Many, many pages of bickering have arisen due to my flexible definition of "beastly" and "SFF".

In general, a beastly system needs to have discrete graphics and a quad core processor. Watercooling, custom cases, or in-depth case mods all help as well. Micro-Atx or smaller boards, and no cases with more than 4 expansion slots regardless of the board inside.

However, this thread has grown into a much larger discussion about SFF, and has grown beyond these original guidelines. As such, any mATX or smaller system is fair game, including the Prodigy. Hating the Prodigy is fine, but doing so in this thread is not.
Edited by Dyson Poindexter - 5/12/13 at 6:49am
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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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WD 640GB AALS DVD-RW Windows 7 Ultimate x64 or OSX Snow Leopard Samsung Syncmaster 20" 
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WD 640GB AALS DVD-RW Windows 7 Ultimate x64 or OSX Snow Leopard Samsung Syncmaster 20" 
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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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oooh ooh! let me join!

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Oh yeah, how bout all the horsepower in my sig crammed into a SG04?











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Dell U2412M Viewsonic VX2025WM Saitek II Antec TruePower New 550w Antec mini P-180 
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Dell U2412M Viewsonic VX2025WM Saitek II Antec TruePower New 550w Antec mini P-180 
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