Hello all, Quite simply I can't decide on an ITX case. The Bit Phoenix Prodigy is too large - so no thank you. The Silverstone Sugo SG10 has great reviews but I feel is a little large Silverstone Sugo SG08 is a tad too expensive. Silverstone Sugo SG05, is this worth looking at more? I have a feeling I would struggle to fit a CPU cooler in. The Cooler Master Elite 130 - I'm leaning toward, but am undecided. I want to use it mostly for gaming. Budget wise I would ideally like to keep it within reason (i.e. not over £70 if I can void it). I should be grateful for your views or advice. Thanks in advance, JC
would you be willing to pay more if the PSU is included? like this: silverstone-sg07b-usb-30-sugo-sff-mini-itx-black-with-600w-atx-psu-80-plus-bronze
Thank you. I had not seen that, I'll keep it on the short list. Nor had I seen this. In fact this might be the ticket! The only negative review I saw (a video review) was a standard length graphics card could get in the way of sockets on a modular PSU. Has anyone got this case and had any issues like this?
I used it with a non-modular PSU, sorry (HR-02 Macho, GTX660 Windforce, Superflower 450W PSU, Gigabyte B75N motherboard; the graphics card is 256.3 mm long): That PSU is 150 mm x 163 mm x 86 mm, so if you could find an ATX modular PSU which is shorter than that, then it could probably do just fine (depth for ATX PSU is 14cm or more), but good luck finding such PSU . Only the outtake fan is connected, the single Noctua NF-A14 ULN running at 800RPM keeps the system well within acceptable range (the system above was at 70C after running OCCT for half hour, with no CPU fan as you can see).
The Prodigy is a bit large but it's got a lot going for it for a gaming system. It's got the best airflow of any ITX case that I'm aware of, you can fit any videocard you want in it, you can add full water cooling or just an H100i like I have.
