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obsidian_mh
10-12-2005, 09:21 PM
I'm hoping to have my new AMD64 rig completed come tax return time (expecting around $1000). I'm trying to find a case for the components I'm looking at / have coming.

Athlon 64 X2
SFF Board (MicroATX or Shuttle)
BFG 7800GTX OC
2GB DDR (2 x 1GB)
36GB Raptor and a SATAII 160GB

What I'm looking at currently:
- Aspire X-Qpack (http://www.frozencpu.com/cst-254.html)
- Silverstone Sugo (http://www.frozencpu.com/cst-300.html)
- Shuttle SN26P - I'm trying to lean away from this because of the price. Any other decent Shuttles that support X2 cpus and PCI Express?

What would be the best option here? Anything else I should look at?

Soymilk
10-12-2005, 09:34 PM
sn25p supports s939 and pci-e, its the nforce4 ultra mobo. unless thats what u meant when you said sn26p, but u missed 5 and didnt notice.

between the qpack and the silverstone.. the silverstone costs like $100 more. does that matter to you? because the difference in the cases isn't enough to justify $100 on its own. if you aren't pinching every penny, though, then i'd say they're weighted pretty evenly; some people prefer one, others prefer the other.

from what i've read, the sg01 doesn't have the full length atx psu problem that the qpack does with full length dvd drives. the sg01 might look nicer to you, or maybe not. it's not as nice of an interior layout to work in as the qpack, though.

also, if you're a modder, the qpack can fit a full-size atx board:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=944516

in the end, my vote goes with the qpack solely based on the price difference.

Skin
10-12-2005, 11:04 PM
Ive seen the SG01 for as little as 149$. If you have the cash, and want the extra space, id go for it.