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    Help me shrink my enormous desktop

    I just saw this thread, and one quick thing to reconsider is that heavy air coolers are something to try to avoid for systems getting moved around a lot. The NH-C12P weighs 2 pounds and will putting a lot of stress on the motherboard and if you are really going to be moving it three times a...
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    H80? Hyper 212 Plus? Not sure which to go with.

    I have the Hyper 212 Plus in my system 2500K system running at 4.5GhZ, and it works great. I haven't tried water cooling yet. If that sort of level of overclock is all your looking for the 212 can do it. I think the important thing to look at is where will the heat be going? The side blowing...
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    Sub $1,000 SFF Build Recommendation

    You wrote: > SFF computer to play Diablo 3 on max settings on a 27 inch monitor. > 2. What's your budget? ~900 > 3. Where do you live? San Francisco. There is a Frys that is fairly close. > 4. What exact parts do you need for that budget? Case, CPU, RAM, Video Card, HDD You don't list...
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    SFF Build Help

    Case: $100 (TJ08B-E) GPU: $250 (560 TI) CPU: $200 (3570K) RAM: $50 (2X4GB G.Skill Ares 1866) Motherboard: $150 (Asus P8Z77-M LGA) Heatsink: $50 (Cooler Master 212 Evo) SSD: $150 (180 GB Corsair Force Series 3, with rebate) I did a rough breakdown of approximately how I'd spend $1000 for...
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    i5 ivy

    The I5 is fine. If you look at benchmarks the hyperthreading has a 10% to 20% increase is some kinds of transcoding operations, but compared to the jump your friend is going to see with the upgrade the additional performance isn't worth $100 on an $800 budget in my opinion. You don't need an...
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    SG05 with USB 3?

    The 300W SG05 I got from Newegg a couple of months ago had front USB 3.0.
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    SFF Gaming Setup?

    I have to change my suggestion and go along with this. I was saying to downgrade from the 2500K not just to save a little bit on the 2400, but because if you are not getting the overclockable part you can save by going with the H77 (or H67) motherboard, skipping the aftermarket cooler, and maybe...
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    SFF Gaming Setup?

    No significant difference. Look at the gaming benchmarks between 2400 and 3960X: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/363?vs=443 These four core Sandy Bridge CPUs are great. A lot of people are perfectly happy gaming with two core non-overclocked processors - you will be very happy with...
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    SFF Gaming Setup?

    It seems like you'll need some other stuff, HDD/SSD, DVD burner, Windows license. The A04B is around $100 - if you go that high consider TJ08E, but if your budget pushes you down there are decent mid ATX cases around $50. Use the filters on the Newegg site and sort by "Best Rating". If budget...
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    So... Not thinking just mATX

    The only thing you'd have to give up to go mITX would be limiting yourself to only 1 HDD and restricting how you do your cooling a bit if you want to do a big OC. Why not just put all that stuff in an SG08 and find a way to get by with 1 SSD and 1 HDD? You could even wedge it into an SG05 if...
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    Hardware help for hardcore SFF

    Have you looked at the benchmarks for the HD 4000 integrated graphics built into the 3770 and 3570 Ivy Bridge CPUs? That might be enough, and if it was you could run the system on a pretty small PSU. There is some debate about whether those chips need 95W or 77W, but certainly 95W is very...
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    any small m-atx cases out there?

    There are mini ITX that will hold 580 GTX no problem. If you are willing to do a little modding, it can go in SG05: http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1036498561&postcount=955 Otherwise it will fit stock in the SG08 which can take a GPU up to 12" long and has power to spare for a 580.
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    Cheap mITX build

    As some else says, the SB Celeron and pentimento CPUs are quite good. You might look at tehreviews on Newegg for the different models. For the motherboard, consider the new H77s. I think they have built in WiFi, which you mentioned wanting.
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    any small m-atx cases out there?

    The mac mini is 1.4" X 7.7" X 7.7" A micro ATX motherboard is 9.6" X 9.6", so you're not going to get very close to Mac Mini size in mATX. As an example, I found this InWin case that is 12.7" X 5.5" X 10.8": http://www.legitreviews.com/article/549/1/ If you want small, you should be...
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    Thinking of an SB/IB microATX build

    I'd suggest the first thing you decide is what video performance you need. If you can avoid SLI it makes things easier, especially since you want to go mATX. In that form factor the two cards end up right next to each other, and the side air intake of one is mostly blocked by the other. It can...
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