SG09 good for SLI?

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Will the Silverston SG09 fit two Galaxy GTX 670 GC as in the hot deals section? If so, which PSU and CPU cooler would you recommend?

If not, which SFF case would you recommend that will allow for SLI of those two cards?
 
yea im sure it'll fit thos, it can fit up to 13.3in cards, psu and cpu cooler recommendations... no comment
 
Physically, absolutely. In terms of cooling... stay tuned :)

(Just put the motherboard and CPU in my SG09.. trying to figure out which cards to get for it and which cooler now :))
 
The SG09 has the best cooling performance yet of any Sugo cases and was tested extensively using the hottest cards we had at our disposal during development. We even offer tips on running dual graphics cards in SG09's manual (in download section):

http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=345
 
Tony, based on the testing SilverStone performed, would you strongly recommend blower-type coolers over dual-exhaust coolers that exhaust hot air into the case (e.g. the WindForce ) if one was to run two cards on air cooling?

The manual doesn't directly address this point, unlike, say, the manual for the FT03 Mini, which advocates for blower-type coolers:

(2) If you use a high wattage graphic card, we suggest you to install additional fans to work with the fan on the graphic card
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B. Dual exhaust type/open type/other:
To increase cooling performance for these types of graphic cards we recommend you to install the fan on the left as an intake and install an
80mm exhaust fan on the right. Note that the 80mm fan slot on the right can accommodate 32mm thick fans. If you use a 25mm thick fan please
use the VGA duct included in the accessories box to prevent heated air from affecting hard drives on the backside.
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When two high wattage graphic cards are used, please read the recommendation below:
A. Please pay attention to the space between the expansion slots. By default, there is some wiggle room between the two slots so please make
sure to separate installed graphic cards as much as possible to leave enough breathing room between the cards
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My understanding is that coolers like the WindForce 3 generally perform both better and quieter than reference-type blower coolers. However, would this still be the case in a SG09? Or would you end up having to add additional fans on the side panel leading to an increase in overall noise to achieve equivalent cooling performance?

P.S. The manual seems to recommend adding an exhaust fan in the middle slot of the side panel and an intake fan on the right hand slot if using blower cards, resulting in an [IN-OUT-IN] configuration. Is this a typo? Shouldn't the configuration be [OUT-IN-OUT] in order to supply cool air to the middle of the cards and exhaust the hot air expelled at the front and back?
 
Damyr said:
Tony, based on the testing SilverStone performed, would you strongly recommend blower-type coolers over dual-exhaust coolers that exhaust hot air into the case (e.g. the WindForce ) if one was to run two cards on air cooling?

The manual doesn't directly address this point, unlike, say, the manual for the FT03 Mini, which advocates for blower-type coolers:

My understanding is that coolers like the WindForce 3 generally perform both better and quieter than reference-type blower coolers. However, would this still be the case in a SG09? Or would you end up having to add additional fans on the side panel leading to an increase in overall noise to achieve equivalent cooling performance?

P.S. The manual seems to recommend adding an exhaust fan in the middle slot of the side panel and an intake fan on the right hand slot if using blower cards, resulting in an [IN-OUT-IN] configuration. Is this a typo? Shouldn't the configuration be [OUT-IN-OUT] in order to supply cool air to the middle of the cards and exhaust the hot air expelled at the front and back?
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Please keep in mind we did our testing using much hotter cards than GTX 670 so you should be fine with the one you originally looked at. There is no need to make specific recommendations on cooler type for SG09 because it was designed to cool literally anything you can put inside. As for recommendations in the manual that talks about adding fans, they serve as general guidelines for users looking to add additional cooling on really hot cards, which I don't think you need to do for two GTX 670 cards.
 
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