• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Smallest possible gaming system

C

chx

Gawd
Joined
Jun 21, 2011
Messages
698
There's a case called PACK-BOX-G. It's all mesh, 190x205x83mm, no PSU at all. I would place an Athena 400W TFX 12V PSU outside, lining the longest and the 85mm edge along the case so it juts out only 64mm. Screw/zip tie the PSU. Remove the front port cover and get the power cables inside via that. A PowerColor Radeon HD 6770 is single slot and 182 mm long so it fits even though the power plug is at the end. CPU would be an i5-2500S. That's 108W for the video card and 65W for the CPU. Any ITX MB will do. Plus a 2.5" disk. Altogether, less than 200W and I have planned a 400W PSU. If I have heat problems, cover the whole mesh cover with a 180mm fan. Maybe replace the video cooler with an aftermarket cooler.
Altogether, would this work?

Altogether, even with the PSU outside and the 180mm fan on top, we are looking at a system half the volume of the SG06 and very very little empty space inside that system :)
 
Last edited:
Got any pics / links to your proposed setup? That's pretty darn tiny -- sounds almost like Z-box sized. I take it the 6770 is connected via a 90 degree pcie plug?

That's about 1/3 the volume of the system I'm building right now.
 
So this case? CPU cooling might be a challenge with the video card in place, but it seems doable. You could go even smaller using a 1U-style power supply.
 
That's the one. I shied away from an 1U PSU because I was afraid it would be horribly noisy. Also, check the dimensions again the TFX PSU is 178x87mm, almost perfect fit for this case and yet 80mm fan. Has the necessary PCIe connector. Hard to get any better, I suspect.

As for pcie, yes, http://www.ebay.com/itm/360362867481 I need this cable.

I was thinking http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186211 this motherboard.

I looked at the new 6850 single slot cards but none of them seem to be short enough.

My thinking is that I could make like two chambers inside the case with a little cardboard to separate the CPU cooler from the video card. I am not too worried about the CPU TBH, it's only 65W has a ton of intake air right next to it, exhausts up. I am worried about the video card a little because there is little air intake (although lots of exhaust, of course). Should it become a problem, there are ample solutions, the Akasa 7106HP, the Thermaltake Slim X3, perhaps even the Scythe Kozuti would fit. Go crazy and add the Scythe Shuriken?
 
Last edited:
As an eBay Associate, HardForum may earn from qualifying purchases.
It came to my attention that the ECS H67H2-I has an mSATA compatible mini PCI-e slot (and I see it better than the pricier Zotac one) and so I might switch to that. mSATA would allow me not to worry on where to put the 2.5" SSD itself and the cabling for it.
 
chx said:
It came to my attention that the ECS H67H2-I has an mSATA compatible mini PCI-e slot (and I see it better than the pricier Zotac one) and so I might switch to that. mSATA would allow me not to worry on where to put the 2.5" SSD itself and the cabling for it.
Click to expand...

Like most 1155 itx boards, it doesn't have undervolting options, but other than that it's a great board. I'd definitely recommend it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top