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Which SFF?

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insaneman37

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Ok. I'm in the process of selling of most of my rig and any parts I've got laying around. I'm going to be replacing it with a SFF system of some sorts. But, which SFF barebone do I go with?

The system will be composed of:
A64 3400+ 1MB
Radeon 9800Pro
1GB Corsair PC3200LL Pro series
4x Lite-On DVD burner
Seagate 200 GB SATA HDD
SoundBlaster Live

So, which SFFs are good?

I've been looking at the two by Shuttle, but have also been wondering about the other ones.

While some do not consider it to be SFF, I have really liked the Monarch Hornet Pro setup, because of possible future upgrades and because it seems to be well designed. But, my problem with this comes in with the fact that I swore off buying from Monarch ever again because of poor customer service not just to me, but to many people I know.

I've also thought about the Antec Aria paired up with a mATX board, but in looking over pics of the Aria with and without a system installed, and reading reviews, the design of the Aria is so poorly done, IMO, that it pisses me off and I refuse to even consider purchasing one.

Also, I'd kind of like to avoid something that is made with a lot of plastic or that feels to be cheaply made. (I'm coming off of a high end case and PSU.) I also wouldn't mind buying one that I could also order a carrying bag for it, since I will be transporting it quite a bit.
 
insaneman37 said:
I've also thought about the Antec Aria paired up with a mATX board, but in looking over pics of the Aria with and without a system installed, and reading reviews, the design of the Aria is so poorly done, IMO, that it pisses me off and I refuse to even consider purchasing one.
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*GASP* I have an Aria and I believe the design to be just fine for it's size. I too read a bunch of reviews before buying one and everybody said that it will overheat, ohh it gets too hot. Well, I beg to differ. I have my A64 3200+, 10K Hard Drive, Burner, Audigy, and X800Pro and it never gets _that_ hot. Hotter than a standard ATX case, yes, but not as hot as some of these reviews were trying to tell me it would be. I even modded my aria to take a 480watt 1U PSU :D It is a great case and you should reconsider.
 
Nightfall84: you would be in a different situation b/c you modded urs with a different power supply and added a 120mm fan, that doesnt have as much restrictions as the stock PSU.
 
Even before I did anything to it, it was 100% stable. I let it fold and loop 3dmark 03 for 3 days. I'm not saying it was cool, by any means, but it never got hot enough to overheat and restart/lockup.
 
I have a hornet. Its not all that its cracked up to be. I ran mine with a 2.8c and a 9800XT. The 9800XT would get to the crisp temp of 81C before it would start acting nuts. The cpu had the same issue, idling at around 50C. The only way to keep the temps down was to take both sides of the case off.
 
Whats wrong with the Shuttles? I havent read up on their 939 XPCs but I know that they look DAMN SEXY in those G5 cases. Cant say the same about their 754 ones though...

I have a SN45GV2 but honestly im ready to go back to a tower of some kinda since im not really moving this thing around much.
 
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