size does not matter .... but what about performance ??

i had my barebone from Shuttle last time for sc 478......

it served me well until the day i had switch to higher end graphic card....

the mobo and PSU gone after 3 months of using it without much intensive gaming...

the same goes for my brother's shuttle ... he had the same problem by running X850XTPE the time...

ever since that i would said mATX has better securement as compared to those SFF with custom mobo..... which u can't get any replacement after warranty is due...

There is a shop two shops beside Overclock Paradise that selling other types of PSU than normal PSU .... should be able to get small PSU ....

@oldfox

I think the major problem is the reverse airflow of both CPU cooler and PSU fan ...

each of them is blowing the opposite direction sharing the airflow from the front .. .further more I'm not sure how many intake fans that u have set up for the case .... so can't judge much ...

Besides as ur 8800GTS run for a certain period it also draw pretty much amount of air to cool off ... so u left very little cool air for CPU >..<

which is not a positive sign .. for overall temperature ..

You mean there's no active fan for the cooler ... the PSU fan is the only one that do the air exhaust task ???

I've always like the small case design but so far none of it that really fit into my taste ..

Each one of it has it's own flaw ......

That's a nice model V350 .. thought of getting it but only problem is there's no stock supply anywhere yet ...

furthermore where does all the air flow when there's no exhaust fan ..

I think the design of the case is not finalized yet ..

if u look carefully the design of back plate between silver and black version ...

the HDD cage and back blow hole isn't identical ..

Further more like u said there are two 120 mm fans but not enough of blow hole ..

The answer is simple those fans are meant to run in very low RPM to provide just decent airflow, since the case is 2 times smaller than standard atx case ...

I have already asked ATE and they said it depend on the reaction of the market ohhhh.....

That's why I pointed out the fact that black and silver version got different rear designs...

I think the case is not finalize yet .. as for the holes ... I think having more opening is definitely needed to utilize the dual 12cm fans..

Further more I would hope that the ventilation holes for the rear side is clear opening rather than those horizontal lines. ...

Yah ... but sadly the case still can't support any cooler that higher than 6 cm ...

hmm which really limits me to no choice of option of nice cooler ...

Officialy user but not owner of this small babe... belongs to my girl friend ..











Hardware Spec:

AM2 Athlon X2 4400+ @Artic Cooling Alphine 7
Asus M2A-VM HDMI
1GB Corsair DDR2 667
Samsung Spin Point 250 GB SATA 2 8 MB
HEC Ace Power 480 Watt
Asus DVD-ROM

Case Fans:
CM 8 CM Silent LED Fan, CM 8 CM Silent Case Fan ...

There's one from Asus or Gigabyte... but a bit pricey at RM5++ ...

Get the Asus board since it got quite a good review indeed...

aio.. there's no need to think twice...

just get Sugo 03... it would be the best ...

I don't think even scythe mini could fit in due to the piece of spacer blocking the way .. unless a bit of modding trick is applied ....

when comes to small factor ... default configuration just unable to accommodates lots of foodie.

but still a good job of the hardware selections ..

hmm that would be interesting ..

I really wish to see such as case that could fit in a nice performance cooler ...

It has high chance of fitting tower cooler but not those that has very tall in height ... the case has wide at 195mm, so deduct the space on the mobo side about 25mm..you would get 170mm of clearance..

so a cooler with total height doesn't exceed 150mm will be fine ... that mean from the base to the top end or the height with fan attached.. .

What about these two ... P5K-VM & P5E-VM HDMI ??

are they good performer as well ???

I didn't buy it but I checked it online ..

P5K-VM was selling at LYP before if not mistaken but only one or two shops carried it ..

Not sure about now ...

hhahah get a windly soldam micro case would be a nice one ..

Shuttle ok lah, I had one but didn't enjoy it much ... too cramp to do anything with it .. .

self mod from a case or scratch ... that would be interesting ...

hehehe .. but Lian Li PC-A05 consider one of the smallest ATX case already ..

but I think it could be even smaller by 20% to 30%, however this would sacrifice the convenient of working space. .

Not everyone could trade off performance for small size ..

Personally I love the small case system but the true fact where it's performance are pretty much limited by hardwares selection really is a turn down ...

I've something in mind but not sure should go for it or not .... wait until got more spare money ...