casusbelli

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I'm working on putting together a small form factor gaming machine for a friend of mine. I don't really have a lot of experience with sff builds and thought I'd post the parts I'd picked thus far to see if anybody had suggestions or knew any conflicts with the hardware I've picked. The goal is to build a decent gaming rig and stay at around $1000 +- 100 or so for shipping/pre-rebate prices.

So far I've picked:

Case: Silverstone SST-SG01 $109.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811163050
CPU: Intel e6850 ~$270
Motherboard: Asus p5k-vm $116.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131187
Ram: Crucial Ballistix pc2 6400 $125.99-$40.00 MIR =85.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820146565
PSU: Silverstone Zeus 650W $109.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817163108
GPU: Saphire x1950xt 256mb $169.99-$20.00 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814102067
GPU Cooling: (because nobody likes a jet engine when they start their computer)
Zerotherm GX18 GPU cooler $44.99-$10.00 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835887009
Optical drive: Asus 18x SATA dvd drive $29.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827135145
Heat sink: Theraltake Blue orb II $45.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835106069

Grand total: ~$1092.91 before rebates :D

The biggest part I'm looking for advice on is the CPU heatsink, the tallest the heatsink can be in this case is only 78mm, so I was at a loss as to what I could use.
So, any comments, suggestions, criticism, or alternate hardware?

-CB
 

g-paw

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I just read a review of the Silverstone SST-SG03, I think it was on extremetech, and the SG03 is significant imporvement, better layout and more expandability