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avalanche0316   08-07-2009 at 07:58:27 PM

Hey guys,
I was thinking about building a SFF gaming PC for my dorm room. I have been trying to look up information on these kinds of small pc's but nothing seems current. I was wondering if anyone knew whats going on with SFF PC's these days. Are they not practical to get good gaming performance? I are they too expensive to be worth while? Is cooling to much of an issue? Let me know if you guys have read anything on this. Thanks!

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The short answer is, it is very possible to build a nice gaming system in a SFF or microATX case. Look at the last round of System Builder Marathon articles. They focused on microATX builds. I think we all had nits to pick over some of the component choices, but there's a lot of good information in those articles.

Edit: ...and in the discussions that followed them. We're STILL WAITING to see who won the three systems...
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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   08-07-2009 at 08:03:35 PM

What do you consider small? Pick a case that is about the size and shape you want. You can get good gaming from them you just wont have too much in the way of upgrade options if you go for mATX or ITX. But there are some small cases out there that will take a full ATX board.

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jtt283   08-07-2009 at 08:07:07 PM
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The short answer is, it is very possible to build a nice gaming system in a SFF or microATX case. Look at the last round of System Builder Marathon articles. They focused on microATX builds. I think we all had nits to pick over some of the component choices, but there's a lot of good information in those articles.

Edit: ...and in the discussions that followed them. We're STILL WAITING to see who won the three systems...


Message edited by jtt283 on 08-07-2009 at 08:08:23 PM
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Bronze Home Brew badge batuchka   08-07-2009 at 08:34:15 PM

Well i do up shoebox/mATX gamers rather often so for something able to do 1920 x 1080 gaming perhaps this would be close to what u looking for i hope hehe
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q205/batuchka/FCGnoLCD.jpg
Where i'm at i work with SG-02F a lot too :P Actually a P2X3 works just as well and runs cooler in these boxes at load too hehe


Message edited by batuchka on 08-07-2009 at 08:36:55 PM
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