Silverstone Sugo SG-06 and Intel DH57JG

[hnyman]

I said farewell to Shuttle for a while and built a new system based on Intel's H57 based DH57JG motherboard and Silverstone Sugo SG-06 chassis.

DH57JG doesn't offer any real "performance" features, but still has a rather nice feature list and the Intel boards have usually been pretty stable. SG-06 is not the smallest chassis available, but if offeres possibilities for later expansion, if needed (e.g. a separate graphics card).

SG-06 next to SP35P2. SG-06 is about 4 cm shorter than Shuttle P2 both regarding height and depth. Width is about the same.


The chassis and motherboard would allow even for a double-wide graphics card, but currently I am trying to see if I can live with the built-in CPU graphics in i5-660 (as I do not game). There is the slim DVD drive on top and the 2.5" HDD attached to the bottom of the DVD cradle.

In the inside I have got plenty of room, as using a 2.5" HDD enabled me to remove 3.5" HDD cradle completely, which leaves the fan pretty open and enables good airflow. I changed the default 3-pin fan to a 4-pin PWM fan, but otherwise no mods.

The left side of the SG-06 has a rather large vent, which helps with a large video card, but might cause trouble when there is no card. I tackled that risk by covering 3/4 of the large vent on the left with a black plastic sheet taped inside the chassis cover. That prevents air escaping too early and forces it to go towards back of the chassis.

Cable management is not finalized, although they can be tucked away pretty nicely already now. Shorter SATA cables would make life easier.

[bodger]

Thanks for the information. That is the case I've been looking at for my next build although I will probably be using the Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 motherboard and an i7 processor. That will mean using an external graphics card but that is of no concern since there are at least a couple in the junk closet. There is actually a lot more space inside that case than I had expected. My initial build will probably only include a single SSD drive which is already on hand though I guess I'll be forced to add some sort of larger data drive if this becomes my main system in place of the Shuttle.

BTW: what sort of DVD drive did you use? I've never had any experience with low-profile drives beyond what came in various laptops and there doesn't seem to be a lot of choice in the places I normally shop. I had tentatively decided upon the Sony AD-7700S-01.

[hnyman]

BTW: what sort of DVD drive did you use?

I bought Samsung SN-S083C. I guess there aren't too much differencies between the drives available.

[bodger]

When I look at pictures of both drives and compare the specifications, they look as if they might be the same drive. I guess more research will tell. If they are the same I could save a bit by buying the Samsung and that is never a bad thing.

[hnyman]

I bought shorter SATA cables -  one 30cm long for HDD and one 20cm long for DVD (just enough).
That made the cable management really tidy and makes it to look even more spacier than the original cables:

[augster]

hnyman, this looks like it would be a noisy little bugger... no ice, big fans, lot's of space to echo in

Is it?

[hnyman]

hnyman, this looks like it would be a noisy little bugger... no ice, big fans, lot's of space to echo in

It isn't that loud, as I use Speedfan to adjust fan speeds as needed.

Normally fans run at about 35% speed, and if there is surplus heat then they automatically ramp up to higher speed. At full speed fans are somewhat loud, sure, but at the normal 830 RPM the 120 mm fan is pretty quiet.

In general, big fans are quieter, as they can rotate slower and still provide good airflow.

(This is much more quiet than my previous Shuttle SP35P2 Pro.)