Shuttle SX58H7 pro rec. GFX card

[ludokid]

This shuttle will not be primarely used as a gaming computer.. but I do play Football Manager 2012, and I will be trying out Diablo III when this gets launched..

As you know the size is difficult.
The width of the card when it comes to breathing, and height/length when it comes to crashing with the HDD bracket.

My setup:
i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz (std cooling)
1xSSD force GT
1xSata3
2x4gb ram
Fanless radeon 5450 or sth card from my server.

if you could give me any info about temps you got on a similar setup, or which temps are good and where the redzone is.

Any form of recommendation is highly appreciated.. I just killed my old GeForce 8800 GTS card

[OldDummy]

hello ludokid,

Your 8800 GTS stood a better chance than a fanless radeon does in a SFF box.

Air movement is limited due to close quarters with only the ICE and PSU fans working.

For any type of gfx card worth using; a fan powered rear exhaust is necessary.

Water cooling might be possible but I don't think it's worth it.

With your setup a 560 ti 448 would work well.

I have had some on and off trouble with a 580GTX in a similar box which I blame on the PSU not temps.

anything drawing less juice should work well.

Good Luck

[ludokid]

All the GTX560ti 448 I've found seems to be quite power dependant (550W) and some are even way too big to fit even i.e. Asus's version.
What kinda scares me is the suffication the fans get being so close to the cabinet wall? they're like 10-20mm away..

From what I've seen the max dimmensions of the card can be: 267x98mm, 98mm seems pretty damn low to me, but it was measured from the main card, and not the "pins" which goes into the pci-e socket. (got it from an seemingly official video on youtube)

[OldDummy]

Currently using a evga 580 GTX in a J2.

Fits snug but does fit.

with a 500W PSU it runs fine.

Have a evga 560 Ti 448 FTW utilized in a J3 and fits great being only 9" long.

with the X58 chipset just about maxed out [two hdd raid 1, ssd and DVD with a 980X OC to 4G, 12Gb ram, 580GTX] then the PSU would bark

randomly. With the 560 no problems.

The Asus card is kind of odd shaped, doesn't look like it would fit.