Aopen Sff ?

[5cupa]

thinking about buying one of these after reading some good reviews. anyone got one?


AOpen EZ65-BK XC Cube - Shining Black (FS-001-AO) £199inc

- Support Socket 478 processors upto 800FSB
- Intel 865G and ICH5 Chipsets
- Dual-Channel DDR 400 Support
- Onboard Intel 8x Extreme Graphics
- 1 x AGP 8x port and 1 x PCI port
- 6 Channel Audio w/SPDIF
- Gigabit LAN
- Serial ATA
- 4 x USB Ports (2 x Front, 2 x Rear)
- 3 x IEEE1394 Firewire Ports

[Da Hoe]

I've just ordered one of these, should be with me tuesday.
Dont know where you have been looking to buy from but eBuyer are selling these for £145.06 inc VAT (Which is what convinced me to go for this particular SFF).

Looking forward to getting it as its got pretty good review everywhere and I'm hoping for a happy first experiance with an SFF.

[ERU]

iT SAYS FOR Intel THO!!!!!

[Da Hoe]

iT SAYS FOR Intel THO!!!!!

For this -->>> <<<--- is my confused face

[Crazy Fool]

i thought about these, but i love shuttles to much!

[Rexticle]

You would be better off with SB61G2 v3 with Silent X 250 Watt PSU, better cable design cooler G2 chassis.

[Da Hoe]

Just finished building one of these with a P4 3.0 800 at its heart and I have to say I've very happy with it. Cant wait till tomorrow so I can dump my 6800GT in it

[5cupa]

thats a good price as well. £50 cheaper than most. let me know how u get on. with full spec and temps

thanks

[Da Hoe]

Right, well having got around to trying a few games out on it last night I'm still very happy with it although I've already started thinking about ways to improve it.
The full spec is -

P4 3.0 800
Pny 6800GT @ Ultra
2x512 Samsung PC 3200
WD 80 Gig Special Edition

Temps at idle are 60º for the GFX and 35º for the CPU
At load after a couple of hours it seems to level out at GFX 75º-80º and CPU 50º-55º depending on the game (Farcry GFX 78º CPU 45º, CS GFX 68º CPU 55º)

3D Mark 2003 was 11909, not bad I thought for a SFF. Might have a bash overclocking the CPU today.

Its very quiet, much better than I thought it would be. Toying with the idea of changing the original HSF for something more substantial as there is plenty of room for a replacement. Also the SFF would benifit hugely from cutting out the left hand side to fit a mesh window as the GFX get next to no fresh air due to the airholes being at the wrong end of the chassis (its over the HDD area).

Over all I'm very happy and sure I made the right choice.