Case advice needed

[potrokh]

Hi all, I recently became interested in Small Form Factor PC's. I have experience building PC's, but never SFF, and am currently trying to put together a list of all components needed. I am sure you've heard this question a thousand times, and I saw similar threads here, but I didn't see anything specifically mentioning two 5.25" bays, which is one of the requirements I have. Surprisingly, I've only found two or three models that have those - Venus 668, Soltek qbic and the Ultra/Acer/whatever other name it goes by. That one seems a little too large and umm... ugly to me, I'd love something as nice as the Soltek one except 200 watts is way too low. Is there anything I may have missed? Thanks in advance.

[MoodyBlues]

I don't know if you're just looking for a case or a barebone, but you might be interested in some of the AOpen barebones called XC Cube. They have some nice looking cases and quite a lot of them have 2 5.25" bays.

Because you say 200 Watts is way too low I wonder what components you will be using in your SFF. Only if you're planning to use a high-end processor and/or graphics card, you would need something more powerfull. Sticking with mid-range products shouldn't be a problem for any SFF.

[BUFF]

the Venus 668 only takes itx boards iirc.

Is a Silverstone Sugo too big?

[Dark Horse]

You could make your own case you can't find what you're looking for? A spare weekend and some plywood and you could have a custom case that does exactly what you want it to.

[Tosk]

i use to have soltek sff, i now use a silverstone sugo evo, its queit big to the soltek case but u can fit alot more in it, like a fullsize psu 2xhds 2xroms matx mobo, and what i really love about the case is it looks great and the cooling of the system is sweet

the case its self is abit pricey but im well happy with it.

here is what the case looks like
http://www.silverstonetek.com/produc...1Evolution.htm

[tinners]

I don't know if you're just looking for a case or a barebone, but you might be interested in some of the AOpen barebones called XC Cube. They have some nice looking cases and quite a lot of them have 2 5.25" bays.

Because you say 200 Watts is way too low I wonder what components you will be using in your SFF. Only if you're planning to use a high-end processor and/or graphics card, you would need something more powerfull. Sticking with mid-range products shouldn't be a problem for any SFF.

I had a cube, nice quiet system but the aftersales service from Aopen was pants IMO. Also the upgrade options were really limited.