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SilverStone Sugo SG05
Well ventilated Mini-ITX system enclosure
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Intro
SFF (Small Form Factor) cases and setups have several advantages when looking at them from the LAN-gamers perspective.
Unfortunately gaming-grade setups have not come in small sizes, which made going to LAN-parties
somewhat of a chore. Dragging a full-sized case which rivals a fridge in size, really is not that much
fun.
Shuttle was the first manufacturer to really make the powerful SFF-computers "mainstream". Other
than that, the other products in this form-factor have usually been miles away from being suitable for
gaming. Now things have however changed, as various manufacturers have released Mini-ITX motherboards
which can take the newest processors and graphics cards.
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In addition to these gaming-grade products, the release of Intel's Atom based motherboards has
finally ramped up the need for smaller cases, specially designed for these small motherboards. The
main difference between the Atom-motherboards and the earlier VIA mini-ITX motherboards is simply
cost. The VIA-motherboards never really struck through to the main crowds due to their high cost,
while the Atom-platform is cheap enough so people feel like they are getting their moneys-worth. Even
if the Atom-boards really don't pack that much of a punch.
SilverStone Sugo SG05
SilverStone was nice enough to send a sample of one of their SFF-cases, the SG05. Unlike most small
SFF-cases which have been designed with mini-ITX motherboards in mind, the SG05 has a relatively large
powersupply, 300 W, and it even supports dual-slot graphic cards. This makes it a perfect candidate
for someone that wants to build a small setup, which will run most games at decent settings. Another
interesting things about this case is that it supports the mini-DTX sized motherboards, from AMDs
elusive DTX-formfactor.
Does the small case have what it takes to become the LAN-gamers best friend? Lets pop open the
brown box and find out!
SilverStone has taken a fairly conservative approach to packaging this case as the package is
simply a brown box, with the needed information printed on its sides. Now lets move on to the things
that actually matter.
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