HSF for A6/A8 in SG05.

[Topweasel]

So I am planning on building an SSF with Llano 100w CPU into the 450w version (BB I want to say) of the SG05. With this mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131789

So normally I am pretty good at figuring out components, but right now I am dumbfounded. I can't figure out which cooler to get. I need something that won't stop me from putting in HD's or a Slim DVD player, but also not to wide as to cover up the very few RAM slots I will have and while it isn't the end of the world if it gets covered, I would also like to keep the the PCI-e 16x uncovered as I might in a year or two want to throw a real GPU on it.

Any suggestions?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

The Shurikan
or that Silverstone low profile one

 

[Topweasel]

The Shurikan
or that Silverstone low profile one

Now looking over the heights I was worried about it before, there are two Shurikans available, one a 120mm and the other 100mm. I was thinking the 100 was too tall and the other two wide. But looking more carefully under the specs, the 100mm spec wise looks fine on height. I still wonder if at 100mm it might interfere with the PCIe slot.

 

[birthdaymonkey]

I have this case with a fanless Noctua-C12P, which keeps my G620 at a brisk 40-43 degrees under video playback (mid 30s idle). I'm not sure if it would fit under an optical drive, however; I don't use an optical drive.

 

[Infraction Jack]

I am using a fan less vortex plus.

 

[Topweasel]

I ended up going 100mm Shuriken. Putting together this A8 ITX system this weekend. Kind of geeked.

 

[Infraction Jack]

Hope you enjoy the system. I would have went with an a8 but I built my system before they came out.

 

[Topweasel]

Well Enjoying the system, but I have to keep an eye out for options going forward the Shuriken has heat pipes that extend past the fins and would keep me from installing a video card into the PCIe slot. From what I have gathered very few ITX boards have the CPU so low, so this is probably a very small use case where it would be a problem. Again I built this machine not to need a video card right away and would add one in 2013-2014 dependent on games played and current use case for the system. But if I do I need to make sure I get another CPU cooler.