Silverstone Sugo SG-06 and Intel DH57JG

[hnyman]

I said farewell to Shuttle for a while and built a new system based on Intel's H57 based DH57JG motherboard and Silverstone Sugo SG-06 chassis.

DH57JG doesn't offer any real "performance" features, but still has a rather nice feature list and the Intel boards have usually been pretty stable. SG-06 is not the smallest chassis available, but if offers possibilities for later expansion, if needed (e.g. a separate graphics card).

SG-06 next to SP35P2. SG-06 is about 4 cm shorter than Shuttle P2 both regarding height and depth. Width is about the same.

The chassis and motherboard would allow even for a double-wide graphics card, but currently I am trying to see if I can live with the built-in CPU graphics in i5-660 (as I do not game). There is the slim DVD drive on top and the 2.5" HDD attached to the bottom of the DVD cradle.

In the inside I have got plenty of room, as using a 2.5" HDD enabled me to remove 3.5" HDD cradle completely, which leaves the fan pretty open and enables good airflow. I changed the default 3-pin fan to a 4-pin PWM fan, but otherwise no mods. Speedfan takes care of fan speeds.

I bought short SATA cables - one 30cm long for HDD and one 20cm long for DVD (just enough). That made the cable management really tidy and makes it to look rather spacey:

 

[jaydee]

Looks pretty sweet! Your setup makes this case look very spacious (2.5" HD is the key). My only concern would be without the additional video card, the flow of air is going to be diverted from the front and out the side, instead of out the back. But I doubt temps are going to be a problem for you as long as you don't overclock, or do so very gently.

I was considering this case for a long time, but I think I'm going to go with the Lian Li Q11. Full Atx PSU, and full 5.25" drive.

 

[hnyman]

My only concern would be without the additional video card, the flow of air is going to be diverted from the front and out the side, instead of out the back.

I agree. The left side of the SG-06 has a rather large vent, which helps with a large video card, but might cause trouble when there is no card.

I tackled that risk by covering 3/4 of the large vent on the left with a black plastic sheet taped inside the chassis cover. That prevents air escaping too early and forces it to go towards back of the chassis.