inb4 "microwave pc"
Supports standard-length expansion cards (10.6 inches)
Mini-DTX / Mini-ITX motherboard & ATX PSU compatible
Supports 120mm or 140mm single fan All-in-One Liquid Cooler
Supports 2.5" and 3.5" hard drives
Elevated standoff for motherboard back side components
lots of cool looking Mini ITX cases. Love to see em
This case has been around for a long time and stood the test of time :)
The SG13 is probably one of the ugliest ITX cases around (subjective I know), but it is great to build in and cheap. Also comes in pink, which is fairly unique, although not on this deal at centrecom.
microwave pc coz it gets so hot? Or just the look?
I remember it's not great on thermals.
Needs a handle, lightbulb and a bell on a timer-
You could upcycle a microwave into a case with very little effort!
You could upcycle a microwave into a case with very little effort!
Bingo! I have failed microwave and I was going to dump it next cleanup day. But now I think I can convert it into a PC case!
Bing
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FTFY
That's the sound I like to hear!
Yeah that's exactly what I thought on first glance, a microwave oven.
both
Supports 2.5" and 3.5" hard drives
This isn’t much help - specs should show how many.
3.5" bay: 3,5" x 1 (compatible with 2.5" x 2)
2.5" x 1
Thank you for posting that I was going to have a look but you saved me the effort
Don't buy it if you want to fit in a GPU longer than 270 mm.
Well reviewed and very popular SFF case.
Example of a great build in it with a 1660 Super and 2600 with a 120mm AIO.
Probably wouldn't want to be putting too much more power into this, the NR200 would be a nice step up.
I had a 3700x, rtx 2080, 32gb, 650w, AIO, 3tb….
Damn that's very impressive! But surely with a 2.5k+ build you could spend an extra 100 bucks on the case :P
The SG13 is more compact than the NR200, 11.5L vs 18L
It's one of the smallest non-botique cases you can fit reasonable builds into
@[Deactivated]: Yeah, I get what you mean.
If you don't want to go up in size you basically have to jump from a $60 SG13 to a $300 boutique. Maybe the GEEEK cases could be an option? But reviews don't seem great for them.
It's a shame the NR200 isn't a couple of L smaller than it is.
@jp1011: There are some decent chinese cases that are clones of more popular botique cases, e.g Metalfish S3/S5 which are clones of the Velka 3/5.
Theres also SGPC on Taobao, and I'm sure a lot more brands that I don't know about.
@jp1011: I can recommend the Metalfish S3, I think it's a really nice looking case and available for around $100ish. Only issue for me was the noise but a better quality PSU/quieter fans fixed that for me. Less than half the the size of the SG13.
Water cooling is the best way to go with this case - the PSU sits directly above the CPU, so unless you use a SFX PSU and a low profile cooler, you might have issues.
I did a X99-E ITX + overclocked 5820K build in one of these back in the day - ran surprisingly cool & quiet with a push+pull setup on a 120mm CLC cooler.
Even in mini itx cases that support full size atx PSUs, it’s still usually a good idea to maximise space by going for an SFF PSU.
The stock AMD wraith stealth and spire both fit, the spire is veeeery close to the bottom of an SFX PSU. A CPU with a reasonable TDP, a side mounted 120mm intake fan and front mounted 120 or 140mm exhaust seem to work reasonably well, although I haven't tried water cooling. Actually better temps than my DAN A4, but that's probably more due to the CPU.
Can I make bitcoin with this one ?
Only if you have a Bitcoin data Center farm set up near a hydroelectric power plant that pays you for power consumption.
The days of making Bitcoin in 2010-2016 or altcoins died once they spent a few million and 3-4 years to test and iterate ASIC production and newer chipsets to handle litecoin.
But, Bitcoin and litecoin(s) are based on a regular lottery / discovery and you could be the winning ticket holder … so maybe it’s worth it?
This will go well with my Xbox Fridge and Nintendo Toaster
And your Playstation… melted bookstand sculpture?
Highly recommend this case. Cheap and easy to build in, decent compatibility (GP length may be an issue, but most 2 slot cards will fit). Finished two SG13 builds for kids homeschooling during lockdown. If you can accept the sff tax on the mini-itx motherboard and sfx PSU, which this case helps offset a little, you can still get a decent and inexpensive build into one of these. Then hide it away because it's not exactly a looker.
still smaller than the ps5
A few items regarding my experiences with this case,
I was able to use a non-modular ATX PSU in this case with a dedicated GPU, but this required an ITX GPU. The space freed up by using an ITX GPU is where you stuff the cables.
I bought Demciflex filters to keep the dust out, but this will increase GPU temps by at least 5⁰C.
Don't do 1 and 2 in conjunction with each other in the warmer months. It will be toasty, even in winter.
I eventually switched to a modular SFX PSU. This freed up a lot of space inside for airflow thanks to not having to stuff all the cables in front of the GPU. I documented this here; https://imgur.com/gallery/veuv1 The older photo's are at the bottom.
I put a 80mm exhaust fan on the non-GPU side, and thus helped the temps noticeably, but I still need to take the Demciflex filter off the GPU side to game in summer, or even late spring here in Brissy.
Yeh.. to be honest I’d only look at this for a media pc box with stock cpu coolers and integrated gpus :) but awesome write up and explanation!!
damn it. just bought a non-modular PSU…. oh well, let's see how the temps go with a 5600XT and a 10400F…
Just cut off the cables that you don't use. Assuming you use m.2 storage then it will be the same as if you'd bought modular
that is bloody insane…. but i'm somewhat considering it haha
How many 3.5 drives can you fit?
Officially, none. There's mount locations for 2.5" drives. Two on top and one on the bottom. I'm got 3 in mine, but am not using one of the top mounts as if I recall correctly the GPU got in the way, just wedged in the side of the case out of the way - hurray for SSDs.
EDIT: Hmm, apparently it's officially advertised as fitting 3.5" drives. No idea where they'd go. If you don't have a full size GPU you'd have a lot more space I suppose.
You bolt it onto the shelf that hangs on the top of the case, doubt you could more than 1 hdd with a graphics card
There is a mounting bracket included. It goes along the top, behind the front fan and the PSU. If you use an AIO or anything beyond an SFX PSU (maybe an SFX-L works) I doubt it fits. I put one in my kids build just because I had a spare HDD and nowhere to put it.
I have one mounted on the top of the case, it comes with a bracket to mount it. However I believe it only works with a SFX PSU. It's pretty tight, but I have a 140mm fan in front and it fits between that and the PSU.
You can fit one 3.5" drive or two 2.5" drives in a tray that mounts on the top of the case and another 2.5" drive on the case floor.
FWIW the tray should fits just fine for any PSU up to around 140mm and cables on the lower part of the PSU.
For scale, it's the size of a large shoe box.
I replaced my quiet version's front panel with free flowing mesh and together with 80mm Noctua fan for intake on the CPU side and a SFX-L Bequiet PSU venting out the top, my CoolerMaster 120L V2 AIO with 2 fans for push-pull venting out the front keeps my 5600XT and 3300X both around 75C and the MB around 45C under load with reasonably aggressive fan profiles (I haven't worked out balanced profiles yet so I err on the side of caution).
My previous setup of a Noctua L9a CPU cooler and 3100 CPU with a 120mm front intake fan worked great most of the time but ran close to thermal throttling under VR gaming load.
I suggest a maximum 50mm wide GPU and getting the highest spec modular SFX PSU possible, so it runs cooler and quieter too, because building a decent system with a large ATX PSU will be extremely difficult.
I run this with a non-OC intel with stock cooler, a full size ATX semi-modular psu, a blower 2080ti and only the single noctua fan on the front sucking in.
The top 2x 2.5" drive mounting bracket's removed as I'm using M.2 instead, and psu is flipped, to extract case air through it.
CPU temp maxes mid-40's and highest I've ever gotten the GPU is about 72 c, playing AC.
I reckon the case looks great, shits on others that are triple the price; highly recommend.
So glad I have heard so many positive responses from the community!
Awesome case for the money, surprising what you can fit in it.