Tiny Silverstone SG13 build

[Slam.]

 

 

Hi everybody!

 

 

In March my laptop that i have been using for about 5 years now, gave up on me. Luckily I had bought a Chromecast just before that and I've been using it with my phone for the last few months.

I have been planning this build forever and now I'm finally able to make it happen. I am also a huge fan of compact computers that can pack a punch.

 

 

I will list down the parts and briefly explain why I chose them.

 

 

So I'll start with the case. It's a Silverstone Sugo SG13-Q, the one with a solid front panel. It's portable, looks great and can fit a powerful system inside.

For the processor I have chosen an Intel core i5 4690k. I'm not going to overclock it at the beginning, but I like the idea that i could do it later.

The motherboard will be a Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI. One of the cheapest Z97 ITX boards around here. Supports overclocking and has all the features I need.

Graphics card, an EVGA 970 SSC. I want to max out games at 1080p and I believe this card will do it quite well.

Nothing too special for RAM. Just one 8GB stick of Kingston's HyperX Fury. Can you believe the 1866MHz version is cheaper than the 1600MHz?

For storage I'm going with a 250GB Samsung 850 Evo and a 1TB WD Black combo. Fast SSD speeds and the capacity of a HDD, that's how it should be.

And powering it all will be a Silverstone SFX-L 500W power supply. It is small, but still has a 120mm fan to keep it cool and quiet. It also has fully modular, short cables.

 

 

 

Updates:

 

Update #1 - First things first

Update #2 - The unboxing

Update #3 - Testing hardware

Update #4 - Better late than never

[Slam.]

Update #1 - First things first

 

 

I already have the first two parts waiting

 

 

I got extremely lucky when I was browsing the webstore. I guess there was a mistake of some sort and the price of the 250 gig SSD was just 82,38 euros.

Of course I didn't wait around and ordered it immediately. Right after paying for it I went to check if the price was still the same and it was removed from the site completely 

 

Everything else should arrive tomorrow and I have yet to order the HDD and a case fan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Update ->

 

[Slam.]

What could those be?

 

[Fattedd]

I'm following! Always like small and powerfull builds!

[hearthofsin]

what cpu cooler will you be using?  

[Slam.]

what cpu cooler will you be using?

I will use the stock cooler for now. I might upgrade to something better but not in the near future.

[alexyy]

Eh as you already have a SSD WD black drive is kinda pointless they're also loud af.

[Fattedd]

Eh as you already have a SSD WD black drive is kinda pointless they're also loud af.

Are they that loud? I bought a SSD and a WD Green since the WD green is the most quiet drive of the bunch I believe. 

[Slam.]

Update #2 - The Unboxing

 

 

The parts are in and I have ordered the case fan with the HDD.

I hope they arrive soon 

 

 

Every package is now opened. It's always fun to unbox something you've been waiting for.

 

 

Man, that GPU is sexy  :wub:

 

 

Now I'm going to start the test build before I put everything into the case.

See You in a bit

 

 

Next Update ->

[Slam.]

Update #3 - Testing Hardware

 

 

Sorry for not posting updates in a while, I've been enjoying the only sunny days this summer.

I did get done with the test build though.

 

 

I knew it would require a lot of force but It was still really scary to push down the lever on the CPU, as this was my first time installing one.

 

 

 

Here is everything connected and ready to test

Spoiler

 

 

 

And it booted!   

 

 

 

Everything seems fine by me so I'll continue building it

Also I should get the two remaining parts tomorrow.

 

 

Thanks for tuning in, see You next time!

 

[Slam.]

Update #4 - Better late than never

Hey everyone, I'd like to apolgize for not posting anything here at all. As I finished the build, I got carried away with school and everything else, I kind of forgot about this thread and wasn't following the forums overall. (still watched linus's videos :P )
 

The two missing parts from the last post were the hard drive and case fan.

 

I'm really pleased with the fan as it is pretty quiet. The hard drive though isn't as quiet as I'd hoped but I can live with it.

 

I wish it was as clean with all of the cables.

 

Thanks to the SFX-L power supply and the way I installed it, I have more than 80mm of clearance for the CPU cooler.
I might upgrade to a BeQuiet low profile cooler sometime (no promises).

 

Thanks for following and have a great day !

[Slam.]

An update coming in a few days

[Slam.]

Update #5 - Upgrades!

 

Hi all!

 

I finally got tired of the rattling sound that the stock cooler's fan made, so I decided to get a better cooler. I bought the Bequiet Shadow Rock LP that I mentioned in a previous post. It's fairly inexpensive and fits in the case  . Also since the prices of DDR3 memory have dropped a lot, I got a second stick of RAM as well. I'd have to remove the cooler again to upgrade RAM later.

 

 

 

Installing the cooler was pretty easy. It was much harder to decide which way I wanted to mount it.

 

 

 

 

According to the cooler and memory documentation it wasn't supposed to fit that way, but it did and I'm glad it did. This way the fan has much more room to get fresh air underneath the power supply.

 

 

 

 

The stock cooler looks like a joke compared to this one  

 

 

 

 

It was actually quite a close fit!

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the completed build. I did my best to route the cables nicely, but there's not much room to work with.

I also made some custom dust filters. I know it's not the most elegant solution, but the shipping of DEMCIflex filters is way too expensive and you can't see them from the outside anyways.

 

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed this build log and to finish this off, here's a picture of the SG13 with my cat in the background

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Materialisimo]

Hi, I want to say thank you for making a detailed log of your build. I'm building a mini ITX PC for my dad soon and there was some missing info that this post finally helped to clear out.

 

We ordered an SG13-B, a SF450 SFX Corsair PSU, Corsair Vengeance 2x8gb RAM and a Shadow Rock LP.

When we ordered I was confident everything was gonna fit, but I started to doubt specifically on the CPU cooler and the PSU, was it gonna fit at all? I googled EVERYWHERE, nothing but vague info and definitely no pics of anything. This is the first post that I found that has all the info I needed.

 

We have the same case, the same 34mm tall RAM, the same SFX PSU form factor and the same cooler. So now I'm 100% confident my build is going to have absolutely zero problems. Thank you again.

 

Before I go, I just have a small confusion. The Shadow Rock LP is claimed to be 75mm in height (check the attached file), and in your picture showing height between MOBO and PSU, you can clearly see it's 85mm tall. How on earth does the cooler have only like a 2mm gap with the PSU? Hope it makes sense.

 

[Ross Siggers]

If you can find a suitable slim fan to go on that cooler, I think it'd help airflow. 

 

Having said that, the way the cooler squeezes in and snakes over the ram is appealing in its own way!! XD