Gaming in Tight Spaces - MAX11L (featuring Gigbayte and Corsair)

miahallen · Sep 25, 2010, 12:55 AM

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Last month I brought you part one in this series entitled “Gaming in Tight Spaces – mini-ITX (featuring Gigabyte, Silverstone, and Prolimatech)”. In that article, I talked a bit about the history of mini-ITX and my fascination with it. If you didn’t get a chance to look it over yet, feel free to check it out as I’ll be referencing it a lot in this article.

My goal with the original was to simply build a gaming PC in which I would be using on a regular basis. I did not intend to write an article about the build. But after receiving support from Gigabyte and Prolimatech, the build spawned the article and an in depth look at what sort of performance I could extract from a tiny system on a relatively small budget.

Well….I got the bug, as many might say, and my curiosity drove me to push the system to the next level. I decided to name this new revision “MAX11L”, which represents the maximum amount of performance I could stuff into 11 liters of volume.

Continue reading here!

TSX420J · Sep 25, 2010, 02:28 AM

Holy S#*T!! That is incredible. Nice, its even water cooled. Good Job!

miahallen · Oct 2, 2010, 12:21 PM

Finished sleeving the PSU yesterday...pretty happy with the results

Full build log here:
http://www.techreaction.net/forums/s...ead.php?t=3804

miahallen · Oct 8, 2010, 09:58 PM

Here are the final pictures

"It's like a console...with the suck turned down and the awesome turned up" -tet5uo

TSX420J · Oct 8, 2010, 11:25 PM

Sick that is what I want my bedroom PC to look like.

MadClown · Oct 8, 2010, 11:56 PM

no disc tray? lol jk no need, that looks just awesome

miahallen · Oct 9, 2010, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MadClown

no disc tray?

I know....what a piece of crap huh?

LOL....thanks guys

Splave · Oct 9, 2010, 03:39 PM

awesome work boss man

how long did the sleeving take?

kenkickr · Oct 9, 2010, 03:41 PM

That's an impressive little beast you have there

miahallen · Oct 9, 2010, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Splave

awesome work boss man

how long did the sleeving take?

Thanks Allen

About 6-7 hours

Not sure if I'll ever do it again, but it does look pretty nice

freaksavior · Oct 9, 2010, 04:04 PM

Wow thats cramped.

Loosenut · Oct 9, 2010, 04:31 PM

Beautiful SFF build Miahallen. Nice job

miahallen · Oct 10, 2010, 08:16 PM

If you like my build, vote for me

http://www.evga.com/ModsRigs/detail.aspx?BuildID=15162

System Name:	MAX11L
Processor:	i5 750 @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte H55N-USB3
Cooling:	Corsair H70
Memory:	Corsair Dominator GTX3 @ DDR3-2100 6-9-6 1T
Video Card:	eVGA 480 GTX @ 800/1000
Hard Disk:	80GB Intel X25M + 500GB Seagate Momentus XT
Case:	Silverstone SUGO SG05
Sound Card:	onboard
PSU:	Silverstone ST45SF 450W SFX
Software:	Windows 7 x64
Benchmarks:	Check full performance review here: http://www.techreaction.net/2010/09/24/gaming-in-tight-spaces-p

Sep 25, 2010, 02:28 AM	#2
TSX420J Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 310 (0.14/day) Thanks: 81 Thanked 41 Times in 31 Posts System Specs	Holy S#*T!! That is incredible. Nice, its even water cooled. Good Job! __________________ Cars Computers & Cooters

System Name:	The Monolith
Processor:	Core i7 3770k
Motherboard:	Asus P8Z77V Pro
Cooling:	Stock
Memory:	4gb 1333 Upgrading to G-Skill Sniper 16gb 2133
Video Card:	Waiting for 7xx
Hard Disk:	OCZ Revo 3 120gb / 1tb WD Caviar Black
Optical Drive:	LG BD Burner / Liteon BD-Rom Drive
CRT/LCD Model:	Westinghouse LVM37 W-3 37"1080p
Case:	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Sound Card:	M-Audio Firewire Solo
PSU:	Corsair HX 1050
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Oct 2, 2010, 12:21 PM	#3
miahallen Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 133 (0.05/day) Thanks: 40 Thanked 100 Times in 36 Posts System Specs	Finished sleeving the PSU yesterday...pretty happy with the results Full build log here: http://www.techreaction.net/forums/s...ead.php?t=3804 __________________ The post counter is not an intelligence meter! Heat Team IRONMODS

System Name:	MAX11L
Processor:	i5 750 @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte H55N-USB3
Cooling:	Corsair H70
Memory:	Corsair Dominator GTX3 @ DDR3-2100 6-9-6 1T
Video Card:	eVGA 480 GTX @ 800/1000
Hard Disk:	80GB Intel X25M + 500GB Seagate Momentus XT
Case:	Silverstone SUGO SG05
Sound Card:	onboard
PSU:	Silverstone ST45SF 450W SFX
Software:	Windows 7 x64
Benchmarks:	Check full performance review here: http://www.techreaction.net/2010/09/24/gaming-in-tight-spaces-p

Oct 8, 2010, 09:58 PM	#4
miahallen Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 133 (0.05/day) Thanks: 40 Thanked 100 Times in 36 Posts System Specs	Here are the final pictures "It's like a console...with the suck turned down and the awesome turned up" -tet5uo __________________ The post counter is not an intelligence meter! Heat Team IRONMODS

Oct 8, 2010, 11:25 PM	#5
TSX420J Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 310 (0.14/day) Thanks: 81 Thanked 41 Times in 31 Posts System Specs	Sick that is what I want my bedroom PC to look like. __________________ Cars Computers & Cooters

Oct 8, 2010, 11:56 PM	#6
MadClown Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NY, the state were you cant defend yourself Posts: 1,210 (0.68/day) Thanks: 213 Thanked 108 Times in 95 Posts System Specs	no disc tray? lol jk no need, that looks just awesome __________________ xfire: madclown5 \| steam: ashortbus \| PSN: iMadClown \| XBL: MadClown5

System Name:	NUMERO_UNO
Processor:	AMD FX-8150
Motherboard:	Asrock 990FX Xtreme4
Cooling:	Xigmatek S1284
Memory:	32 GB G.Skill Ares
Video Card:	HIS IceQ Radeon HD 7970
Hard Disk:	128 GB Crucial M4, 1TB WDCB FALS, 1TB WDCB FAEX, 1.5 WD Elements
Optical Drive:	Sony BD-R
CRT/LCD Model:	21.5'' Asus 1080P LCD, 2ms response
Case:	White Phantom NZXT
Sound Card:	HT Omega Claro+
PSU:	Corsair 850 Watt modular
Software:	Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1
Benchmarks:	8% ram usage when idle, lol

Oct 9, 2010, 03:39 PM	#8
Splave Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New York Posts: 134 (0.10/day) Thanks: 31 Thanked 44 Times in 27 Posts	awesome work boss man how long did the sleeving take? __________________ CPU-Z validation sig pics temporarily blocked

Oct 9, 2010, 03:41 PM	#9
kenkickr Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Springfield, IL Posts: 4,490 (2.25/day) Thanks: 1,024 Thanked 1,328 Times in 1,094 Posts System Specs	That's an impressive little beast you have there

System Name:	Wrigley II/ HTPC
Processor:	I7 X3820@ 4.7Ghz v1.39/ i3 2120 stock
Motherboard:	MSI X79 Big Bang (2.1 bios)/ Biostar H61GMC
Cooling:	H2O / Air
Memory:	4 x Samsung DDR3 1600 @ 2000 Cas10 / 4Gb kit OCZ DDR3 1600
Video Card:	7950 OTW + GTX 465(physx) / MSI 6570 2Gb
Hard Disk:	Corsair Force 3 128gb SSD, 2x 500gb Momentus XT Raid 0, 2TB Seagate , and 2TB WD Green / 500gb Seaga
Optical Drive:	Pioneer DVD burner / Lite On Blu Ray Combo drive
CRT/LCD Model:	3x Hanns-G 27" Eyefinity baby!! / 42" Plasma Samsung
Case:	Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra / Antec Minuet
Sound Card:	X-fi Titanium HD w/ PAX drivers / AMD HDMI
PSU:	Cougar 1000W / Antec 300W
Software:	Windows 8 Pro, Windows 7 Ult(Hyper-V) and Ubuntu Server(Hyper-V) / Windows 8 Pro w/ MCE

Oct 9, 2010, 04:04 PM	#11
freaksavior To infinity ... and beyond! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: H-Town Texas Posts: 6,780 (2.88/day) Thanks: 1,031 Thanked 852 Times in 581 Posts System Specs	Wow thats cramped. __________________ Heat My HTPC Guide freak's F/S thread Fill Out you sp here.

System Name:	0 Kelvin 5.0 / Server
Processor:	i7 930 \|\| Q6600
Motherboard:	EVGA Micro X58\|\| Asus Rampage Formula x48
Cooling:	Mugen2 \|\| Rocketfish
Memory:	6Gb Crucial Value 1800mhz\|\| 4gb Patriot SLI
Video Card:	2x Asus 5850CU 800/1200 \|\| ATI 6450
Hard Disk:	Intel 320 80gb SSD + 72.11 750Gb \|\| 3 x 2tb Sea + 2 x 500gb WD B
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-S203N \|\| None
CRT/LCD Model:	2x Samsung 245BW \|\| Samsung 40" 650A
Case:	NZXT Rogue \|\| CM690
Sound Card:	Onboard \|\| ATI 6450
PSU:	8Silverstone DA800 \|\| Kingwin 1000w
Software:	7U x64 \|\| Windows 7
Benchmarks:	http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l294/freaksavior/Overclocking-1.png

Oct 9, 2010, 04:31 PM	#12
Loosenut Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Montreal, Qc. Canada Posts: 717 (0.59/day) Thanks: 319 Thanked 169 Times in 150 Posts System Specs	Beautiful SFF build Miahallen. Nice job __________________ "A closed mouth gathers no foot" -Me My Heat Ebay

System Name:	Loose nuts & bolts
Processor:	Phenom II X4 955 BE EK Supreme HF full nickel
Motherboard:	ASUS M4A79XTD EVO
Cooling:	Water EK goodness all around 2xBlack Ice X-280
Memory:	4x2Gb G.Skill Trident 1600 @ 8-8-8-24-1T
Video Card:	Powercolor PCS+ HD 5870 @875/1225 24/7 EKFC 5870v2 nickel
Hard Disk:	2xWD Black 500GB in RAID0 & 1 Maxtor 320Gb(storage)
Optical Drive:	LG GSA-H62N
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer x223whbd
Case:	NZXT Beta EVO
Sound Card:	on board
PSU:	Corsair HX850
Software:	Win 7 Ultimate x64

Oct 10, 2010, 08:16 PM	#13
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