miahallen
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| 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(s) | eVGA 480 GTX @ 800/1000 |
| Storage | 80GB Intel X25M + 500GB Seagate Momentus XT |
| Case | Silverstone SUGO SG05 |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard |
| Power Supply | Silverstone ST45SF 450W SFX |
| Software | Windows 7 x64 |
| Benchmark Scores | Check full performance review here: http://www.techreaction.net/2010/09/24/gaming-in-tight-spaces-p |
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!
