Anyone have exp. making a microATX rig?

[BLAZE86]

I was thinking about making them and selling them to friends and stuff for alittle profit there alot cheaper to make then a SLI set up.. Atm I'm running all the stuff for SLI but never really decided to go that coarse with this first system build. What I got atm would have been perfect for a microATX rig plus cheaper i bet.. that is if u can fit a 8800 in it.. theres some smaller ones that prolly would. Most microATX mobos have the sata's right in front of the damn PCI Express so yea..

Is there any problems or issues w/ building a microATX?

[DigitalDD]

No problems really. sometimes you can't get get a motherboard with a specific chipset in a MicroATX but other than that nothing negative. You usually can get some pretty good deals on barebone kits in MicroATX formfactor making the system cheaper to build. Some of the kits are a little skimpy on the power supplies but they're solid if you stick with the integrated graphics on the motherboard. Its when you put in dedicated sound & video cards that the included PSUs can't handle it.

[CoffeeShark]

i've built a few, the main thing to watch for is fitting in the CPU fan, and heat from the video card.

You need an SFF case that has good cooling, first.

[BLAZE86]

Newegg.com - NZXT ROGUE Crafted Series BLACK ROGUE w. BLUE LED Black Aluminum MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases

Is prolly the best bet for good cooling. Looks pretty cramped though. =/

[Fish111]

IF I built one Id prolly have to go water cooled.

You know, minimize the size, might as well make it near silent too

[DigitalDD]

just use a microatx tower and you don't have to worry about the cramped case. and you will keep the cost down.

[CoffeeShark]

tough to watercool SFF because the radiator/pump takes up space

[Fish111]

Well it would still be a tower, not a box like the one he linked, but you can put external radiators