Silverstone Sugo SG13 ITX Case - Black

Author: Fred Dinage

Rating: 5

Review: Brilliant value for money. I built a ryzen 5 3600 system in mine and have been very pleased with it. In terms of what you can get inside well this is an ITX case for ITX motherboards. There is a drive plate that sits at the front of he case on the top struts. On that you can mount either two 2.5 inch drives or one 3.5 inch drive. At the front left at the bottom of the case there is another mounting point for a 2.5 inch drive. However that being said there is enough extra room on the front right side of the case to vertical mount another 2.5 inch drive flush against the front panel. There are no mounting points there but I used some velcro tape for this purpose and it worked perfectly. The case supports a 140mmfront fan but be aware that if you're doing so the extra height on it will impact the top drive mounting plate position. You can fit it in but it will be misaligned with the screw holes in this case. So you're either going to have to drill a few more holes or take the easy option like i did of using strong velcro tape cut to the width of the struts. This case supports full sizeATX PSUs but I wouldn't recommend it as the clearance above the cooler is going to be very tight especially If you're using a stock air cooler. It's best to use a modular SFX power supply. It'll give you a lot more space for much needed cable management. However if you are going to do that please be aware that you will also need a ATX - SFX adapter plate to mount it. This is not included as standard with the case or even in many PSUs so this will likely be a separate purchase. If you're mounting a SFX PSU at the back right side of the case there is space there for another fan depending on the specifics of your motherboard configuration. You'll be able to fit a 92mm fan there but again this is not an official feature of the case and will take a little rigging with cable ties or more of my favorite velcro tape but it fits and works at least for me. Something to consider is how many fan headers you have your motherboard. If you've only got the one you'll probably have to run another cable and likely adapt it from a molex connector. As for the GPU the you're going have to your check sizes on that. 53mm max width and 280mm max length, 129mm max height (Any more than this on the height whilst it may fit in the case itself you'll struggle with fitting the PCIE connectors in the card and subsequently fitting the top drive tray in the case as it fits over it.) My last recommendation is buy lots of zip ties and a roll of velcro tape. You'll thank me latter as it very tight to build in. Getting good airflow is absolutely possible but it take a fair amount of trial and error with and it's good to have more zip ties so you can redo sections if you encounter any annoyances which will inevitably crop up. (At one point I had to remove just one stick of ram and I had to undo everything I had done!) Overall this is a very versatile case with ample opportunity for modding.

Author: mfm

Rating: 3

Review: First: I fully paid for this so I compared a lot before buying. I paid 39 pounds for it. It is the smallest you can find in the UK in the ITX form factor. I spent days going to the official pages of this, fractal models, other silverstones and other brands (Kolink) finding the dimensions as in Amazon most of the time it states the dimensions of the packaging, not the product itself. Worldwide the smallest is still the DAN A4 which is...unavailable and when it is available it costs an arm and a leg. Then you've got the EVGA Hadron which is also really expensive and has its own brand of motherboard to go with, so incompatible wth other ITX boards. I wouldn't go for anything with a ribbon pcie cable though, no matter how sturdy it was. This one you have motherboard and GPU connected directly to each other and to save on space the PSU is directly on top of the motherboard. This leaves very little room for the CPU cooler. PROS: The smallest & cheapest. <-- This is the selling point and the only reason for me to stay with them. Space for 3 hdd/sdd of 2.5 inches CONS: Cable management is a pain in the arse. I had to cut wires from my PSU otherwise it'll touch the fans. It is quite hard to find a low profile cooler if you have a processor that uses 95W or above (i7 6700K / 7700k or anything intel with a K at the end). The PSU should have been in the space between the motherboard and the front. That would allow me to keep using my CoolerMaster EVO on top of the mobo without increasing the size of the case. I do understand this might have required an SFF PSU but I wouldn't mind paying the extra to stay on this size, Silverstone pay attention --> You can sell two products (PSU too) and make us happier. On "K" versions of intel you're basically forced to use liquid cooler or the SST-AR04 / Noctua NH09i to keep it cool. I can't put two 3.5 inches HDD, I had 2 RAID hdd on my previous setup and one SSD. Here I can't have the RAID setup on the HDD which means slower sequential reading times (RAID 0). Screwes doesn't quite fit at times even in the same place they were before. I've got one in the front that keeps "dancing" on its place instead of staying fit. Could have come with a frontal fan otherwise the CPU keeps cooling itself with its own hot air. IDEAL SETUPs for this case: WIth the highest budget: An Asrock X99 mobo (around 300 pounds) + an i7 6800K + any 12cms liquid cooler. You could sell your children to raise the money or go to cash converter and pawn your kidney. With a "modest" budget: The cheapest ITX H110 MSI mobo (it's here in offer at 69 pounds, strangely in the US is more expensive) as I have, an i5 that doesn't have the K in the end (6400/6500 or 6600 non-K) with the stock cooler + a 12 cms Artic fan. MY SETUP: - TheMSI Intel Lga1151 H110I Pro DDR4 Mini-Itx Motherboard as before. -Intel Core i7 6700K Processor (4 GHz, 4 Core, 8 Threads, 8 MB cache, LGA1151 Socket Box) (no point in going for the 7700k when the benchmarks are the same). -SilverStone SST-AR04; Argon Thin Mini-ITX low profile CPU Cooler to cool it down. For 95W cpu you can't go for anything less. Also remember the "K" intel processors come without fan. -ARCTIC F12 - 120 mm Standard Low Noise Case Fan for the front panel, it is noiseless and makes a HUGE difference in temperatures as without it, the CPU will be cooling itself down with its own HOT air. While with it, there's constantly cold air coming in the case. Remember, this case comes with absolutely no fan. ALTERNATIVE: -Kolink Satellite PC Casing Black . Why? You've got space for a collermaster 212 evo, they put the PSU at the front instead of over the mobo. Also you can fit two 3.5 inches HDD. The con: is slightly bigger, just slighly, but enough for me to stay with the SG13 as I want the minimum size my budget can afford. UPDATE: After struggling with cooling my i7 6700k I decided to sell it and move onto a Kolink Satellite. The best I could get with different low profile coolers on this was 90 degrees Celsius when encoding video files, very unacceptable. It's as much to blame to the lack of space above the CPU as it is to my motherboard for not accepting all types of low profile coolers (capacitors on the way, they don't all have room click down on a MSI H110i pro). It's a shame, because I did love the size.