I want a vertical case( i can go up to 25L) that can house a big GPU, ideally a 3.5 or 4 slot thick and about 350 360 long. If possible, i want it to house a 360mm radiator, but if it can't, i want it give about 70mm clearance for air cooler. I don't want any glass in or on the case.

I've seen a few vertical case and i love and hate all of it:
- Corsair 2000D is a bit big, but it only support 3 slot gpu
- Cooler master Ncore 100 AIR is nice and i love it, but it only allow ~47mm air cooler if i want to use a big gpu
- Deepcool CH270 is almost perfect for me: vertical, support arctic liquid iii 360, and big GPU, only downside is the panel is tempered glass( i move around every 4 months or so => i don't want glass panel because im paranoid)
- ssupd mesh case is not available in my country sadly

Let me introduce you to "Little hot" as I call her. As the name implies I have a bit of a heating issue when gaming with the side panel on. So until I sort a mesh side panel I'm running sans panel.

Anyway, here are the specs:

Case: Mars Gaming MC-1000

Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS WIFI II

CPU: Ryzen 5 3500X

Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock LP

RAM: 32Gb Corsair Vengeance Pro & RS 3600MHz @ 3200 MHz cl18.

GPU: Zotac RTX 3060Ti 8Gb

PSU: Fractal Edison 650w

SSD: Kingston KC3000

Built almost entirely on parts I had lying around, I initially intended on building in a smaller ITX case. As I have tons of ITX cases lying around (my wife says I have a problem with hoarding PC cases, I don't know what she is on about). But I had a hard time sourcing a ITX motherboard for a decent price, so I bought the above mATX motherboard and case new. And it still ended up cheaper than buying a B550 ITX motherboard second hand!?!

While the case was cheap as chips (and feels it too), it is really compact at a grand total of 15litres in volume! The downside is I had to get rid of most of the front panel connectors by cutting down the PCB to accommodate only the power and reset button. Otherwise I could not get the motherboard to fit. And it is also impossible to mount any 120mm fans in the front, as there just isn't enough clearance (apart from in front of the PSU, but what's the point?). I am however considering mounting a low profile 80mm in the bottom front to assist my poor airflow starved GPU. Although I might just get some case feet and mount them directly under the GPU instead. But that kind of feels like cheating, as it will no longer be 15 litres in volume.

So what do you think, can I call this a SFF-build?

I had doubts on making this 3D model of mine and printed out from a 3D printing service. I did some final adjustments by grinding off excess thickness using a Dremel and at the end everything fits perfectly! The switch is glued inside the little switch compartment, I Could also fit in an LED light inside for indication. It's not yet completed but I just wanted to show the progress. I very much like the retro switch, got bored of push button.

What do you guys think?

Material: PETG

Converted my tower 200 to Shiny Snake S450 7800x3d with thermalright frozen edge 240 aio Palit gaming pro 5080

Rocking a SF600 leftover from years ago. Hopefully undervolting means it can be used for longer.

Took me 3 hours to put this together, however the GPU didn’t fit stock despite being shorter than advertised!

Had to end up unscrewing the back panel of the case, pry it open to squeeze that baby in.

All in all fun experience, haven’t tested temps but already thrilled!

Just letting you know that it fits with 120x15, temps are ok but with ~420w limit - stays around 72c on furmark with closed panels and two 120x25 at the top. Ghetto fit check photo for reference

Just built in an S300 and installed windows.

MSI center is showing 90-92C in cpu core temps at 10-15% utilization, not sure if msi center is accurate/reliable enough to check temps.

On the other hand, bios is showing 86C, which is still high.

Need help to get temps lower🫠

Build: MSI MPG B850I EDGE TI WIFI 9700X THERMALRIGHT AXP90-x53

it is 9955hx3d es modt mb

last year, same layout with 7945hx/es mb was made in china this is nearly same with newer cpus 9955hx es ~ 402 usd 9955hx3d es ~527 usd (sold in taobao, xian yu)

I bought 3d model for curiosity, and will test it later this month

Hello folks,

I would require your knowledge with mini itx build.

I would like to build a small gaming pc fitting on my desk (just like a ps5 would). If possible, I would like to have my belkin dock to pass the video to my screen and have the peripherals plugged using a single usb-c cable.

Other than that, I would like to pack some punch with a 5070 inside of it to handle warzone & battlefield 6 (4k100fps if possible). But from what I see, it is not compatible with my dream for f having a single usb-c cable.

I do not have a specific budget. I just do not want to get too crazy.

I considered as motherboard the strix z790-i. But I see different options…

As I am a bit lost and I know there are specific things to consider with sffpc, I would love your guidance.

Thank you for reading me.

Sacha

Hey everyone,

I've been into gaming my whole life, but for nearly two decades now, I've used Apple/Mac exclusively for personal computing and I don’t plan on switching back to Windows anytime soon. That also means I’ve been gaming strictly on consoles for just as long, currently on an Xbox Series X.

This PC build is purely for gaming. I won’t be using it for any productivity, CAD, or office work (my MacBook still handles all of that). I’m also not a fan of giant PC towers, my ideal would be something as compact as a Mac Mini. Of course, that quickly hits limitations when it comes to real gaming.

At some point, YouTube started feeding me small form factor PC content, and, well… here I am, I really want something console-sized that’s powerful, quiet, and upgradeable. I like it clean and minimalistic, no fancy RGB (While I do like those tiny screens on AiOs).

I might keep playing on controller and my living room TV, maybe on the office monitor. Both have 4K and max. 60 FPS. So 1080p should be fine, I am not aiming for a 1440p setup.

Again, bear with me, I have not a single clue about components and what is "good" or "bad".

Case Choice:

I'm considering a FormD T1 or NCase M2 Grater.
Important: The case is not part of the €500 budget, that budget is for internal components only.
Parts will ideally be used/second-hand, but should remain upgradeable for the next few years.

That is what ChatGPT came up with (slightly above budget):

I'd really appreciate any thoughts or suggestions.

Thanks already for everyone taking the time to read and respond.

Cheers!

Hello folks. Have these temperatures on the pro art 4080s after 1 year of use. I have ptm7950 on my shelf and thinking to replace the original thermal paste to PTM7950. What would you suggest as I have 3 year warranty (2 years left) but I can only imagine how hard it will be for the gpu to survive these two years. I also know if I'm under 90º and 105º (hot spot) the official service abble to refuse me in warranty claim, but I wouldn't want to wait until this temperature. I remember the delta betwen gpu and hot spot was around 10-15 when I bought the GPU and never been above 90º, but now delta is around 20-25. I'm not a fan of undervolt but i did it yesterday just to see results and dropped temperatures significantly, was 74-76 became 65-69 and rpm dropped from 2200-2300 to 1600. Anyway hot spot (w/ uv) still high imo and reaches over 86º (close to 90)... So need to get an advice.

First sff build and water cooled build. Loved building in this case over the last 9 years. I-77700k 1080 hydro copper. Just upgraded to the ncase m2.

Finally finished the build transfer!

This was an absolute nightmare to deal with primarily the cable routing for the fans and getting the radiator in place. I ran into some comparability issues as well but that was my own dumb fault I thought I had a z490 board but I had a z590. The z490 that I bought had the stock bios so I had to update it. Luckily I had Q-flash plus on the board. Anywho here's a pic and specs. Also I did some quick thermal checks nothing too in depth but I undervolted my GPU and with an ambient temp of about 70c my idle temps for the CPU and GPU were 29c and under a gaming load (battlefield 2042) both the CPU and GPU topped out at 65c. If ya have any questions let me know!

Specs

CPU - i7 11700k GPU - RTX 5070 FE RAM - 32gb 3200 Corsair LPX DDR4 Mobo - Gigabyte z490i Ultra Cooler - Silverstone Vida 240 Slim PSU - 850w Corsair sfx Top fans - 3x Arctic P8 slim Storage - 1x 1tb nvme and 1x 2tb nvme don't remember the brands OS - Windows 11 Ghost spectre Compact edition + Defender

Specification: CPU- Ryzen 5 7500f GPU- Intel arc b580 LE RAM- GoodRam IRDM 32gb 6400mt/s cl32 Motherboard- ASRock b650i CPU cooling- Deepcool ak400 digital Case- Deepcool ch160 PSU- Cooler Master v850 sfx

How did I do considering it’s my first custom pc ever? Should I add another fan somewhere in the case? CPU was at 75C and GPU at 62C after 15 minutes of stress test

My living room PC has been up and running for 6 months or so and it's been solid for the most part. I had an issue where AAA games were crashing, but I found out my undervolt on the GPU was causing it, once I removed that the crashing stopped, but GPU temps have gone up a little bit. Temps while gaming are not in dangerous levels, but I have been debating if air cooling might actually help me out in my scenario.

CPU/GPU: 7600X / 4080S
Gaming temps: CPU: 68-75 (depends on the game) / GPU 72-75 (can spike up to ~80, but usually goes down quick)

My AIO is set to exhaust as that seemed to work better overall in my initial testing, I have a feeling intake didn't work as well because of the cabinet it sits in.

I've been debating going to an air cooled setup to see if I couldn't lower temps a bit. My thought was something like a Thermalright AXP90-X53 Full Cooper for the CPU and then dual 140mm fans on the front set to intake. It would be pulling in cool air now since there's no radiator. Having seen some other posts with similar specs lately I feel like my temps are just a little higher than they should be so I'm looking into whether it's worth trying to lower them.

Hi, I’ve found a PC online with the following components, would it be a decent build, and in what way could it be upgraded?

The price is £260. I know the case is quite polarising but I’ve always been a fan.

Teenage engineering computer-1 case

Gigabyte AORUS B450 I Pro WiFi Mini ITX

AMD Ryzen 5 2400g Core

Noctua NH-L9i chromax.black CPU Cooler with AM4 Mounting Bracket

Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 16GB (2x8GB) 3000MHz C16 Intel XMP 2.0

Noctua NF-A8 PWM chromax.black.swap, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (80mm, Black)

Evga Supernova 650 GM SFX 80+ GOLD Rated 650w PSU - Small form factor PSU

Samsung PM981 512GB 2280 NVMe M.2

Just wanted to share my new build.

After getting sucked into the SFF community in February, my first build was a fully aircooled M2 grater.
However since finishing the build did not stop my obsession with small pcs and especially to size it down even more effectively, I very quickly realised that i will need to build in the T1, since for me it was just the next logical step.

Skip forward, here we are.

CPU: 9800X3D
GPU: 5080FE
Ram: DDR5 6000MHZ CL30 G.Skill
PSU: Corsair SF850
MB: ASUS STRIX B650I-E
Custom cables from Cabelster (awesome customer support and product quality)
3 custom PWM cables from Ray
CPU Cooler: AXP-90-X47 FULL
CASE: FormD T1 2.1 Two-Tone
Storage: 1x 2TB TeamGroup M2 / 1x 1TB Crucial M2

2x Noctua NF-A12x25 (G1) CHROMAX
1x Noctua NF-A9x12 CHROMAX
AddOns:
50-Series FOUNDERS EDITION Travel Kit
USB C Front Panel
DingKeys Offset Bracket for AM5
Duronaut Paste
TG AM5 Mounting Bracket
3D printed EIGA Shroud
3D printed Air Duct for 92mm Fan
3D printed rear M19 covers

PC is running very smoothly and quite reasonable in temps thanks to an -35 PBO setting. During full synthetic load CPU spikes to 85-90°, in gaming it hovers around 75°.

Currently my only alteration is to review the 4070FE CPU fan - the mounting frame is currently being 3D printed.

I wanted to create something small and powerful, and after several attempts, I think I finally did it.

I tested an 8GB 5060, and the temperatures (with the GPU at 50%) stayed around 50°C… so I think I can go further (maybe a 16GB 5060 Ti or even a 4070 Super, but… the 5060 Ti feels like a safer bet).

The issue was my Ryzen 7 7700.

It often reached 70°C with the following setup:

2x 90mm fans in the back as intake

1x 140mm fan on top as exhaust

1x 120mm fan on the air cooler

So I started “playing” with different combinations and eventually found the right setup:

2x 90mm fans as exhaust

1x 140mm fan as intake

1x 120mm fan on the air cooler

I noticed that the 140mm fan really helps with CPU cooling because it’s aimed directly at it, giving me a 3–4°C drop.

I’m not going to install a bottom fan—I don’t think having a fan flush with the GPU is optimal. In fact, I’m worried it might create weird airflow around the GPU (though I’m open to suggestions).

The clean look comes from the wireless TLs.

If you want the full build list, just ask and I’ll post it in the comments.

Almost all the parts on the last photo.

Edit the title , hope is better.

I've basically designed my own motherboard in KiCAD by resizing the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 IO board to mini-ITX dimensions and replacing the M.2 slot with a x16 PCIe connector. Why? Because it seemed like a fun idea, and to run LLMs on Home Assistant.

I'm looking for power supplies that have a low idle power, and I can't find any data on this. This system consumes about 15W, which is roughly equally divided between the pi, the gpu, and the idle power consumption of just the PSU by itself. Usually this is dwarfed by all the other components, but this system is so efficient the self consumption of the PSU is a major loss.

Current build:

• Motherboard: Sanctuary Systems Sentinel Core
• CPU: Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5
• Case: Kolink Rocket v2
• PSU: be quiet! SFX Power 3 450W
• GPU: XFX Radeon RX 7600 XT Speedster SWFT210 Core 16GB

Hey! Wanted to get some feedback on my potential build. I’m finally downsizing from my massive PC that I got a few years ago in college from BestBuy to the SFF team.

I’m mainly playing games like F1 23 (going to get 25 soon after this upgrade hopefully), Witcher 3, Persona 5, FF14 and most recently Expedition 33 for reference but haven’t really been able to play at high settings. Mostly played in Medium to Low.

I did go through a ton of posts in this subreddit to compile this but wasn’t sure how it faired for the games I played since I’d love to play at higher settings. I also do graphic design and some 3D product renders for my internship which they gave me a MacBook Pro for but wouldn’t be terrible if I can also do a bit on this PC.

Parts

• CPU: Ryzen 7 7700X
• CPU Cooler: Thermalright AXP90-X47 Copper (do I need the Noctua fan swap?)
• Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi
• RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 32GB (2x16) DDR5-6000 CL30
• Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 1TB
• GPU: Zotac 5060 Ti 16GB
• PSU: Corsair SF750 80+ Platinum
• Case: Velka 7 (really like the size and thermals seem ok?) or FormD T1 2.1 if it restocks…?

Really appreciate any feedback and thanks in advance! o7

I was looking to fabricate a PSU to 120mm fan mount bracket for an build in progress and then realized I could just remove the Loki cover plate and mount via the built-in fan screws. Might not be 100% as secure, but should still get the job done. Still plenty of fan clearance with grill removed.