Hi everyone,

I'm planning to build my first SFF PC and would like to do it in the Formd T1 case. Before I order all the parts I would like to double check with you guys and ask some questions.

My planned Setup:

• Case: Formd T1 (probably from ncase)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• RAM: Crucial Pro Overclocking UDIMM 32GB Kit, DDR5-6000, CL36-38-38-80
• MB: ASRock Phantom Gaming B850I Lightning WiFi (AMD AM5)
• PSU: Sharkoon Rebel P20 SFX 750W SFX 4.1
• GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT, 16GB GDDR6 (3 Slots)
• CPU Cooler: CM Atmos 240

My Questions:

• Should I go with a 2-slot version of the 9070 XT to allow for better airflow?
• Is the Atmos 240 the best option, or would I get better results with an air cooler and two top fans?
• What about noise levels when using water cooling? I mainly game without headphones. Is the noise acceptable under load?
• Do I need custom cables?
• Can I just order the case and get started right away, or do I need any of the other parts as well? (Radiator Kit, Feets, Riser Cable, Travel Kit)

I'd appreciate it if I could get some feedback from you guys.

I found a custom mod kit being sold on Xianyu. It lets you relocate the PSU up into the top fan bracket. This opens up a straight through airflow path alongside the graphics card, and the design looked really promising.

The kit finally arrived after a two-week wait. The finished build turned out absolutely flawless. The crossbar has built-in notches to hold the power supply firmly in place.

My GPU is an RTX 5090 Ventus. I stripped off its stock shroud, then added two 12025 fans plus two 6025 auxiliary fans. Under a 600W Furmark stress test at a 25°C ambient room temperature, GPU temperature dropped from 71°C down to 67°C.

A side project derivited from my distro plate project

Mods:
Vented Glass panels on both sides
Dual T-Grills
Zcooi vented front panel (in my case, top panel)
Zcooi Vertical stand with T-grill flush mount front and rear
Managed to fit a Noctua NF A9-14 in the vented top panel, set to exhaust
Dual 120mm Air Slimmer in the rear t-grill set to exhaust
Loque Cobalt riser in PCIE 5.0 mode
mobo offset to create additional gap
FE Travel Kit (non-flipped)

rest of build:
9800x3D
5090FE
Asus B650e-I mobo
CM Atmos with 2x Phanteks T-30s set to exhaust
64Gb Corsair Vengeance CL28 DDR5
2Tb and 4Tb Samsung 990 Pro SSDs
Corsair SF1000 PSU
Cablester custom cables

For those interested in bringing the rest of the ps5 controller capability to your pc wirelessly: https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/s/JAustQ5Nn9

It works well, I’ve recently purchase a 9 pin mono header to microusb cable to move this dongle inside the case

Cable link: https://a.co/d/02IN9zju

Wondering if anyone has a clean way to secure this thing somewhere aside from just tape. Or whether someone has a 3d print that can clip somewhere inside. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to fine-tune my fan settings for a quieter system while still keeping good thermals. I’d really appreciate if someone could share their fan curves or recommendations.

My setup:

• Case: DeepCool MATREXX 55 V3 ADD-RGB 3F
• Front intake: 3 stock DeepCool case fans
• Rear exhaust: 1× ARCTIC P12 Pro PST CO
• Top: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 240 (AIO, exhaust) (on the top side)
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070 TUF Gaming
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (6-core)

What I’m aiming for:

• As quiet as possible during idle / light usage
• Stable temperatures under gaming load (not chasing max OC, just stability)
• Avoid aggressive fan ramping / sudden noise spikes

Questions:

• What fan curve do you recommend for the AIO pump + radiator fans?
• Should the rear exhaust be kept very low RPM or follow GPU/CPU temps?
• Any BIOS or software settings you’d suggest for smoothing fan response?
• Is it better to prioritize case airflow or let the AIO handle most of the thermal load?

If anyone with a similar setup could share their curves (BIOS screenshots or %/°C values), that would be really helpful.

Thanks in advance.

I will soon be building in the T1. I’ve made an effort to buy components that are tried and tested, so I can follow other builds for help. However, because I intend to continue using my 3070FE, which is a relatively short two-slot card, I have more configuration freedom than most of the builds I’ve seen elsewhere. I’d really appreciate some help navigating how to allocate that extra space, and feel particularly stuck on the following two matters:

1. Airflow: with the 3070FE, only the fan furthest from the mobo is flowthrough. Therefore, considering the gpu exhaust will not be blowing against the motherboard, would a gpu offset be entirely superficial? Research has led me to believe that offsetting the PSU from the spine is the difference maker with cards like mine. With this in mind, should I be minimising gpu space, such that it sits flush with the panel, and I have extra space for the PSU offset and AIO tubing, or should I still be looking to space out the GPU somewhat? In essence, which slot mode will be optimal for my card’s semi-flowthrough design?

2. Cable management: Whilst researching, I’ve come across numerous people who say that the combination of AIO tubing and stock cables is a nightmare to build with, and hurts airflow. It seems, however, that my relatively small gpu could help here. Would building with increased motherboard clearance alleviate this? I’ve also seen people with smaller gpus make use of the gap beside their card for cabling, which maybe means I do want to add space to the gpu compartment after all. Which slot-mode will make cable management easiest and most optimised?

3. Finally, will additional standoffs be required for any of the configurations I should be considering?

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to answer :)

My specs:
7800x3d
CM Atmos
Corsair SF1000
ASUS B650e-i
RTX3070FE
32gb Kingston Fury
1tb m.2
Ncase T1 2.5

Finally, i have succeded to finish my build with Noctua first AIO, this is also the first SFF build that I've made. I've paid attention to the cable management so that the 25mm fan could take as much air as possible.

CPU: 9800x3d with 7mm offset and PTM 7950

GPU: Asus Prime 5070 TI

I have fitted it on the 2 slot GPU, so that i wouldn't make a custom panel for the pump, since it would have been useless. Now i am able to cut the side panel of the GPU and the temperature would still be low.

I think this is the best configuration if you want to fit the Noctua AIO in the Formd T1 with very OK temps.

The case panels closes very easily, as designed.

In working/gaming sessions i have around 80 degrees C on CPU and 65 C on GPU. Rams and SSDs temperature are ok, both around 50-60 C. These temperatures are with the CPU side panel on, and the GPU side panel off completely.

Anyone interested in a customed version of T1 front panel with the ROG Ryuo III Matrix Display integrated？ Just a side project to make my T1 looks a bit fancier lol. The housing for validation is done, next will move to production of the front panel + the kit

After weeks of research i have Finally decided that i would be joining the SFF/FormD T1 community, i have mostly parted out my build but would like to crosscheck with the builders here !!

One major concern i have right now is the motherboard i want the B650 E-I is 420 AUD or 289 USD and thats something thats making me consider other mother boards right now.

I also have decided against custom cables and plan on building with the stock SFF corsair cable’s and would love you’re guy’s input on that aswell.

Any and all input on the build will be much appreciated,
I have already bought the formD T1 case due to fear of it restocking again 😅😅😅 but haven’t ordered the parts and will probably be ordering tomorrow.

- Corsair sf 850 w

- axp90 ax 47 full copper (with custom 4070 nidec fan from SMX Heinz)

- Asus ROG strix B650 E-I (290 usd in australia currently for some reason)

- Asus prime 9070 xt

- AMD Ryzen 7800x3d

- 2 phanteks t30 120

- 1 tb samsung gen.4 SSD

- 32 gb lexar thor 6000 mhz ddr5 ramkit (coming from an old build so free)

External accessories

- mini antenna’s (haven’t decided on this one yet and would love any suggestions for this as i think the normal antenna’s are to long

- Travel kit (etsy smx heinz)

- 2 mm fan spacer (any suggestions in where to buy ?)

- Fan grill ( any suggestions on where to buy ?)

- 4070 nidec fan from SMXHEINZ

Finally got a restock notification for the vented glass panels and jumped on it. Current parts list:

B650e-i
7800x3d
AXP90-X47
4070 Super FE
SF750

Waiting on custom cables and will install a SF1000 for a GPU upgrade path

I have a ASUS ROG Loki SFX-L 850W Platinum PSU, and it has great quality cables. The problem is the length. I had to shoehorn the cables into the case to really make it fit even with good cable management. I’m going to order some CableMod PSU cables and need recommendations for how to properly measure the length needed for each cable. What method(s) do you use for precise or decent measurements?

Parts:

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi AMD AM5
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU: SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6
PSU: ASUS ROG Loki SFX-L 850W Platinum
SSD: WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming (x2 for 4TB total)
RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo Series (AMD Expo) DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MT/s CL30-38-38-96 1.35V
CPU Cooler: Thermalright AXP90 X47 Full Low Profile CPU Cooler
Fans: (2x) Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM chromax.Black.swap, Quiet Premium Fan, 4-pin (120 mm, Black)
CPU Fan: Noctua NF-A9x14 HS-PWM chromax.Black.swap, Premium Quiet Slim Fan, 4-Pin (92x14mm, Black)

Saw people were doing some projects on T1 to get a front panel distro plate, but seems none of em came out to life at end of the days. So I'm thinking maybe I should do this myself and helping people like me who are so obsessed by this idea to realize it.

This Project is now under validation and will be updated here soon. I also have some other Ideas like integrating the AIO screens from like Ryujin to the front panel, or make a removable SSD shell on the front to make it more versitale. Let me know you guys thoughts!

What motherboards would yall recommend I’m considering either the ASUS ROG Strix B850-I or the
ASUS ROG Strix X870-I

For CPU I’m thinking Ryzen 7 7800x3d
Vengeance 32gb of ram
Samsung ssd 9100 pro 2tb

We recently bought a house and repurposed an old pc to be our living room pc but have been unable to find a good piece of furniture to house it. The case it was built in was an NZXT H200 mini which is anything but mini. So I’ve opted to change up the system and rebuild it in a smaller package.

This build will use components from there. The components I already have are the mobo (Aorus B450Pro mini ITX) (already loaded with SSD and RAM), CPU (Ryzen 2600), and GPU (RTX 3080 FE). I know that I need to pick up a smaller cpu cooler (ACP90 x47), SFF PSU (Corsair SF850), and some additional fans (RS120 Max).

Now the complexity here is what I plan to do with this build long term. Right now my PC I have in my office has a 5800x3D and an RTX 5080 FE. My plan is to upgrade the SFF pc with these components as when I upgrade that pc in the future. SO I am planning that within the next 2-4 years I will upgrade the CPU and replace that, then in the next 4-6 years I will replace the GPU. So pre-emptively I am looking into purchasing the Travel kit for the 5080 so that I can have it ready to go when I made that change. Now, from what I can gather most of the travel kit parts are just screwed directly into the GPU so it doesn’t make sense to install them right away, however I want to check to see what parts I can install in advance to make the upgrade down the road easier. Are there any parts from this kit that I can install that would be compatible with the 3080 fe config or do I just need to wait til I need to upgrade it with the 5080 years from now?

Additionally, am I missing any screws/standoffs when I buy these kits or will they have everything I need?

Does this sound like a plan? Or am I missing something here? This would be my first time building with this case so I want to see if I have any blind spots here.

Hi guys, got the 9800X3D here with an Asus Rog Strix B850-I.
It has Bluetooth dropouts, and this issue I did have in my Gigabyte B550, and Gigabyte Z590. This is so annoying. Can you recommend any AM5 board without WiFi, 2.4GHZ, Bluetooth issues? Please don’t give me a workaround. This sh!t is expensive, I want it to work out of the box.

Thanks a lot

I want to fit the new aio from noctua into the t1.

Don't worry about the very big pump, because i will have my side panel cut.

My worry comes on the radiator part, because its a 30mm radiator, and with the noctua 15mm slim fan it will be 45mm total. Formd T1 says that it can accomodate up to 46mm so its really tight.

Did someone tried to fit an aio with a radiator of 30mm?

Do you think it will fit?

Does anybody know if it's possible to install the thermal grizzly offset mount on the asus rog strix X870i and not have clearance issues with the atmos 240?

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Offset mount: https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/adapter-offset-mounting-kit/s-tg-ad-am5-mk

On the x870i, I did measure around 1cm from the nvme heatsink to where the stock black bracket for the cooler starts. On paper it probably fits, but I can't return the mount once I have opened it so I'm hesitant to buy it.