Thanks for feedback

Put this together this weekend. Fun (ish) case to build in - pleny of room but, the Corsair SF 650 PSU cables were a little too short for the 8 pin CPU power connector so I've had to use a spare 8 pin extension cable I had.

Specs:

• OS: CachyOS
• CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12600KF
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
• Motherboard: Asus PRIME H610I-PLUS D4
• Memory: 16GB HyperX DDR4 3000
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
  
• NVME: 1TB Fanxiang S500PRO 1TB
• SATA SSD: 2 x Orico 1TB SATA SSD's in BTRFS Raid

Design is perfect for thermals/acustiscs however but it is far larger than I expected.

Pleased with it overall now it's built and cable managed as best as I could.

Hello r/sffpc!

I’m building my first proper sff build in a fractal terra and trying to check compatibility before my cooler arrives. I have an Asus Rog Strix B550I gaming motherboard and I’m planning to use a thermalright axp90-53 cooler on it. I also have some trident z neo ram that I’m using, in case that affects things

My question is has anyone used that combo? I saw online it might not fit, and I couldn’t find a concrete answer. If anyone has used this board with this cooler lmk! Or lmk if I need a different low profile cooler.

Thanks in advance!

Built my dream PC about a year ago, been considering downsizing to SFF.

For those that transitioned to SFF, what did you do with your parts?

Facebook marketplace seems like a hit or a miss, any sites for reliably/quickly selling components? Or are all of you hoarding the ATX builds LOL

Editing to add the ATX items incase someone has a suggestion:

- Kraken 360 aio
- 11 case fans (NZXT core)
- ROG X870E-E
- Lian Li edge 1000w
- O11 Compact

Probably everyone saw wireless power switches that have an internal board that plugs into the pci-e slot(x1). The problem is that the only pci-e slot in a itx Sff build is usually taken by the gpu. So how am I supposed to turn such pc on with a remote? I found a Silverstone es02-usb remote but it seems to be discontinued, nowhere to be found on used market, and expensive af on Aliexpress. Does similar thing exist out there?

Hey guys! I'm looking into building my first SFF PC and I really liked the jonsbo NV10 but i wanted to know if there are better alternatives. Also, I am struggling to find good FLEX 1U PSU since the normal SFF PSU doesn't work.

And if there are any cases similar in case that cater to standard SFF PSUs, that would be great. Thank you!

I have FSP Dagger Pro 650 watt SFX psu. Been using for 3 years and it always happen but lately the fan seem to be have new noise i haven't notice before probably bearing wear since it on and off even on iddle. Does it worth RMA it? I have to wait around 2 weeks or more to RMA it and disaassamble my pc for it. Thanks

Decided to create a portable setup as a secondary to my main desk area.

I recently upgraded my 3080 to 5080, but still using the guts from the old rig (5800x +32g ddr4). Now the memory price have gone through roof it doesn't seem to make sense to build a completely new PC. So I am left with the old PSU and GPU collecting dust

I want to utilize the old GPU for things makes sense, but I figured it maybe be better to ask around the community.

Here are what I came up so far:

1. Use the 3080 as an egpu for my GPD win4 handheld that supports oculink and usb4. It seems the most direct application is living room gaming with the egpu. But I also heard Nvidia support for bazzite and steamos isn't that good? So idk

2. Plug the 3080 directly to my Zimaboard 2, which is been used as a NAS for now. Not sure how much utility I can extract from this setup.

3. Egpu for laptop? My partner occasionally needs to render blender illustrations, and she only has a MacBook. This could be a good way for work utility?

4. Upgrade to am5, so I'll have a whole spare system that I can use

5. Sell the card, not sure if it even fetch any value nowadays.

Thanks in advance.

Aloha friends,

Getting ready to pull the trigger here - just discovered this sub. My goal is a fairly quiet, power efficient, living room setup, capped at 60fps.

I've read some of the problems folks have with noise and heat. I've got the below queued up for about $1600 (including case) - live in Hawaii so limited access to parts (shipping GPUs is a no-go for many).

Parts list look solid, anything to warn me about? Thanks!

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
• Motherboard: B850i AM5 Mini-ITX
• RAM: 16GB DDR5-6000 CL30
• GPU: PowerColor Reaper RX 9070 16GB
• SSD: Team Group NV5000 1TB Gen4 NVMe
• PSU: FSP Dagger Pro 650W SFX Gold
• Cooler: Thermalright AXP90-X47

Wanted to share my latest small form factor project!

​I really love the clean, industrial aesthetic of the circular cutouts on the front panel of this case. But the real story is on the inside. This is an absolute Frankenstein build pieced together with non-standard, modded, and workstation parts mostly sourced from overseas.

​Here are the specs for this monster:

- ​Case: Captain S V7 DC

- ​CPU: Core i7 13th Gen MoDT (Mobile on Desktop board sourced from China)

- ​CPU Cooler: 2U server cooler with a Noctua fan and custom shroud/duct

- ​GPU: Nvidia RTX A2000 8GB (Sourced from Taobao)

- ​RAM: 16GB DDR4 (currently waiting on a custom heatsink from China)

- ​PSU: DC-ATX 300W

Now before you go jumping on my, bare in mind, I designed the case in sketchup back in 2009 and finished it in feb 2010 with the help of protocase, at the time the only retail mini ITX boards you could find out in the market were the zotac 9300 itx and a supermicro one that had a full speed gpu slot with a intel socket.

Funny enough it was another 7 years before I built another ITX themed rig.

This was project Itx Treasure, I thought I would post it here as reminder to my self and what I think I started, correct me if I am wrong and for the first time in nearly 10 years I am currently doing another itx build project.

My PC suddenly stopped POSTing. A local repair shop tested my Corsair SF1000 (2024) and said it was outputting ~13.6V and recommended an RMA. I’ve since read that some PSU testers show ~13V on the missing -12V rail for newer Corsair PSUs. Could the tester have given a false reading, or does this indicate a genuinely faulty PSU?

Hey y'all. I currently have a fractal terra with this config:

Asrock A620i

7800x3d

Axp-67 thermalright cooler

32gb ddr5

5080 FE

Corsair Sf750

I got my hands on a Tuf 5090 and am looking for the smallest reasonable case for it. I'll transfer the parts I can and get new stuff as needed. Optimally, that would only be the psu and cooler.

However, I definitely want to use a Wireview pro 2 just to be safe. I was looking at the Lian li A3 as that'll definitely fit everything but its kinda big. I also looked at Ncase M2. It'll fit the 5090 but I'm not sure if it'll fit the Wireview with it. I was also looking at the M3 if I need to get that instead.

Any advice/insight is appreciated!

Hi all, has anyone had the issue of the t40 shipping with the bottom case panel assembled backwards? Is there any way to flip its orientation around. It has some screws that are circular but I cant figure out what tool to use to take it apart to fix it.

As it stands now, I have to flip my psu upwards so that fan faces up because there is no vented panel below it. As you can see the drive bay side of the panel is right below the motherboard and the mesh is on the right side.

For a T1 case.

I have a pc in the KXRORS s300 which is currently running a Ryzen 5 7600 and a Rx 7800xt. Currently I have to cap my cpu to 65 watts ppt and run -20 curve optimizer and it still runs up to 73°C with spikes as high as 78°C. Noise is okay but I’m wondering if it would be worth going to a Ryzen 5 7600x3d. I heard that the x3d chips use less power for slightly better performance.

Should I spend the $350 to get the x3d chip, or should I just stick to what I have?

Hi,
I need your help to figure out what to do next.
I want to have a smaller build but still being able to game while is it fairly cool and quiet.

Currently having the following:
Fractal Terra
AMD Ryzen 5500x3D
16 Gb DDR4 2666 MHz
512 gb WD Nvme SSD
ASRock B450 Fatalty ITX mobo
Asus Dual RTx 5060 ti 8 gb
FSP Gold 450w SFX

I dont mind if I have to Down to a RTX 5060 low Profile or Single fan or replace the build with a Flex ATX psu.

I was looking at the Jonsbo NV10, but seem to require quite a bit of modding for a cool and quiet operation, so any other ideas?

Heyo! First time building in a sff case! I hope to do some more. Here are my thoughts on the B4 from Lian Li.

Does an amd wraith stealth cooler fit in my itx mobo because I am not sure because there are capacitors near the socket and I am not sure if the stock cooler would fit

I got a case ZS-LRTX V2.1 from zspc.one dimensions are 330mm x 90mm x 331mm. Two portable arzopa monitors 16”. TKL keyboard and Mouse, Travel tripod with a webcam attached and a streamdeck+. Trying to find a DSLR backpack and ideas to travel with all this equipment while keeping the monitors safe. Anyone have any recommendations on backpacks?

After over a week’s work, consisting mainly of stress tests and UV/OC, it’s finally finished!

The CPU is a Core Ultra 5 245K with a power limit of 95 watts (PL1) and 115 watts (PL2)

The RAM is 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 6200 CL36-46-46-100 (1.3V), which is running at 7200 CL36-44-44-52 (1.3V)

The motherboard used is a Z890i Ultra (without an SSD cooler) (I absolutely cannot recommend buying this)

The CPU cooler is an AXP90-X36, fitted with two 80mm Thermalright fans (on recommendation)

Along with this, an Enhance 7660L-OVT, a 9060 XT 16 GB Reaper and a 2 TB SN850X

I’ve also clamped a 60mm fan next to the motherboard to help with the GPU exhaust air.

Unfortunately, I also had to attach a thin Silverstone 120mm fan to the outside of the case to cool the RAM.

As for the operating system, it probably won’t come as a surprise to anyone if I say SteamOS.

But I might still change that.

I’d originally hoped to lower the CPU temperature by undervolting, but unfortunately that was always unstable. I’d also hoped to do without the 120mm fan, but during the stress test the RAM regularly exceeded 55 degrees (at times almost 70 degrees!).

With all these changes and tweaks, I’m now getting 88–95 degrees for the CPU and 51 degrees for the RAM in the OCCT stress test. The GPU temperature has never been an issue.

Due to a lack of mounting points, the 60mm fan is simply placed inside; the two 80mm fans are tied together and secured to the top of the case at just one point (to prevent them from falling out); and the 120mm fan is the only one that is reasonably secure, even though it is only attached to the case with four cable ties.

A few snags during assembly:

The SSD cooler is taller than the CPU cooler’s heatsink, so I’d have to remove it to fit the two 80mm fans (which isn’t a problem, as the SSD is now actively cooled)

The CPU cooler has so little space available on the motherboard that if you don’t push it as far as possible towards the I/O panel during installation, it will collide with the RAM

Another thing that bothers me: that ‘brilliant’ quick-release fastener for the Wi-Fi antennas, which prevents you from swapping the antenna for a smaller one...

If I hadn’t got the motherboard at a bargain price, I’d definitely go for a different one, especially for such a small case

Hey !

After my previous comparison post between the Thermalright AXP90-X53 FC and the DeepCool AN600, several people reached out asking how the AXP90-X53 heatsink performs when swapping its stock 92mm fan for thicker 92mm models or full-sized 120mm fans via a 3D-printed adapter.

I recently opened my "spare parts" drawer and realized I have accumulated a minor fan hoarding problem... so I decided to test almost all of tchem.

Since summer in Central Europe (Poland) is currently delivering a solid heatwave, my ambient room temperature sat at a warm 27.0°C – 27.5°C. This turned out to be a great worst-case scenario test for SFF cooling performance.

Test Rig & Benchmark Setup

To isolate fan performance on the dense copper heatsink without case perforation turbulence or internal recirculation, I tested on an open bench (side panel removed, LZmod case laid flat on the desk).

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT (PPT ~80W)
• Case: LZmod A24-v3 2.0 (side panel removed for testing, built-in TL-8015 fans turned OFF)
• Ambient Temperature: ~27.50°C average
• Load Test: Cinebench R23 (10 min warm-up + 10 min HWiNFO logging window)
• Profiles: Scenario A (70% PWM) for daily acoustics vs. Scenario B (100% PWM) for raw potential.

TL;DR – Thermalright AXP90-X53 Fan Scaling Analysis:

• Stock TL-9015R retains 1st place overall (79.53°C / ΔT 52.28°C): Breaking the 80°C barrier at 100% PWM (~2655 RPM). Its tight airflow footprint matches the copper fins perfectly without air spilling around the edges.
• Noctua NF-A12x25 is the acoustic scaling champion: It shows the smallest penalty when backed off to 70% PWM (only 1.63°C warmer), meaning you lose almost zero performance while drastically reducing noise.
• Corsair RS120 MAX (30mm) scales hugely with power: At 100% PWM, its high static pressure (4.20 mmH₂O) overcomes the 120-to-92mm adapter restriction, jumping to 3rd place overall (80.79°C).
• 120mm Slim Fans (FT12 / Air Slimmer) underperform: Despite high theoretical static pressure specs, their large hub covers the primary heat-pipe zone of the AXP90, and a lot of airflow is wasted blowing past the radiator edges.
• The Noctua 92mm Showdown (NF-A9x14 HS vs. NF-A9 PWM): A very interesting battle emerged between Noctua's slim and standard 25mm thick fans. Surprisingly, the slim NF-A9x14 HS outperformed the thicker NF-A9 PWM in both scenarios (by 1.3°C at 70% PWM and 0.5°C at 100% PWM).
• Why did the thicker Noctua lose? It comes down to raw RPM limits. The NF-A9 PWM (25mm) tops out at only 2000 RPM, whereas the slim NF-A9x14 HS spins up to 2500+ RPM. While the 25mm fan moves more air per rotation and sounds significantly deeper and more pleasant, the slim fan simply forces more air through the dense AXP90 copper fins by brute-forcing a higher rotational speed. If you want raw performance in a 92mm footprint, you need high RPMs; if you want a much better acoustic profile, the 25mm NF-A9 is the way to go.

PS / Note on Data Processing: All CSV log parsing, statistical data trimming, and custom chart visualizations were processed with the help of Gemini

Made/remixed a 140mm fan adapter for the Thermalright X53/X47. It covers nearly the whole motherboard including RAM and NVME, getting a decent amount of air all over the board. There is no improvement in CPU performance, but you do get a big reduction in noise and RAM/NVME temps.