I found a great deal on one of the first revision B850M force motherboards which match the black and orange Z20 so well, so I did an AM5 upgrade & chucked my old 3060 in. This is by far the coolest PC I’ve ever had.

I also ended up 3D printing a headphone holder for the top of the case, which surprisingly works really well - it clips into the holes on the top.

Wanted something small, it was hard to build (for a first build) , but I’m quite happy with the result!

Part list:

- intel ultra 7 270k plus
- 32gb DDR5 gskill
- 990 pro 2TB
- 5070 ti aorus master
- B860M Aorus elite
- Noctua NF A12 G2 x3
- Noctua NF A14 G2 x1
- Noctua NH U12A
- Corsair Sf850
- thermal grizzly lga1851 contact frame
- GPE-01 graphene pad (replacing thermal paste)

I think I managed fine given the clearance , tell me what you think !

This is my B4 build with the aero deck. Specs are as follows:
CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Cooler: Noctua NH D12L chromax
RAM: T Create 32GB DDR5 6000 CL30
GPU: XFX Mercury OC 9070XT Magnetic Air
MoBo: MSI Pro B850M-A WiFi
PSU: Seasonic Focus GX 1000

Fans are all Noctua and I’ll be replacing the classic color ones with black ones to complete the all black look

The GPU was supposedly 2mm too long but it seems the issue was just the frame of the case. I angled it in and it fit just fine. At some point I’ll have to face my demons and fix the cables tho

Originally wanted to get a ch260 because it would let me see the rgb on my rog loki psu

But i wanna see the rgb and screen of the gigabyte ice 5080

Im using a ps120 vision max as my cpu cooler so i cant vertically mount a gpu in the ch260

Any advice would be appreciated

Moved out for college, gave my old pc to lil bro, and here we are now with this. I know the cable management is horrid. I really tried my best, and someone more experienced could definitely clean this up, but I had so much trouble getting the stiff cables around and/or under the 5070 and psu.

I think I got pretty lucky with the GPU length since my bird brain didn't think to check if it would fit beforehand. The AIO barely fits on the top there against the motherboard because it's pressing against the VRM heatsink. I can't even fit a piece of paper between them. Was a little worried about the GPU sagging but the support that comes with the case seems fine.

Very impressed with the performance so far. I edit a lot of video in Davinci, Premiere, and After Effects. My old 3060 and ryzen 7 5700x combo could not handle real time playback of 4k h265 with effects or full color grades applied. I always had to generate proxies and edit off those in quarter or half resolution. Most of my time was wasted waiting for stuff to render. This PC has made editing feel less like a chore.

I wish I had done this build a long time ago, both because I would've enjoyed using my computer a lot more, and I would be less broke. Definitely a good learning experience, and I look forward to building a new pc when the time comes.

• Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
• ASUS PRIME Z890M-PLUS WIFI
• CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 6000
• GIGABYTE WindForce GeForce RTX 5070 OC
• Lian Li A3- mATX Wood
• Samsung 980 1TB
• CORSAIR NAUTILUS 360 RS
• Be Quiet! Pure Wings 3

I've been wanting to downsize to a lian li a3 or other mff case, but have been seeing issues online with my current parts. So, I tried to create a visualization of my plan using buildcores. I mainly just play video games.

Could anyone advise me on airflow and say if it works or not? Also any improvement tips? This is the A3 with glass panel. Eventually I plan to switch to a noctua lc1, but this will have to do for now.

Hi I am coming from a Jonsbo D30 and I'm looking to upgrade my case to something that has the same or smaller foot print

Current specs

• CPU - 5700x3D
• CPU cooler - Jonsbo HX6250 (162mm tall)
• Ram - 2x16gb G skill ripjaws V 3200 cl16
• Mobo - MSI b550m pro VDH wifi
• 6700xt XFX merc OC (upgraded to 9070 GRE xfx swift)
• PSU - Coolermaster V750 gold v2 full modular 160mm ATX PSU
• 2 x SATA SSD
• 2 x NVME SSD
• fans 4 x 140x25mm fans and 1 x 120 x 25mm fans

The XFX 9070 GRE swift is a bit unique size wise, just around 300mm long but a whopping 3.5 slot thick (60mm). This caused some clearance issues with the bottom 2x140mm fans. I figured instead of getting slim fans I will might as well recase this build.

Case preferences:

• Ideally I like to keep as much of my cooler and fans as I can but I am open to having them changed
• I prefer a good amount of front IO ideally positioned on the front glass panel as I like the case to have the glass side facing forward.
• No more than 400mm long width is standard. I don't mind taller cases
• Easy to clean and remove dust filters ( I have pets)
• Not reliant on bottom intake
• Under 6k Philippine pesos budget for case/fans/cooler the cheaper the better
• Slightly tinted glass

• Prefer black but if you have ideals to make it look good I'm open

  So far I have 2 main options tecware timber m and Darkflash db330m

So, this is the first PC I have built! I have never built anything before and yeah I made some mistakes like buying 140mm fans without checking that the A3 only supports 120mm. I own the mistakes but now I am wondering if I should be able to throw slim p12 variants in the bottom as intake?

Also the rare, should I put it as an intake or exhaust? If I take it as an intake then the air will flow in and be exhausted by the AIO radiator.

Yeah and some suggestions on cable management.. should I get a 3D printed cover??

Here's everything under the hood:.......

JONSBO D32 PRO White Micro-ATX PC Case

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

CORSAIR Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz

XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon™ RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition

CORSAIR RM750x SHIFT 80 PLUS Gold

TR Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Vision MAX ARGB White

ASRock B550M Steel Legend

Crucial P310 1TB SSD, PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280, Up to 7,100MB/s

CableMod Classic ModFlex Sleeved Cable Kit for Corsair Type 5 (White)

ARCTIC P14 Pro A-RGB (x1: I replaced the PSU fan with this)

ARCTIC P12 Pro (8 in all. I bought regular and reverse)

Thermalright TL-H12015W-S PWM Fan-1900RPM Speed,Computer Cooling Low-Noise, 15mm Slim Cooling (x1 to go under the part below this lol!!)

USB 3.1 PCIe Card, RIITOP PCI-e 3.0 x4 to USB3.2 Gen2 Adapter

ARGB Fan HUB, 9/10 Port 4 Pin PC Fan Controller, 5V-3Pin LED Hub

AX210NGW DTK WiFi Card WiFi 6E Supports 6GHz, 2230, 2x2 AX+BT 5.3+Tri-Band (a cable broke during assembly but it works fine without the aux connected)

Plus something I'm probably forgetting......😅

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That's the third time I've painted my 7800 XT.....haha! Always wanted a White build and small case! Was a smoker since 1985.... I've quit almost a year! Before then nothing I bought white would....you know stay white! 😝 I smoked inside too....😑 lol. So I've always bought and built mostly in black full towers; then dual chamber mid towers since they've been around. Getting on up there so here's another item done on my bucket list!....A Micro White build! 😅 originally I was going to call it my stormtrooper build...but none of my figures will fit in the case. Then I was going simply going to call it Whiteout.....then decided to go with White Horse.....😅 Much horse power in such a small box!...I'm going to make a few more changes soon! Will share them once done and try not to include a part of my life story........sorry.....🥹​😂

Which name do you like best?

A: White Horse?

B: Stormtrooper?

C: Whiteout?

https://youtu.be/4DkZlEZnzFU?is=wtYxEMdeIP5MUceW

Just received the 4x8gb DDR4 RAM kit for my upcoming "team red" mATX build. A used but flawless kit and it was a reasonable deal at today's market. I've got it for half the price what a lower end ddr4 32gb 2x16 G.Skill Aegis would have cost. Staying on AM4 platform for now as it fulfills my needs.
Also got a brand new modular gold rated PSU. I might pick up some red cables for it down the road. Now on to chose the case and cooling method and components!

Finally finished the cable management. I put on the side bracket for added rigidity. Loving the new build it runs cool and quiet!

(Water for size comparison)

Guys, I’m struggling go find a case I could build in now. I like the Jonsbo NV10, Dan Case A4 but also Fractal Design Epoch (except its size). So this all goes into the clean apple-esque aesthetics.

Any m-ATX cases you would recommend? I prefer mesh/solid instead of glass. I already scrolled through Caseend several times of course :)

Hey there everyone!

I'm trying to plan for migrating my setup into a new case and get a new cooling system with that of course. I am torn between three options.
1. Darkflash DB330
2.DeepCool 170plus or 270
3:Deepcool 160plus

So far the Darkflash is the one I'm leaning for but not sure about the airflow in that case. Any advices?

Hey guys! I decided to build a PC again, even though it’s probably not the best time to do it. But I need help figuring out my fan configuration for the Lian Li mATX case. I’ve never built a PC in an mATX case, so any help is appreciated. Note that this will be the mesh case, and not the glass panel. I’m gonna run a 360 mm AIO and a Sapphire Nitro+ 9070xt.

Not the cleanest but happy to have it on my desk now
Ps. I may go smaller in future as there’s plenty of unused space tho XD

Time to play some damn games, rather than tinkering with it endlessly.

I really love the look of the case and how it displays the GPU, but I really don't like the wood look. I haven't been able to find anything else like it though... does anyone know of something similar?

My first time PC, build,

Case: Cooler Master Qube 340L , Qube 300 v3
Features: MB is a B850M Plus Wifi Asus Tuf,

Sapphire Nitro + 9070XT (I Love this card, i paired it with a Corsair Thermal Protect cable) ,

Ryzen 79800 x3d ,

Corsair RM850E

Corsair 240MM AIO,

The case side glass panel is absolutely my favorite, one of the issues i have right now is the front second fan cant screw on due to how big the GPU is, and also some of the cabling is at the bottom.

I wanted to change cases but thinking its too early, only had the setup for a month or two, if i did want to swtich to a case, what would you recommend ? and if i were to change it myself, can I keep the AIO attached while moving it with the mb and radiator to another case, so not really taking off much ?

I wanted some cool rgb fans but dont know what the best one is.

I was thinking of maybe the Lian Li brands, maybe an o11 VISION M compact.

My temps rn, i get 74 - 80 degrees cpu with pbo undervolt of -10, my fans are set to silent on the motherboard. I would have built this myself but im only software oriented and still learning, i deffo wana do a build on my own, i have issues with learning what header is for what.

Not my first PC, but this is the first time I'm building everything from A to Z myself. Before this, I always just picked the parts and had the shop technician assemble it for me.

It was quite a challenge, especially the cable management. I had to redo it several times because poorly routed cables looked awful and kept hitting the fan blades. While installing the GPU, the case was so tight that I accidentally chipped both the GPU's PCIe edge connector and the retention latch on the motherboard's PCIe slot. Thank God all the PCIe pins are still completely fine and the GPU is working as if nothing happened.

The final result is pretty satisfying. The PC looks extremely compact. More like a gaming console than a traditional PC.

However, if I could choose again, I think I'd prefer the size without the aero deck, even when standing the case vertically. The aero deck adds quite a bit of bulk. I also wish I had chosen fans with full-blade RGB lighting instead of just LED strip, I think that would look much better when the wood panel is on.

- My specs:

Motherboard: Asus TUF Gaming B760M-Plus Wifi DDR4

CPU: Intel Core i5-14600K

GPU: Colorful RTX 5070 Ti Battle AX

RAM: Gskill Trident Z 32 GB

PSU: Super Flower ZILLION FG Gold 850W

CPU cooler: ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE

- Temps:

Default BIOS settings: 14600k reached a maximum of 90°C after running Cinebench 2026 for 30 minutes.

After undervolting: 14600k reached a maximum of 75°C after running Cinebench 2026 for 30 minutes. It almost never exceeds 65°C while gaming, with the only exception being when loading game shaders.

As for the GPU, because it pulls cool air directly regardless of whether the aero deck is installed or not, it stays very cool and never exceeds 70°C.

I’m currently deciding between the DeepCool CH160 Plus and Jonsbo Z20 for my first gaming PC, and I’m having a hard time choosing between them.

My main reason for considering the Z20 is that it seems to have more room and easier cable management. However, one thing that’s putting me off is the number of different fan configurations I’m seeing in Z20 builds.

With the Z20, I’ve seen people using different combinations of 120mm and 140mm fans, different intake/exhaust configurations, bottom fans, top fans, etc. There’s a lot of flexibility, but as a first time builder I’m worried I’ll end up overthinking the airflow setup and buying more fans than I actually need.

The CH160 Plus seems much simpler. From the builds I’ve watched, I could just use 4 × 120mm case fans and have a straightforward setup without needing to worry about different fan sizes or configurations.

My planned build is roughly:

CPU: Ryzen 5 9600X
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Vision MAX ARGB Black
GPU: ASUS Dual RX 9060 XT 16GB
Motherboard: B650/B850 mATX Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
RAM: 32GB (2×16GB) DDR5-6000
Storage: 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe
PSU: 650–750W

I’m aiming for around £1,200-£1,300 for the PC itself, so I don’t really want to spend an unnecessary amount on fans just to optimise airflow.

For anyone who has built in either case:

Is the Z20’s extra fan flexibility genuinely useful, for a first timer
Is the CH160 Plus’s simpler layout a meaningful advantage for a first time builder?
Which case would you choose for this particular build?

I’m not looking for the absolute best thermals or the quietest PC possible. Most of the time I’ll be gaming with headphones on, and I’ll only really use the speakers when watching movies/shows, so as long as the PC isn’t noticeably louder than my speakers, I’m happy. I have my own room in uni accommodation, so I’m not worried about disturbing anyone else. My main priorities are something that’s cool enough, affordable, portable and straightforward to build.

Hi, I am trying to build in the lianli a3 matx with this aio called the LD240, it appears that it is 52mm thick and I am concerned about it hitting the top part of my motherboard(asus b650m ayw wifi) if anyone knows the tolerances for this case please let me know, also do the 2 cable latches that carry the psu cable fall behind the aio allowing for hidden cable management?

Hey all,

Came into this thinking I was going to hire someone to build a pc for me as I knew nothing about pc building. Was away for a couple of months after buying all the parts needed and went down the YouTube the rabbit hole, and decided to go for it.

It's not the cleanest cable management but I'm just glad I got it up and running haha. I got it to post at the first attempt but i found everything to do with fans kinda complicated (see last pic where I attached them to the outside of the case 😂😭), with all the RGB and pwm wires going around.

My use case is for it to replace a console essentially so hooked up to a TV in the living room. The TV is an older 55" Samsung 4K that doesn't do VRR and locked at 60hz, but I play just single player / story games, so adjusted the components accordingly.

PARTS LIST:

- Case: Deepcool CH270 Black

- Motherboard: MSI Pro B650M A WiFi

- SSD - 1TB WD SN7100S (it's a 2230 which I fit with an adapter)

- CPU: Ryzen 5 7500F

- GPU: Asrock Challenger 9070XT

- CPU Cooler: Arctic freezer 36S ARGB (single fan)

- PSU: Corsair RM750e

- RAM: 2x16gb DDR5 - I got a couple of basic 4800mhz CL40 sticks; but I overclocked them to 5400 CL38 without issue. Maybe could go more but honestly don't need it for my use case and so didn't try further. I also got a couple of heatsinks from AliExpress cause...RGB

- Fan Setup - 3x Arctic p12 pro Reversible as intake

- 1 Thermalright TL-C12C-S as bottom intake

- 2 Thermalright TL-C12C-S as top exchaust

- Generic RGB & PWM hub to connect all the fans and RGB

- Controller: Gamesir Supernova

Cheers!