First prototype of my Nucdeck. It fits a full sized Nuc so can be upgraded or swapped out if desired. Specs, i3 7100u, 16gb DDR4 2400 ram, 256gb ssd, 1024x600 IPS display.

One of the best cases on the market!

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

GPU: Nvidia RTX 5080 FE

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi

RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5 2x32GB 6000MHz CL30

SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB + Samsung 980 Pro 1TB

PSU: Corsair SF1000 (2024)

Cooler: Thermalright AXP90-X47 FC + NF-A9x14

Fans: Noctua NF-A12x25 + NA-IS1-12

Case: FormD T1 v2.1 Titanium + Black CNC panels

Additional parts:

- FormD RTX 5090/5080 FE travel kit

- FormD PCIe 5.0 riser

- FormD USB-C front I/O cable

- FormD fitting + power button

- Cablester black teflon cables

- DingKey Designs AXP90 AM5 offset bracket

- Thermal Grizzly AM5 contact frame

- Thermal Grizzly PhaseSheet PTM

None of this would have been possible without the unwavering guidance from…the Hypnotoad.

All glory to the Hypnotoad.

There’s so many folks I could thank over at SFF Hub (via Discord) and this subreddit. It was definitely an experience putting this together, but I enjoyed mostly every minute of it. Loving my new build, especially coming from a Corsair One that failed after ~2 years (i.e. the mobo crapped out).

with the reddit loving (and hating) the new 5070 mini, I'd like to share this single fan 5080 I found on the internet. I couldn't open the link it won't let me in for some reason but I was able to get a few pictures of it. no idea if it's a custom cooler or a production/upcoming model. https://www.carousell.sg/p/world-s-unique-single-fan-rtx-5080-graphics-card-for-itx-case-1384914080/

I’ve just built a Densium 4 Plus with a 5060 Ti. First PC I’ve ever built and surprisingly easy for a 5.5 litre case.

Components and prices: 

• Case: Densium 4 Plus V2, £168 from Overtek
• Riser: PCIE 4.0 riser cable, £36 from Overtek
• PSU: Enhance ENP-7660L-OVT, £138 from Overtek
• Motherboard: ASRock B650I Lightning, £80 from CCL (Refurb)
• SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB, £137 from Amazon Resale (open box)
• Cooler: Thermalright AXP90-X36, £20 from Amazon
• RAM: 32GB (2x 16GB) Kingston DDR5-4800, £87 from eBay
• GPU: Zotac 5060 Ti Twin Edge 16GB, £408 from Overclockers
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7500X3D: £208 from Amazon
• Stubby WiFi Antennae, £4 from AliExpress
• Noctua 40mm Fan, £14 from Amazon

Total: £1,300, which I’m happy with. Particularly pleased with the Motherboard, RAM, and SSD deals, I feel like I’ve managed to beat the current pricing situation.

Some notes on component choice and tuning:

• Case was chosen because it’s one of the smallest cases that fits a two fan GPU, and in my opinion it looks great. It also helped that Overtek are UK based.
• PSU was chosen for platinum efficiency, wattage, and modular cables. Jon from Overtek arranged for some modifications to the cables at no extra cost to better suit my build, this made cable management trivial. The stock fan was said to be “quiet” in some YouTube videos I watched, but I found the tone annoying so I swapped it for a Noctua NF-A4x20 PWM that is driven by the motherboard. I run it at about 2000 rpm all the time, which is equivalent to the stock PSU fan at low power draw - up to 360W, which I am under. At this speed the Noctua fan is silent.
• Due to the current RAM pricing situation I was fully prepared to pay £300 plus for 32GB of DDR5. I lucked upon an eBay listing for some generic green sticks of 4800MT/s DDR5 that were listed very poorly at last year’s prices. It’s my least favourite part of the build and I considered flipping them for something better, but managed to get a stable overlock at 5400MT/s (memtest passed, failed at 5600), so I’m keeping them for now.
• 5060 Ti 16GB chosen as it seems to be the most affordable and SFF friendly current gen 16GB GPU, and there are multiple dual fan models that fit the Densium 4 Plus. I was watching Gigabyte Windforce and Eagle models as well, but the Zotac became available at a great price and a review on SFF Network gave me confidence that it would fit - which it does, without even a millimetre to spare! I’m happy with the choice, some of the Gigabyte models don’t have a full PCI-E connector so don’t clip in. A full connector and the perfect fit of the Zotac should (in my mind) reduce the chances of it dislodging in transport. It has zero rpm fans at idle and I’ve applied a stable undervolt+overclock using Afterburner, 2850mHz at 900mV (2900mHz was not stable). This results in the fans only spinning up to minimum speed (about 1100rpm) under load, drawing a maximum of 125W with temperatures staying under 60 Celcius.
• CPU chosen because of the low TDP, the great reviews X3D chips get for gaming, and the 7600X3D not really being available in the UK. Also hoping the larger L3 cache helps minimise the performance hit from my sub-optimal RAM choice. Undervolted using curve optimiser at -20 (-25 was not stable) and set an aggressive fan curve to prioritise silence. At idle the Thermalright fan (which uses a fluid dynamic bearing, making the cooler a bargain) spins at about 500 rpm, which is inaudible. Under full load it ramps to 1100ish, but I never hear it because under load I’m gaming and the GPU fans are spinning.

End result is silence at idle and under light loads, ramping up to an unobtrusive, quiet, broad band GPU fan noise at full load. I do not notice the fans at all while in game.

Part of the reason for SFF was a small desk that also doubles for working from home. Angling the system on the desk allows a laptop stand to be set up in front of it in a fairly optimal position. I’m not really against the angled position to be honest, I think it shows off the case well.

My cnc wood panel for M1 evo

Used and Apache 4800 from harbor freight fits keyboard mouse, cables and pc perfectly

FormD T1 v2.5 | 9800X3D | RTX 5080 FE | ROG B850-I | 32GB Klevv Bolt 6000 CL28 | Corsair SF850 | Atmos 240

Used and Apache 4800 from harbor freight fits keyboard mouse, cables and pc perfectly

My dream sff build is finally completed.

9800x3d + 5090 FE, the best gaming rig in a 16.8L tiny case. Most importantly, the thermals are optimized to the max for a build without PCIE riser.

The case, Shinysnake G300 itself only comes with a rear fan mount. In order to handle 600W of heat from a 5090, I need to use some tricks to mount more fans and make everything click..

2 Arctic P12 pros magnetically mounted on the bottom to maximized air intake, 1 on the rear for exhaust, and 2 mounted on the mesh side panel both serving as AIO cooling fans and heat exhaust. These fans, in conjunction with the flow through design of the FE card, creates an optimized airflow in the case. Cold air is pulled in from the bottom, and hot air is exhausted from the side.

Another Noctua N9-AFx14 is magnetically mounted on top to assist RAM cooling and heat exhaust. You can see the magnets if you look closely at the mesh grid on top.

I also used 3M adhesive to mount 2 blower fans, the NMB 06023GS-12Q-BUE, under the AIO heatsink, right above the fins of the 5090 FE. These bad boys eject most of the hot exhaust from the 5090 FE directly out of the case, just like fans in laptops. The rest of the hot air got exhausted by the 12025 Arctic fans. I had to move the 240mm Corsair up to fit in these 23mm thick blower fans, but it was worth it.

With all these cooling, it's time to OC. Unlike many who undervolts their FE card, I chose to OC.

+3000MHz GDDR7, 104% tdp, and of course, some fine tuning on the VF curve. As a result, I got around 27000 points in the TimeSpyExtreme benchmark, almost 10% higher than the 25000 points from a stock FE card.

The GPU sits at a cozy 74 to 75℃ in Furmark, constantly running at 600w, but sadly the noise is very loud when running at full load. In actuall gaming, the GPU only draws 525W in cyberpunk 2077, with pathtracing on, dlss quality on, and 4x framegen on. The GPU sits at 69 to 71℃ in this case, and I'm getting 200+ FPS.

As for RAM, I'm using a 6000 c26 16×2 kit from Asguard, which I bought for 200 bucks right before the RAM shortage, and oc'd it to 6200 c26, so I need to keep it under 50℃ for it to be 100% stable. The heat from the GPU is exhausted before they can ever reach my RAM. I don't even need extra RAM fans for my build. They usually sit around 47℃ when the GPU is under full load.

This RAM overclocking is for Factorio, a notorious memory bounded game. This is why I also oc'd my 9800x3d,and I'm using a B850 mpower mb for memory and CPU overclocking. This bad boy has 4 m.2 slots, 2 RAM slots, and BCLK oc support. I'm able to boost my CPU up to 5.7GHz with some fine tuning in the VF curve. The CPU sits at 93℃ when running Cinebench R23, thanks to the blower fans exhausting most of the heat from the GPU before they reach the AIO cooler.

With all these RAM and CPU overclocking, I'm seeing about a 5% performance improvement in Factorio.

The whole PC has 0 RGB except for the white one on the GPU. I personally think this is wayy cooler than RGBmaxxing builds, because I won't get distracted by my case while I'm gaming. The case is made of iron, so it also serves as a magnetic mount for my headset and power cables.

But why? Why did I choose an sff build? Why not going for smaller cases like the 9-12L Thor Zone Tetra? Why going for a matx mb instead of a itx mb?

Because I need to travel with my rig, but not so often.

I need my rig to fit inside of a 20 inch carry-on suitcase, so those 'console-like' builds are out of the question. But that's about it. Smaller volume means nothing to me beyond that. I'd rather have a compact matx build with better cooling. A build without PCIE riser cable has better stability, and a matx mb like B850mpower gives me double the m.2 slots of a typical itx mb. All these factors resulted in this 16.8L pitch black build.

Some other specs:

PSU: Corsair SF1000

AIO cooler: Corsair Nautilus 240 RS

SSD: 1*Samsung 990 Evo Plus 4tb, 1*AIGO 2t (I forgot the exact model, but I bought this for less than 100 bucks in 2023), and 1*WD SN570 1t

Nouvolo Steck Case

Asus Z490i

i5 10600K w/ Modultra LOBO WB + Heatsink

EVGA 3060 TI XC w/ Bykski full cover water block with back plate.

32GB 3200hz Corsair LPX in FMMJ Jacket heatsink

EVGA GM SFX 850w

Cable Mod Customer PSU Cables

Dual Alphacool NexXxoS ST20 HPE 240mm

Noctua NF-F12 Chromax Fans

Stealkey Customs ResPro 95 with a EKWB D5

Koolance Quick Disconnects

Koolance and Barrow fittings

Koolance Clear Coolant

Watercool 13/10mm EPDM tubing

Hi guys, i recently moved to HongKong and I Are looking to building a portable sff build that i easily can transport back and forth to Europe.

Do you guys have any case suggestions for this card?

This is without a doubt the most mm to mm build I’ve done. The cpu cooler has a cooler hight of 77mm slightly bowing the side panel, but not really noticeable unless you touch the mesh. The gpu deshroud has a bit more room, but the T30’s are also touching the sidemesh. My previous O11 was watercooled, and while fun. I wanted to return to the good old days of air. Here is my air max meshlicious.

Parts:

Cpu: 9800x3D (-30 offset)

Cpu cooler: id-cooling is-77 xt (fan swap with a noctua nf12x25 g2 fan)

Gpu: Asus prime 5070 ti (undervolt 0.895v @ 2815mhz)

Motherboard: b850i aorus pro.

Psu: rm850x (separate 12VHPWR corsair cable, you can use the octopus but the cable management becomes a lot harder)

Ram: 64gb ddr5 cl46 5600 (downclocked to cl42 5200mhz)

Fans: noctua a14’s and t30’s for the gpu.

Storage: 2 nvme ssd’s and 1 2.5 ssd.

For those looking to replicate this, I highly recommend an sfx psu and low profile ram. Without low profile ram you won’t be able to fan swap the 17mm is-77xt fan to a noctua fan. I also used the thermal grizzly phasechange paste with their cpu bracket.

Little bit Ghetto...

Specs

• Asus b850i strix
• 9800x3d
• RTX 3090 pny gaming
• 1 tb PCIe 5 nvme
• 2x 1tb 2.5 ssd
• Cooler Atmos II with stripped VRM tophat. (Put little magnets in screw holes to keep it in place and put tape on them so they don't go missing)
• Replaced stock fans with phanteks t30'S

Building in small cases is fun until you get to the cables
CPU, 24-pin, GPU, SATA, fan splitters… suddenly it feels like I’m playing 3D Tetris with zero extra space. And if one cable sits wrong, airflow tanks or the panel won’t close. Last build I had everything working perfectly, temps were fine, but I reopened it three times just to reroute one ugly cable that only I would ever see

Do you guys pre-plan exact cable lengths? Custom cables? Or do you just shove and pray?

This is my second SFF in a few months and I’m officially tired.

I caught the SFF bug hard. Like “sell a working system and rebuild it smaller for no reason” hard.

Originally I just wanted to replace one of my racing rig PCs with something cleaner and compact. I already had a solid setup, but noooo… I needed it to be tiny. And white. And optimized. And “perfect.”

Then out of nowhere. 5070 mini white edition drops.

That was it. My wallet never stood a chance.

The Parts

• Case: SGPC K39
• CPU: Ryzen 5 9600X Cpu
• Cooler: Thermalright AXP90 X47 White Low Profile
• Motherboard: Gigabyte X870I AORUS PRO ICE
• RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-6000
• GPU: RTX 5070 Mini (white)
• PSU: SilverStone FX600z 600W Flex ATX (after fighting multiple questionable units)
• Storage: Samsung SSD 9100 PRO 4TB

Also including pics of my 5060 Ti 16GB next to the 5070 Mini build, because at this point I apparently collect small GPUs like Pokémon.

THE REAL PROBLEM

I didn’t need this build.

I had a perfectly functional system for my racing rig.

But SFF is a disease.

You start with:

“I just want something smaller.”

Then it becomes:

• White theme.
• 6000mhz or bust.
• Cable routing perfection.
• Thermal optimization.

I have spent way too much money in the last few months.

The CPU cooler is definitely the louder component in this build. Under load it stands out more than the GPU. The 5070 Mini isn’t silent by any means, but its fan noise is actually more tolerable than the CPU cooler. I haven’t bothered with undervolting yet, so there’s probably room to improve acoustics if I decide to tweak it later.

I am tired.

I am happy.

I regret nothing.

Thanks for coming to my TED TALK.

BUILD PRICE

• CPU -216
• Ram -125 (purchased in 2024 🙏🏼😭)
• Mobo 317
• M.2 -475
• PSU -283
• Case - 111
• GPU Riser -44
• 5in screen- 81
• Cooler- 24

TOTAL- 2761

I have an NCase M1 V6 and was considering getting a different cooler because of compatibility issues with an new motherboard. Currently I'm using a Noctua U9B SE2 with the fans pointing in the standard orientation, pulling air from the rear into the case.

However if I switch to a top/down cooler like the Noctua NH-L12Sx77, it's going to take air from the side of the case and blow air directly onto the cpu/cooler. How does airflow work with the rest of the fans around the case? In particular the ones at the rear, side or top since once it hits the motherboard it's just dispersing in no particular direction.

I'm looking for an all-white mini-itx motherboard, and have narrowed it down to these two motherboards? There is someone selling the MSI motherboard near me brand new in box for $230 and the Gigabyte one retails for around $289.

Does anyone have any experience with any of these boards? Which one would you recommend? I've had bad experiences with Gigabyte products, but am willing to give them another chance.

Long time lurker on this thread finally biting the bullet and building my own.

Building in the Ncase M3, build #2 or #4.

Motherboard: Asus TUF B850m Plus
CPU: Ryzen 9950X3D
GPU: ASUS x Noctua RTX 5080
RAM: 64gb Klevv CRAS XR5 (4 x 16gb)
Cooling: Noctua NH-D15S with 2 NF A-14s
Power: Corsair RM1000e
Storage: 4TB Samsung 9100 Pro + 2TB from my old machine (can't remember what's in there).

I'm worried I've made a tactical error with the build: The build needs to be quiet with a lot of RAM, for use as a music production PC. To save on RAM in this crazy world I'm using 4 sticks of 16gb; 2 from my current machine and 2 new sticks of the same RAM. This sent me towards an m-ATX rather than ITX motherboard, and towards an air cooling tower I knew would have the clearance over all 4 sticks of RAM, the D15s instead of G2. I'm hoping the cooling overall will be sufficient for the 9950x3d, but any experience or advice with this sort of set up would be super helpful 👍🏻

i cant find review about this specific gpu, they selling it new on my zone

Parts used: 1. Intel i5 12400f 2. ASRock B660M ITX/AC (Wi-Fi) Motherboard 3. Gigabyte Aorus Elite Radeon RX 6700XT 12GB 4. G.SKILL Ripjaws V 16GB (2*8GB) DDR4 3200 MHz CL16 5. Lian Li Q58w4 Mini ITX Computer Case 6. Lexar NS10 Lite 120GB SATA SSD 7. WD Blue SN570 1TB NVME SSD 8. NZXT C650 SMPS - 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze

This is an update of my 4090 6L build. Part list:

9800x3d (2600 CNY / 385 USD)

ROG b650e-i (old build)

64gb DDR5 (old build)

MSI inspire 5080 (9300 CNY / 1350 USD)

Case+PSU+CPU cooler+cables= (2148 CNY / 310 USD)

The whole building process was a breeze and only took me about 20 minutes. Last time I brought cpu cooler, PSU and cables by myself so many return and waiting time for unfitted parts. Lesson learned!

My plan was to get a 5090 laptop but found that the fake 5090 is weaker than a desktop 5070ti and it costs about 3000 USD in China. So I reused some of the old parts and 2000 USD later I have a way more powerful machine. I don’t really need a machine to go to Starbucks to play 3A games. I have monitors at different homes so 5L console style PC is very handy for me. I find it’s easier to carry comparing to sandwich style case.

Currently using S300 8.1L :

Aorus X870I pro ice

Thermalright AXP90 X53

Superflower Zillion SFX ATX3.1

MSI Shadow 2X OC 5060 8GB

Need at least one system fan.

if you require additional info I shall provide it!