Downsizing

[VarShayiskhum]

Hey everyone. I am looking to downsize my build to take up less space. I currently have a 3900X in a MSI X570 Ace. Everything is in a O11 Dynamic XL. I am looking at going to a mini ITX board and sff chassis. I am looking for recommendations on a good sff case and information on whether doing this swap without wiping and re-installing windows is going to be relatively easy. I have a Corsair SF750 power supply in hand and a 2080Ti EVGA 3 slot gpu. My case budget is 500CAD.

 

 

[IkeaGnome]

How small of a case are you hoping for?

[brob]

Not many sff cases can accommodate 3 slot gpu.

[thepoorgamer]

500 cad will buy you any case you want. I am tempted to recommend the h1, but it only holds 2 slot gpu’s (I think) and might burn your house down. After doing some digging, I discovered the Silverstone Sugo 15 can hold 3 slot cards. Maybe that would be a good option, though it is on the cheap side.

[Entropy.]

36 minutes ago, VarShayiskhum said:

Hey everyone. I am looking to downsize my build to take up less space. I currently have a 3900X in a MSI X570 Ace. Everything is in a O11 Dynamic XL. I am looking at going to a mini ITX board and sff chassis. I am looking for recommendations on a good sff case and information on whether doing this swap without wiping and re-installing windows is going to be relatively easy. I have a Corsair SF750 power supply in hand and a 2080Ti EVGA 3 slot gpu. My case budget is 500CAD.

 

 

I'd highly recommend a ssupd meshlicious with a mesh side panel replacement (one side is tempered glass, the other is mesh). However it's a pretty new product and might not be available for purchase, at least at a reasonable price to you currently. For the Motherboard I'd recommend something like a Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro. What CPU cooler do you have? This case supports up to a 280mm aio, but you won't really be able to fit a chonky air cooler in there. 

Notes: This is a very open ~15 liter case, so it's reasonably small but not tiny. The case doesn't have much in the way of cable management, and it's not going to be much of a showpiece. Your components are not likely going to look their best in this case, and you'll still be able to (somewhat) see them. Kind of the tradeoff for most ITX cases, however.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

There is the one Lian li spinning company that has the meahlicious, it has up to 4 slot gpu support.

[VarShayiskhum]

23 hours ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

I'd highly recommend a ssupd meshlicious with a mesh side panel replacement (one side is tempered glass, the other is mesh). However it's a pretty new product and might not be available for purchase, at least at a reasonable price to you currently. For the Motherboard I'd recommend something like a Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro. What CPU cooler do you have? This case supports up to a 280mm aio, but you won't really be able to fit a chonky air cooler in there. 

Notes: This is a very open ~15 liter case, so it's reasonably small but not tiny. The case doesn't have much in the way of cable management, and it's not going to be much of a showpiece. Your components are not likely going to look their best in this case, and you'll still be able to (somewhat) see them. Kind of the tradeoff for most ITX cases, however.

CPU cooler will be purchased based on the case. I will also be measuring and purchasing custom cables for this

[VarShayiskhum]

23 hours ago, IkeaGnome said:

How small of a case are you hoping for?

Mini ITX less than 20 L. Preferably less than 15.

[IkeaGnome]

3 minutes ago, VarShayiskhum said:

Mini ITX less than 20 L. Preferably less than 15.

I've really enjoyed the RVZ03 that I have. It's Silverstone. You could also look at the SG13 by them.