MiniITX? Retro games emulation HTPC

[Chris Hasinski]

Yesterday I've finished updating mine and my girlfriend's workstations/gaming PCs and I was left with some parts. For a long time I wanted to have a dedicated emulation PC in my living room and it seems like a fun project. I'd love some recommendations for parts (and software if anyone has some experience). 

Budget (including currency): $1500

Country: Poland

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: RetroArch, rpcs3, dolphin, cemu
(before you ask - I have all the consoles as well, including original games, just wanted sth to upscale graphics and support save states for older games).

Other details:

From spare parts I already have:
- CPU: i9 9900k
- GPU: GTX 1080 FE
- SSD: GOODRAM CX400 256GB

I could use some recommendations for a small mobo and case, but also other parts that would fit nicely in a space about the size of a PS5 (as it is the largest console I have). I don't need a ton of space since I have as NAS for that.

 

[ki8aras]

does the dancase a4 sfx fit your size requirements?

if yes theres a pretty big amount of documentation on their site in relation to what you can fit inside it

[Chris Hasinski]

Looks like this would fit   Any recommendations for cooler for this case? Or any other components?

[ki8aras]

On 7/7/2021 at 12:41 PM, Chris Hasinski said:

Looks like this would fit   Any recommendations for cooler for this case? Or any other components?

the best cooler imo would be the custom 92mm aio that asetek makes specifically for this case