Compact Build. Will it throttle?

GhostOTM · February 15, 2017

I am planning on building a new compact gaming desktop because I need it to be more mobile than my current mid-tower. Here are the components I am planning on using:

-Case: Silverstone SG13B case

-Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX

-GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition

-Power Supply: Corsair SF Series 450W Micro ATX power supply (with adapter for case)

-CPU: Intel I7-7700k Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz

-RAM: G.Skill TridentZ Series 2 x 16GB RAM

-CPU-cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H80i

-Fan: NF-F12 Noctua Fan (used with the cooler)

-Drive: Samsung 850 EVO 2TB SATA III SSD (for storage)

Intel 730 Series 240GB SATA SSD (for OS and core applications)

Do you think there are any components here that either would slow down the system or which are unnecessarily more powerful than the system can utilize? More importantly, do you think putting this much into a case the size of a shoe box is going to result in throttling or in a bonfire? I am looking at the low 2k price range and already at it, so I am really looking to optimize rather than add new things.

Zyndo · February 15, 2017

Heat will always be a bigger problem in small form factor cases than it usually is... but you should be fine with that setup. just don't expect to OC your stuff too hard.

Firecheetah13 · February 15, 2017

In such a small case, I do not recommend using a FE card. Get a board partner card unless 95C is your target temperature

Zyndo · February 15, 2017

3 minutes ago, Firecheetah13 said:

In such a small case, I do not recommend using a FE card. Get a board partner card unless 95C is your target temperature

smaller cases tend to benefit more from the blower style coolers (such as the FE cooler) rather than the open-air coolers (such as most after-market cards) since they move the heat out of the case rather than just pushing it around. SFF is one of the few situations where its typically more ideal for such a cooler.