r/sffpc

Recently upgraded my GPU from a 5070 to a 5080 and my partner of 5 years told me they wanted to get into pc gaming since all her friends play pc games (BG3, Outlast trials, Black Myth Wukong). I worked with her on finding a “cute”/“house-friendly” gaming pc! She went with the fractal Terra… if only she told me a month earlier since I had an email from valve to buy the steam machine on launch. (Granted this thing slam dunks it) also is the AMD cpu I chose a good one? I don’t understand AMD’s naming scheme at all even after researching the naming scheme convention and haven’t upgraded my cpu since beginning of 2021 to an 11th gen intel.

I admittedly half-assed guessed the pc parts besides the 5070 since that was coming from my PC.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Thermalright AXP120-X67 Low Profile CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock B650I Lightning WiFi Mini ITX AM5
Memory: Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
Storage: Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition 12 GB
Case: Fractal Design Terra Mini ITX
Power Supply: FSP Group Dagger Pro 850W 80+ Gold Fully Modular SFX

I've been having quite the Odyssey trying to build an air-cooled 9850x3D in a Nanoq S. Finally did it and it's working nicely so far!

9850x3D undervolt -25 PBO

AXP90x53 with noctua slim fan

PNY 5080 slim

Gigabyte aourus x870i

32GB Corsair vengeance ram

Samsung pro 2TB nvme

Corsair 1000w sfx PSU

Top fans - artic p12 argb

Front fan - thermal right h12015b slim RGB

Temps during idle and light work range from 55-60 with minimal fan noise. Gaming (RE requiem) is around 70-75. Pretty pleased with this build. I will try a few more taxing games to decide if I want to back to AIO in here.

Just waiting on a few more miscellaneous parts before I complete the downsize

made some modifications to a k39 I purchased some time ago.

AMD 5700x

3060 RTX 12GB

32gb ram

Installed a MOD called 'Wind Valley Kit' on my FormD T1

• PSU moves to the top

• Side exhaust fan with duct

• My 5090's temps drop by 4–5°C

• PSU does not heat up due to GPU heat

• PSU’s exhaust vent becomes covered with original panel. (they also sell perforated panel)

• In my case, the PSU exhaust heat is drawn out toward the side exhaust fan through the empty space in the front expansion panel.

CPU: 5800X3D

CPU Cooler: Thermalright AXP90-r

GPU: Powecolor Reaper 9070XT

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450i

RAM: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo

PSU: Inwin CS700

Case: ZS-A4 (Dan A4 clone)

Just a sneak peek.

So proud of this build, had a blast building it too

Motherboard: Asus B650e-i mini itx
CPU: Ryzen 7 7700 non x
GPU: NVidia RTX 4080 FE
Ram: 32gb Crucial Pro 6400 (I run it at 6000 :) )
SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB m.2
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120r digital
Fans: Corsair RS 120 (x3)
Bottom fan: ID cooling 120mm rgb (kept from a previous cooler)
Case: Jonsbo Z20

I noticed that most of my peripherals went smaller after I built a ssfpc.

Keyboard - Wooting 60HEv2 (was using a 75% keyboard before)
Mouse - Pulsar X2F (was using a Pulsar X2 crazylight before)
IEM - THIEAUDIO Monarch MKIV (was using a Hifiman Edition XS before)

I wanted a SFFPC for my NAS that could sit on my desk and replace a Synology sized unit. This is based on an intel Nuc8 with 5 2.5" drive slots. Had to build a custom power solution for the drives since the motherboard does not have onboard SATA power. Size is about 7.8"x4.5"x4.5". Fan on top is controlled by a temperature controller so whisper quiet when under low load.

NASc - 5-Bay SSD NAS using Intel Nuc - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorld

Moved from the Corsair to the SSUPD last night. Meshroom S is a much better case with better thermals by far. I hated the bottom IO of the 2000D

CPU 9850X3D

GPU Asrock 9070XT

PSU Corsair sfx 1000

RAM 32GB Corsair Vengeance 6000

SSD 2TB nvme gen 4

How hard is it to tame the 9800X3D with the Thermalright X67

PC is just for gaming and some casual stuff

Currently using a 7500F

Basically the cooling set up I currently have is

>Thermalright X67 with a NF-A12x15 fan swap (planning to upgrade it to a NF-A14x25r G2)

>Two Noctua NF-A9x14 as top exhaust

>Two Noctua NF-A9x14 as bottom intake (40% obstructed with 3mm gap)

>Thermalright HR-10 2280 Pro SSD cooler (basically another 30mm fan that blows upwards, idk if that even helps)

Would love to know some info/data for those who have tried.

Is it better to just upgrade to 9600X?

e.g. temps with x ambient temp, temps at stock, or anything that might help.

pic for attention.

also ignore cable management i did that after

CPU: Intel Core i5-14600K
GPU: ASUS ProArt RTX 4060 Ti OC 16GB
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B760-I Gaming WiFi
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6400 CL32
SSD: Samsung 990 EVO 1TB
PSU: Corsair SF850L 850W ATX 3.0
Case: Cooler Master NR200P
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black
Fan control: Corsair iCUE Commander Core XT

Airflow:
2× bottom slim 120mm — intake
1× side slim 120mm — intake
1× top 120mm — exhaust
1× rear Thermalright 90mm — exhaust
Hyper 212 with 2× SickleFlow fans