Just starting a discussion, since I'm not seeing people post and this is still new.
What case are you using, what have you used, and what did you like best?
I've only had two. NFC S4 Mini Classic and FormD T1 V2.
I really liked the S4 Mini because of its size, but it wasn't easy to work on. The FormD although larger, much easier to work on and no heating issues.
In an NZXT H1v1 right now. Eagerly awaiting the arrival of the FF01 because my case is hot, too hot. My 6800xt will sometimes break 100C. Me no likey. The new Terra looks pretty sweet too but it looks like aside from passive ventilation, cooling potential in it is fairly limited.
I built my first SFFPC a few months ago. I went with the Phanteks Evolv Shift Air 2. Not the smallest but it's interesting looking and I got it extremely cheap.
It was a simple build and good intro into the SFFPC format.
The Fractal Terra ITX case looks amazing though as an retrospective alternative.
Currently rocking a Densium 4 v2 with still a considerable amount of space due to it being an apu build. Moved here after a year or two with the Ghost S1.
Right now I'm using a NR200P but in the past I had a Cougar QBX, which was a great case for its price (around USD 60), now I'm thinking of changin to a Fractal Design Ridge but I hate how its front panel looks, although I saw a post of someone who's selling wooden front panels for it so I might give it a try.
I have a home server running in a Fractal Node 304, that thing is still incredible so many years after its release. I got 6 HDDs, 2 SATA SSDs (with room for 2 more) and 2 NVME SSDs in it.
I’m also looking at cases to make a PC for the living room and I’m considering the NZXT H1, DAN ARH2O, Fractal Ridge and Fractal Terra. Any thoughts?
My build is based off the advice in the M&M NR200 series: on youtube
Since you have a FE card with the ‘flow through’ fan design, I think you’d get some benefit out of assisted intake from bottom fans.
To get a noise reduction, you’d probably have to set up a fan curve for the GPU in afterburner and the intakes using FanControl or similar.
For my own build, I’ve always had a deshroud on my GPUs, so I don’t really have a comparison for temp/noise.
My 3080 games around 65C with decent noise (though inaudible with earbuds in).
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