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offitmassive

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Hiya. I'm looking at downsizing my case to itx. Have seen a few namely the Ophion evo, nzxt h210 and the Neo G mini. Finding the neo g mini seems impossible, the ophion evo only has 1 usb(3) slot on the front and the h210 might give issues (can't find out for certain) with my gpu and the psu shroud. I have a 1080ti Gaming X which is 51mm high and I cannot find a definite answer to the clearance. Budget is around £100 max. And I need clearance for a h100i v2. I'm pulling my hair out trying to decide and find reasonable quality alternatives. Recommendations greatly appreciated and I'll look at each
 
Your GPU is going to be a problem.

It won't fit in the H210 (44mm max clearance).
I can't find the figure for the Ophion, but I'm pretty sure it won't fit that either without using larger spacers to mount the glass further from the chassis.
The Neo G Mini has space, but as you say it's currently unavailable. Even when it's back in though, your GPU temps might not be great given how close it'll be to the glass.

The Inwin 301 can handle your GPU. Not sure if it'll take the radiator as well though. I think there's enough room, going from when I had a radiator in mine. The challenge will be getting the GPU in; it was already difficult with a 272mm card, let alone a 290mm. You might have to swap to air cooling, or go for a 120mm AIO instead.
 
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Your GPU is going to be a problem.

It won't fit in the H210 (44mm max clearance).
I can't find the figure for the Ophion, but I'm pretty sure it won't fit that either without using larger spacers to mount the glass further from the chassis.
The Neo G Mini has space, but as you say it's currently unavailable. Even when it's back in though, your GPU temps might not be great given how close it'll be to the glass.

The Inwin 301 can handle your GPU. Not sure if it'll take the radiator as well though. I think there's enough room, going from when I had a radiator in mine. The challenge will be getting the GPU in; it was already difficult with a 272mm card, let alone a 290mm. You might have to swap to air cooling, or go for a 120mm AIO instead.
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Thanks for the reply. I've had a quick Google and according to caseking.de it can handle a 55mm height card. I've heard larger spacers were going to be used on a build (whether they're available from Raijintek or 3rd party I don't know) I'll have a loon at the inwin this eve. Im using a 3600 cpu and kinda need a 240mm cooler as haven't been impressed with my previous nhd14 "quietness" but I'll also have a look at comparisons for large air coolers vs my h100i v2 (which I'm super impressed by tbh, gaming never goes above 55c on stock volts/clocks) and is on the standard fan profile on icue

Edit... Just looked at the inwin 301 and says you can fit a 240mm rad on the bottom of the case but Ill lose a pcie slot. Could that be viable with the fans in push or pull blowing onto the gpu. The heat generated is obvs dispersed out over a larger area so would the air be THAT warm?
 
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Just found a cooler quieter and cooler than the nhd15 being the Le Grand Macho RT, beats it with just one fan! But once again.. I can't find stock of it!
 
I've decided against going too far.. I don't wanna be spending around £100 on a case, another £70 on a cooler as its getting out of control now! Just seen the enthoo Evolv itx which seems quite smart. Comes with a quiet 200mm fan on the front, I have a super quiet noiseblocker nb eloop 140mm fan for the rear and put my AIO in the top. And it has 2 usb3 ports on the front which we one of my gripes with the ophion evo
 
Saw the Ophion M Evo on sale on OC for like £109 or something... Was about to press buy then it had gone back to £144. Seen a few, other cases like the TU150 but that doesn't support a 240mm AIO so I'd thought about swapping it for a DRP4 but then it's too much hassle tbh!
 
Welcome to SFF PCs. There isn't a case out there which doesn't ask you to compromise on something. I'm seriously considering going back to ATX now I've got a larger desk; I've got space for anything up to 800mm in height, 250mm in width and 800mm in depth, so eyeing up small cases really makes no sense. ATX cases tend to be cheaper. The motherboards tend to be cheaper. And there's more space to work in, route cables, add storage drives, etc.

Also, the TU150 needs an SFX PSU.
 
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