ITX vs ATX cooling/noise/performance?

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Due to WFH arrangements, my PC is going to be in the living room for the foreseeable future, so I'm thinking of moving from ATX to an ITX case with a smaller footprint (and more "living room" aesthetic than my current RGB monstrosity :p), however one of my main concerns is increased heat & noise due to the reduced airflow. My current system is as follows:

Ryzen 5 3600x with Alpenfohn Matterhorn cooler
MSI B550 Tomahawk
16GB Patriot Viper 3600MHz (2x8GB)
RX 6800 MBA
1x NVME
2x SSD
Corsair RMX 750w module PSU

Case is a Be Quiet! Pure Base 500 DX with 3x Be Quiet! 140mm Shadow Wings 2 fans

Obviously I'd need a new motherboard and cooler (and possibly PSU & fans depending on case), but I'd like to keep the rest of the components.

Currently my system is basically silent at idle, and only really starts to make any noise when the GPU fans kick in if I'm pushing it during extended gaming sessions - ideally I'd like to keep it that way if possible?

Case wise, I really like the look of the NZXT H1 - a bit pricey, but includes an AIO and PSU which saves me buying those, and as far as I can tell will fit my GPU and drives, but is it likely to get significantly hotter than my current system (and so increase noise levels?)

Any other suggestions for similar style cases which will fit my parts and maybe some 140mm fans to keep the temps/noise down?
 
It looks like the burning your house down issue has been fixed - assuming suppliers don't have old stock then hopefully would come with the new cable!

That Meshlicious does look nice (not quite as nice as the H1 IMO) but it's less than half the price and looks like my current PSU should fit, will keep an eye out for stock :)
 
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