Old Gamer - New Rig

[mickyflinn]

You should be adding some more case fans to that case it only comes with one 80mm fan.

 

[Amayacitta]

Good shout, looks like the full length GPU blocks the use of the lower 140mm fans. I should be ok to use 2 x 120mm fans on top though.

 

[Amayacitta]

Managed to get a pre-order of a RTX 3070, but the card is too big to fit the case! Back to the drawing board haha, probably gonna have to go Micro-ATX instead, can't find a decent Mini-ITX that will support a 32.3cm card

 

[mickyflinn]

Managed to get a pre-order of a RTX 3070, but the card is too big to fit the case! Back to the drawing board haha, probably gonna have to go Micro-ATX instead, can't find a decent Mini-ITX that will support a 32.3cm card

Any idea of what your going to get ?

 

[Amayacitta]

Not sure, my heart was set on a Mini-ITX - just found this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lian...um-mini-itx-case-silver-window-ca-77m-ll.html

However it lists 320mm where as the card is 323mm.. hmm not sure if it would fit anyway. Have sent a pre-sales request but I imagine it will come back as a no :-/

This is the card I went for, was looking on stock checker website and some came in today for pre-order (not at OCUK unfortunately)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-36g-ms.html

 

[mickyflinn]

Is this to big for you takes gpu upto 330mm.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-evolv-itx-glass-mini-itx-case-black-ca-06v-pt.html

 

[Amayacitta]

Doesn't sing to me on the design front, this one looks alright...

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/silv...itx-htpc-case-black-sst-rvz03b-ca-43x-sv.html

Says it will fit a dual slot 330mm, however for some reason the MSI card doesn't list as compatible here. Never used part picker before so no idea how reliable their data is.

https://************.com/products/video-card/?compatible_with=RgVBD3#c=494

 

[mickyflinn]

The gpu dimensions 323 x 140 x 56mm so i wonder if its the depth .

Airflow would be a big concern you mite start to get thermal throttling of cpu or gpu.

 

[Amayacitta]

Cheers, I think it should be ok as there are 2 x 120mm fans for the GPU and 1 x 120mm fan for the CPU.. seems pretty well designed for air flow given its tiny size. Having to go for Silverstone's own PSU (SST-ST75F-PT V1.1) which is 140mm to allow proper cable management, otherwise the manual says you have to install the cables then the PSU after and it all gets a bit squashed.

Here is a review of the case:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebFfH7LoiwE

 

[Amayacitta]

I've gone for it... cheers for help everyone. Other than changing the case and the PSU everything remained the same.