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That's a good list. A few things to add after reading a few reviews. Reason to get the B650E-I The B850-I has the new GPU "PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim" design that has damaged a number of GPU's PCIe connectors The B850-I has awful Windows 10 drivers (if you're still on Windows 10) Misc B850-I...

What are the reasons to prefer the newer B850-I over the B650E-I? What are the (admittedly minor) hardware & quality of life upgrades? I'm not cost sensitive so just interested in the differences in features and overall experience.

I own an NCASE M2 and I agree that there's a really exciting amount of competition in the ~15L sff case space right now. At this point I'm just curious what the relative strengths / weaknesses would be for M2 vs C4-SFX V2 as a sff case fan.

If the C4-SFX V2 in the form currently expected does drop what would be the advantages / disadvantages vs the NCASE M2?

I'm using an NCASE M2 with a side bracket mounted Atmos 240 AIO with 2* T30 120x30 fans. Unfortunately the NCASE M2's side panel mesh is much much more restrictive than I expected it to be due it's lower porousity vs something like an NR200. In particular it feels like the limited porousity of...

Personally I'd be most interested in an Asus x Noctua 5080 / 5090 that you could setup for top intake (or top exhaust) in an inverted case. Or an easily deshroudable card with a heatsink a consistent 140+ mm wide that could be lined up well with a pair of top mounted (if inverted layout) or...

It looks Gigabyte has 1 SFF rated 5080 design (with 3 barely different skus - Windforce, Windforce OC, Aero OC). Essentially the Gigabyte 5080 MSRP card (Windforce) is 304 x 126 x 50 and has a proper vapor chamber cooler. This may be the 5080 to get if you can't get the even more compact Inno3d...

Agreed on waiting for reviews for actual 5090 power consumption. The 4090 is rated for 450 watts and in practice, especially with DLSS, it often only pulls around 300 watts. If the 5090 behaves similarly while being rated at 575 watts it could land closer to 350 watts in typical usage so I...

Wow - that Inno3D 5080 is only 300x116x41. It looks like it has a vapor chamber too, which is unusual for a compact card and may help with noise. Most of the compact 80/90 class cards in the past have been MSRP type models that haven't used vapor chambers making them noisier than they needed to be.

Yeah, something like the Fractal Ridge in theory would be perfect, but larger than the FormD T1 and no AIO support. Are there any similar cases with separate GPU compartments that still allow for at least 240 AIO support? Or something like the Louqe Ghost R1 where you can put a D15 G2 on the...

Just saw the Asus Prime 5080 - 306 x 126 x 50 mm is nice. The width is actually 11mm lower than the FE cards (137) which could make it a lot easier to fit the 12VHPWR connector into less wide traditional layout ITX cases (or shorter sandwich layout cases) than even the FE cards. No Asus Prime...

This MSI Inspire card looks interesting as a more compact AIB card design with 1 flow through fan (vs 2 on FE), but it doesn't offer rear exhaust (most AIB models don't) and it's both longer / wider than FE and thicker than the FE at 2.5 slots...

The 5080/5090 Founders Edition cards have identical length / width to the 4090/4080 FE and are much thinner thanks to a kind of incredible thickness of only 2 slots. The biggest concern with the 5080/5090 FE design though is that they use a new dual flow through fan design (vs the 4080/4090's 1...

The R1 looks like an inverted NR200 upgraded with lots of 140mm fan support and a proper rear 120mm fan exhaust mount that lines up just right for tower air cooler exhaust (or intake). It checks the boxes for anyone who already has a beefy tower air cooler (PS120SE, U12A, D15 etc.) and would...

Thoughts on C4-SFX v2 vs LOUQE Ghost R1? Preorders for the R1 just dropped and Machines & More indicated they had a full review coming soon.