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THIS. also, there has been about 25% of inflation here in Germany from 2022 till now. cu, w0lf.

Realigned everything, sits now solid with 1 - 2 mm wiggle room at 6 mm height, using washers on the standoffs, not the mainboard mounting screws. Airflow for bottom drives should improve, too, and might even allow for better cooling options, as in theory, this should sit now at 11 mm of height...

Totally agree to that. If your use case is not workstation or other heavy compute, more than 32 GB of RAM is vastly wasted money, esp. with the current RAMaggedon situation. I myself use 64 GB, but my system almost never exceeds even 32 GB. Might be different on Windows with its crappy memory...

Am currently pursuing a MB standoff mod, to be able to slide the power extension cord connector of the Flex-ATX psu underneath the front of the GPU. Additional benefit: More breathing room for the m2s on the back of the MB. What does not work (without further modifications, eg. taking off the...

Fact: Maximum height for CPU coolers in the SG13 is 155 mm. Another fact: Inner height is 173 mm. Exact INNER case dimensions: 26.4 x 17.3 x 21.1 mm Maximum space in width for the GPU: 55 mm cu, w0lf.

BTT: I haven't really dabbled into RAM oc'ing so far. It's like a post-build, optimization step, similar to UV + PLing your CPU + GPU. From what I've read, recently, most people don't really do that, but even if not, they take care of cooling the RAM, eg. using larger fans - this 140 fan mod...

Guess it depends on your overall goal for the specific build. Eg. mine is oriented towards portable workstations (CPU >= GPU). A lot on here might lean more towards the gaming spectrum (GPU > CPU). Others again, may be looking for the smallest, but still decent system, possible (below 6L)...

That really depends on the PSU, doesn't it? Also, "massive" overkill is a relative POV. Going to massive lengths figuring out the most efficient PSU could also be seen as such. IRL you can't get cheap + super-efficient + easy. you'll only get two out of three, sometimes even only one. The...

Hello and welcome! Yeah, "lucky" with Dell. OEM manufacturers tend to have weird mainboard and PSU standards entirely made up for themselves, ie. proprietary, so to speak. As an electrician, you might be able to figure out the weird custom power connections of the Dell board - there are guides...

The story so far: https://sff.gg/blog/history-of-formd cu, w0lf.

Trying to figure out if I couldnt still use the FSP FlexGuro 500. I'd have to remove the zip tie thats attached to the begin of the PSU cables, because else its taking up too much space; without it, it should be possible to route the cables much easier. It'd also allow for a proper front...

Fifth option: Get sth like the FSP Flex 500W - with my initial test setup (270k + RTX 4070), it stayed well below noise floor. So, basically get a better PSU of the same variety with much higher wattage, so it stays silent in the low power stages. cu, w0lf.

I'd probably have gone with a similar setup like the U-ITX or N-ATX, but using Flex-ATX or HDPlex GaN. Would also work with PSU on the "bottom", which would allow to put in a GPU up to 221ish mm length. So something like the Gigabyte RTX 4070 2x Windforce, also some Zotax 4070s are around that...

Currently contemplating whether or not I want to reuse the existing outer case shell, as it allows to be put onto the case frame "in reverse"; I'd had to cut much less openings than I would have if I used it in its default layout - ie. just a small 5 - 6 cm wide, but about 10ish cm long part on...