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Looking around, this is the only official 4070 that is shorter than Nvidia's founder's edition. Founders: ................. 240 mm x 110 mm x 40 mm Zotac ......................... 225.5 mm x 123.2 mm x 40.1 mm The small difference in length doesn't get you into too many more cases (according...

Some more that I didn't catch are here.

The smallest GPU I've seen so far is the Zotac Twin Edge. It's every so slightly wider than 2 slots, is a bit taller than the IO brackets, and appears to be around 230mm in length. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/zotac-rtx-4070-twin-edge.b11067 Next is MSI Ventus 2X. It is as wide as 2...

If you are leveraging AutoCAD, then I would recommend the 3060 with 12 GB of VRAM or the A2000 with 12GB. The first option is stronger performance wise and comes in single-fan versions, but the A2000 is a half-height card that gets all it's power from the board slot. There are some really cools...

The original MSRP of the A2000 12GB was $850. Now, you can get one for 600 on Amazon. Used, I've seen folks grab them for half of that. Give this 2 years and it will be much cheaper. They might even stealth launch a 10GB version of this card at some point.

Wow. There are a lot of videos of modded A2000 cards on bilibili. It's almost like there is a market for this......

This is amazing looking. I know it's quieter, but are you able to squeeze any more performance out of the A2000 with this mod? edit: you snipped my question @sneedster :p

@nightshift I believe the board is oriented this way because of the top fans. If the board were to be flipped, any riser cable used would be at risk of rubbing against the top fans. It is easier to simply route cables the other direction to avoid this conflict, necessitating the inverted GPU.

Thanks for the input. I figured that anything past 4 heat pipes in this form factor was well beyond diminishing returns. A high speed server fan might make this pull ahead, but no one wants that in a home SFF build.

Link This caught my eye. It looks like an AXP-90 x53, but it has 5 heatpipes instead of 4. I can't find any reviews on it.... but it's interesting.

I agree with most of what you are saying. In my mind, the reason to fit a HDPLEX 250w and support 200mm is ease of acquiring a GPU that fits. ASUS, EVGA (rip), and Power Color all have GPUs that are at 200mm. MSI is the only brand that has a 3060ti class GPU at 185mm. I'm aware that there are...

True. That was part of the delay, manufacturing issues. I still get envious when I see a Sparrow build posted, but I can't justify the expense right now. I would settle with sheet metal if I can get one within a reliable span of time..... and I should have a better budget by 2024. 😉

The A-4 Nano is reminiscent of the Sparrow-MQ5. I originally preordered the larger version, the MQ6, but gave up and got a refund after the 3rd delay. I would love this if I could squeeze a 200mm card in there, paired with the HDPlex 250W GaN. I'm assuming the lower volume is the result of...

This is interesting for sure.

A quick look as to where these fit and larger coolers don't: Skyreach 4 Mini/Tiny Dreamcase D19/D21/D26 Some cases that use Flex PSU's are too narrow for this (like the Densium 4/4+) but Dreamcases are a bit wider. You also get the option of slapping a 25mm fan on top and running it inside of...