Hello, new to SFFs and old to PC builds. Got experience delidding, OCing, custom water cooling, etc, but not much in the way of optimizing cooling on a small case.
My current intended build is:
Intel 10700K in an Asus MEG Z490i
32gb of LPX Vengeance
1TB m.2 and maybe a 2 TB SATA SSD
The last remaining logistics to figure out, which have had mixed signals based on google searches, is the air cooler for the CPU (I will be delidding and changing the TIM to liquid metal) which I'm down to the Noctua U9s vs C14S but haven't found info on how hard the C14S is to mount in that mobo and I've seen it can be tough on the M1 as well. Then the GPU which I want a 2080 Ti but have had difficulty finding which model is best for fitting in + possibly using an Accelero 3 with Noctua fans for optimizing cooling.
I, unfortunately, can't opt for water cooling or AIO loops because this case is to throw in my work tool pelican case as a replacement to a laptop for half the cost specs-wise. I spend too much of my time on the road for work to risk TSA and loosening tubes.
My current intended build is:
Intel 10700K in an Asus MEG Z490i
32gb of LPX Vengeance
1TB m.2 and maybe a 2 TB SATA SSD
The last remaining logistics to figure out, which have had mixed signals based on google searches, is the air cooler for the CPU (I will be delidding and changing the TIM to liquid metal) which I'm down to the Noctua U9s vs C14S but haven't found info on how hard the C14S is to mount in that mobo and I've seen it can be tough on the M1 as well. Then the GPU which I want a 2080 Ti but have had difficulty finding which model is best for fitting in + possibly using an Accelero 3 with Noctua fans for optimizing cooling.
I, unfortunately, can't opt for water cooling or AIO loops because this case is to throw in my work tool pelican case as a replacement to a laptop for half the cost specs-wise. I spend too much of my time on the road for work to risk TSA and loosening tubes.