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Hi folks. I'm looking forward to my first build within a month now and I have a fetish for SFF rigs. I'll list down some important points first -

  1. I'm from India(country where computer hardware prices are buffed due to customs duty)
  2. Have been avid reader of latest hardware trends for years
  3. Rig will be primarily used for gaming and nothing else
  4. I play FPS, RPG and sports emulation games only
  5. Looking for a decent rig to deliver 4K@60 FPS at medium to high settings
  6. Ambient temperatures here are around 30-32 degree Celsius(86-89 degree Fahrenheit)
  7. Dust is an issue here. Rig will require quarterly cleaning at the very least
  8. Will prefer air cooling, have seen AIOs spewing coolant in other's rigs  :(

Now in terms of cases, the stuff available here are very limited. The only case I found was Cougar QBX Kaze, priced at around USD 190. I know, its ridiculously expensive. But its a long time dream of mine, so I'm going all out on this. I'll wait for the GPU though for a couple months atleast as Nvidia might launch next gen mainstream GPUs soon.


So my question is that given my conditions above, should I go for the SFF dream or stick to the old ATX route? thanks for your time if you read till now and thanks a bunch if you reply.  :)