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^This right here. It really bothers me that some of the most popular, more affordable SFF cases (Cooler Master 130, Fractal Design Nano S, etc) are sized for ATX power supplies. I see it as a massive hindrance to their layouts. And going with a SFF, sitting the PSU anywhere near the GPU's cooling method isn't the best design, either. If the 130 used the exact same layout with an SFX PSU, it would give alot more room for CPU cooling. And the Nano's PSU location is. . .bad.That said, I think if case manufacturers for anything mATX and smaller would embrace designs for only SFX PSUs, alot better layouts could be explored. Personally, I'm hoping designs like the M1, A4, and Ghose S1 shake up the market enough to inspire more widespread creativity.
^This right here. It really bothers me that some of the most popular, more affordable SFF cases (Cooler Master 130, Fractal Design Nano S, etc) are sized for ATX power supplies. I see it as a massive hindrance to their layouts. And going with a SFF, sitting the PSU anywhere near the GPU's cooling method isn't the best design, either. If the 130 used the exact same layout with an SFX PSU, it would give alot more room for CPU cooling. And the Nano's PSU location is. . .bad.
That said, I think if case manufacturers for anything mATX and smaller would embrace designs for only SFX PSUs, alot better layouts could be explored. Personally, I'm hoping designs like the M1, A4, and Ghose S1 shake up the market enough to inspire more widespread creativity.
