I know this is SFF oriented but there are a lot of smart people here.
I plan on doing a new PC build by end of year that is high-end. My gpu of choice on paper is a 3080, I think it would pair nicely with a 3900x for my use case but I'd like to see what AMD has coming next for Ryzen.
Anyways, I'm hoping for a smaller case with great thermals. I don't care so much about ALL THE RGB but a few accents won't hurt.
Really the most important thing is the front panel. I need a case that at a minimum has USB input and a headphone jack.
I'd like to do custom loop at some point if it matters, but not at the start. Fan cooling will probably be the reality.
I've looked at the following so far:
- NZXT H1; will probably be too toasty
- Cooler Master NR200P; really concerned about thermals with the 3080 cooling design, and no AIO on top...
- Sliger SM580; prefer horizontal mount based on new cooling design of 3080
- Fractal Design 7 Compact; I know this isn't SFF but I really like their product (I'm coming from a Fractal Design 4 which is massive)
- NZXT h210i; probably won't get this
So, are there cases that I'm missing? I know I prefer a SFF case, but it doesn't need to fit in coke can, just something smaller that has good thermal with USB and headphone jack up front.
I plan on doing a new PC build by end of year that is high-end. My gpu of choice on paper is a 3080, I think it would pair nicely with a 3900x for my use case but I'd like to see what AMD has coming next for Ryzen.
Anyways, I'm hoping for a smaller case with great thermals. I don't care so much about ALL THE RGB but a few accents won't hurt.
Really the most important thing is the front panel. I need a case that at a minimum has USB input and a headphone jack.
I'd like to do custom loop at some point if it matters, but not at the start. Fan cooling will probably be the reality.
I've looked at the following so far:
- NZXT H1; will probably be too toasty
- Cooler Master NR200P; really concerned about thermals with the 3080 cooling design, and no AIO on top...
- Sliger SM580; prefer horizontal mount based on new cooling design of 3080
- Fractal Design 7 Compact; I know this isn't SFF but I really like their product (I'm coming from a Fractal Design 4 which is massive)
- NZXT h210i; probably won't get this
So, are there cases that I'm missing? I know I prefer a SFF case, but it doesn't need to fit in coke can, just something smaller that has good thermal with USB and headphone jack up front.