Fractal Design Node 202 - Black - Mini-ITX Slim Profile Compact Small Form Factor Computer Case – Modular interior - USB 3.0

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Also to help the cpu, I set up the GPU to be a pull config, so cpu sucking in air from top, GPU pushing air out the bottom, this helps the cpu by about 5c. Yes - I figured if you want to invest the time, effort, and moolah - you can really do anything to any case you've got.

The GPU support bar that the PCI riser card is fastened to needs to be removed when installing the motherboard but the process is mindnumbingly simple. No doubt a Core i5 or i7 would have got significantly hotter but that wouldn't have proved very much. Even the best result, a delta T of 59°C in the vertical arrangement, is 8°C warmer than the SilverStone RVZ02 in its horizontal operation.As for GPU, I would really suggest going with Nvidia, it runs much cooler and is, therefore, more silent. So while the two portions of the case are cordoned off, the heat from the GPU still had a great effect on the CPU section. theduckofdeath - Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - link I have a Cooler Master Silencio 352, which I guess squeezes right in below that today. Here you can see where the motherboards 8-pin connector is buried when the motherboard is installed. I have looked at plenty of ITX cases and couldn't find any that is small enough and could handle a full sized GPU.

In this case the dual core Pentium G3258 starts at a relatively warm 44 degrees but the temperature only rises to 61 degrees under extreme load.You might get away without using liquid metal if you have a card with a larger fin array on your gpu, but the one on this zotac is tiny. You are responsible for the contents of your comments and any consequences that may arise as a result of them. I was looking at the 4070ti due to lower power and thought I would just do a mod instead to my Asus card. At one point I had a Ryzen 5 1600x in here and still managed to keep it at a relatively safe temperature.