New build advice needed

dgianstefani · Nov 5, 2022

Easy Rhino said:
My children don't know the difference between a desktop case and a "hard drive" and I need to change that.

Easy Rhino · Nov 23, 2022

So...I really like the Fractal Design Ridge. I can place it on my desk...

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Obviously the motherboard choice and the PSU would need to change. My current 5700 gpu should fit just fine though. Any thoughts?

dgianstefani · Nov 24, 2022

Easy Rhino said:
So...I really like the Fractal Design Ridge. I can place it on my desk...

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Obviously the motherboard choice and the PSU would need to change. My current 5700 gpu should fit just fine though. Any thoughts?

A good SFX PSU is about twice the price of an equivalent ATX.

You're extremely limited in air and AIO cooling, custom loop would work.

I wouldn't do a subcompact SFX build with a $900 budget, you're putting money into form factor instead of performance.

Easy Rhino · Nov 24, 2022

dgianstefani said:
A good SFX PSU is about twice the price of an equivalent ATX.

You're extremely limited in air and AIO cooling, custom loop would work.

I wouldn't do a subcompact SFX build with a $900 budget, you're putting money into form factor instead of performance.

Hrm true. What if my budget increased to $1200 and i was more interested in the form factor over performance?

System Name	Silent/X1 Yoga/S25U-1TB
Processor	Ryzen 9800X3D @ 5.4ghz AC 1.18 V, TG AM5 High Performance Heatspreader/1185 G7/Snapdragon 8 Elite
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix X870-I, chipset fans replaced with Noctua A14x25 G2
Cooling	Optimus Block, HWLabs Copper 240/40 x2, D5/Res, 4x Noctua A12x25, 1x A14G2, Conductonaut Extreme
Memory	64 GB Dominator Titanium White 6000 MT, 130 ns tRFC, active cooled, TG Putty Pro
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition, Conductonaut Extreme, 40 W/mK 3D Graphite pads, Corsair XG7 Waterblock
Storage	Intel Optane DC P1600X 118 GB, Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB
Display(s)	34" 240 Hz 3440x1440 34GS95Q LG MLA+ W-OLED, 31.5" 165 Hz 1440P NanoIPS Ultragear, MX900 dual VESA
Case	Sliger SM570 CNC Alu 13-Litre, 3D printed feet, TG Minuspad Extreme, LINKUP Ultra PCIe 4.0 x16 White
Audio Device(s)	Audeze Maxwell Ultraviolet w/upgrade pads & Leather LCD headband, Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, Razer Nommo Pro
Power Supply	SF1000 Plat, 13 A transparent custom cables, Sentinel Pro 1500 Online Double Conversion UPS w/Noctua
Mouse	Razer Viper V3 Pro 8 KHz Mercury White w/Pulsar Supergrip tape, Razer Atlas, Razer Strider Chroma
Keyboard	Wooting 60HE+ module, TOFU-R CNC Alu/Brass, SS Prismcaps W+Jellykey, LekkerL60 V2, TLabs Leath/Suede
Software	Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	Legendary

System Name	Desktop
Processor	i5 13600KF
Motherboard	AsRock B760M Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U9S
Memory	4x 16 Gb Gskill S5 DDR5 @6000
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming OC 6750 XT 12GB
Storage	WD_BLACK 4TB SN850x
Display(s)	Gigabye M32U
Case	Corsair Carbide 400C
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 650 P2
Mouse	MX Master 3s
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless Clicky
Software	Fedora KDE Spin

System Name	Silent/X1 Yoga/S25U-1TB
Processor	Ryzen 9800X3D @ 5.4ghz AC 1.18 V, TG AM5 High Performance Heatspreader/1185 G7/Snapdragon 8 Elite
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix X870-I, chipset fans replaced with Noctua A14x25 G2
Cooling	Optimus Block, HWLabs Copper 240/40 x2, D5/Res, 4x Noctua A12x25, 1x A14G2, Conductonaut Extreme
Memory	64 GB Dominator Titanium White 6000 MT, 130 ns tRFC, active cooled, TG Putty Pro
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition, Conductonaut Extreme, 40 W/mK 3D Graphite pads, Corsair XG7 Waterblock
Storage	Intel Optane DC P1600X 118 GB, Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB
Display(s)	34" 240 Hz 3440x1440 34GS95Q LG MLA+ W-OLED, 31.5" 165 Hz 1440P NanoIPS Ultragear, MX900 dual VESA
Case	Sliger SM570 CNC Alu 13-Litre, 3D printed feet, TG Minuspad Extreme, LINKUP Ultra PCIe 4.0 x16 White
Audio Device(s)	Audeze Maxwell Ultraviolet w/upgrade pads & Leather LCD headband, Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, Razer Nommo Pro
Power Supply	SF1000 Plat, 13 A transparent custom cables, Sentinel Pro 1500 Online Double Conversion UPS w/Noctua
Mouse	Razer Viper V3 Pro 8 KHz Mercury White w/Pulsar Supergrip tape, Razer Atlas, Razer Strider Chroma
Keyboard	Wooting 60HE+ module, TOFU-R CNC Alu/Brass, SS Prismcaps W+Jellykey, LekkerL60 V2, TLabs Leath/Suede
Software	Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	Legendary

System Name	Desktop
Processor	i5 13600KF
Motherboard	AsRock B760M Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U9S
Memory	4x 16 Gb Gskill S5 DDR5 @6000
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming OC 6750 XT 12GB
Storage	WD_BLACK 4TB SN850x
Display(s)	Gigabye M32U
Case	Corsair Carbide 400C
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 650 P2
Mouse	MX Master 3s
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless Clicky
Software	Fedora KDE Spin

New build advice needed

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Fractal Design Ridge Black Mini-ITX Slim Small Form Factor Console PC Case with PCIe 3.0 Riser - Newegg.com

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