Downsizing Case

mp3guy

I'm looking at downsizing my case. I currently have a Be Quiet Dark Base Pro 900 rev.2 and while it's a really great case, it's massive and quite heavy.

I don't want to have to replace any components, so here's what I have:

• Noctua NH-U14S CPU cooler w/ extra Noctua NF-A15 fan
• Gigabyte Aorus Z390 ELITE motherboard
• Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity GPU
• Corsair HX750 PSU

Besides this a couple SSDs. Is there any much smaller case I can do a straight swap into? I guess it's the GPU here that's the biggest component.

mp3guy

Thought as much Bad time to try rebuilding!

Squidgy Black

Yeah a full atx board and a long GPU aren't going to be easy to squeeze in any case, even a lot of mid-size atx cases won't be a good fit. You might be able to squeeze into something like the Meshify C from Fractal but even then your GPU is a few mm too long so might have to remove a front fan

K.O.Kiki

Your case is 82L

You could stuff all of it into a 48L case like Cooler Master NR600, Corsair 4000D Airflow or be quiet 500DX.

mp3guy

I guess the alternative is get a new ITX mobo and SFX PSU?

K.O.Kiki

mp3guy wrote: »

I guess the alternative is get a new ITX mobo and SFX PSU?

I wouldn't trust most SFX PSUs with a 3090.

But those ATX cases above are nearly half the size of your case.

Going from a Fractal Design Define R6 to be quiet 500DX I could appreciate the reduction.

Squidgy Black

mp3guy wrote: »

I guess the alternative is get a new ITX mobo and SFX PSU?

Depends how small you want to go, as KOKiki says there's smaller full sized atx cases, or else you could go m-atx and use a fractal define mini c, you make the be tight for space as the gpu clearance is 315mm but it might fit.

There's a few builds over on https://reddit.com/r/sffpc with 3090s in tiny builds, but to be honest the tradeoff in thermals and the fact you're limited to 750w SFX power supplies are a bit ropey.

mp3guy

I had a busy afternoon, did some more searching and settled on a Lian-Li TU150 Silver. And since I need a new mobo anyway I may have also ordered a new CPU too . But I'll bring the GPU and drives over from my existing build!

Iguarantee

mp3guy wrote: »

I'm looking at downsizing my case. I currently have a Be Quiet Dark Base Pro 900 rev.2 and while it's a really great case, it's massive and quite heavy.

I don't want to have to replace any components, so here's what I have:

• Noctua NH-U14S CPU cooler w/ extra Noctua NF-A15 fan
• Gigabyte Aorus Z390 ELITE motherboard
• Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity GPU
• Corsair HX750 PSU

Besides this a couple SSDs. Is there any much smaller case I can do a straight swap into? I guess it's the GPU here that's the biggest component.

Antec make good cases. May be worth considering.

mp3guy

Well looks like I'll have a shell of a PC to sell on, what sort of price should I be looking for?

2 years old, moderate usage, great condition:

- Dark Base Pro 900 Rev.2 w/stock fans.
- Intel Core i9-9900K CPU.
- Noctua NH-U14S CPU cooler w/ extra Noctua NF-A15 fan.
- Gigabyte Aorus Z390 ELITE motherboard.
- Corsair HX750 PSU.
- Crucial Ballistix Sport AT Gray 16GB DDR4 3200MHz x2.
- 1TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD.
- Blu-Ray RW Drive.
- NO GPU or extra cables/parts left over from build.

BloodBath

Iguarantee wrote: »

Antec make good cases. May be worth considering.

About 10 years ago maybe.

mp3guy

Done!

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 (2018) 57.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Royal 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory
Storage: Micron 2200 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Video Card: Zotac GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB GAMING Trinity Video Card
Case: Lian Li TU150 Mini ITX Desktop Case
Power Supply: Corsair SF 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply
Case Fan: 2 x Corsair LL120 43.25 CFM 120 mm Fan