Appreciate it. Yeah, 10L at these power levels is always a compromise. It stays quiet on the silent GPU curve, and I’m going to bump the fans a little so the peaks come down a tad.
In games the CPU sits mid-70s average during a long session, with low-90s spikes.
GPU mid-60s to low-80s depending on the title. No throttling. I used a 3D-printed mount so a Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 would fit on the Thermalright AXP90-X53 copper heatsink. Haven’t done any thermal or power tuning yet. Clean baseline testing and stability was the goal. Blown away by how quiet it is.
Wow that looks smaller than 10 liters. I use an 11L case (Dan/LianLi A4-H2O) and it seems to have way more volume than this.
I have a 7950X3D In mine along with my 4090FE.
Using an AIO for the CPU and my temps are all pretty good also. GPU itself stays perfectly cool same as a big case, but since the GPU heat exhausts through the AIO the cpu temps often get higher than yours by a bit.
This thing is so gloriously smooth. I don’t think I’d ever have the patience or time to pull something like that off. Honestly I’d feel so comfortable just buying it. Standard towers aren’t too bad, though that sff is just a beauty of the highest standards.
This thing will be listed for sale shortly. But, it’s actually one of the easiest SFF cases I’ve built in hands down. Certainly is for this size of ~10L
Living south east France with regularly 40°C+ outside in Summer from June to end of August, it's impossible to not have at least your CPU cooled with water, or your gaming room becomes so hot that you can't keep up
It’s better than it looks for a 10L.
Games: CPU mid-70s avg, low-90s spikes.
GPU mid-60s to low-80s depending on the title. No thermal throttle, clocks still around 5.2 GHz.
Noise was the priority. I’m pretty sensitive to it. Stock the 5080 gets loud, but on a silent curve it’s barely there. Noctua on the cooler sits about 1200–1300 RPM in games and only hits ~1800 on spikes. GPU fans usually 1200–1400, around 1700 in longer sessions.
Yeah, good question. It gets warm under a full load, which is normal. It does not sit hot all the time. A single tower is enough for this chip, and it has to be. Case clearance is only 66mm.
These coolers are rated well above what this CPU pulls in games, and the fan only ramps when it needs to. Long sessions sit around 75°C. Brief spikes peak around 90C, then it settles back down to still average in the mid 70’s
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u/1exp1 7h ago
It looks beautiful. Truly, truly beautiful.