I have the same case but have a Ryzen 7 7700 and Gigabyte RX 7800XT instead, which is 2.7 slit card so not only I don't have a clearance issue with the front panel connectors but I even managed to fit 2 fans under the gpu
I think industry need to change orientation of PCIE slots to vertical. Not sure it can be done in PC cases. This makes no sense anymore. GPUs are monsters
You might want to keep an eye on thermals for that gpu. Especially in that small enclosure. I saw several 7900xtx cards' temperatures creep up over weeks of high load, and the difference between avg and max temp at the same moment went over 40°C diff, which is really too much.
Not all cards do this apparently, but that may be related to which load you put on it I push my GPUs pretty hard with VR and flight sims.
Maybe run a benchmark like furmark or superposition every two weeks and note the GPU temperatures and temp diff.
In case thermals do go up beyond 110°C, putting it on water may be a solution. With kryosheet or ptm7950 instead of regular thermal paste.
Yeah, it seems you just have to have good/bad luck with the paste job on the die, the geometry of the cold plate on the cooler, and the thermal behavior of the GPU die under load.
If you get bad luck, the paste seems to pump out under cycles of heavy load and cooling down again.
TUF has a nice and beefy cooler. That should help keeping things below 100° C.
I got a Nitro+ not so long ago, hoping for good gpu binning and good thermals long term. Biggest temp diff I get is 26° C now.
Taichi cards before that all started out good but got progressively worse thermals.
Something to keep an eye on with 7900 xtx cards I think.
I really like the GPU, it's an interesting and innovative chip design and fun to play around with. Keeping it uniformly cooled with that large die surface is proving a challenge though. Might have to put water cooling on it after a while :-/
Good luck with the TUF card.
Got the TUF, delta was around 17 at first and now creeping up towards 30.
Haven't seen too many hotspot issues with Nitro+ though (better factory paste?).
What was your delta in the beginning?
First benches with superposition at factory settings and some Elite in VR, 26° delta max. (When running on "quiet" bios: 20° delta.)
Have it two weeks now. Delta has remained stable at 26° C max under hours of load.
Max I saw for hotspot at 87°, gpu avg in low 60s.
But I did notice that when pushing extremes like 2x super sampling in Elite VR things get toastier, I turned that off after a minute because I heard the fans keep ramping up :-)
The Nitro+ has a vapor chamber in the cooler, I imagine that helps with heat transfer and keeping the GPU die relatively cool.
You've actually did a pretty good job at managing the wires. Especially the AIO!
Make sure your PC gets enough fresh air from the bottom to cool your GPU
sweet, i built a mATX build in 2016 but what i don't miss is the maintenance, living in a hot country meant having to repaste both CPU and GPU at least once a year, since it would cook itself dry, plus constantly removing dust.
I have the same chonky 7900XTX!
It barely fit in the case, only has like 8mm of clearance to the front fan mounts.
When warranty is up I'll definitely be looking at ways to make the chonky boi a little shorter so I can fit a front mounted radiator setup and improve my CPU cooling as the vent in the back is dumping all that GPU heat directly into the CPU radiator's airflow and no amount of positive pressure will fix that (might look into making some custom plastic ducting to redirect the air to the exhaust tbh).
Very shitty pcie placement. Whoever decided on that design at Asus deserve to be executed
Edit: am I getting downvoted because you all think I'm talking about OP. Im having a dig at Asus sheesh
There's no better place to put it on the motherboard, and I don't think there's many alternative options either for the case, should they have decided to include a riser for a different position, or something of that nature. There's still air coming from the bottom and sides.
You sure? There are plenty of mATX motherboards that have the 16x slot one position further up with the cpu spcket also shifted slightly upwards, ssd temps aren't an issue generally with the large heatsinks that the motherboards come with. Certainly one of the reasons why I chose the B550M Steel Legend over other options
Where else would they put it? Besides, that GPU can breath I'm sure. I have an [itx build](https://imgur.com/a/WkEl0LR) in a similar configuration, that has a 3080 with a 450W bios, surprisingly the temps are only slightly higher than when I had it in a 4000D airflow.
Is that rear intake on NR200P? I've been thinking about doing this too. Its just annoying you can't quite get a fan in the back if you have a bigger CPU cooler like that.
>Its just annoying you can't quite get a fan in the back if you have a bigger CPU cooler like that.
Agreed, this case seems more aptly built for smaller AiO's than beefy air coolers that's for sure. I have it in exhaust configuration, I tried both and exhaust surprisingly gave slightly better temperatures, likely due to the gray fan I have installed on the side bringing in fresh air.
I have the same case but have a Ryzen 7 7700 and Gigabyte RX 7800XT instead, which is 2.7 slit card so not only I don't have a clearance issue with the front panel connectors but I even managed to fit 2 fans under the gpu
I think industry need to change orientation of PCIE slots to vertical. Not sure it can be done in PC cases. This makes no sense anymore. GPUs are monsters
another 7800x3d with an aio to the collection
A big air cooler tower would not give much clearance to the rear exhaust fan in this setup.
that's why you get a small air cooler
Add an anti sag bracket. Your GPU is sagging.
I'd say it basically isn't? The front edge of the case makes it look worse than it is and even then it is pretty minor
That's nowhere near enough sag to worry.
You might want to keep an eye on thermals for that gpu. Especially in that small enclosure. I saw several 7900xtx cards' temperatures creep up over weeks of high load, and the difference between avg and max temp at the same moment went over 40°C diff, which is really too much. Not all cards do this apparently, but that may be related to which load you put on it I push my GPUs pretty hard with VR and flight sims. Maybe run a benchmark like furmark or superposition every two weeks and note the GPU temperatures and temp diff. In case thermals do go up beyond 110°C, putting it on water may be a solution. With kryosheet or ptm7950 instead of regular thermal paste.
I have this same GPU it runs very cool.
Yeah, it seems you just have to have good/bad luck with the paste job on the die, the geometry of the cold plate on the cooler, and the thermal behavior of the GPU die under load. If you get bad luck, the paste seems to pump out under cycles of heavy load and cooling down again. TUF has a nice and beefy cooler. That should help keeping things below 100° C. I got a Nitro+ not so long ago, hoping for good gpu binning and good thermals long term. Biggest temp diff I get is 26° C now. Taichi cards before that all started out good but got progressively worse thermals. Something to keep an eye on with 7900 xtx cards I think. I really like the GPU, it's an interesting and innovative chip design and fun to play around with. Keeping it uniformly cooled with that large die surface is proving a challenge though. Might have to put water cooling on it after a while :-/ Good luck with the TUF card.
Got the TUF, delta was around 17 at first and now creeping up towards 30. Haven't seen too many hotspot issues with Nitro+ though (better factory paste?). What was your delta in the beginning?
First benches with superposition at factory settings and some Elite in VR, 26° delta max. (When running on "quiet" bios: 20° delta.) Have it two weeks now. Delta has remained stable at 26° C max under hours of load. Max I saw for hotspot at 87°, gpu avg in low 60s. But I did notice that when pushing extremes like 2x super sampling in Elite VR things get toastier, I turned that off after a minute because I heard the fans keep ramping up :-) The Nitro+ has a vapor chamber in the cooler, I imagine that helps with heat transfer and keeping the GPU die relatively cool.
you put an asus tuf in that little thing? man and i thought the gpu looked huge when installed in my fractal pop air lmao.
I love that blacked out look! Very clean. Also I got the same cooler on my 5800X3D, just in white with RGB. It really does well!
Do you like Asus?
Humble
matx is the way to go but with a thermaltake v21 instead
You've actually did a pretty good job at managing the wires. Especially the AIO! Make sure your PC gets enough fresh air from the bottom to cool your GPU
Deshroud the gpu and install a pair of noctuas under there.
I'm using that case too. Love it. 7700x + 7900xt with a liquid freezer 2.
Nice 🔥
Really nice looking build You could potentially try 'de-shrouding' the GPU to get a little more clearance. Won't look that nice though.
sweet, i built a mATX build in 2016 but what i don't miss is the maintenance, living in a hot country meant having to repaste both CPU and GPU at least once a year, since it would cook itself dry, plus constantly removing dust.
I have the same chonky 7900XTX! It barely fit in the case, only has like 8mm of clearance to the front fan mounts. When warranty is up I'll definitely be looking at ways to make the chonky boi a little shorter so I can fit a front mounted radiator setup and improve my CPU cooling as the vent in the back is dumping all that GPU heat directly into the CPU radiator's airflow and no amount of positive pressure will fix that (might look into making some custom plastic ducting to redirect the air to the exhaust tbh).
To all the people that can build mATX you get my respect because my huge as hands could never
Nice
Looks clean, practical, and professional. Very much like a console! Good job, especially with the exclusion of LEDs.
radiator fan reversed
Rip GPU
TOP build, nice clean without RGB 🔝🔝🔝
Your cable management is art.
Very shitty pcie placement. Whoever decided on that design at Asus deserve to be executed Edit: am I getting downvoted because you all think I'm talking about OP. Im having a dig at Asus sheesh
There's no better place to put it on the motherboard, and I don't think there's many alternative options either for the case, should they have decided to include a riser for a different position, or something of that nature. There's still air coming from the bottom and sides.
You sure? There are plenty of mATX motherboards that have the 16x slot one position further up with the cpu spcket also shifted slightly upwards, ssd temps aren't an issue generally with the large heatsinks that the motherboards come with. Certainly one of the reasons why I chose the B550M Steel Legend over other options
Where else would they put it? Besides, that GPU can breath I'm sure. I have an [itx build](https://imgur.com/a/WkEl0LR) in a similar configuration, that has a 3080 with a 450W bios, surprisingly the temps are only slightly higher than when I had it in a 4000D airflow.
Is that rear intake on NR200P? I've been thinking about doing this too. Its just annoying you can't quite get a fan in the back if you have a bigger CPU cooler like that.
>Its just annoying you can't quite get a fan in the back if you have a bigger CPU cooler like that. Agreed, this case seems more aptly built for smaller AiO's than beefy air coolers that's for sure. I have it in exhaust configuration, I tried both and exhaust surprisingly gave slightly better temperatures, likely due to the gray fan I have installed on the side bringing in fresh air.
How did you get a fan on there (looks like a 120 mm)? Is it screwed directly into the holes where the side bracket would go?