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Turns out the brackets I ordered for the AXP90R from superbuy were not for mounting the cooler parallel to the RAM. They are the exact same as the ones included. Anyone got an up to date link for those brackets? Has anyone actually tested and confirmed they cool better? I have the AXP90 here...

I was going to mention the EVGA XC3, but someone beat me to it. It looks like even the EVGA RTX 3090 XC3 will fit. Their 3070, 3080 and 3090 XC3 all have the same dimensions. See above :)

It looks like no. They are all too thick :( Not all have had their dimensions announced yet, but of the ones that have, all of them are 5cm+ and the A4-SFX is max 45mm with backplate. The others don't look any thinner. Keep a lookout for when the dimensions of MSI GeForce RTX 3070 VENTUS 2X are...

Is that true with the window kit as well? As it makes the gap bigger. 3D printers can easily print objects that are just a couple of mm thick. So, having a smaller gap doesn't mean a fan duct won't fit. I would guess there would still be a gain from it with a thicker cooler, as then it's forced...

Thanks. I do have a 3D printer, but I don't love how the fan ducts look, covering up part of the RAM etc. Is it best to use the AXP90 with the stock fan, or a Noctua? In terms of cooling and noise. I do rather like the orange fan on the AXP90 as most everything else in my case is black and I...

I picked up a Noctua NH-L9a chromax.black once I saw they were available locally, as the Cryorig C7 RGB is a bit noisier than I'd like. Did some tests before and after, and I can't say I'm impressed. It's summertime now and the temperatures inside are rather high, so it's not the best time of...

Very similar to my setup. Same CPU/GPU, looks like the same motherboard also. With a few hours of effort trying out different cable routings, you can get it tidy and mostly hidden away, except for the thick ATX cable. Not much you can do about that one, without custom cabling. I have some on...

Thanks for the suggestion on what to get, I just installed the Gelid Extreme underneath the SSD and did the same copy test as before. First time the speed went down to 3MB/s suddenly, and I'm not sure why, as the temps were nowhere near the thermal limit, but it did recover within a few seconds...

I don't think you need to replace the heatsink. The front SSD never gets warm enough to throttle in my experience. But if you can't return them, I guess you may as well use them. I can't use thermal pads onto the metal plate because the PCIe riser cable is routed behind there. I could try...

I answered you in the other thread a while ago ;) https://hardforum.com/threads/dan-a4-sfx-post-your-build-here-thread.1924512/page-2 Thanks for the info. Yeah, just checked the slack on the stock PCIe cables. There is not much slack when routed below the front HDD, max 10 cm. The softer...

I decided to redo the power cable routing since I had some ideas on how to route it better. Sadly, routing the power cables along the front in the HDD compartment did not work out as the wires were blocking the power button assembly on the outer shell and there was just not room to route the...

I don't know what normal temps are for NVMe SSDs, but I did some tests. Just after coming out of sleep mode, the Samsung under the m.2 heatsink was at 42C, and the Intel 660p underneath the mobo at 40C. Ambient temp around 22C. Checking temps with AIDA64. Running Furmark stress test and AIDA64...

I did some measurements for CableMod cable lengths, and would like some input. I only did rough measurements with a piece of string without removing all the power cables and other cables beforehand. I want the cables not too tight (to not put much strain on them) and with enough length to route...

Received an RTX 2080 Super today, let's upgrade that old GTX 970. Specifically, the EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming, the only non-reference RTX 2080 Super I found that was dual slot and would actually fit. Also got myself a nice wireless mouse, I'm going to need it since I'm playing on the TV...

Finally put my A4-SFX to use. More info and pics: https://hardforum.com/threads/dan-a4-sfx-post-your-build-here-thread.1924512/page-2#post-1044466946