"You can't fit a Nitro+ 9070XT in this MiniITX case", PCPP claimed. But I wanted it, and case and card specs said I should have minimum 4mm of wiggle room. With a bit of crafty maneuvering (and removing the case fan, cooler, RAM, and both USB header cables), it was fitted and playing MH Wilds in 90 mins flat! I love this silly PC so much.
The case is all mesh on the bottom so the GPU gets plenty of airflow, don't worry about it. Worry about my sanity if I ever need to remove this absurdly large card.
CPU: Ryzen 5 7600x
Cooler: Peerless Assassin
Mobo: ASRock A620i Lightning Wifi
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVME
RAM: TeamGroup 32GB 5600 MHz DDR5
GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 9070XT
PSU: Corsair 850W (from ~2016)
Case: Fractal Torrent RGB Nano
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Pure air flow and maintenance nightmare
That really is a gorgeous card though.
Do they have a mesh or solid version of this case? I’m *done* with RGB and glass side panels.
You should at little feet to the bottom of the case to raise it a bit for better airflow.
Holy airflow problem. That GPU is
S U F F E R I N G
Edit: OP has stated that the GPU has plenty of airflow through mesh bottom and the case itself sits on a riser off the floor. Thank you all for humoring me, and be nice to OP. Thank you!
What airflow?
PCPartPicker called they want their air flow back (Even tho you don’t have one)
is the bottom of the case meshed? if not your gpu will suffer
Partpicker say it couldn’t or that it SHOULDNT?
It didn’t say “couldn’t”, it said you “shouldn’t”!!!
let it breath
please tell me this case has some vents at the bottom
good lord, thougt that was the psu shroud!!
Okay since everyone seems unable to read the actual text in the post, the bottom of the case is mesh. The GPU is fine. I can run MH Wilds at 4K (FSR Quality) with high RT and it’s sat at 56 degrees and pumping out 50+ fps *without* framegen. It is fine. The CPU hasn’t gone above 70 degrees, and is mostly sub-60 outside loading new areas.
That is a terrible idea. The GPU is going to burn itself out. Time for a new case.
I really don’t like the look of that card.
You just know the GPU is suffering when the sag bracket is the bottom of the case itself
Good looking build, and I don’t know why people don’t seem to be capable of reading the word mesh… 😂 You said the bottom of the case is meshed and the GPU has good temps.
I have no reason not to believe you!
Good stuff! Glad it worked out and you were able to fit all the pieces you wanted!
Amazing dedication. I just went through the same thing, meticulously measuring and comparing sizes of various models. In the end I did have to sacrifice one fan, but it was worth it.
Did you open up the bottom? I’d suggest slightly larger feet so that it can get a little more flow
https://preview.redd.it/f04jw2ghweze1.jpeg?width=334&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eec34e4e05d391abbbb63417a33d0b0be09f51a1
That GPU is screaming for mercy
I wonder if those who mount the Peerless Assassin SE fans like that run into any problems because of that; the side of the fans that touches the heatsink doesn’t have those corner pads that come with literally every other version of those fans.
How was it working with the power connector?
The measurement tolerances have blessed this man
‘Look at me, I’m the PSU shroud now.’
Sick build my dude. Like it way better than any white aquarium out there
Your cooler is upside down.
It least it won’t sag, since there is no room for it to move.
Pcpartpicker told me the same thing about my 4090 in my north. It fits.
I always just go off case dimension specs on the manufacturer website before buying a card/case.
How are the power cables attached?
Very pleasing to look at. Good job.
The airflow on that card is like:
https://i.redd.it/8wgjlh2y8fze1.gif
I have this case and want this GPU good to know it fits