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@electrosoft There's also the Sliger SV590, which is an SFF itx case capable of housing a 360mm AIO. Some people managed to cram a 420mm radiator in it with custom water cooling. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a slim console style case that can mount a 360mm or 420mm radiator in a flat orientation like with the GPU.

Thank you very much for that heads up. Good thing there is in fact an SFF case that can fit an ATX motherboard, and that's the P-ATX V2. Only downside is that it's a boutique case, so limited production runs. But there's always legos, hehe😁.

I was hoping something like Slabtop would come to the market as that is essentially a laptop style chassis for desktop parts. Unfortunately, that product never came to the market. My plan for my ultraportable SFF gaming PC is to get a mini-ITX motherboard, a future core i9, an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 AIO, 32 GB of actually good DDR5 RAM (whenever that happens), and a mid-range GPU. I will be powering it using 2 HDPLEX 400w picopsus, and get 2 Bixpower CP300s to battery power it when I need to use the system away from a power outlet. I will be using a portable 17 inch usb-c powered 144Hz screen as well. The one component I can't seem to find is a case I want for this build. I'm seriously considering building one out of legos because I can't find what I want.

I have a question. How much power can a mini-ITX motherboard push into the CPU? I know the 8-pin CPU EPS connector is rated for 250 watts, but I'm wondering if the CPU can be supplied more than that on a mini-ITX motherboard. My plan is to build a portable PC for my next build because I doubt there will be any laptop in upcoming hardware generations that would be worth buying. They all suck now. I really hope proper DTRs make a comeback in the future, but I want a contingency plan ready if that doesn't happen. If I cannot push more than 250 watts to the CPU on a mini-ITX motherboard, I think I'll go with a micro-ATX motherboard, but I wanted to consult you guys first. My current plan is to get a mini-ITX motherboard, a future core i9, an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 AIO, 32 GB of actually good DDR5 RAM (whenever that happens), and a mid-range GPU. Like every system I've ever had, I want to overclock the crap out of it, hence the 420mm AIO I picked for a mini-ITX based build and my question on the capabilities of mini-ITX motherboards.

Good thing we got the SM model buddy. I had a feeling this would happen, so I didn't bother waiting for the KM. I do wish we had 11th Gen support on the SM though. A binned 11900K in our zTecpc models would be a beast!

Ah you beat me to this and the KM-G thread. I was going to recreate the owners lounges from NBR when I acquired extra time. From all I've gathered, it seems the SM-G gives people less problems than the KM-G. I wonder why that is. I really don't think there was a point in even releasing the KM-G. Releasing a BIOS update for 11th gen support on the SM-G and giving it an RTX 30xx card would've done the trick.

I still have a few tabs open from the NBR forum. I don't want to close them because if I do, I won't ever see an NBR forum page again. I'm glad the forum was able to be archived. I believe it's downloadable too, so we can all have a personal copy of all the knowledge contained there.

I'd definitely take a huge IPC increase. I love my single core performance. Nova Lake's IPC is going to be a huge jump over my current 10900K. I'd imagine you'd be able to brute force your way to 144 fps in anything with that kind of performance.