Shiny Snake S450 White Build ~ (CPU cooler too tall...)
Finally finished my secondary build with a Shiny Snake S450 ~~ Specs are as follows
1) AMD Ryzen R9-5900x
2) Gigabyte X570 Pro Wifi (ITX)
3) ADATA Spectrix D50 DDR4 3600 CL18 32GB
4) EVGA RTX 3080 10GB FTW3
5) Coolermaster V850 SFX ATX3.1 PSU
6) 2x Crucial MX500 SATA SSD 500GB
7) Thermalright APX120 X67 White (will replace since it's too tall)
8) Shiny Snake S450 White with x2 Arctic P12 Max
Basically my old build shrunken into a small 12.4L case. Would love to go with m.2 SSDs but the prices for those are stupid right now, so I just threw in two old SATA SSDs. They'll do for now.
I kind of messed up with the cooler since it's too big to fit the case. I thought the S450 was just a taller S400, and since that case supports the AXP120-X67, I thought this one would too. Turns out it's a 0.6 cm thinner, so using this cooler you would not be able to install the right side panel. The only 240mm AIO I currently own is a Arctic Liquid Freezer II, but it doesn't fit in this case, so I'm stuck using it semi open air for the meanwhile.
The reason i decided to go with this case is for the possible 240mm AIO support should I find it necessary to upgrade. I was testing the 5900x with the X67 on a open air bench previously, but even there I'm was only able to run it at around 78-85C with a -18 negative pbo offset and PPT capped at 110w while gaming. Usable, but 80-85c is kinda too much for me, so I'm still gonna go with a compatible 240mm AIO.
Last pic is it next to same other sff/mff cases i've tried in the past, Silverstone SG13 and FSP CST350 (Same IM01).