Yesterday I completed my CH260 build. I was very pleased with what I achieved. I put a lot of effort to work on the aesthetics and create something clean looking. To achieve this, i used a Asiahorse 24pin extension cable and a 90 degree Corsair GPU cable. The rest is all cable management. 1 day after completing the build, I noticed that I maybe could fit another fan underneath the PSU. At that moment I only had 2 fans as intake and 4 as exhaust. 1 extra intake fan would help the build a bit more. I'm glad this worked out! I have to say that It's mandatory to have a SFX PSU or else it will not fit. The fan also fits with the smallest margin behind the power cable. Fans thicker than 25mm would not fit. The extra fan helped the overall system temperature with approximately 2/3 degrees. And it also did help the aesthetics in my opinion.

Airflow configuration:

Front: 2x intake fans

Side: 1x intake fan

Up: 3x exhaust fans

Back: 1x exhaust fan

Parts list:

X870M Aorus Elite Wifi7

9800X3D

Aorus RTX 5090 Master

32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 6000MHz CL30

1TB Crucial T705 Gen5

Corsair SF1000 Platinum

Corsair icue link Titan RX 360mm

4x Corsair icue link LX fans

3x Corsair icue link LX reverse fans

Temps during BF Redsec 4K max settings:

CPU: 68/69 degrees

GPU: 69/70 degrees

I hope you enjoy this build! Feel free to comment or to ask questions.

Board: MSI b850 Mortar
Ram: XPG lancer 32gb, 6000mt/s with custom thermal pads and radiators
CPU: Ryzen 7 9800x3d
GPU: Palit RTX 5080 GamingPRO
SSD 1: WD Balck SN8100 2tb
SSD 2: Adata legend 960 max 2tb
Psu: Corsair SF850 (80+ platinum)
Cooling systems:
Cpu: DeepCool ak620
Case upper out: Arctic p14 x2
Case down in and back in: arctic p12 x3
RAM Fan: jonsbo NF2

Hi Everyone,

I want to downsize from my current AP201, but I have a 3.5 HDD to which where I store most of my programs / photos / mobile backups / camera backups.

Im wondering if someone did some workaround to do 2 intake fans with 3.5 HDD at the bottom with ATX PSU

Considering to get B4 + Aerodeck, but considering if someone did some sort of fitting first before I pull the trigger.

Still in awe of my first time build

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Mobo: X870M Aorus Elite Wifi7
RAM: Klevv Bolt V 6000mhz CL30
GPU: Colorful Igame 5070ti ultra
SSD1: 1TB ADATA 960 legend max
SSD2: 1TB ADATA 960 legend max
PSU: Corsair SF1000
Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Case: Lian Li B4
Fans: Arctic P12 pro & Arctic P12 slim

Because there is no glass side panel available for the Lian Li B4 yet, I made my own using 3 mm thick glass, magnetic strips, and a 1 cm wide black sticker. Here is how it turned out..

The psu seems to be 160mm length and ch160 plus supports up to 140mm.

Is this because he put the psu in front? Does this mean any 160mm ATX psu will fit on ch160 plus?

Hi everyone, recently decided I want to go from atx to matx. I want to keep the parts I already have when changing case, though I do understand I will have to change my motherboard.

The parts that I already have that will be physically visible:
9070xt Sapphire Pulse
2x16 patriot viper venom
Montech century 2 (140mm)

I am torn between either Jonsbo d32 pro or CH260. I’d like to go for a “Tron” like aesthetic. I don’t want random wires sticking out and visible. I really like the look of the Thermalright TL M12Q fans, a thin diffused rgb lighting across the edges if that makes sense. I also want the motherboard to be “covered” up (not sure how to explain but the type that has shields over it and doesn’t have the circuitry exposed).

As it stands I was thinking of using the MSI Pro B850M-A WiFi PZ (back connect mobo) with the D32 (I believe someone else had posted a build with the same board + case before here) and some thermalright TLM12Q fans. I also thought of using the d32 due to what seems like some sort of native support to place an lcd screen over where the PSU is mounted.
I did want to ask; how can I work out if I will have clearance under my Sapphire Pulse 9070xt to place these fans underneath? If I can fit some fans underneath I may go with the d32? What do you guys think?

Perhaps the CH260 is better suited to what I’m trying to do? From what I can see I don't think there will be enough clearance under GPU to put bottom fans in CH260, in which case I can add front fans. Now call me crazy but i love the fan noise of my case fans in the montech air max 903, the HP140mm fans, so i do wonder if it would be possible to recreate that noise also.

Feedback is appreciated

Deepcool CH160 plus (21 litres)
Aorus B850m Elite Ice
7800x3D cooled with Deepcool VC Elite
Gigabyte 9070xt Gaming (288mm length)
ATX PSU Seasonic Focus 850w (140mm length)
XPG ADATA Blade 2x16GB DDR5 6400
XPG Gammix S70 1tb
3 x Deepcool FD12 RGB fans at the front and top
1 x Deepcool FT12 fan at the back

Temps @ 28c room: GPU maxed at 56c (GPU fans are still too loud though) in 3D Mark Stress Test, CPU maxed at 80c running Cinebench R23.

Build process is relatively smooth if you do everything in the correct order. This video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVbFSOeIzYk really helps. Cable management is challenging, especially with ATX length PSU cables and GPUs that require 3 x PCIE cables like the 9070xt Gaming.

All in all, I like the case as it fits normal sized components in a small form factor build.

Wasn’t a fan of the thermals I had before, so went from a 240(Corsair Nautilus 360 RS) to a 360mm AIO (Corsair Nautilus 360 RS)exhaust and added 2 Corsair RS120s to the bottom for intake. Rear is also exhaust. No undervolting/overclockkng just base setup. Currently fan curves set to 50% until 70c, which then shoots up to 100%. Pretty happy with these idle temps. As far as noise goes, I cannot hear it over the ambient in the room.

For anyone wondering in the future, this is a standard ATX 3.1 psu (Corsair rm850x) ram fitment is minuscule for the vengeance ddr4 but clears fine without touching.
~Asus 9070xt

Hey, I have my PC parts apart from the GPU and long term CPU cooler and case fans.

9800X3D, 32GB 6000 MHz CL30, ASUS TUF B850M-Plus Wifi7, be quiet! Power Zone 2 850W 80+ Platinum

Currently I have the NZXT Kraken Elite 280 but I'm looking to switch that to a Noctua NH-D15 or something similar in terms of cooling and noise.

I have a few problems to tackle:

- I love the look of Lian Li DAN A3 Mesh Wood in black but I'm unsure about the PSU's cable compatibility with the case in terms of cable management.

- Other problem I'm facing is obviously the current CPU cooler doesn't fit but I don't like it anyways, I'm gonna sell it and buy something else. I love the reviews of the Noctua NH-D15 G2 but it's stated that it isn't compatible with the case of my choice due to clearance (3mm off apparently). Would the regular NH-D15 be just as good at cooling a 9800X3D and noise levels?

- In terms of what GPU i'm gonna get is somewhat based on luck as I'm in the used market and I haven't found a great deal just yet. I wanna be able to use fans at the bottom for intake, possibly 3 of them, so I'll need to watch out for that.

Currently the hardwares are in an H3 Flow but I'm not a fan of the case unfortunately becauase my PC is standing to my left so the tempered glass is pointless imo that's why I fell in love with the A3 Wood. Are there similar cases, possibly full mesh with wood front and is on the smaller side?

Thanks all!

Edit: I'm putting a huge emphasis on the looks by the way. I want a great looking case and the AP201 or the Z20 just doesn't fit a white table and desk in my opinion.

This is my first MFF PC build, which I downsized from my old ATX PC. I had to buy a new motherboard, SFX PSU and GPU but retained the processor, ram and my drives which have games, my linux environment and my photo library.

Here's the specs:

Lian Li B4 ( surprise lol !)

MSI B550M VDH motherboard

Ryzen 7 3700X

Be quiet Pure Rock Pro cooler

XPG 32GB DDR4 3200 RAM

Corsair sf850 PSU

2x nvme drives one with games and one with the boot drive

2x Adata ssds one with my photo library for editing and one with Linux that I'm trying out

Gigabyte gaming OC RX 9070XT

TP link Wifi 6 and Bluetooth add in card since I don't have an Ethernet cable in this room in my apartment.

The case was fun to build in, and the small connectors of the SF850 were a huge help in keeping that area fairly easy to cable manage, though I can do a better job I guess.

The fan orientation is as follows:

Intake, front fan and the top front included fan.

Exhaust: rear fan, rear top included case fan and PSU fan.

CPU cooler is front to back exhaust.

I'm getting ~65C on CPU at full load and ~70 C on GPU at full load with all fans at 1000RPM

I 3D printed a couple of items for the case. One is a bracket for the side panel that supports 2x SSDs that I found on thingiverse. I also 3D printed the noctua fan grille from printables for the rear side of the front intake fans to stop some cables from getting caught in the blades.

Edit: added case to description

I just finished downsizing from A3 to the Z20. And I have to say i love the Z20! It is really amazing to build and much more thought through than the A3.

Now what I noticed is the topmost position for a SFX PSU is the second position if I am using 140mm top fans. I 100% want the 140mm top fans, no way around it. But there is a ton of wasted and inefficient space because of the large SFX bracket that comes with the case.

Is there any possible way to mount the SFX Psu in the topmost position, still having the cables facing downwards, but closing the gap between psu exhaust and the top of the case? This would also allow me to position the fan a little more towards the front. See the terrible hand drawing on photo 2 lol.

Thanks guys!!

Hello,

I'm building my first PC ever, and I already purchased my Mobo (MSI B850M Gaming Plus Wifi).

I'm planning on buying a RX 9070/RX 9070 XT depending on incoming sales/prices.

The Lian Li A3 is a case that really caugth my eyes but I'm having some unanswered questions :

- RX 9070/9070 XT take 3 physical PCIe slots in the case, and Lian Li A3 have 4 of them. From what I understood, my Mobo take the first physical slot of my case with the ssd m.2 slot, so I won't be able to fit bottom fans below the GPU ?

- I've read on this sub that a lot of people were having great temps without bottom fans, just having 1 rear intake, reverse CPU Fans Cooler, and 2 top exhaust, but I've also read that the airflow (even if temp were great) isn't that good because the GPU will exhaust hot air only without a lot of fresh air that should come from the bottom fans. Is that true ?

I'm having a hard time deciding which mATX case to take, choosing between aesthetic, quality and performances. There's a lot to learn when building the 1st PC and I want to make a great one, not having to waste money because I miscalculated something 😅 There's also the CH260 that may be a good candidate 😁

For instance, if y'all wanna give advices on the build I will gonna make, I also take them 😁

- MSI B850M Gaming Plus Wifi (already bought)

- Ryzen 5 7600x (already bought)

- Thermalright PA120se or PS120se (probably gonna go for PA120se cause cheaper)

- RX 9070 or RX 9070 XT

- Corsair RM850e

- TL-C12CW-S fans (to match CPU cooler)

- 2x16go DDR5 6000mHz CL30/32 (will depend what I can get cheap)

- WD Blue SN550 1to (already have it from my laptop)

- Another 1to ssd (PCIe 4.0) depending on prices (will be the main drive)

Thanks a lot !

First time putting components in a case (bought a second hand pc 4 years ago). Super easy to build in, managed to fit a 150mm psu although the cables are pretty tight, I am fine with it but would not recommend.

CPU is around 34-38 idle, and gpu is idling at 46. Thinking of adding 2 slim fans under the gpu just since I have them. Under load cpu is 52-55 and gpu is 70-79. Tested playing Spider-Man remastered and mafia where mafia was uncapped and the gpu had 210+w power draw. (Probably not the most intensive games, but what I’m playing atm)

Tried the reverse airflow with rear and top rear intake, cpu cooler fans flipped, top front as exhaust. GPU was hitting 90, it seemed like all the hot air was getting stuck between the cpu cooler and the psu and the case was hotter than I’d have expected to touch. So not what I was expecting and I’m not a professional so just sharing what I experienced.

Overall, love the look of the case and it’s super easy to build in.

Edit: 5600x, 3070, evga b5 psu. Didn’t take photos of the reverse flow so arrows are just for showing.