Question Mini ITX Case for Air Cooling?

[IDProG]

I am upgrading my PC. It's going to be a Mini ITX build with storages entirely consist of M.2 SSDs, so no 2.5' slots needed. SFX PSU.

Not a fan of water cooling, so only air cooling. My temporary CPU is going to be Ryzen 7600, but I am waiting for a Zen 5 Ryzen 7 x3D CPU, so that's the goal of the cooling. Not planning to overclock the CPU, but planning to undervolt it.

My current pick is NR200, but are there any smaller Mini ITX cases that support air cooling (honestly, I am okay with NH-L9i if I have to)?

Thank you in advance.

 

[skippyboy92362]

Kind of depends and I love my ITX system based around the Lian Li Q58 but I'm using a 240 AIO and getting a decent air cooler under 63 mm is impossible to find. But there is a solution to your issue. The Asus AP201 which is just slightly larger than the Q58, more room for hardware and less than the NR 200. Good luck and hope this helps.

 

[hotaru.hino]

TechPowerUp put the Ryzen 7800X3D at consuming around 77W with a multi-thread workload, 49W in games. If you plan on power limiting it, a cooler meant for 65W CPUs should be fine here.

 

[geofelt]

Love those ITX builds.

But, do not plan on a low profile cooler with a R7-7600 or hotter.
Noctua maintains a list of suitable coolers for various processors.
Here is the list for a R5-7600:

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | CPU Compatibility | Noctua Compatibility Centre

Series: Raphael, Socket: AM5

ncc.noctua.at

The NH-L91 is only marginally acceptable.
One case you might look at is the lian li TU150:
165mm clearance for a cooler. That's NH-D15 size.

https://www.newegg.com/p/2AM-000Z-00051