Feedback on My Compact White Micro-ATX Build With an RTX 5080
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MellowPine47!
I'm putting together a compact gaming PC to replace my PS5 Pro. It needs to be easy to carry between an upstairs room and the living-room TV, so I chose the Deepcool CH 160 Plus WH. It should fit nicely on the TV stand while still supporting a micro-ATX motherboard, a full-size ATX power supply, and a 240mm liquid cooler.
The planned parts are a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Deepcool LM240 WH AIO, Gigabyte RTX 5080 AERO SFF, Sapphire Pure B850M motherboard, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-6400 CL36, Corsair RM1000e 2025 White 1000W ATX 3.1 PSU, a 2TB Kioxia Exceria G3 Gen5 SSD, and two Deepcool FL12 fans. I'm aiming for a clean all-white build and want enough performance for gaming on a 4K TV over the next several years.
The SFF RTX 5080 is one of the few compact and white options available, while the motherboard's standard screw-on Wi-Fi antennas are appealing because I can disconnect everything before moving the PC without leaving a separate antenna pod dangling from a cable. I'm mainly looking for feedback on part compatibility, the Sapphire motherboard, the 6400MHz memory choice, cooling, and whether anything seems unnecessarily expensive or poorly balanced.
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The AERO SFF should be a good fit for this kind of build. A similar card has reportedly stayed cool and performed well, so the smaller format doesn’t automatically mean worse thermals. The main change I’d consider is memory speed: Ryzen X3D processors often work most smoothly around DDR5-6000, especially with tighter timings. If the 6000MT/s kit is only slightly more expensive, I’d choose something like 6000 CL30 or CL32. You can also run the 6400 kit at 6000 if needed.
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The RTX 5080 is expensive and may be more GPU than you need, but it’s easier to justify for 4K gaming and a long upgrade cycle. If the price difference from the 5070 Ti is only about $300 in your market, the 5080 is a reasonable choice for keeping higher settings and frame rates in demanding future games. The rest of the build is aimed at the same premium, long-term use case, so it isn’t an obviously mismatched choice.
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You probably don’t need an SFF graphics card in that case because it can accommodate larger models. That said, the compact Gigabyte card still makes sense if it’s one of the least expensive white RTX 5080 options and fits your clean, portable design.
MellowPine47!: That’s basically why I chose it. Since I wanted a white card anyway, the SFF model was one of the only realistic choices and it wasn’t more expensive than the larger options.
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MellowPine47!: The equivalent Corsair 6000 kit costs only a little more, so I’ll probably go with that instead. I’m more uncertain about the Sapphire motherboard since the brand is better known for graphics cards, although the reviews I’ve seen have been positive.