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I'm game if i can buy a 3080 or 3090 or an equivalent ATI. I love desktops so i have nothing against it.

Usually you can fit a full-size card in most of the mini-itx cases. Not every full-sized card, but a full-sized card.

I was lucky and building before prices shot sky high and availability became so limited, so it might be harder to find a card you know for sure will fit.

There's a pretty large community around building small form factor pcs, and a lot of forums will have case/card compatibility lists.

Thanks for this suggestion! I didn't think about it at all. I will look into it. I'd rather have a small desktop that I can carry than yet another laptop.

I completely agree with you that laptops degrade way faster than I like

pcpartpicker has dimension compatibility for at least some cases and cards, so it isn’t an impossible task, though it’s much more difficult than just buying a big case and not caring about size at all.

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