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if you've ever built a PC you probably know the community has a massive focus

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on how computer components perform you know FPS go bur but here's something

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very important you don't want to forget about will everything you know fit you

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wouldn't be the first person to order a bunch of parts for your spiffy new rig

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just to discover that one or more of the components simply is taking up too much

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space once you start putting everything actually together so today we're going

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to tell you how to avoid this kind of unpleasant surprise first things first

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know what form factor you're working with motherboard's mostly come in one of

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three standard form factors which you can think of as sizes from largest to

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smallest they're called ATX microatx and

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Mini ITX why micro and mini are switched so annoying I don't know don't ask me

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larger form factors will give you more expansion slots and oftentimes more

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features but a smaller form factor will obviously take up less space if you're

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going for a compact build and don't need all that extra connectivity once you

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decide which motherboard form factor you want make sure to pick a case that can

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fit it most mid Tower cases out there will fit a full-size ATX board no

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problem but there are plenty of cases out there that can only fit a Micro ATX

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or mini ITX board and unless you look carefully at the product's description

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it can be easy to buy a case that's too small as it can be hard to tell exactly

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what kind of motherboard a case will fit just by glancing at a couple photos next

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let's talk about your heat sink if you're going with a stock CPU Cooler or

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a water block this probably isn't something you need to worry about too much cuz they're pretty small but if

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you're installing an aftermarket air cooler this is where things get a bit

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tricky air coolers can keep you from installing RAM in the slots closest to

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your CPU especially if you have RAM sticks with tall heat spreaders and just

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as bad they can keep you from reinstalling your side panel depending

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on how far the cooler sticks off from your motherboard the way to prevent this

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is to carefully look at the listed dimensions for your cooler case and any

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potentially conflicting components some case spec sheets will tell you straight

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up what the tallest cooler you can fit inside them is which can help eliminate

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some guess work and if you absolutely must have a super wide cooler some of

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them can play nicely with low profile RAM sticks so check those out this leads

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us right into another cooling component that can be problematic which we'll tell

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Safeguard your family's digital world today as we mentioned water blocks don't

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usually cause too many space issues but what about the radiators they're

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attached to you'll want to make sure your radiator and case are compatible

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though the good news is that radiators tend to come in one of several standard

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sizes and which ones your case support should be clearly listed on the spec

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sheet however you'll also want to verify that the radiator along with with

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attached fans isn't so thick that it'll hit other components for example it's

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possible for a top mounted radiator to interfere with your RAM or even make the

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headers at the top of your motherboard inaccessible in that case you might be

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able to make things work if you opt for Slimmer low profile fans give it a shot

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but an even more likely part to cause you issues is perhaps your most prized

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component your graphics card higher end gpus need lots of cooling and adequate

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power delivery and all of that supporting Hardware can take up lots of

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space the most most common problem when installing a chunker of a graphics card

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is that the card is simply too long for the case so if this is the situation

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you're in see if you can get your hands on a shorter card with the same GPU on

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it though this could be a little tougher for very high-end gpus like an RTX 490

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or 90 who knows when you're watching this considering the relative prices of

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things though maybe just get a bigger case but that's not it with graphics

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cards it's also good to think about how many slots your graphics card will be

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taking up obviously you only insert your card into one PCI Express slot but I'm

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talking about the slot on the back of your case most gpus with any kind of

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gaming horsepower take up at least two slots and there are a good number of

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them on the higher and they take up three or even four so find out whether

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the card you have your eye on is a dual slot triple slot or quad slot and pick a

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case that matches keep in mind that multi-lot cards also usually physically

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block at least one more PCI Express slot so it could limit your ability to

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install other adapter cards like capture cards sound cards or Wi-Fi cards so if

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you need another slot free check your motherboard's layout out to ensure there

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will be a slot available for you or maybe investigate whether a PCIe riser

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can help solve your problem somehow your mileage may vary are there other

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headaches that you've run into when filling or upgrading a PC where something just wouldn't fit let us know

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down in the comments and if you'd like to specifically know more about building a tiny PC including how to fit in a

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power supply go watch this video next