Forget mini PC builds. Laptop-grade GPUs and the laptop-class CPUs they are usually paired with lack the raw power to properly realize the beautiful graphics of modern AAA titles, as I have personally experienced. So, if raw graphics power is your top priority, you want desktop-grade everything in your build. But herein lies the problem: a desktop build usually means living with a towering PC case. Well, not if the Mugitya Studio FE9 ITX PC Case can help it.
With the FE9, you can now have a desktop CPU paired with high-end GPUs like the RTX 50 series—specifically the RTX 5080 FE, RTX 5090 FE, or even the RTX PRO 6000 workstation GPU—all while keeping a very compact form factor.
CNC-machined from 6063 aluminum alloy, the Mugitya Studio FE9 ITX PC Case looks more like an oil heater than a PC when fully assembled. It is very industrial-looking yet oozes retro vibes. It looks like a design Dieter Rams would have approved of if he had designed a PC case.
The case measures 328 mm wide (or deep, depending on how you orient it), 328 mm high without the feet, and is just 56 mm thick at the top and 79 mm at the bottom. It is a vertical sandwich-style Mini-ITX case with an aesthetic inspired by NVIDIA’s Founders Edition GPUs.
It appears to have two types of feet: a pair of bar-like feet and another wider pair for the paranoid (presumably), extending to the sides to improve stability so it won’t topple over easily if accidentally bumped into.
The PC case is designed for standard Mini-ITX motherboards, and it can accommodate roughly 3.2-slot to 3.5-slot graphics cards measuring around 310–320 mm in length. As the product page hints, it is explicitly designed to fit and complement modern NVIDIA Founders Edition cards, such as the RTX 5080 FE and RTX 5090 FE. As mentioned earlier, it also supports the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell workstation GPU.
Supported power supplies include SFX and SFX-L units. Meanwhile, CPU cooler height is limited to 50 mm (49 mm on AMD platforms), and the case supports two 60 × 15 mm (6010) fans. No power cable is included. I think cable management will be a major challenge given the extremely tight space.
According to the seller, which appears to be Mugitya Studio itself on Taobao.com, PCIe 5.0 compatibility and stability cannot be guaranteed across every user’s hardware platform—especially on AMD systems, which currently test more reliably at PCIe 4.0. The seller recommends switching the BIOS setting to PCIe 4.0 should PCIe 5.0 prove unstable. A separate PCIe 5.0 riser card will be offered at a later date.
So, where can you buy it? Well, unfortunately, it appears to be available only through Mugitya Studio’s store on the Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao [CH]. The asking price is not exactly light on the wallet. It costs 2,699 yuan for the version without the power supply cover and 2,899 yuan for the version with the power supply cover.
If you’re curious how the build will actually look, you can watch the video below.
Images: Mugitya Studio/YouTube (@不高兴的sai).
Hat tip: YouTube (@不高兴的sai).