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Budget (including currency): $500 Country: America Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, light video editing, some modern games live tales from the far territories, and programming. Other details: I have an I5 6400, but am willing to upgrade. I would like a workstation CPU, as I will likely use it as one in the future. I have a friend that is willing to sell me a Corsair SF600 that is basically brand new, and that is it. Would like it sff I have a perifrials that I can use until I get more money.

Budget (including currency): Approx 1500 Euros (but that would ideally include the Monitor, and possibly Keyboard and Mouse) Country: Germany Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Primarily used for Gaming (LOL, Valorant, Hogwarts Legacy, Binding of Isaac, GTA), Watching Movies. The build is for my gf, she was debating getting a new laptop but would only use it for games so I convinced her to consider a Desktop, her conditions were... Small Form Factor and a Pink and White aesthetic and a cute mechanical keyboard. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I have come up with two builds (the only differences being the CPU and Motherboards) and inserted them below. My big point of concern is if anyone might know a better monitor for a low price, also what CPU/motherboard combo yall might recommend cause I honestly am not so sure I made a good choice with my selections. if this were for me I think id have just pulled the trigger and gone with my gut but its for someone else who will not be able to change parts out or diagnose problems if she encounters them so I really want to make sure that she'll have everything she needs and gets the most bang for her buck. PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/B829Vw (Amd Build) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor (€187.90 @ Alza) CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin King SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€42.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard (€200.08 @ Galaxus) Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (€63.89 @ Alternate) Storage: Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€89.90 @ Alza) Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card (€318.19 @ Computeruniverse) Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P Mini ITX Desktop Case (€106.07 @ Amazon Deutschland) Power Supply: Lian Li SP 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply (€137.89 @ Caseking) Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12C-S 66.17 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (€28.11 @ Amazon Deutschland) Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12C-S 66.17 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (€28.11 @ Amazon Deutschland) Monitor: iiyama G-MASTER RED EAGLE 24.0" 1920 x 1080 144 Hz Monitor (€169.00) Custom: Reaper Cable Sleeved PSU Extension Set - Power Supply Extensions - 1x 24 Pin/ 2x 8 Pin/ 2x 6 Pin/ 1x 4+4 Pin - With Combs - 30cm (White & Pink) (€40.00) Total: €1411.88 PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/KMmqGL (Intel Build) CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (€163.63 @ Amazon Deutschland) CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin King SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€42.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) Motherboard: ASRock B760M-ITX/D4 WiFi Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard (€154.79 @ Mindfactory) Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (€63.89 @ Alternate) Storage: Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€89.90 @ Alza) Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card (€318.19 @ Computeruniverse) Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P Mini ITX Desktop Case (€106.07 @ Amazon Deutschland) Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12C-S 66.17 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (€28.11 @ Amazon Deutschland) Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12C-S 66.17 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (€28.11 @ Amazon Deutschland) Monitor: iiyama G-MASTER RED EAGLE 24.0" 1920 x 1080 144 Hz Monitor (€169.00) Custom: Reaper Cable Sleeved PSU Extension Set - Power Supply Extensions - 1x 24 Pin/ 2x 8 Pin/ 2x 6 Pin/ 1x 4+4 Pin - With Combs - 30cm (White & Pink) (€39.99) Custom: SP750 SFX Power Supply - 750 watts, white (€138.00) Total: €1342.42

Budget (including currency): ~1500 CAD Country: Canada Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: E6 Golf and possibly other golf Sims. Other details: Needs to be SFF, Already have GTX 980 Strix CUII, powering projector with ~1000x1000 resolution. I need to build a dedicated PC for my dad's DIY golf sim as he's tired of carting his laptop between multiple locations. The sim software in question is E6 Golf which doesn't need a whole lot in terms of specs but I haven't payed attention to what the parts market is like for a while so I could use some help. Also not super familiar with SFF PCs as my builds tend to jacked up pickup truck equivalents lol. E6 lists GTX 1070, 8GB RAM and an i5 for its system requirements. I have a GTX 980 available from a past system and I believe it should be sufficient due to the very low resolution. I would like to build him an SFF PC as he doesn't want anything big, so I'm leaning towards mini ITX and a SFF case that has at least 300mm of space for the GPU. Something that I can hide behind the projector screen. The budget of 1500 is flexible; although, I'd prefer to be on the cheaper end of things since this is all this system is going to do. Would be preferential if the parts are available at Memory Express. Thanks in advance.

Summary SSUPD the makers of ... uh... nothing? ,which is a collaboration of FormD and LianLi, released a new and quite interesting small form factor case for pre-order. With only 14.6 liters in size it's one of the smallest ITX cases, but is still quite a bit larger than the Louqe Ghost S1 and the DanCase. The differentiating factor between these cases and the Meshlicious is, as the name suggests, that it offers all sidepanels to be made out of mesh. Quotes Rough translation: "It offers up to two 140mm fan mounts in the front of the case. Additionally you can mount a 280mm radiator, even if a long graphics card is in place." Rough translation: "The case can currently only be pre-ordered on Newegg for $119 for the base-model. A version with a PCI-e 4.0 riser cable can be had for $180." My thoughts I like! Something that bothered me about my Ghost S1, is that the mesh barely leaves room for the components to breath. One concern is noise tho. Sources https://www.computerbase.de/2021-02/ssupd-meshlicious/ (In German) https://ssupd.com/products/meshlicious (Note: I wrote this article quite quickly at work. Hopefully this is fine. I was simply quite excited about this one, so I had to share it quickly!)

Trying to figure out the best CPU cooling option for Ryzen 5 5600x in my SFF build, using the Phanteks Evolv Shift 2 Air. Was going to use the H80i v2 but I’m having a hell of a time getting the tubes to fit. Also a bit concerned about longevity/performance with the pump mounted above rad (RE: Gamers Nexus’ now infamous video). Would like to keep the pc as quiet as reasonably possible... I don’t overclock heavily, mostly using for gaming (some CPU-intensive titles like Rust). I’m considering switching to a NZXT M22 for the inverted pump arrangement and easier fit, but not sure about performance of that AIO. (I also like that I can get one without shipping). looked at Corsair H5, but really have no idea about it’s performance, being such a weird format. Would also consider air coolers but it seems like anything that improves significantly on the stock AMD Wraith Stealth just won’t fit in the 85 mm clearance. The build: Case: Phanteks Evolv Shift Air 2 Mobo: Asus B550-I CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x VGA: Radeon RX 6900 XT PSU: Cooler Master V850 SFX Case fans: whatever I need to make it work, high static pressure. Bottom intake, rear exhaust CPU cooler: ???

So building my beautiful 5600X centered SFF build I stumble upon a challenge, as people often do with these things. On one corner there's the Seasonic SGX 500W Gold, with its 10 year warranty and 100$ price. On the other there is the Corsair SF600 Gold, with a comperatively little 7 years and a comperatively big 130$ price. It's also apparently a little quieter which is a nice bonus. What graphics card you're running stranger? You might be thinking. Well the market is nuts at the moment so I'll buy one when the prices are reasonable in a few months time (fingers crossed). But then the budget wouldn't ever allow anything beyond a 3070 with 3060 and 3060 Ti being more reasonable choices (or maybe the corresponding AMD models should they ever be announced). Power spikes on 30s series cards have me a bit worried. Also I'd really like for the core of this build lasting about 8 years and upgrading the gpu down the line, with something like the 1060 of the future in price and I suppose wattage, so I try not to think about it too much, maybe wrongly so. The Corsair looks reliable and certain, but I really really like feeling smarter than people who spend 300$ on a 1000W PSU to go with their 1650Ti for "future proofing" and I don't know If that certainty is worth 30$. On the other hand, 500W is probably enough for my system if the S tier on the Seasonic means power spikes won't matter, but being only an enthusiastic newbie I thought I'd ask you guys.

For ages, I have looked for a case that is more compact and can fit a matx, a graphics card and have plenty of space for cooling. I have noticed most sff matx cases either only have space for Low Profile GPUs or could only have larger GPUs if mounted vertically. Well now i found the case for me, and trust me I was to get it from this website as well, see in the link below. https://uk.banggood.com/Micro-ATX-ITX-Black-USB-2_0-Office-Gaming-Computer-Destop-Case-PC-Cases-LED-Fan-p-1626469.html?utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=cpc_organic&gmcCountry=GB&utm_content=minha&utm_campaign=minha-gbg-en-pc&currency=GBP&cur_warehouse=CN&createTmp=1 If card removed alot of the unnecessary space i found at the font of most cases and with it being MTAX the height is as small as can be with a ATX PSU making it 270 * 175 * 354mm. Now this case can be shipped to most countries and if you are in the UK you can get free shipping but it is a plain Chinese case. Just thought id post it to save someone ease searching for one as I did. If anyone has any other ideas, please post here as well.

So I'm planning a small form factor build in a Sliger SM550. It's a very small 9.7 L case that doesn't offer much in terms of air cooling. However, it does offer space for one AIO option: the Asetek 645LT 92mm. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience/data/numbers regarding the thermals I might encounter with this cooler and high-end CPUs. Particularly, I'm looking at the Ryzen 7 5800x and the Ryzen 5 5600x. Would the cooler be able to handle the thermal load of either CPU? Perhaps with some undervolting, or not at all? I do not plan to do any overclocking, but it would be nice to get at least some, if not all, of the chip's turbo potential.

Budget : $1500 Country: USA Intel Core i9-10850K 3.6 GHz 10-Core Processor Cooler Master MASTERLIQUID ML240L RGB V2 65.59 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Asus ROG STRIX B460-I GAMING Mini ITX LGA1200 Motherboard G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Cooler Master MasterBox NR200 Mini ITX Desktop Case Cooler Master V SFX Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders Edition (Already Have) So I plan on moving out to an apartment and would like to have a sff pc so it doesn't end up taking too much space. The parts listed are ones I was considering for this new build. My only worries are thermals and if everything fits. I have a 1440p 165hz monitor and that will be my main monitor and I run another monitor for whatever. If there any parts I should substitute for others please let me know. Budget is flexible. Hoping for this build to be a tiny powerhouse.

welp, i thought i wasn't gonna be building anything again soon, but here we are. this is gonna be a SFF web browsing box for my older brother, who just wanted something tiny but still snappy enough for normal day to day computing. since we wanted it to be cheap, lots of stuff in this PC is actually hardware i still had laying on my shelf. this also means that some choices are well... unconventional. here's a rundown of the specs, blue = bought green = delivered Gigabyte Aorus B450I. it's AM4, it's full featured, and cheap. yup. AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 3350G. mostly because it was super cheap secondhand, and we're going SFF so integrated graphics are a must. 64GB in 2x32GB DDR4 ECC. Nope, 32GB ECC UDIMM, yep! "whut? why?" you may ask. because i had it laying around and well, i can. Intel 760p M.2 SSD. this will be the boot drive, also a hand-me-down from my main rig. DELL 1,92TB Enterprise SATA SSDs. again, not very practical i guess. but he'll definitely have enough storage to last him a while. Noctua NH-L9a AM4. mostly because it was the only cooler that would fit, and i have a weak spot for nocs. Noctua 40mm fan. this is a maybe, i'm not sure if i can actually fit this in there, but i'm sure all extra cooling would help. Pico PSU 150W. this is because the case doesn't actually fit any PSU's. neither normal nor unconventional ones. Inter-tech ITX A60. it's tiny, and he likes the looks of it. so we'll make it work. Bitspower universal RAM cover. because these ECC sticks run hot, and in a tiny case with no airflow to speak of it will need all the help it can get. welp, that's it for now. all parts should arrive sometime this week, and i'll update you guys on the progress. for now tough, here's some exquisite low light phone pictures of the motherboard and some other stuff already in it.

Hello boys and girls, I am here today to ask your opinion about SFF PC cases, I am looking for your thoughts for the following question: "What is more important in the SFF PC case?" I will be very happy if you can vote above and then share your thoughts and opinions bellow and lets have a friendly discussion.

Budget (including currency): $1500 Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Halo Infinite, Destiny 2, Blender 2.9+ Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): So I'm looking at doing a "partial" upgrade where I replace everything but my 1070. I made this list based on some feedback in another post: PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor ($483.98 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 280 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($105.99 @ Amazon)` Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard ($209.91 @ Amazon) Memory: *Team T-Create Expert 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($239.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB MINI ITX OC Video Card (Purchased For $0.00) Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P Mini ITX Desktop Case ($103.90 @ Amazon) Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS SGX 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply ($129.99 @ Amazon) Total: $1407.76 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available *Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-11-29 14:51 EST-0500 I'm pretty comfortable with this list, except for the ram. All the usual brands are ridiculously expensive for 2x32 kits -- I am comfortable spending $300 on a kit because I understand that's the market, but anything that isn't a no-name seems to be $400+ Because I have to use an ITX, I'm stuck with 2 slots. My question is, would going with 2x16 (32GB total) ram significantly affect rendering speed?

Budget (including currency): 2,200 Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I would like to mainly game on it. Run Warzone, Fortnite, and Rainbow Six Siege at over 200 fps (and other popular titles like that) (maybe VR capable if that fits in the budget) Other details: *this will be my first pc build* So I do not plan to overclock anything or do to much extra stuff to it, I am just a average guy and do not want to have to trouble shoot if the overclocking ends up messing things up. Trying to build a mini tower pc that is portable with a handle preferred. I would like to fit it in this case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case I would like to put in the 12th gen i7 intel chip and I would like to have it water-cooled as well. What would be recommended for a build like this? I would like to be around 2,000-2,200 if that is possible. I am not sure with the prices of the gpu market right now.

Budget (including currency): $7000 AUD Country: Australia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games, Video Editing, and hobby 2d, 3d cad. Other details : Well Hi all. So I have got myself a NCASE M1 (still to be delivered but shipping this week). I have checked PCI LANES, clearance and many other things however I would like other peoples feed back on how they may setup. Listed is the current Parts below. I would like to be able to under-volt things to try help keep things cool. I have added a couple of Noctua fans to help lower the DB from the standard AIO water cooling fans. I also wanted one of these AORUS FO48U 48" monitors before Linus got himself a free one! Also considering de-shrouding the GPU and putting Noctua fans on it. so if you know of a GPU (NVIDIA?) that fits the M1 de-shrouded please let me know! I can through various websites save around $300 of the below price however currently seeing if mwave.com.au will just match price.

Hey guys. In Brazil, SFF/Slim boxes are little used and their variety is low. For space reasons I bought a Dell optiplex 790DT case to put my setup, but I'm not sure how to connect the front panel of the case to a regular motherboard. My Config: Ryzen 5700G, Gigabyte B450 DS3H, Nvme 512GB, Scythe Big Shuriken 3 I will use a Seasonic TFX 300W power supply. As I know I will have to increase the size of the front panel wiring, I looked for an adapter for that but I didn't find one, I just found one for those who want to use the motherboard in other cases.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LRJjyK Well, decided to buy a media PC to go with my new big screen TV in the living room. Case prep with preliminary cable management is done. Got the case, power supply, wireless keyboard, and memory today. Rest of the components won't arrive till next week or later. Featuring the return of the ghetto test bench! Going to leave the riser cable and 2 PCI-E runs for when I manage to find a GPU upgrade for my desktop, so this is ready for my 1080Ti.

Budget (including currency): 1500€ Country: Germany Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly lighter games including esports titles, but also (rarely) unoptimized ones. Will be taken to LANs. It will also be used as my main pc for development, see below Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Requirements: Velka 3 Case and accompanying requirements for MB, CPU-Cooler, Memory and GPU-Size I would like 2.5G LAN on my MB since I cannot add an ethernet card to a build this small and do not want to regret this later on. I want 2 M.2-slots on the MB so I can easily increase my storage amount later if I want to. I would like WIFI on my motherboard, since it reduces cable clutter on LANs. I would like 32G of RAM, since I noticemy current 16G are running close to the edge with my current, very VM-heavy, dev-workflow. Also I am a browser-tab hoarder... My goal is a 3 Monitor setup (I currently have 2 1080p monitors) where I would like my main gaming display to run at 1440p 144Hz (Is this too ambitious with my budget/case size?). I do not own that monitor yet so this is not a hard requirement. It is also not part of the budget set above. My current working list is this: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/user/BloodStainedCrow/saved/RhVwYJ Not included in this list is the Velka 3 Case and the bundled 600W Flex-ATX PS. They are also not included in the above budget. I currently use a Dell prebuilt with a i5 4460, and a GTX 760 with 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM. I cannot (and do not want to) reuse any parts, since many parts are proprietary as all heck, or plain bad (i.e. PS without 80Plus rating) or do not fit in the case. I will reuse the windows license from this PC. Since my current PC still works adequately I am not in a rush for this build, I should probably wait for GPU prices anyway... D: FAQ: Why Velka 3: Me and my Friend regularly host small LAN-gettogethers and since I live relatively far from them and do not own a car, I travel to them by train and carrying a case in my backpack and a monitor on my lap is infeasible with a larger case. Also my inner nerd loves the idea of having such a tiny PC. Why not a gaming Laptop, if you travel with it: I have previously owned a Gaming Laptop and have made very poor experiences with it. I dislike having to rely on a single vendor to keep up support up for BIOSes in order for my CPU-GPU combo to not break on me (Since these combos are much rarer than off the shelf parts I trust their support more). Laptops have probably gotten better, but they lost my trust... xD Two questions: Are my requirements stupid, and if so: Why? Are my choices reasonable for my requirements or do you have any suggestions?

Budget (including currency): $2600 Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Cyberpunk, Metro Exodus, Esports Titles, Blender, Davinci Resolve, Lightroom, Photoshop, Premier Pro (maybe). Other details Gonna be doing a custom loop in the FormD T1

So it all started when I was browsing PC parts forum and saw a guy selling a bunch of Dell refurb RX 640 4GB that were single slot, half-height cards for MYR230 (~USD50) with shipping. To the uninitiated the RX 640 is a rebranded RX 550. At the current market, this ain't a bad price for an RX 550 equivalent 4GB card. I also wanted to build something for my wheelchair-bound neighbour, since the lockdown life has been rough. And I kinda owe him my very identity because he was the one that gave me a copy of Warcraft 3 when I was a kid almost 20 years ago and it's PC gaming for life. Right now he's still using the very same Pentium 4 with Nvidia chipset on-board graphics PC he had all these years. So i bought it in a heartbeat (which was the right decision cause moments after it was all gone). It arrived 2 days later and lo and behold it is exactly as shyt as I expected it to be. PERFECT It only comes with DP and mini-DP but I can manage with a HDMI adapter since I bought a brand new Lenovo L24i-30 Freesync 1080p 75Hz monitor for my neighbour as well. The first thing that cane to mind was cheapo Dell SFF Optiplex that are available everywhere. I settled on the cheapest 2nd/3rd gen Intel one I could find since they are significantly cheaper than 4th gen and above in my region. I bought one with an i3 3240, 4GB DDR3 and 250GB RAM for MYR300 which I will all change out later. Now I went ahead and bought two sticks of 4GB DDR3 RAM for MYR100, then proceeded to sell the included 2 x 2GB DIMMS for MYR50 online. I also added in a Crucial BX500 480GB SSD (Which I regret not getting the 1TB later) for ~MYR250 and sold the 250GB HDD for MYR20. As a bonus I also bought a USB 3.0 half-height PCIE card for ~MYR40 which I will need to transfer all the games I want him to experience that he missed out for the past 20 years. Alright, now things are coming together. The insides are so compact and tight, let's see how're the thermals. Well, as expected the thermals are horrible. CPU is fine but GPU idles at 60°C, watching YouTube jumps to 70 °C and shoots to 94°C when gaming. I guess this is what happens when you cram an RX 550 into a wire mess SFF case with a dinky little 80mm intake and a single slot, half-height cooler. Let's try changing the fan to an Arctic P8 and see if we can get better thermals. Oh great, Dell even makes their fan header a 5-pin proprietary design. Guess I'll need to buy the fan adapter off Taobao and wait a week. Cost of the fan was MYR35, adapter with shipping was MYR8. In the meantime I decided to upgrade the i3 to an i5 3570S that I found for MYR160 with shipping, and I sold the i3 for MYR80. Cool I'll also repaste the GPU and add some thermal pads for the VRAM while I'm at it. ------------- Well a week has passed and my adapters are here, the Arctic P8 fit in snuggly and the adapter works. Buuuuuut, it was turning super slowly in stock config. Good thing I used Google and found that people use HWINFO to control fanspeed on Dells. HWINFO reports the Arctic P8 to be spinning at 7000rpm lol, I guess this is why it was spinning so slowly, the embedded controller was trying hard to slow it down. I guess Dell even has proprietary OWM singals. So I manually adjusted the fan profile, set HWINFO to start minimised with fan control on startup, voilà. Thermals are much more acceptable now. 50°C idle and 89 °C when gaming. Not like amazing but at least it ain't throttling. I loaded some of my favourite single player games: - DOOM 2016 -Quake Enhanced - Warcraft 3 - Homeworld Remastered - MGS V The Phantom Pain - RE2 Remake - Yakuza 0 - Starcraft 2 Trilogy - XCOM Enemy Unknown - Civ VI - Skyrin Special Edition This is where I regret not getting the 1TB model cause there were so many more games that I wanted to load on for him to enjoy. Oh well, this is what I'm sticking with. All in all I'm quite pleased with this build, it costed quite cheap during the PC parts shortage. DOOM was running at 50fps at 1080p; RE2, Yakuza 0 and The Phantom Pain at high 60fps+ Not bad at all Parts list: - Dell Optiplex - MYR300 - RX 640 4GB - MYR230 - i5 3570S - MYR160 - 2 x 4GB DDR3 - MYR100 - Crucial BX500 480GB with 3.5" cage - MYR250 - Arctic P8 with adapter - MYR43 - SFF USB 3.0 card - MYR40 Sold i3 for MYR80 Sold 2 x 2GB for MYR50 Sold 250GB HDD for MYR20 Total system cost ~MYR975 = USD235 Monitor was another ~MYR500 = ~USD120 I had some unopened bundled Dell keyboard and mice lying around to be gifted with this rig as well.

Hi, I am new around here, so I hope this is the correct place for this type of post. I recently decided to go to an itx build, for portability reasons, and I want to build my own case, from 20x20 slot 6 aluminium extrusions, and some 3d printed parts from ABS. The tray of the motherboard will probably be made of sheet of aluminium. I will be upgrading to a Ryzen 5600X (stock cooler), 16gb ram, Asrock B550M-ITX/ac. I already have a GTX 1070 cooled with an 120mm AIO (Thermaltake), which complicates things a bit, and a CX550M semi-modular PSU. The layout I came up with is shown in the pictures. I am mostly concerned about the placement of the GPU radiator. Is the 28.8mm clearance from the back of the PSU enough? Should I rotate my PSU so that the intake is directly behind the radiator, or this would provide the PSU with too much hot air? The body at the back of the case is a possible place for an 3.5inch HDD. P.S. This is my first attempt at designing a case .

Budget (including currency): ~1000€ + GPU Country: Finland Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly gaming Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I just bought an MSI RTX 3070 Ti VENTUS 3X 8G OC and am now looking for an SFF build; no peripherals needed; "upgrading" from a laptop; will probably buy in a week; 1080p 144hz (I know the 3070 Ti is overkilled for 1080p 144hz, but this is the monitor I have, I'll upgrade it later on) After almost 8 years I'm back to building a new PC, in a ******* ****** period, but that's it. Let's start directly from the build that I would be planning: PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (€324.90 @ Jimm's) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L12S 55.44 CFM CPU Cooler (€54.90 @ Jimm's) Motherboard: MSI MPG B550I GAMING EDGE MAX WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard (€209.00 @ Jimm's) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (€94.90 @ Jimm's) Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€139.00 @ Jimm's) Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB VENTUS 3X OC Video Card (Purchased For €0.00) Case: SSUPD Meshlicious (PCIe 4.0) Mini ITX Tower Case (€189.90 @ Jimm's) Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€94.90 @ Jimm's) Total: €1107.50 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-06-11 09:42 EEST+0300 Why SSUPD Meshlicious: Where it all began, the choice of the form factor. I've been interested in SFF builds for a few years, and lately the "new" SSUPD Meshlicious has caught my attention (I just love it, clean af with no compromise on airflow). Another reason why an SFF PC, living abroad and not having a clear idea of where I will end up, is likely that I'll have to ship it around Europe (could be from Finland to Italy, who knows), and shipping an SFF PC is much easier (I guess). Finally, I simply love the idea to have a powerful beast in a small black box. Why Ryzen 5 5600X: Probably the best value for the price, new gen 6c12t, very good performance (apparently better than a Ryzen 7 3800X), very good efficiency, not too power hungry (looking for good thermals too). Why Noctua NH-L12S: Water or air? The Meshlicious SSUPD supports AIO coolers up to 280mm (wow). However, I don't really like the idea of an AIO. Definitely more performing than a low profile air cooler, but it's also more expensive and prone to failures. So, the NH-L12S is the best low profile air cooler out there, but is it enough? (I hope so) Why MSI MPG B550I GAMING EDGE MAX WIFI: Simply one of the cheapest (MSI's) Mini-ITX motherboard with B550. Why Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16: Not really much to say, low profile, good quality, good performance. Only one thing, is 16GB enough? (I guess so, but not 100% sure) Why ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB: Nice performance, good value(?), what do you think? (For me 1TB should be enough, hopefully) Why Corsair RM 750 W: SFX or ATX? The SSUPD Meshlicious supports both but recommends SFX/SFX-L. However, SFX PSUs are more expensive and louder (usually) given the smaller form factor. As for the wattage, Guru3D suggests a 600/650W PSU. Right now the RM 750W is cheaper than the 650W version, and for that price I think it's a bargain. What do you think? Do you have any suggestions? Would you change anything? Any feedback is welcome Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone - first post here. Building my first SFF PC with the following gear: Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X570i mini itx CPU: AMD Ryzen 5900x GPU: 3070 FE Ram: 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LTX 3600 Storage: Samsung 1TB 980 Pro M.2 NVMe Power: Corsair 750w Platinum modular Cooling: AIO NZXT Kraken x63 Case: Cooler Master NR200 (SFF) Case Fans: 4 x Arctic P12 PWM’s 12VDC/ 0.08A I have a question about the fans - specifically where to connect them. The board has 3 fan headers: CPU, AIO pump, Chassis. The AIO pump will obvs go to the AIO pump header and the 2 AIO fans to the CPU fan header. That leaves me with 4 chassis fans that need to be allocated and the unused chassis header. What’s the best allocation for these 4 fans? 3 fans on the chassis header and 4th chassis fan with the AIO fans on the CPU header? All 4 on the chassis header? At 0.08A each that’s only 0.32A on the chassis header. Not sure exactly what the spec is on that header but I’m sure it would be at least 1 amp...right?? Would really prefer not to use a fan hub/ controller due to limited space. Long post, thanks for hang’n in there and thanks in advance for your solutions.

Budget: $650 CAD Country: Canada Usage: Social media, Youtube, Microsoft Word + bit of Excel, video streaming (Netflix & Amazon Video @1080p) Other details: Upgrading from a really slow $200 laptop. Specifically wants a SFF PC. Already have two 27' monitors, keyboard, and mouse. 1080p @60Hz is fine. But if it can run a larger resolution, the better. Here is a PCPartPicker list I quickly made. (case and PSU can be bought from a friend, hence why they are $170 combined) I also would like to get a WiFi dongle, but I don't know which ones are good. I'm wondering though: Should I even build this? Or just buy some SFF prebuilt from BestBuy or whatever and save around $200? Most prebuilts I've checked out have pretty old CPUs (not sure if I should get an older CPU since Windows 11 is coming), and the majority of prebuilts don't use M.2 NVMe SSD's. Thoughts? EDIT: Thank you everyone for the responses. If anyone else is in a similar situation, here is the final build I decided on. Specifically went with this motherboard because the two monitors they have are VGA and HDMI. Also bought a Bluetooth adapter for like $20. Total is around $620 CAD.

Hi, so it seems our current HTPC/emulation computer (a Chuwi Hero Box) is dying and I'm going to have to replace it. I'm not going to follow the same cheap Chinese computer path again and will build my own system. I will probably first use an APU (either a Ryzen 4650g or an I5-11400) and add some small GPU later. We're mostly using the computer for video (local videos from the HDD or streaming ~ Netflix and Amazon Prime), music listening, retro gaming emulation. My daughter also started using the computer to make music with her guitar and keyboard. Nothing too fancy, but having some leeway thanks to additional horsepower is welcome. Could you recommend me a good SFF case, preferably horizontal? I'd like to find something rather small but with good air cooling capacities. Could the GOLDEN FIELD N-2S be a good choice, or should I rather check Silverstone (or another brand)? Thanks

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