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Does anyone know any low profile cpu cooler that fits on the asus tuf gaming b550m-plus wifi ii, something that is <77mm Edit: the cpu im using is a 7 5700x and the cpu cooler I think would fit is a ID-coolig IS-67-ST but might replace the slim fan with an arctic p12 slim
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HI Guys You have probably already heard about this glory by now: I have found out where you can buy some of the core components. For example, The motherboard: https://www.maxsun.com.cn/2023/0107/5874.html After a short research, i have found out that the Motherboard is actually pretty different than your standard ITX Motherboard. IT has more "plate" on the Ram side of the motherboard. So its rectangular..... also it is as long as a Matxboard The Power connection or connectors is/are on the back of the Motherboard. The GPU Would be the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti White OC, DUAL-RTX3060TI-O8GD6X-WHITE, 8GB GDDR6X, HDMI, 3x DP: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Graphics-DisplayPort-Axial-tech-Technology/dp/B0BRYHR5JY The CPU/ CPU COOLER is shown in the Video, but of course you can opt to take another one that works with that motherboard. I have also found a longer assembly video on Blibili if you are interested: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1xX4y167ET/?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.13 Now, all of this leaves me with a question: Where can I Buy the case ? ANYONE PLEASE HELP! XDDDDD LINUS I WILL PAY YOU IF I CAN GET ONE!!!!!!!! All jokes aside, I really want to build this and a video on this would be lovely...
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Budget (including currency): $2800 USD Country: Perú Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Autodesk Fusion 360 and Inventor rendering, Maya 3D, Lumion, CSP, heavy use of tabs in chrome, Steam games (Mass effect 3, deus ex md, etc) 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 a Logitec mouse and keyboard that I still use and hasn't fail me yet plus a Asus zenScreen that will remain in use. But I really need a better PC to render 3D that doesn't need me to close everything but that program and leave it on like that for hours. I'm upgrading from a IdeaPad Lenovo so no other pieces will be carried over and I want this PC to last me at least 5 years before I need to upgrade it. I have tried assembling a PC with part picker (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pz9J68) and I want some help with it to know if anyone knows better or more affordable parts that still will do the job. The most important thing is for it to last me a while, I really need it to be reliable as it will be used for work and for gaming.
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Budget (including currency): Cost is not an issue Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: For media consumption, in the living room on the 4K 65" TV. Other details I'm going to build this from scratch with no other parts on hand. I have a good idea of what I'm going to do, I just want to get some inputs from some folks who have more experience than I do, and from people who possibly have a build like this already.
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This is a topic about liquid cooling and what kind of brand I should go for project "OMEGA" (my gaming/nas rig) Alienware had a cooler similar to that idea and honestly I don't know if alienware's liquid cooler that they have in their SFF PCs will cut it for the TDP my rig's CPU will be producing.
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Is anyone else disappointed by the power supply options out there? they're all huge, they've mostly been the ATX standard since it was released in 1995. Sure, there is the SFX size, but there is not an insane amount of support for it. and the picoPSUs, which are often under powered and have an absolutely atrocious power brick, which defeats the point of a small form factor build. I figure the reason PSUs haven't gotten smaller is because there isn't enough push for it. The custom PC community is big, but not big enough to change anything. And small form factor prebuilts usually either have a power brick, or a model specific power supply. It cant be that difficult to make a power supply small. I bet i could fit a 650 watt unit in a 5 inch drive bay. I have a background in automation and understand the basics of how to manipulate my surroundings. A (very) little board repair. I feel like I'm reasonably capable. If anyone could point me in the direction of where i can find what the components in a PSU are and what they do that would be great. Ill probably just reverse engineer a normal one, screw around with the layout, use smaller components, etc. Its just power regulation. I don't expect this to be a small task, but I'm bored anyway, so. I know I'll have to get creative with cooling and such. Have an electrician friend that may be able to tell me if I'm doing something stupid. Ill ask a professor or something before i plug it in. let me know if yore interested in helping. More information if you ask for it, don't really feel like typing out my entire train of thought.
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Hi all.. This is my very first SFF build. Still alot of rooms to improve, but so far I'm quite pleased and enjoy the building process. I just finished this afternoon. Before this build I used Phanteks Evolv ITX as my platform. Only for 1.5 years my interest to a real small form factor become stronger and stronger until I cant resist it. Finally I dare myself to build one. The initial idea was to have a tiny form factor system but running as beefiest components (CPU cooler and GPU) as it allows and it has to be air cooled. I'm a kind of average budget person, so I cannot afford the NCASE M1 as it's so expensive to finally reach my hand ($190 base price and mark it up to $314 to arrived in front of my door), and I'm not into the purchasing system it runs. So I ended up with the "Poor man's M1" version, the Cougar QBX. Basically I just migrated some of my previous PC components inside the Evolv ITX to the QBX, and will upgrading the GPU later on, wait for what AMD will offer with their NAVI. And this is the part list: CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K, 5 GHz, delidded with LM CPU cooler: Noctua NH-C14S Motherboard: MSI Z370i Gaming Pro Carbon AC RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8 Gb, 2666 MHz GPU: EVGA GTX 1060 6 Gb FTW2 DT PSU: Corsair SF600 Platinum Case cooling: 1x Noctua NF-R8 80mm fan front intake, 1x Cougar stock 92mm fan rear exhaust, 2x Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 fans top exhaust. I did an extensive research before I decided to execute my trigger for this kind of build. After I decided to use the Cougar QBX, from there I start to try to find any informations as many as possible from its specs, what's the biggest components it can take based on its official specs, until to finally I found the untold specs that this case hides inside itself, and then I saw a wider choices of components to keep me consistent with my initial idea. I was about to upgrade my GPU also along the building proccess, but life is quite rough lately, so I need to save some cash for it and the GPU upgrade is in hold for it, but I don't mind as there will be AMD to show up some new line-ups soon enough, so I stay calm and patience.. For the PSU, I was thinking about it for a month to find which SFX PSUs are available in my country. Initial plan was Enermax Revolution SFX or Seasonic Focus Gold SGX, but both models are out of stock, even Silverstone SX-G also. The SFX PSU which available in where I live is the Corsair SF, so I get this little big boy instead even the price is over my target, but I think I cant go wrong with this unit. The CPU cooler??? Cougar stated that QBX maximum height of CPU cooler it can accomodate is only 105mm, but after extensive research it can take 145mm CPU cooler with side plate/bracket uninstalled. The trade off is I lose 2x any 2.5" storage drives mounts and 1x 3.5" HDD mounts, and 1x 120mm side fan mount. I take the trades to put NH-C14S to cool my 5GHz 8700K inside a tiny case, also since I don't need many storage drives so I can live with it. TL:DR, here some of the pics when I built it, it's not the pretiest build, but like I said, there are still alot of rooms to improve, and also I'm sorry for the poor quality pics. I installed the SF600 with this orientation to allow me to install 2x 120mm NF-F12 fans just to exhaust heat as fast as possible when it needed. I set the NF-F12 at constant 1000-1500 RPM up until 80C, and higher RPM for over 80C. the front top exhaust NF-F12 is to pull out the PSU heat without leaving heat is being trapped at the gap between PSU bracket and the top/roof of the case, while the rear top exhaust NF-F12 is to pull out the CPU heat. About the motherboard.. Initially I plan to upgrade to Asrock Phantom Gaming Z390 ITX/ac also to future proofing, but found that there is someone have problem with the NH-C14S on old motherboard inside QBX, and it makes the guy cut the heatsink to fit in there. Then it made me wonder if each motherboard has their own certain exact spot or let say coordinate of the CPU socket relative to the motherboard area and dimension. I was quite sure it has and it will affect to the NH-C14S compatibility. I was discouraged by some opinions that saying I will be unlikely to be able to fit the NH-C14S without involving some mods. But challenge accepted, and I see a quite big risk ahead but I decide to gamble myself for it, I took the risk and move on.. I checked the Asrock vs my preowned MSI board. Crop their pics at same orientation and size, I found that Asrock CPU socket is located slightly to upper right direction, while MSI has it tend to be located the opposite direction, lower to the left. From here I cancle my decision to get Asrock and stay with my current motherboard instead. Aaaaand this is when the NH-C14S heatsink is succesfully installed on the system.. No mod/s required. Look how close my risk by gambling on it.. Just tiny touch perfect fit! This is the spot where a real conflict happens.. No big deal rubber vs metal. Only the outer fin which get bent by the power cable, no worries.. a milimeter gap on the rear sector vs 25mm thick rear exhaust fan with the NF-A14 Chromax installed..! (I have it already from the previous build) I was about to use NF-A15 instead because it's aestethically better than NF-A14, but the mounting clips are not compatible, tried to use the NH-D15 fan clips also not compatible, so NF-A14 is OK then, it's the same fan after all, only different style. and with the side panel on.. Just to test the side fit. It actually touches the side panel but only a light touch on the fan rubber pads, it doesnt even push the panel, so I still can slide the panel on and off quite easy.. No gap between the side panel and the case body by the fan vs side panel touch.. I'm safe.. It's a nice relieve.. I was planing to install the NF-A14 under the heatsink so I can install the side bracket on to be no compromise on the QBX features but the 24 pin ATX power cable doesn't allow me to do that, so here we are now.. Touch the limit not so perfect fit! I will upload the full build when the time is right.. I'm still planing to change the sleeved cables with the custom ones and upgrading the GPU.. Any inputs and rating, comments and opinions, or any constructive ideas are greatly welcome, I highly appreciate it.. Thanks for your time and attention.. Regards..
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Hello people of Linusland, you might recognise me from SFFland! Thought I would show my Lone L5 build here in all of its glory. It's a tiny little monster I use for my typography/graphic design practice, works like a dream! Plus it's slient! I went with this setup due to the desktop being able to fit into a backpack which is handy to have if you do design. I hope to add another M.2 in the near future. I've currently got it paired with a Wacom Cintiq Pro 13, but a note to GPU manufacters. Please add a USB Type C port onto a Low Profile GPU so I don't have to use the Wacom link please. Parts List: Case: Lone L5 Case Fans: Noctua NF-A8 Chromax CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 CPU Heatsink: Scythe Shuriken 2 / SCSK-2000 (Not the Big Shuriken 2/3 model if wondering) CPU Fan: Noctua NF-A9x14 HS-PWM Chromax Thermal Paste: Noctua NT-H2 Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-I RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB 2666Mhz GPU: Asus Geforce GTX 1650 LP OC M.2 SSD: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB PSU: HDPLEX 200W DC-ATX + Dell R5MR2 330W AC Adapter Wireless Antenna: Makerfire B071LMRK36 Here's some pics.
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Hi All, I am planning to use my old build as a PC for the living room but don't need it to be a chunky E-ATX, Corsair 750D size machine. Therefore I was wondering if anyone was able to help me get the following specs within the smallest case and mobo (Mini ATX?) I can as overclocking etc is no longer going to be a thing the mobo doesn't require "gaming" features. 5820K Corsair H110i GTX AIO MSI 980TI Gaming Corsair HX1000i (Used to SLI, but pointless to spend money to replace) 250GB SSD I am looking to replace the mobo and the case ONLY ideally, but if cheap options for lets say the cooler are required please let me know, I am looking to spend as little as I can, lets say budget wise max £200 if that is even possible? Sorry to be a pain and thank you in advance to anyone that can help!!
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Hey everybody, first sfx build project here. I'm trying to fit a little gaming/workstation in a node 202. I'm a sound designer/game designer and I'd like to have a 6700 (maybe k) in it to profit of hyperthreading when I'm doing editing and recording. Do you think that a noctua l9i will be enough to cool a 6700[non k]? (I'm pretty sure that it can't cool a 6700k even if it's not overclocked, tell me if I'm wrong, it would be awsome to have a 6700k ahah). There's not a video card because I already have a 970 (even if it's not blower style but I'm "cool" with it right now). I need a small form factor because I travel a lot and I'm not able to work properly on a normal laptop (and cool ones are way too expensive for my possibilities). Thanks for your help, I can't wait to see more on this forum. Enrico
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UPDATE2: scroll down for newly updated post and the revival of the Elite 110 UPDATE1: I unfortunately got my GPU to throttle due to high load temps in BF4......I really don't know why, but all other games ran failry well, this one is just crap and now I have to find a solution......crap. Hi there dear community. I have posted all my different configurations in more or less depth on this forum and while the last build I made was rather unexciting, I feel like the upcoming one is a little more interesting and might be an inspiration for others trying to go the very small route with an AMD GPU that is not the Nano. ;-) It involves some minor modding, but nothing too crazy and it mostly to prove a point to myself and make my system portable since I am basically the only one left from my old PC Gaming group who still has a PC. That means I take that thing to other people's houses more and more often to game and that means the "big" TJ08e is not practical anymore. Parts I will use: Intel i5 6600k ASUS Z170i Pro Gaming Kingston Hyper X Fury 8GB RX 480 Reference Samsung 850 and 840 EVOs Silverstone SST-ST55F-PT 550W Platinum ATX PSU Silverstone PP05-E Short cable kit Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B Arctic Accelero Mono Plus Cooler Master Elite 110 (duh!) GPU: For the most part this should all work, but the GPU needs some minor modding. My idea for that came from the overclockers.net forum, more specifically the user PCIEgate over there. He/She cut the VRM and VRAM heat-sink to get a fitting VRM heat-sink that can be screwed on and still works with the Arctic cooler. I will do the same thing, just not with the Accelero Twin Turbo II, but with the Mono Plus. This is why I decided that I should go with the Elite 110 for and ITX case. I thought I would not be able to mod my RX480 to an ITX card despite its short length, since most ITX cases only support 2-slot cards, at most 2.5-slot cards. The Elite 110 on the other hand basically can hold a 3-slot card, obviously not a regular triple-slot card, since those are then also very long. Back to what I was getting at: Cutting the heat-sink will make the RX480 only 170mm long and with the Arctic Accelero Mono Plus adds no or only little to the length of the card, making it perfect for the Elite 110. CPU cooler: I have so far never used an actual low-profile cooler and finally ordered the Scythe Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B. The reason for it being that it will most likely let me use my Noctua NF-A15 on it. However I will have to test this since it might interfere with the PCIe slot....not sure yet. Other than this, the build should be pretty straight forward, but I am really looking forward to the challenge of making it look very clean and then tuning it to be quiet and cool enough. Let's see how far I can overclock while keeping noise down. 4Ghz is the magic mark I would like to overclock to, more would be nice though. I have pushed my CPU to 4.5 already, and ran pretty well, however with the small heat-sink it will not be possible I think. Let me know what you think: Have you built a system this small before? What would you like to know? Any last minute suggestions before my stuff arrives Monday? ...pics will be following soon, but I can basically only show you the case right now...
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I got a call from a friend earlier this morning and he asked me to build him a gaming computer. I asked what his budget was and his response basically killed me, $500 U.S., I couldn't tell him no because of how close we are. But I was panicking becasue I have no clue how i am going to pull this off. Well he calls me about twenty min later and he says he wants it to be a mini itx computer. I basically said sh!t, he said sorry gotta go. I have been juggling ideas in my head all day about how I could give him what he wants and I have nothing. Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts on how I can make this possible for him. Thanks
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