The MOST Compact Gaming PC - Titan X & 18 Core Xeon in a Shoebox

[AEA]

That shit was ridiculous :0

[X-Mass]

Its really annoying I bought my kit before asrock brought out their X99 based motherboard, so I am now running a Z97 ROG Impact + 4970 (originally it was going to be a Z97I but then I got teh impact sufficiently cheap on ebay to swap). I kept looking and looking last year but there were no X99 series but its interesting your choices where your choices are both similar and different from mine.

We both built into SG13's - I had practically the first unit into Europe shipped direct from silverstone, Titan X wasn't available so I used a 980, I also went with 2 730 SSD's albeit they have subsequently swapped from Raid 0 256GB drives to slower Raid 0 1TB drives, and  I'm still  going to have to jump through so crazy hoops to get to USB 3.1 - as opposed to having on motherboard. There is no way that I could afford to to go to with a 5960X I would have gone with the 5820K simply because with I don't need the extra lanes, since even with the GPU taking 16 that still leaves enough for M.2. gen 3.

I was looking at the specs for Vulcan and I took a guess that DX12 might support grouped GPU's http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/BUILD-2015-Final-DirectX-12-Revealthus I looked to to see if I could run a second GPU via the M.2 - so far not tried this yet and obviously it will need to be bodged in (and watercooled as there is NO space)

The Key difference between your and my build is that you watercooled the CPU  whilst I'm watercooling everything so EK ROG impact + EK 980 kit.

The other is that you use long modcables where I used silverstone  short cables

As for PSU I went with a silverstone SFXL unit to get back the space i needed for the huge bloody radiator I have installed. Obviously since your running a titan and 5960X a full sized ATX PSU is the only real option to be honest its nice to know that that is a future option

Its its interesting that you ghettoed the SSD's in the same way i did except I went ahead and placed them on the side of the PSU - I couldn't place them on top as it was the exit for the fan

As you point out it all fits in a backpack - which was a key criteria for me - it had to be able to be entirely portable and go into someone's home, so I am using an S.O.Tech Mission pack (MPX)

to carry the SG13 and its Go Bag (MGB) for the Oculus DX2

 

Yes a DX2! The whole point of the rig was to build a portable Oculus Rig! When I started the project 6 months ago I was trying to predict what the minimum requirements for CV1 would be*. The actual aim of the build was to build a counselling tool for PTSD and CPTSD, specifically for a friend who is so traumatised that to try and help heal them, is critical - typically more people suicide out after a war than die in it. A lot of wounded warriors use games such as project reality to help manage the post war blues and if I interested if games like squad or amma could be used as vectors for help. Squad is based on Unreal engine, so VR support could be included, although I suspect specialised maps will need to be built - as I said this is an issue for research and for  treatment. 

In a perfect world I would also have a roll up wizdish (the technology the Omni ripped off for their device) or ideally a virtuix solution but that's not even an option yet and may never be.

 

Honestly if cost wasn't an issue I would happily switch to X99, but I was locked in prior to Cebit, but this was a test to see if it was possible and if this does prove useful in helping people heal then I would certainly follow your route next time. The simple reality is that I don't have your resources, and access to support from manufacturers etc! I'm disabled myself and  most of the parts are actually second hand or bought at the lowest cost on ebay, as I simply couldn't afford to do it the right way, but as i have said building this tool was critical.

 

I kept meaning to do a video about this, if just to inspire others but now you've done it - and the quality of your production is so much higher than I can achieve

 

*. PS. I still think 970 is low ball and CV1 is really aimed at people buying Pascal and Volta. At this point the vive seems likely to be a better choice for me given its designed for stand up use and thus a wizdish/virtuix type a solution might be possible to be hacked but that's for much much later. I would happily buy a vive right now but I'm not a 'real' a FT developer so I don't have early access.

[X-Mass]

Out of curiosity, is there a technical reason you put in a 760W PSU when the system doesn't break 400W? I know you want to have some headroom, but this seems like it just made the build more difficult. Or was it just a part you happened to have lying around?

 

sorry I missed that - it really stayed at 400W? I have to go back and look, I haven't actually tracked what my actual usage is, i just tried to shape it so that I could use the SFXL I actually bought a seasonic platinum fan less before buying the SFXL, but that was two cases before. As I said I had practically the first SG13 in Europe shipped to me the day they got their container shipped into silverstone - I had been expecting to be using an SG05 - hence the SFXL.

[velociraptor123]

I'm trying to build a small itx pc like this to replace my laptop but I might consider x99 over z97 because of the RAM:

 

I was wondering if the RAM DDR 4, due to just using 1.25v has an impact on the power wattage that your pc uses or it's negible?

 

And this pc is too OP how small could you get using a GTX 970, x41 Kraken Cooler and not a 1200 Watt PSU? And still beat gaming laptops by a mile?

[X-Mass]

Here's my rig. Can't see it in this pic but there's a mount up top where the handle is for a slim 120mm fan.

 

Using Prime95 and FurMark I tested it both with and without the top fan and rear 92mm sim fan, it only resulted in a ~3°C difference in the top exhaust temp.

 

5930K and GTX 780

 

But that's an matx rig - I have a removable handle on top of my SG13 - I frankly amazed that nobody else seems to use them on small rigs. If they are strong enough to carry 100Kg of glass then any computer rig is nothing

[X-Mass]

Why didn't you use a silverstone RVZ01 or MLO7, or better yet their new all aluminum  FTZ01, it would have been smaller and allow you to fit all the same components.

 

because they are not smaller if you look at the litres they are actually larger!

[19_blackie_73]

just insane build:D more power for 3D-Rendering in this small room is not possible. The only question is: what is faster in rendering: 36 Threads CPU or Titan X ;-)

[19_blackie_73]

Out of curiosity, is there a technical reason you put in a 760W PSU when the system doesn't break 400W? I know you want to have some headroom, but this seems like it just made the build more difficult. Or was it just a part you happened to have lying around?

just in the case you max out CPU and graphics card at the same time, gaming does not need the whole power of the cpu

[snowComet]

But that's an matx rig - I have a removable handle on top of my SG13 - I frankly amazed that nobody else seems to use them on small rigs. If they are strong enough to carry 100Kg of glass then any computer rig is nothing

 

Actually somebody did noticed. SilverStone put a handle on the front panel of their case. Although I don't understand why they put the handle on the front panel, and SG12 is a m-atx case, not an itx case, SG12 is still a small case that can hold up to 9 2.5" and 3 3.5" drives...

 

http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?area=en&pid=540

[Qyoon]

Of course it's a bit... overkill for a gaming machine , but still very interesting video for the fact it's a mini itx configuration with a hid tdp card inside.

 

The machine itself was pretty good looking with those 2 SSD skull logo trought the top.

 

Continue the good and interesting job Linus , too bad we don't have this kind of channel in france...  <_<

[ygohome]

I like the idea of so much power in small confines.  But If I were going for that I'd still get a case that is able to hold more storage.  There are a few other mini ITX cases that are similar in size but also have 2 or 3 5.25 bays for adding a 5bay hotswap trayless 3.5 HDD config into a 3x5.25 space.  I'd probably have something like that.  But I understand that using 18 core xeon with TItan config isn't really practical to begin with sooo, nevermind.

 

*edit:  Okay, I just completed watching the video AFTER I made the above comments... and BOY, you guys crammed alot into that small space.  I don't think adding 5x3.5 HDDs storage into a 3X5.25 space (my above idea) would fit if a Titan and H80 were also used.  Sooo again, nevermind.

[Aibohphobia]

But that's an matx rig - I have a removable handle on top of my SG13 - I frankly amazed that nobody else seems to use them on small rigs. If they are strong enough to carry 100Kg of glass then any computer rig is nothing

 

SG13 is 11.5L, mine is 17L so I think the results are relevant to Method's question about whether having no exhaust would be bad for internal case temps.

[skogsvilden]

This is the way to do a build, my favorite so far!

[ShaMantic]

I like the build overall, but I feel like the power supply would be the only thing I would change. Since this is a mini itx build, I would have gone for one of silverstone's psu that are a bit smaller. They come with a bracket for atx support and have a short cable kit for builds like this. I think the 600 watt one would be able to power it, but not too sure. Overall, great video Linus, I love seeing videos like this!

[mosin40]

Here's my rig. Can't see it in this pic but there's a mount up top where the handle is for a slim 120mm fan.

 

Using Prime95 and FurMark I tested it both with and without the top fan and rear 92mm sim fan, it only resulted in a ~3°C difference in the top exhaust temp.

 

5930K and GTX 780

What case is that one??

[X-Mass]

Actually somebody did noticed. SilverStone put a handle on the front panel of their case. Although I don't understand why they put the handle on the front panel, and SG12 is a m-atx case, not an itx case, SG12 is still a small case that can hold up to 9 2.5" and 3 3.5" drives...

 

http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?area=en&pid=540

 

you misunderstand me - I have a handle on an ITX SG13 as used by Linus and Luke the OP for this thread

You as you said are talking about the larger MATX SG12 - which was way to big for the application I needed

Also the handle on the SG12 is fixed whilst the handle on my SG13 is removable

And I not seen anyone else doing this, despite what I am doing can be done by anyone for very little cost! 

thanks

[Aibohphobia]

What case is that one??

 

It's a case I designed: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/260501-nova-haswell-e-and-sli-gtx-980s-in-170l/

[inactive account]

I died laughing 

 

[Lethal Seraph]

Good content, video production was kinda ganky lol. 

[FinestRyeBread]

What's the wifi card that they use?

[henrizzle]

Dang, that 80i looked super janky haha. If it pops a leak, bang there goes $6000. Not really worth it since the CPU doesn't really even overclock much right?

[logikgear]

This is an AWESOME little build. It makes me rethink my next build.

[mosin40]

It's a case I designed: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/260501-nova-haswell-e-and-sli-gtx-980s-in-170l/

Wow nice job, it looks awesome!

[thehardwarehacker]

i know that linus, and luke may not be the sanest people in the world, but now i know they have no sanity left with this.

[lol1290]

Is Linus going to do any of VALUE videos, builds/products that I can actually afford? Anyone knows?