My First ITX Experience

[Lerixo]

Hello!

 

After a long time of saving money for some parts, and calculating on what to get and what not, i finally was able to build my system!

Its not really a fresh build, most of the parts were slaughtered out of my old ATX-System, so all i had to get was a new MB (Z390 Phantom Gaming ITX/Asrock), a case, in this project the Thermaltake Core V1 in white, and a new cooler.

For cooling especially i got all Noctua Fans, and for the Cpu-Cooler the NH-D9L, as its small, with high build quality and also a pretty high given TDP for the size, which is 140 watts.

 

As its my first ITX-build i encountered some issues along the way. Trickiest thing was to fit my 280mm GTX 1080 into the case. I had to insert it from the front and slide it through, but before that i had to unscrew the 200mm fan, its a bit stuffed but it works! Also another thing im considering is to get handmade cables, when i have the money for it. Im using the standart cables from my modular PSU, and its just so much stuff thats hindering airflow, but luckily not like really a problem.

 

When it was done, after a short problem with the windows installation (always click the right boot device boys and girls!), it was up and running! When all missing tools were installed, i started to look into a little oc'ing hehe. Under the NH-D9L i could punch my 8700k up to 4.9 ghz, with 1.27V. It needs still a small adjustment, most likely i should turn AVX offset to three -under heavy avx load it heats up, but ever so slightly, but in the end after around 15 mins it would begin to throttle-.

 

But as its happy with that i gave it, and works stable under any load, i'll take care of that a bit later :)

Final Specs are:

 

i7 8700k (delidded)

AsRock Z390 Phantom Gaming ITX

GTX 1080 Gigabyte Windforce OC

16 GB RAM, 3200mhz, CL14

PSU: Power Zone 750w bequiet!

CPU-Cooler:  NH-D9L Noctua

960 EVO 500GB Boot Device/important software 

2TB WD Blue HDD

 

Im happy with it as you can see, and hope some of you will like it! :)

 

Greets, Lerixo

 

[richie30]

Looking cool mate.

 

Turn the rear fans 180 and it will hide them cables.

 

What do you think of the noctuas.. im using them in my new build. I have had the older nf p12s but ive not used the nf a12s before so interested to know how the sound will be

[Tech_Dreamer]

man! that fan is bigger than the motherboard!

[MooseCheese]

Looks good man, it's nice to see an NF-A20 out in the wild.  Hopefully 200mm fans and radiators will become more ubiquitous over the next few years; I can see it being a real leap forward for silent PCs.  I'd love it if Noctua were to release an Industrial PPC SKU in black...

[Lerixo]

To say something about noc fans: I mean, under heavy load, they arent silent ofc. but still it feels more like a standart fan on 1400rpm ish, when they are running 2k (like the 80mm fans).

 

The 200mm fan is also throttled, to ensure a nice airflow. id guess the 200mm would have some kind of blowy sound on max rpm, like a fan this big would do

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

this layout of itx case is really HUGE

[Lerixo]

Yeah, only thing hindering here is the standart PSU cables  didnt have the money to get me custom made ones sadly. maybe in the future tho

[Lerixo]

I slaughtered my old case even more, i think i made a fusion core here.  Pretty nice color imo, its an adressable strip too, but either full white, or this light blue