Living room PC

[WanderingSky]

I am trying to build a new PC to be used in a living room. The catch is that I would also like to make it a set piece which would be on display in an Ikea Besta frame. This means that the PC case would have to fit in a 56cm wide, 52cm height, 36cm depth space.

 

My current plan is to go for an Antec P82 Flow case as it has a lot of mandatory features for this:

1. It fits. There is approximately 4cm of margin on the top, 10cm on the sides and 15cm in depth.

2. It has side I/Os which would remain usable.

3. It has a glass panel which is great for the set piece aspect.

 

Here is what I plan to put inside of it:

Asus Prime X570-P

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Corsair Hydro Series - H150i Pro RGB

Corsair RM850x v2

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Super Windforce OC 3X

G.Skill Aegis DDR4 4 x 8 Go 3200 MHz

Crucial MX500 500 Go

 

There are a few things I am worried of:

1. As the Besta frame will cover 5 sides of the case, is there enough clearance for this thing not to overheat? The case does not seem to have any ventilation hole on the glass panel side so I am not sure the airflow will be good enough. It is possible to put some holes on the back of the frame but I would rather avoid doing that. Do you think it can work out? If not, do you have another case in mind which would work better?

2. I guess the AIO should be relatively quiet, but I am a bit worried about GPU noise as it will be next to a TV set. Any recommendation on a 2070 super model which can stay discrete when not pushed?

 

[brob]

Clearances around the case should be fine.

 

The ASUS RTX 2070 Super STRIX OC has a quiet mode that is very good.

 

An RM550X or RM650X psu is more than sufficient.

 

I'd suggest a better motherboard. The Prime X570-Pro or Strix X570-E.

 

Since appearance is important consider some nicer memory modules. G.Skill Trident Z Neo or Tident Z RGB perhaps. I'd also suggest using a DDR4-3600 CL16 2x16GB kit. This speed and timing is generally considered optimal for the cpu. Using 16GB modules allows for a no replacement upgrade should it ever prove necessary.

 

[WanderingSky]

Thank you.

It looks like the PSU change would more or less compensate the RAM price increase, but the Strix motherboard would add nearly 130€ to the bill. May I ask you why you recommend those motherboards? I have no use for the wifi and second ethernet port. The RGB would be nice but I am not sure I am willing to shell out that much more for it. Maybe I am missing something interesting in the specs?

 

EDIT: I actually found a nice deal for a Strix motherboard + Ryzen 3700X combo which gave me a 110€ discount. So in the end I modified the setup as you suggested except for the PSU. The 550 and 650 were out of stock where I planed to buy so I went with the 850. Thank you for your time. I will post pictures if I don't mess everything up while mounting the damn thing

Edited February 10, 2020 by WanderingSky
Situation changed

[brob]

Looking forward to the pics.