Laptop CPU on chinese motherboard with the 240mm AIO and ATX PSU that shouldn't fit TU150 case

[pureexe]

Previous setup:

Before we starting, I do regularly use laptop with 2x 4k montior.  It equip with i7-8750h and RTX 2070 max-q. I do have an left-over RTX 3060 from the gaming rig upgrade. So, i search for eGPU (External GPU) with the thunberbolt 3 port andprice is absurdly high. it even higher than the selling price of RTX 3060 itself. So, i decide to build a desktop PC from my left-over part instead of do a laptop upgrade.

 

 

Planning phase:

 

Here is my left-over part from multiple build

- GPU: EVGA RTX 3060

-  RAM: DDR4 32GB @ 3200Mhz (16x2)

- Cooler: 240mm AIO

- Case: Phantek P200A / Lianli TU150

 

So, i have to find  PSU, CPU, Motherboard.

 

Note that i lived in Rayong, Thailand. It's a rural area that 200km (120 miles) away from Bangkok. So, there are no local seller for PC part. Only thing that i can do is go to the online marketplace and find the seller that willing to ship.

 

For the CPU and motherboard, i just one something that faster than current CPU but still be cheap, I planned for THB 5000. ($USD 145). The CPU from 2-3 gen ago still higher than the budget for example The seconded hand I5-11400 with h510 or it counter part R5-3600 with A320 are cost around THB 7000. which still over budget.

 

However, I stump on a werid motherboard that come with laptop CPU from china which cost RMB 700. It said that it come with the engineering sample cpu that equivalent of i5-gen11 laptop CPU.

The Shipping  cost from China to my house in Thailand is RMB 66. 

 

In total, I paid RMB 766 or THB 3800 ($USD 110)

 

 

For the PSU, I search on facebook marketplace and got the seconded hand Corsair VS450 for THB450 ($USD 13)

 

 

 

Building phase (1):

 

The motherboard has arrived! in the box they provide IO-sheids, thermal paste and 2 SATA cable. It also come with pre-install IHS.

 

 

I haven't mention the storage yet. Because I will "Cannibalize" nvme, SATA SSD and M.2 wifi from the laptop.

Here we got nvme gen3 1TB (Transends 220s), SATA SSD 4TB (Samsing QVO860) and wifi ax card (AX200)

And don't worry about the laptop, i do have a spare nvme 256GB and wifi ac card. so, it will live on.

 

 

i take off the IHS, the pre-apply thermal paste it bad. It hitting 70c on full load under 240mm AIO. 

This motherboard also support Overclocking. Once you turn the knob, it hitting thermal throtting at 100c. 

 

 

I wipe of the thermal paste and then I apply the Arctic MX-5, The temperature on full load is 55c on stock and 86c on overclock.

(I know about MX-5 deflect but i have it left-over and it still working fine)

 

 

Let's put it  in the case, Here is the phantek  an p200a

 

 

Eh? too boring? let's make it harder. 

 

Building phase (2): Clamp it into TU150!

 

I might start why using to TU150 is hard.

1. it does not support ATX PSU.

2. it does not support 240mm AIO

 

There also have the mod to make TU150 support AIO by hammering the case a bit, but i don't want to damage a case. and another disadvanatage is you cannot do the front fan mount anymore.

 

 

I tried to orient the PSU and there have the orientation that can fit in the case and still do a front fan mount. but there has no mounting hole for the PSU.

 

 

I won't drill and hammering to the case. So, i go to double sided tape apporch instead.

 

 

I was planned for GPU deshroud, So, i can fit the radiator and the fan under the GPU

 

 

However, it won't fit. It might be fit if i has a slim fan. sadly, i didn't have.

 

 

So, i remove the case feet and mount the fan outside instead, now the case will become the vertical case instead. (similar to Thermatake tower 100mini)

 

 

I tried my base to clamp all cable into the case

 

 

Done!

 

 

 

The Final setup!

 

 

 

Performance:

Performance (Overclock) similar to i5-11400 that i was looking for but will the cheaper price.

Cinebench R23:

Stock: 8863 (Multicore) / 1216 (Single core)

Overclock: 10751 (Multicore) / 1507 (Single core)

Overclock setting: +600 Mhz / +0.085v

 

[will0hlep]

https://th.pcpartpicker.com/list/

Would PC part picker Thailand not have worked for you?

[pureexe]

5 hours ago, will0hlep said:

https://th.pcpartpicker.com/list/

Would PC part picker Thailand not have worked for you?

PC part picker use listing from newegg. Newegg do ship to Thailand. But with absurdly high shipping cost (due to the distance) and high tax. (Thailand recently has free-trade agreement with China but not the US)

[thrasher_565]

hmm odd mb...but if it works it works... wounder if you can mount the aio to the diy of the cpu just dont crank on it.

[pureexe]

On 2/22/2023 at 10:58 AM, thrasher_565 said:

hmm odd mb...but if it works it works... wounder if you can mount the aio to the diy of the cpu just dont crank on it.

I tried to mount AIO to die directly without IHS. However, my AIO pump is hitting capacitor and cannot be fit.