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My new HTPC inside a Node 202

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I gotta say this came out much better than expected, I expected the cooling to be horrible, and I thought I would have to waste money on a better CPU cooler, but the stock is going great and is pretty much completely silent, so i'm pretty much 100% happy. My new 4K TV arrives later today

 

Its replacing a late 2014 Mac Mini, which won't do 4K@60 :(

 

Specs:

CPU - Intel Pentium G4560 with stock CPU Cooler

Motherboard - ASRock H270M-ITX/ac

RAM - Crucial 8GB DDR4 2133

GPU - GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550

SSD - Samsung SM951 128GB NVMe (OEM 950 Pro)

Case - Fractal Design Node 202

PSU - Included Fractal Design Node 202

 

Total cost including shipping etc was $482.34

 

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Could it be neater? Sure. Do I care? no

 

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The front LED was WAYYYY to bright, nothing some masking tape can't fix...

 

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Ignore Dust... I took some work to get it to sit as far back as the PS3 and PS4

 

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what is the mouse in the top pic

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The Beast (My Rig)   |CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D|  |Cooling: Noctus NHU12S Redux, 6x 120mm Noctua Redux|  |Motherboard:  Asus TUF B650-E WiFi|  |RAM: 4x8gb 6000 Corsair VENGEANCE RGB|  |Graphics Card: EVGA(RIP) GeForce RTX 3070TI FTW3|  |Power Supply: EVGA GT 850W|  |Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid Tower Case(Black)|  |SSD: 1Tb SK Hynix Platinum P41 NVMe, 2Tb Inland Prime NVMe, 500gb Inland 2.5", 4tb WD Blue HDD|  |Monitor: MSI Optix MPG341QR 34" Ultrawide|  |Keyboard: Logitech G815|  |Mouse: Logitech G305|  |Audio Interface: FiiO K7 DAC/Amp|  |Headphones: Sennheiser HD6XX|  |Webcam: Logitech C920, Logitech C270|

 

My Network Rack  |Switch: Cisco Dell PowerConnect 5548P|  |Router: Unifi USG|  |Rack: 12U|  |Server: HP Z420|  |Services: Proxmox PVE, Wireguard, Pihole, NVR, NAS|

 

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10 minutes ago, Pancake said:

 

Logitech G403, its fantastic!

thought i recognized my mouse

 

edit: wait mine is a 402

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My Stuff n' Things

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The Beast (My Rig)   |CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D|  |Cooling: Noctus NHU12S Redux, 6x 120mm Noctua Redux|  |Motherboard:  Asus TUF B650-E WiFi|  |RAM: 4x8gb 6000 Corsair VENGEANCE RGB|  |Graphics Card: EVGA(RIP) GeForce RTX 3070TI FTW3|  |Power Supply: EVGA GT 850W|  |Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid Tower Case(Black)|  |SSD: 1Tb SK Hynix Platinum P41 NVMe, 2Tb Inland Prime NVMe, 500gb Inland 2.5", 4tb WD Blue HDD|  |Monitor: MSI Optix MPG341QR 34" Ultrawide|  |Keyboard: Logitech G815|  |Mouse: Logitech G305|  |Audio Interface: FiiO K7 DAC/Amp|  |Headphones: Sennheiser HD6XX|  |Webcam: Logitech C920, Logitech C270|

 

My Network Rack  |Switch: Cisco Dell PowerConnect 5548P|  |Router: Unifi USG|  |Rack: 12U|  |Server: HP Z420|  |Services: Proxmox PVE, Wireguard, Pihole, NVR, NAS|

 

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Nice! Matches your setup perfectly. 

Gaming PC NAS Laptop Workstation

CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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30 minutes ago, Pancake said:

Its replacing a late 2014 Mac Mini, which won't do 4K@60 :(

GPU - GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550

I was about to question why you needed the GPU, but then i remembered (and confirmed) the board only does 4k 30fps

 

At least now you can play rocket league!

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15 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I was about to question why you needed the GPU, but then i remembered (and confirmed) the board only does 4k 30fps

 

At least now you can play rocket league!

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I really wanted just a board that did 4K@60, but they were around $160, so it really was pointless

 

No games here yet, the most I do is PS2 Emulators 

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Great build!  Im gonna probably build the exact same thing....do you know which boards do the 4K@60hz and able to do HDR or do you have to get the GPU for HDR ability?  

 

Also i love the idea of 2 GB Ethernet ports.  Could I connect one port directly to my Synology Nas 216play to access the files on my raid providing great access speeds to my 4K library and use the other ethernet port to connect to my router to connect to the internet so I can download etc...?

 

How are you using these ports?

 

Thank you from the UK

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Wow I am a little late!
 

When I built this only some EXTREMELY expensive boards had HDMI 2.0 built in, and they were more expensive than this board + the GPU! I have actually ended up doing some light gaming on here, so its worked out great

 

Yeah you could do that if you want, although it would be easier to just buy a small gigabit switch. I don't use the second one, I only use the I219-V (The other is I211) for just general network access and WOL

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