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Nice attempt to compete new Extreme NUC format. I hope someday Zotac will launch a cheap barebone for enthusiasts like Asrock A/X300.

That's a nice little fella. Smaller than H1

I have a Synology LAS - a single bay DS118, 2.6L volume, 9W power consumption. Very very good model. If you build one yourself - keep in mind, it will be larger, will take more time to configure, and consumer more power. But of course it is always more interesting to build something yourself, I...

USB-C is just a format. It should have a "Display Port over USB-C" feature to be able to pass video signal to a monitor. If this is a mobo output with APU - check motherboard specification. If this is a GPU USB-C output - it has it for sure.

I want to sum it up. 120 AIO have insufficient performance and mediocre noise. Their main advantage - is the radiator, which you can relocate somewhere away. For now, I choose Mugen 5 Rev.b, which is asymmetric with good offset and 155m height.

Dears, any advice appreciated ? (including "small aio is worthless - go buy air cooler") ?

Hi mates! I currently make schematics for a custom 12L case and need an advice about 120/140 AIO. I indeed need AIO, because I don’t have much space right in front of CPU. I know, a 120mm AIO has an average performance, and better to have 240 or 280, but only 120/140 fits. I’ve made the...

B550 is a good chipset, and even if Ryzen 5000 was not supported initially, it should be now. You should be able to download and install BIOS update from USB without loading OS. Now it also supports PCIe 4.0, but less lanes than X570. I don't think it is important for ITX. I would go with Asus...

Today I checked, how temperature changes, when I switch off side and top fans completely: - CPU idle 60c -> 72c (Ryzen 9 3900 OC with PBO) - GPU idle 37c -> 42c - SSD idle 48c -> 58c By idle I mean running Chrome browser with background music. And backwards

With top fan installed, OC CPU has better thermals and Cinebench give more than 7000 points now.

New stuff arrived: Noctua 120mm fan, Akasa M2 radiator and Deepcool ARGB Led strips Modded case now supports 2x80mm intake and 120mm outtake Akasa M2 rad installed. Suits nice to black VRM and RAM rads Top fan installed, side fans connected Panels in place (top screws are temporal)...

Thanks! This is just the beginning. I am going to try other ideas, like move PSU to the front, try tower heatsink, make custom psu bracket cover.

This is still work in progress, so any tips or advices are really really welcome ????

Two 80mm installed on rubber pins

Ok so after assembling stock chasis and running benchmarks, I realized It was going really hot. 65w CPU under L12S behaved not bad, but first - it was impossible to overclock it (and turn it into 3900x) and second - it heated all aliminium panels, so it you can lay hands on it to feel yourself...