Recent content by zdb

Ahh, yep — Intel lied about the TDP. Hardware Unboxed just covered the issue, and specifically mentioned the 8700:

Those numbers are crazy! You're not overclocking the CPU are you? If not, then either Intel lied about the TDP or there's something seriously wrong with your cooler setup. I just used regular thermal paste everywhere — a combination of the stuff that came with the DB4 and LH6, some Arctic...

No, I didn't need to bend any of the pipes — but that's only because of the effort I put in before ordering the parts. I did a huge amount of pre-purchase research and investigation so that I could install the heat pipes without bending them. As it turns out, the ASRock motherboard was the...

Ah, got it. A 35W TDP CPU would be a walk in the park for the DB4 with stock heat pipes — guaranteed. Forget the LH6 Cooling Kit — that would be extreme overkill that would do nothing but needlessly limit your motherboard options. It's all about the cooling capacity. The DB4 can cool a 65W...

Sorry, but what is a "T" CPU?

Here's a side-shot of the GPU Cooling Kit attached to the 1050 Ti:

Thanks! Yes, "balance" was a goal I had in mind. I wanted this machine to serve as my daily driver for the next seven years, so I tried to ensure that the cooling solution could keep pace with the processors — regardless of how hard I pushed them. Based on the tests I've completed thus far...

Components: Case: Streacom DB4 (17L) Mobo: ASRock AB350 mini-ITX CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 CPU Cooling: Stock DB4 heat pipes + Streacom LH6 Cooling Kit RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 SSDs: 1TB Samsung 960 Evo NVMe + 1TB Samsung 860 Evo SATA GPU: Asus Phoenix GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GPU...