Temps run in the 60s when gaming for both GPU and CPU.
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Yeah, I laid everything out and thought the case was going to more than big enough, but when you have to angle things in and then account for connectors, etc it really was almost perfect.Nice job on this! Those are some crazy-tight clearances. I like that custom shroud on the cooler. Any plans for a custom backplate?
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Yep most if not all (at least for the recent variants) of the NUC Pro models support 12-19V DC input, the Pro models also tend to have an internal 4pin molex connector (kinda like a mini EPS socket) on the board too.Impressive work, especially that you manage to keep the front, top & bottom panels intact.
I'm not familiar with that motherboard. Does it accept 12v directly from the Meanwell PSU, meaning no DC-ATX plug unit is required?
Being a fan of 12V builds myself, I will keep note of that!Yep most if not all (at least for the recent variants) of the NUC Pro models support 12-19V DC input
Yep, I haven't tested with the duct extensively yet, but I don't think it should make things worse than when I just have some plastic sheet on to try and keep the cooler drawing fresh air.Looking at the thread title made me wonder how a 2 liters build could be possible with a dGPU!
Never thought of adding a GPU to a NUC, clever idea and great build all around, congrats!
From what I see you have kept the CPU stock cooler and have added a duct to it.
You already have impressive temps while gaming, but I guess your combo could be replaced by a regular desktop CPU for more silence maybe.
Being a fan of 12V builds myself, I will keep note of that!
Very inspiring, thanx a lot!
If anyone is interested this will be going up for sale.
Very happy to see a NUC + discrete GPU build. I've wanted to do this for a long time and bought some parts already but I keep having to put it in the backlog.
If you don't mind me asking, has this build not working out for you? What would you do differently if you could?
Edit: since you're asking for buyers just reminding to get this posted in the Trade section of the forum if you haven't already
There really is no need for better cooling, it will maintain its max all core boost clock indefinitely under an all core load (CB r20) and is still about 20-30C off from thermal throttling. Maybe the backplate good be tidied up a little, but I feel the current mesh one does a good job of ventilation, plus you don't really see it anyway. Unless you didn't see the update in post #5 with the shroud and backplate in place.nice,
reminds me of my test pc at work (dell prescision 3240) thing is tiny, only a bit larger than this with an RTX quadro 3000 and 10700.
just need to make a shroud or slightly beefier cpu cooler and nice backplate and this thing will go from cool to epic.