Motherboard Asrock X600TM-ITX
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Would you be able to provide some pictures of your mounting method? I went with an even more jank manner (modded the Thermal Grizzly AM5 standoff mounting kit to work with my cooler and bought some screws to attach it onto the motherboard -- no backplate). I hadn't fully built my system up yet as I'm busy with other projects, but I would like to reengineer my solution some day.
Here's a closeup of the mount bracket of the Thermalright heatsinkfan:
idle nicely stays at10W (edit: newer uni-t ut230b says 12.0W) after adding an Intel AX210 wifi+bt card.
Will check with Asrock if there's a way to enable C6 CPU, as I'd like to reduce power consumption.
Other steps to test: underclocking/undervolting - if that's a useful approach to achieve lower power consumption under load.
And while I love the aluminium look of my mini-itx case (MS-Tech CI-70), it's rather impractical as it doesn't have many holes in the cover, reducing much-needed airflow under load and doesn't offer a half-heigh PCIe slot in case I want to add 10 Gbps networking through one of the two M.2 slots (not envisioned right now, but maybe in some years).
idle nicely stays at
Will check with Asrock if there's a way to enable C6 CPU, as I'd like to reduce power consumption.
Other steps to test: underclocking/undervolting - if that's a useful approach to achieve lower power consumption under load.
And while I love the aluminium look of my mini-itx case (MS-Tech CI-70), it's rather impractical as it doesn't have many holes in the cover, reducing much-needed airflow under load and doesn't offer a half-heigh PCIe slot in case I want to add 10 Gbps networking through one of the two M.2 slots (not envisioned right now, but maybe in some years).
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Snagged this board off Alibaba for €110 + VAT! With the current RAM-pocalypse, this thing is a lifesaver for budget builds.
DDR5 SODIMMs are way easier to find at "reasonable" prices right now, still pricey, but nowhere near as absurd as standard UDIMMs. Plus, you can easily grab a used 200W 19V power brick on second-hand marketplaces for around €20.
Just wrapped up the whole build for under €500, including 32GB of RAM!
DDR5 SODIMMs are way easier to find at "reasonable" prices right now, still pricey, but nowhere near as absurd as standard UDIMMs. Plus, you can easily grab a used 200W 19V power brick on second-hand marketplaces for around €20.
Just wrapped up the whole build for under €500, including 32GB of RAM!
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