I recently caught wind of the neat Erying mobile SoC ITX science project motherboards, thanks to a combination of YouTube and Reddit, so it felt like a fun rebuild for my Dan A4-SFX build that I dismantled a few months ago to gift to my brother. He wouldn't have appreciated the A4-SFX, so I got him a mass production ITX case instead (Fractal Design Node 202). Recently, I attempted to load up and cool a Ryzen 7 - 7700X, but that proved to be a bit too much for even an Asetek 645LT. I don't want to quit on the A4-SFX, so I decided that it'd be fun to try the unorthodox Erying!
Ordering the Erying ITX board was fairly straightforward on AliExpress--the board took a few days to ship because Erying tests all of their boards before shipment. The board didn't come with a WiFi card, so I bought an AX210 because I didn't know how good the CNVi implementation would be on the Erying board. Turns out, I could have used the AX211, but the AX210 has been working just fine with my 6E wireless network.
I put together a hodge podge of hardware for this build. It serves as my travel computer for when I take prolonged trips to family members' homes. I like having a desktop computer for some late night alone time gaming, so I wanted something focused on 1080p. The types of games that I play vary quite a bit--Escape From Tarkov, Factorio, Satisfactory, Path of Exile, League of Legends, to name a few that I play on-and-off at the time of this build.
Parts:
Here's what I had ordered on AliExpress. Although they were from two different vendors, shipping grouped them into one shipment and they arrived repackaged into a larger package, together. Pretty convenient!
The board internally came packed with a whole air bubble cocoon on the outside, and the motherboard itself had this red layer of bubble wrap outside of the static bag that the motherboard was ultimately packed in. Nice!
The Erying board, removed from the box. Looks neat with the heatspreader! Note the power hardware on the board interferes with some coolers. I tried a Thermalright AXP90-X47 and alas, it wasn't compatible.
Here's the accessories that came with my Erying ITX board. Note that the rear IO is just a plain, sharp-edged hand destroyer type of IO plate. There's nice connectivity options though--dual NICs, VGA (lol), lots of USB ports, dual HDMI, DP, and the standard three audio jacks. Included is also the vertical mounting bracket/frame that supports the installation of the WiFi module of your choice.
There's questions as to whether or not the boards are shipped with CMOS batteries--mine was, and you can see that it has some adhesive on it. I relocated mine to be mounted on top of the WiFi adapter, as I ended up with the IS-47K cooling solution in the end. Here you can also see what the inside of a populated WiFi bracket looks like, with antenna connectors installed and everything.
I'm unsure if this step was needed, but I undid the four screws on the rear of the heatspreader to expose the mobile SoC of the 12700H. I ended up cleaning off the thermal paste and repasting using NT-H1, just as a safety precaution. From the looks of the SoC, this looks like a harvested SoC and not a brand new one. For me, as long as it works, I'm okay with it.
I did a first rendition build of everything using an Asetek 645LT that I already had purchased for my last build in the A4-SFX. It was a tight fit because at this time I was also using G.Skill Ripjaws V RAM, which has heat spreaders that cut into the available space of the AIO tubing. I would ultimately switch over to air cooling, since I didn't like the noise that the 645LT generated, overall.
Enter the ID-Cooling IS-47K. Although it has pretty poor reviews in general, I decided not to give up on this cooler since I had already purchased it a while ago, and I also noticed that it could have a few upgrades that I hoped would make a difference. I swapped out the stock fan with a Noctua A9x14 HS-PWM Chromax.Black fan, and flipped it from pulling air through the fin array to blowing air out. My plan here would be to have another Noctua A9x14 fan perform intake duties underneath the motherboard so that it would have a little L-shaped air channel to aid in VRM cooling, as well.
The IS-47K backplate mounting kit upgrade for LGA1700 (and backplates in general, since I also got one for AM4/AM5) came in. Simple kit, with typical ID-Cooling manufacturing quality (mediocre).
Here's a picture of the backplate upgrade for the IS-47K, installed. Not a bad fit!
Final build components, on the motherboard side of the case. Looking quite tidy!
The graphics card side. Nothing special to see, but I wanted to share since I think the Arc A770 LE looks slick.
Side put back onto the case, with the power ON. The Arc 770 LE has nice lighting, but it requires the installation of an optional I2C cable to control the color? Kinda absurd. I like the default lighting anyway (blue, with pulses of a pink-purple flashing about).
Summary:
So far, so good. I like the build--I've tried a few games on it and it runs just fine (including today's launch of Diablo 4, which worked great on Arc!). I'm still learning how to properly set PL1 and PL2 levels for the turbo boosting characteristics, but it works great for the few games that I have tried. I am also not getting any intense coil whine at load, which is a relief! I suppose time will tell if the SF450 will remain adequate (I haven't had any shutoffs yet).
Thanks for following along in this thread!
Ordering the Erying ITX board was fairly straightforward on AliExpress--the board took a few days to ship because Erying tests all of their boards before shipment. The board didn't come with a WiFi card, so I bought an AX210 because I didn't know how good the CNVi implementation would be on the Erying board. Turns out, I could have used the AX211, but the AX210 has been working just fine with my 6E wireless network.
I put together a hodge podge of hardware for this build. It serves as my travel computer for when I take prolonged trips to family members' homes. I like having a desktop computer for some late night alone time gaming, so I wanted something focused on 1080p. The types of games that I play vary quite a bit--Escape From Tarkov, Factorio, Satisfactory, Path of Exile, League of Legends, to name a few that I play on-and-off at the time of this build.
Parts:
- 2x Viewsonic VX1755 Portable Displays
- Dan A4-SFX v4.1 in Silver
- Corsair SF450 Power Supply
- pslate customs SF-series Unsleeved Custom PSU Cables
- Erying ITX Motherboard with i7-12700H
- Intel Arc A770 LE 16GB Graphics Card
- Samsung 980 PRO 1TB Solid State Drive
- 32GB (16x2) Silicon Power DDR4 3200MHz CL16 Memory Modules
- ID-Cooling IS-47K with Upgraded Backplate (for LGA 1700 Support)
- 2x Noctua HS-PWM A9x14 Fans
Here's what I had ordered on AliExpress. Although they were from two different vendors, shipping grouped them into one shipment and they arrived repackaged into a larger package, together. Pretty convenient!
The board internally came packed with a whole air bubble cocoon on the outside, and the motherboard itself had this red layer of bubble wrap outside of the static bag that the motherboard was ultimately packed in. Nice!
The Erying board, removed from the box. Looks neat with the heatspreader! Note the power hardware on the board interferes with some coolers. I tried a Thermalright AXP90-X47 and alas, it wasn't compatible.
Here's the accessories that came with my Erying ITX board. Note that the rear IO is just a plain, sharp-edged hand destroyer type of IO plate. There's nice connectivity options though--dual NICs, VGA (lol), lots of USB ports, dual HDMI, DP, and the standard three audio jacks. Included is also the vertical mounting bracket/frame that supports the installation of the WiFi module of your choice.
There's questions as to whether or not the boards are shipped with CMOS batteries--mine was, and you can see that it has some adhesive on it. I relocated mine to be mounted on top of the WiFi adapter, as I ended up with the IS-47K cooling solution in the end. Here you can also see what the inside of a populated WiFi bracket looks like, with antenna connectors installed and everything.
I'm unsure if this step was needed, but I undid the four screws on the rear of the heatspreader to expose the mobile SoC of the 12700H. I ended up cleaning off the thermal paste and repasting using NT-H1, just as a safety precaution. From the looks of the SoC, this looks like a harvested SoC and not a brand new one. For me, as long as it works, I'm okay with it.
I did a first rendition build of everything using an Asetek 645LT that I already had purchased for my last build in the A4-SFX. It was a tight fit because at this time I was also using G.Skill Ripjaws V RAM, which has heat spreaders that cut into the available space of the AIO tubing. I would ultimately switch over to air cooling, since I didn't like the noise that the 645LT generated, overall.
Enter the ID-Cooling IS-47K. Although it has pretty poor reviews in general, I decided not to give up on this cooler since I had already purchased it a while ago, and I also noticed that it could have a few upgrades that I hoped would make a difference. I swapped out the stock fan with a Noctua A9x14 HS-PWM Chromax.Black fan, and flipped it from pulling air through the fin array to blowing air out. My plan here would be to have another Noctua A9x14 fan perform intake duties underneath the motherboard so that it would have a little L-shaped air channel to aid in VRM cooling, as well.
The IS-47K backplate mounting kit upgrade for LGA1700 (and backplates in general, since I also got one for AM4/AM5) came in. Simple kit, with typical ID-Cooling manufacturing quality (mediocre).
Here's a picture of the backplate upgrade for the IS-47K, installed. Not a bad fit!
Final build components, on the motherboard side of the case. Looking quite tidy!
The graphics card side. Nothing special to see, but I wanted to share since I think the Arc A770 LE looks slick.
Side put back onto the case, with the power ON. The Arc 770 LE has nice lighting, but it requires the installation of an optional I2C cable to control the color? Kinda absurd. I like the default lighting anyway (blue, with pulses of a pink-purple flashing about).
Summary:
So far, so good. I like the build--I've tried a few games on it and it runs just fine (including today's launch of Diablo 4, which worked great on Arc!). I'm still learning how to properly set PL1 and PL2 levels for the turbo boosting characteristics, but it works great for the few games that I have tried. I am also not getting any intense coil whine at load, which is a relief! I suppose time will tell if the SF450 will remain adequate (I haven't had any shutoffs yet).
Thanks for following along in this thread!
