Hi everyone,
Wanted to build my very first PC. Looked through hundreds of cases.
What I wanted in a sentence - Aircooled Mini ITX build with Thunderbolt with upgradability for watercooled and better graphics card.
What that meant:
Frankenstein Motherboard: Asrock X570 mini ITX/TB3.
Case length of at least 300mm.
AIO bracket
CPU cooler height of 130mm.
Because of this motherboard, I had a hard time with the coolers that fitted. It uses intel mounting as well. I settled on NH-U9S which meant a Cooler height of about 130mm.
I also did not want a sandwich style design of a case because the M.2 slot is on the back of the motherboard since it will get hot.
Also had to take note that only M.2 NVME is supported not SATA.
I think that the best cases to me that could have upgradability and versatility to my requirements:
1. NCASE M1 v 6
2. DENG 12
3. C26
I reached the decision for the DENG 12 because:
1. NCASE M1 was not readily available
2. build quality of C26 is not as good and ordering it with dual metal sides would cost me about S$200.
The disadvantages:
1. No dust filters - I am getting the dust filter separately to cut to size and stick inside of the grills.
2. No front panel I/O - bummer for me.
3. 2 x 15mm thick fans and only if the height of GPU is 40mm. (The M1 has 25 mm fans)
4. Expensive but would probably cost as much as the M1 shipping to Singapore any way.
I am interested to see how a side mounted AIO is compared to a top mounted AIO (M1) but I will not be installing an AIO for now
The rest of the parts I picked:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
RAM: CORSAIR 16GB Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHZ
Storage: 500GB SAMSUNG EVO 970
Rear fan: Noctua NF-A8 Chromax
Bottom fans: Noctua NF-A12x15 Chromax
Cooler: NF-U9S (might change the fan to a chromax if I am feeling rich)
GPU: XFX RX 580
PSU: SF750 Platinum for the noise level and the fact that it is only S$30 more than the SF600
I arrived at these parts after 2 weeks of research coming from zero knowledge.
I am rather nervous about mounting the CPU and the heatsink.
Any thing I missed?
I will only be getting the DENG F12 in a month's time. So taking the time to gather parts.
Wanted to build my very first PC. Looked through hundreds of cases.
What I wanted in a sentence - Aircooled Mini ITX build with Thunderbolt with upgradability for watercooled and better graphics card.
What that meant:
Frankenstein Motherboard: Asrock X570 mini ITX/TB3.
Case length of at least 300mm.
AIO bracket
CPU cooler height of 130mm.
Because of this motherboard, I had a hard time with the coolers that fitted. It uses intel mounting as well. I settled on NH-U9S which meant a Cooler height of about 130mm.
I also did not want a sandwich style design of a case because the M.2 slot is on the back of the motherboard since it will get hot.
Also had to take note that only M.2 NVME is supported not SATA.
I think that the best cases to me that could have upgradability and versatility to my requirements:
1. NCASE M1 v 6
2. DENG 12
3. C26
I reached the decision for the DENG 12 because:
1. NCASE M1 was not readily available
2. build quality of C26 is not as good and ordering it with dual metal sides would cost me about S$200.
The disadvantages:
1. No dust filters - I am getting the dust filter separately to cut to size and stick inside of the grills.
2. No front panel I/O - bummer for me.
3. 2 x 15mm thick fans and only if the height of GPU is 40mm. (The M1 has 25 mm fans)
4. Expensive but would probably cost as much as the M1 shipping to Singapore any way.
I am interested to see how a side mounted AIO is compared to a top mounted AIO (M1) but I will not be installing an AIO for now
The rest of the parts I picked:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
RAM: CORSAIR 16GB Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHZ
Storage: 500GB SAMSUNG EVO 970
Rear fan: Noctua NF-A8 Chromax
Bottom fans: Noctua NF-A12x15 Chromax
Cooler: NF-U9S (might change the fan to a chromax if I am feeling rich)
GPU: XFX RX 580
PSU: SF750 Platinum for the noise level and the fact that it is only S$30 more than the SF600
I arrived at these parts after 2 weeks of research coming from zero knowledge.
I am rather nervous about mounting the CPU and the heatsink.
Any thing I missed?
I will only be getting the DENG F12 in a month's time. So taking the time to gather parts.