ALL RIGHTY Y'ALL. I finally got my build done. i swapped half the parts in the build. tested the hardware and was able to get it working.
First off my thoughts on the case. Its small. Its acrylic its got wood so it'll look classy AF wherever you put it. I've built in acrylic cases before and one thing I've noticed is every company has their own idea on how to put panels together. The system i used here honestly scared the crap outa me because I didn't think it would work. I am ready to eat crow because its one of the best construction systems I've used. Like seriously you could make a case out of any type of material with the same system and it'll work the same this case is engineered right. Panel fitment is perfect and the more you build it the more structurally sound it is. I got a beta case so your experience should be even better. No Tesla model 3 headaches here. I didn't want to build this thing with a GPU so I went with an APU setup. So lets go down the rabbit hole together and ill take pics in a few days when my SLR is accessible. So First off the power supply I am using one of the best power supplies I've tried.
The HDPLEX 160W DC-ATX is whats powering my system. But i have the black cabled version. This decision will eventually end up haunting me but we dont need to get ahead of ourself.
So the motherboard I originally chose was the GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI
That power supply with the damn Memory slot means a no go ghostrider. Wont fit whatsoever. So now we go to a new motherboard.
Had to buy the Asrock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac
As you see in the pic the power supply fits the memory with JUST ENOUGH space.
That memory fitment tho
So next i started building with some cooling. Cuz this baby gonna get warm.
That bequiet! bracket will prove to be Headache PART DEUX
I tried flipping it and no go.
So The Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 Becomes my new APU Heatsink.
Next.
All right here i got the fans and cables started to be managed.
The walls are coming together
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and the diffuser installed is great.
Ill take better photos in the morning. But its great and works and keeps my system cool. Would recommend to everyone.
Complete specs
AMD Ryzen 5 2400g
ASROCK Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac
Noctua NH-L9a-AM4
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16gb DDR4-2400 2X8GB memory kit
Samsung PM960 Series 256GB NVMe M.2 PCIe x4 SSD
HDPLEX 160W DC-AT (Alienware Alpha Power brick)
I built it to play emulators and light games like Overwatch, Realm Royale and Left 4 Dead 2
Its a great system and cheap for what it does. I will take photos of the exterior later next week. Ask any questions that you may have and ill help answer what i can.
