It has a name: Mini-Sledgehammer".
As you may of noticed on the Taobao thread, my ZSA4-DC arrived. I was originally going to go with a ML06-E, but I felt it was too heavy and big for what I wanted so. So after thinking it through I went with the ZS-A4DC due to its tiny size and aesthetic. The build will be used initially for image based programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign, but I want there to be headroom for light motion graphics work. The great thing about the case is the fact you can throw it in a backpack which means I can hotdesk. I know 64GB of Ram may be overkill, but my current machine has 32gb of Ram and it struggles with images with huge file sizes.
I will be building it when I can afford the parts so expect updates to come monthly.
First of all, here are pics of the case if you have not seen it on the Taobao thread.
Next here are the parts I am thinking of going with.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
Cooler: Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler (I do have an ID-Cooling IS-30, but I reckon the Noctua has better build quality.)
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX-4 Edition 2019
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C16 Memory Kit
Boot Drive: Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SATA
Cache Drive: Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA
Project Drive: Samsung 970 PRO 512 GB NVME
Graphics Card: Zotac GTX 1560 Low Profile
PSU: 600W Enhance Platinum Flex 1u PSU
Case Fans: 2x Noctua NF-A8 PWM
I would also like to replace the fan on the X570-i board with a Noctua NF-A4x10 PWM.
Should be an interesting few months.
As you may of noticed on the Taobao thread, my ZSA4-DC arrived. I was originally going to go with a ML06-E, but I felt it was too heavy and big for what I wanted so. So after thinking it through I went with the ZS-A4DC due to its tiny size and aesthetic. The build will be used initially for image based programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign, but I want there to be headroom for light motion graphics work. The great thing about the case is the fact you can throw it in a backpack which means I can hotdesk. I know 64GB of Ram may be overkill, but my current machine has 32gb of Ram and it struggles with images with huge file sizes.
I will be building it when I can afford the parts so expect updates to come monthly.
First of all, here are pics of the case if you have not seen it on the Taobao thread.
Next here are the parts I am thinking of going with.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
Cooler: Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler (I do have an ID-Cooling IS-30, but I reckon the Noctua has better build quality.)
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX-4 Edition 2019
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C16 Memory Kit
Boot Drive: Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SATA
Cache Drive: Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA
Project Drive: Samsung 970 PRO 512 GB NVME
Graphics Card: Zotac GTX 1560 Low Profile
PSU: 600W Enhance Platinum Flex 1u PSU
Case Fans: 2x Noctua NF-A8 PWM
I would also like to replace the fan on the X570-i board with a Noctua NF-A4x10 PWM.
Should be an interesting few months.
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