PC Building

[mengelag]

So I went completely overboard and built gaming beast into one of the smallest ITX Cases you can get. The Masterbox NR200P. We'll I'll say this, for it's size, you can cram just about anything except a 360aio or full size PSU into it. With some careful planning, cable routing and management I fit this monster into it.
- ROG B650E I gaming Wifi
- Ryzen 7800X3D
- Super Chonky Arctic Liquid Freezer ii 280mm AIO
- 64 GB Trident Z5 Neo
- 4090 FE (Don't Hate me for the GPU, There's no AMD that competes)
- ROG Loki Platinum 1000w SFX-L PSU

Temps are amazing! Both the CPU and GPU remained in the mid 60's for temps after an hr of gaming. Those of you looking for something small and compact that you can put some powerful parts in, this is your case.

[johnnyenglish]

I'm not much into ITX but sometimes I get a feeling I would like to build one.

And sure, that's a tight fit.

[mengelag]

TBH, they are quite fun to build just because of the challenges. Building in a big case is pretty  straightforward, this took a bit of finagling to get it so nothing is in the way or blocking airflow etc. just small and unassuming.

[alexiv1969]

have to say that is amazing, i would love to try an ITX build but always the same doubt you had, Will it fit

[mengelag]

just gotta research and be patient, and be good at cable management lol

[jamesc359]

It's really amazing how much stuff you can cram into an 18-liter case when it's designed properly.

[mengelag]

Right, I also just built a system in a Fractal Torrent Nano and I have to say I could fit a bigger AIO into the masterbox than I could in the nano which is a bigger case but only has support up too 240mm AIO, but not as well designed for the real small form factor

[BigAl01]

So it's running fine with no issues then?

[mengelag]

Other than the notoriously annoying slow AM5 boot, that was actually a pretty easy bios fix, no issues whatsoever. I got pretty good overclock on the CPU and GPU now and I'm getting some impressive 3D mark scores in the 99th percentile. I also hit the GPU and CPU silicon lottery and am getting stable 3100mhz on GPU and  the CPU running a negative offset curve of -39. I might mess around with a bios overclock, but for now ryzen master seems just fine for some testing

[TR2]

I just built my first ITX PC.

1. Coolermaster Elite 130 Case
2. Asrock B550M-ITX/ac Mobo
3. Amd Ryzen 5 5600g Cpu
4. Enermax 650 gold Modular PSU
5. Coolermaster ML120L V2 AIO
6. Samsung 980 1TB M.2
7. LG Blu ray player/burner
8. 2 Legacy drives (8 and 6 Tb)

This is to replace a matx small form factor. I have to say that this is a really cool PC. No Video card account gonna be used as a HTPC and also the prices are still too high. The problems arise from not knowing what to do in the correct steps with a small case. Put the PSU in twice and had to take back out to get things hooked up right. First the CPU 12v and Power cable on the mobo then to hook the drives to the Sata slots. Cable management not very optimal but its running at 28c idle. Fast, quite, and seems really capable. This will supposedly handle a big video card like the Halo RX 6900XT. The Wifi and Bluetooth work well. The thermals would change with a video card but not too bad with a comparable CPU without onboard video. There is a lot packed into an ITX Mobo.

[mengelag]

I like it and that case. How did you find building in that? Did you have any challenges?