r/sffpc

I was dusting my PC and realized the temps dropped ~10°C in Crimson Desert from 80°C to 70°C just by removing the panels. Even on Cyberpunk modded with PT, RR and max settings I reach 75°C max with panels on, but for some reason Crimson Desert runs hotter.

TL;DR 9800X3D + RTX5080 watercooled in a T1 using LOBO and Alphacool 1-slot waterblocks, 240+280 thin rads (TX240, HPE20) cooled by Noctua NFA-12 G1s and Toughfan 14 Pros.

As for many, the original inspiration came from Optimum, but also the crazy builds you guys post here on Reddit. I have planned this ever since alphacool announced their 1slot reference RTX 5080 block. I believed I could make a full thickness fans fit on the motherboard side rad when mounting the PSU not-so-traditionally on the GPU side in 90 degree rotation. I wanted the side rad fans to double as airflow for the motherboard. Ultimately the result is a T1 build with 140x27mm side rad fans, and afaik its a first. If you know about such build or have one, please let me know :).  

I am bad at making things nice, so I concentrate on the functional side. No hard tubes, no tubes crossing ram in a fixed way.. I am going to design a front panel to allow PSU heat exhaust and ability to stand on the front.. the glued on front feet are super janky... but I worked 3 months on this, with my Fusion360 being offline. Soft tubes allow opening the rads for both access and better breathing (tested under pressure that the dynamic stress does not introduce leaks). Everything can be accessed and removed except the GPU, that would require QDCs for which there is zero space. 1slot GPU config required a custom QDC assembly, which I mainly wanted for filling but also future chilling experiments. 

Thanks to:

https://www.zcooi.com/ for special 8mm aluminum PSU bracket allowing GPU and PSU to fit

https://cablester.com/ for custom silicon cables for this weird setup.

https://www.dazmode.com/ for adding my EU country to list of countries where he ships to and delivering Koolance QDCs in like 3 days..

https://modultra.com/ for patience despite me using second hand Lobo

https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/ for rotaries that are safe to rotate in a filled loop

Not thanks to Thermalright for specifying the Toughfans as 25mm. Not even close :)

Completely custom designed 3D printed case. 10.9L.

Specs are:

• Gigabyte B850I AORUS PRO
• Ryzen 9 9900X
• 64 GB G.Skill CL30
• Corsair SF750
• Noctua NH-U9S chromax black
• PowerColor Reaper 9070XT.

The cables are custom, shorter than the stock Corsair cables to be less bulky.

The GPU has been deshrouded and the fans replaced with 3x Noctua NF-A9x14's, which are quieter than stock, particularly at low speeds.

Just wanna share my FD Ridge build

- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

- AMD RX 7800XT ( Asus Dual OC )

- Asus ROG B650E-ITX

- Klevv Fit V 32GB DDR5 6000MHz CL28

- Corsair SF750 2024 Series

- Thermalright AXP90-X53 Full Black with Noctua NF-A9 Chromax Black + Noctua Fan Duct

- Samsung 990 Pro NVMe PCIe 4.0 2TB x 2 Unit with ID-Cooling Zero M05 for Drive at the back

Overall very satisfied with this setup even still abit anxiety with CPU temp ( my 1st time using AMD CPU )

Currently living in Malaysia with everyday very HOT with ambient 28c-30c without Aircond

Temperature for the build

CPU PBO -20, PPT 75W, Thermal Limit 85c, Fan Max 70% RPM

Idle 65c-70c

Gaming 75c-85c

Random Browsing 65c-85c

GPU Stock Setting, Zero RPM On, 4K Display, Chasis Fan 50% all the time

Idle 40c-45c

Gaming 60c-70c

Thinking wanna upgrade GPU to 9070XT but for now 7800XT still sufficient for 4K60FPS++ with High Setting + FSR4 Optiscaler

COMPONENTS
FormD T1 2.1
ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
G.SKILL Flare X5 DDR5-6000 CL30-38-38-96 1.35V (F5-6000J3038F16GX2-FX5)
ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 OC
Corsair SF1000 Platinum
Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240 Atmos
MODDIY Custom Cables

STORAGE (internal)
4TB WD_BLACK SN850X
4TB Crucial P3 Plus
1TB Samsung 860 EVO

TEMPS
45°C to 50°C CPU (idle)
65°C to 70°C CPU (gaming)
31°C GPU (idle)
49°C GPU (gaming)

BIOS
EXPO II
PBO -30

Got my hands on a B70. So I thought I'd put together another Intel build.

Parts:

• Motherboard: Asrock z890m Riptide
• CPU: 270K Plus
• RAM: 32GB Crucial Pro DDR5 6400
• GPU: Intel B70
• PSU: Corsair SF1000
• Case: Jonsbo D32 Pro

I've installed Linux, but haven't done much testing yet. Thermals seem ok. I setup the bottom fans to pull air in and exhaust from the back and top. But I'm not sure if the bottom fans are interfering with the B70s blower fan. Or if the card just gets really hot by design. It seems to idle around 54C. A little hotter than I'd like. Any thoughts on this fan configuration?

And travel gaming PC for when I occasionally travel far 2-3 times/yr

The only things I had to buy were the motherboard and CPU cooler. Everything else was just laying around my shop.

Specs:

i5-9500 pulled out of a dell office PC

16gb ddr4 from who knows where

GTX 1660S from my first prebuilt when I was a teen

Z390M-ITX/ac from EBay

Thermalright AXP90-X36 Black from EBay

Apevia ITX 500W PSU from a failed build a while back

A07 case from the same failed build a while back

1TB sketchy no name SSD that I fixed from my friends mini PC that he thought he needed to buy (yes I did a fresh windows install from usb blah blah)

Overall cost? $150-ish. Obviously not counting the random parts I accumulated over the years. ITX on a “budget”. Who woulda thought.

Hoping someone in here has experience with repurposing MXM GPUs - my FEVM FN60G mini PC has motherboard issues and is no longer recognising any RAM.

It's a custom mobo with a socketed LGA1700 desktop CPU, but SODIMM RAM and this MXM GPU which has a custom pcie adapter that I've tried to get in the pictures. trying to determine:

1. would this gpu work with a Pcie riser cable in a new itx build?

2. GPU is rated up to about 120W but there's no extra power input that connects it to the motherboard. I'm stuck understanding this - thought that slot power was only up to 75W? tried to get a motherboard pic in case someone much more educated can identify how the GPU can draw more than 75W

3. If I need to buy a new mxm to Pcie adapter so that I can get sufficient power supply in an itx build, are there off the shelf adapter's that can utilise the full Pcie 4.0 x16? trying to look on AliExpress is making me feel lost 😅

Thanks in advance for any advice you have!

First sffpc build using AnyITX XS case (6.48l). I bought the BKB version of the case. It was a tight fit for most of the parts, as I tried to maximise the real estate within the case. My case arrived 2 weeks later than expected as the XS version was sold out, but the seller gave me the estimation for it to be made, updated me on the status along the way, and even offered me full refund if I didn't want to wait. The case itself is great, CNC aluminum (quite easy to scratch though), every single part of the case fits tightly, but this is not an easy case for beginners as there is no manual (I had to check with the seller on some parts to make sure that the parts could be screwed correctly). The only thing that I dislike from this case would be the front panel, attached to the case through magnets. The magnets are not very strong, and I can shut down/turn on the PC by mistake by touching the front panel.

Parts used:

- AMD 9800X3D

- Maxsun B850I BKB

- Inno3D 5070 Twin X2 OC (I wanted black, but it was sold out and the seller offered the white version for the same price)

- Teamgroup T-Create Expert CL30 16GBx2 (wanted black, but white was cheaper, so beggar can't be chooser in this rampocalypse)

- Thermalright AXP90-X53 Copper version

- Samsung 990 Evo Plus 4TB

- Noctua NF-A9x14 fan to replace the Thermalright cooler fan

- ID Cooling NO-8010-PWM x2 as case fans

For starters, it is quite noisy due to the smaller CPU fan. Performance is more or less expected with the specs, but the case does get hot during load from furmark (you can touch the case and feel the heat from it, as it is quite close to the CPU fan and the GPU). I'm still very happy with the result, as it is very portable, and I manage to fit everything inside properly.

I found this little fella at an industrial surplus/salvage store for $70 so of course it had to come home with me. The case is powder coated steel and advertised as "splash proof". It's built with an i7-7700 CPU, 16gb DDR4 SODIMM, a NIC in the single PCIe slot, 256gb SSD, and the whole thing says it runs off of 24v DC. I need to find a power brick or something to boot it up, but I thought it might be interesting to the people here to see something from the industrial side of the game. If it boots and runs I'm gonna put LinuxCNC on it and make it run my milling machine.

I got a PC secondhand off FB marketplace a few months ago because anymore I just feel like I'm abusing my laptop when I open Steam.

New PC specs:

(minisforum BD790i, R9 7945HX, 4060ti 16gb, 32gb DDR5)

It came in an unmarked matx case (~20L) which I think I have accurately tracked back to Bluecase.

Anyhoo, I didn't like how much dead space there was in the case so I elected for a new one and I wanted to get as small as I was comfortable with. Turns out that was a Fractal Terra (~10L). I got it together, (also switched from Win11 to Bazzite) and was very happy.

Except, the 4060ti is a dual fan and leaves a bit of a gap on the PSU end of the case. So I convinced my wife (Sims 4 Professional) to trade me her RX 7700XT which really fills out the Terra nicely. I finally felt content.

Then my wife said she felt like a smaller case for her would be nice. Thankfully she liked the look of the Bluecase and decided she wanted to move out of the DeepCool CH260 (~30L). The Bluecase looks much better with an MATX board anyway. (B650 wifi + gaming, R5 9600x, 4060ti, 32gb DDR5)

Anyway, some photos: OG Bluecase, size comparison with Terra, Terra after swap, OG DeepCool, and Bluecase after swap

Note: I have since added an exhaust under the PSU in the Fractal which dropped temps maybe 1C? Not a huge change, but I'm looking into a change of heatsink and possibly fan since the 7945hx runs hot (~80-86 under load) and I heard the minisforum stock coolers suck. Let me know what you guys think!

Those panels were added a long time ago, but i didn't see them selling at all. Just why are they doing that?

so I'm getting no disay. first I thought it was the riser card so I took it to run out of the case (picture above). same result. I tried a different set of verified working ram, and the same result.

system specs

ryzen 5700x3d

32gb ddr4 3200 eagat ram

1tb nvme pcie3.0

800w psu

rx 6600

How can I dissasemble this mini PC?
It is a Ninkear N13. I want to change the cooling paste, but cannot figure it out.

I have taken off SSDs, RAM etc. And I assume I need to unscrew the 4 "standoffs" in the corners?

I even emailed Ninkear and received this reply:
"You’ll also need to unscrew the four standoffs at the corners (as shown in the red circles in the picture). Then remove the Wi-Fi module and the SSD. After disconnecting the Wi-Fi antenna, you’ll be able to access the CPU."

But I can't figure it out. No matter what I do, I can't manage to rotate the 4 screws in the corners. I can't unscrew them or even make them move, and I don't want to use too much force and damage the PC.

Has anyone had any experience with a similar mini PC, or maybe even this Ninkear model?

I got a great deal on a EK FLT80 and swapped out my old AQ Aqualis Eco 100ml reservoir. I then took out my my Modultra Lobo and put in a new AQ Cuplex Kyros Waterblock, and swapped out the High Flow 2 for the Next Version. I also swapped out some fittings and changed the loop order to have proper in/out on the GPU and made a custom Info Panel layout for the Lian Li screen.

Gigabyte B550i Aorus

Ryzen 5800x3d w/ Aquacomputer Cuplex Kryos Block

MSI Ventus 4080 Super w/ Granzon Full Armor Block

GSkill 32gb RAM

Asus ROG Loki 850w

Aquacomputer Quadro

Aquacomputer High Flow Next

EKWB FLT80

Lian Li Wireless TL 140mm Fans

Lian Li 8.8 Universal Screen

Alphacool Nexxxos Nova 1080mm Rad with 9x Arctic P12 Pros

Koolance QD3 Panel Mount and QDs

Watercool 10/16 EPDM

Dracaena and EKWB Fittings