- Joined
- Dec 18, 2000
Went to Microcenter and bought a new mini ITX combo just for fun. Bought the following:
Runs like a champ, WiFi is very fast, great for general purpose use and web surfing. I used an old 128GB M.2 Intel NVMe boot drive preloaded with Win 10 Pro from the parts drawer and a well used single-slot low-profile GT 730 2GB GDDR5 GPU to round out the system. Installed it in my old very compact Spire PowerCube 501 with Enermax 270W SFX PSU. Got out my hole saw and cut a hole in the top of the case to vent out heat, which has been an issue with previous builds in this case. Found and old fan grill and painted in black to match and covered the vent hole with it.
The open box motherboard was missing the antennas for the WiFi but I had some laying around from old PCI WiFi cards and just screwed them on. Looking for a cheap GT 1030 single-slot low profile 2GB GDDR5 GPU for a bit better performance than the old GT 730. Has to be a real single slot though, no fan shrouds can stick out beyond the single slot because the PSU is sitting right there. Removed the fan from the PSU to get it to fit, it doesn't need a fan anyway.
- Gigabyte B360N WiFi Mini ITX - $49.99 Open box
- Intel Celeron G4900 - $42.99
- Geil EVO Potenza DDR4-2400 2 x 4GB - $49.99
Runs like a champ, WiFi is very fast, great for general purpose use and web surfing. I used an old 128GB M.2 Intel NVMe boot drive preloaded with Win 10 Pro from the parts drawer and a well used single-slot low-profile GT 730 2GB GDDR5 GPU to round out the system. Installed it in my old very compact Spire PowerCube 501 with Enermax 270W SFX PSU. Got out my hole saw and cut a hole in the top of the case to vent out heat, which has been an issue with previous builds in this case. Found and old fan grill and painted in black to match and covered the vent hole with it.
The open box motherboard was missing the antennas for the WiFi but I had some laying around from old PCI WiFi cards and just screwed them on. Looking for a cheap GT 1030 single-slot low profile 2GB GDDR5 GPU for a bit better performance than the old GT 730. Has to be a real single slot though, no fan shrouds can stick out beyond the single slot because the PSU is sitting right there. Removed the fan from the PSU to get it to fit, it doesn't need a fan anyway.
probably higher than my x58 supersize rig
