for tips, ideas and discussions on sff/itx/mini pc builds, I suggest
https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/
and
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiniPCs/
expiredSuryasis posted Jan 19, 2024 02:18 PM
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expiredSuryasis posted Jan 19, 2024 02:18 PM
Minisforum BD770i MoDT Mini-ITX SBC (Barebone): Ryzen 7 7745HX, Radeon 610M Graphics
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What you will need:
-Power Supply Unit (PSU) for ATX or SFX or SFXL will work
-120mm fan - I suggest a static pressure model
-Case
-DDR5 SODIMM (laptop memory) 4800 or 5200 will work
Notes:
This board does NOT have a USB type E header. Aka you will technically not be able to use a PC case with USB-C ports on the case itself.
Be sure you grab the BIOS update as well. The BIOS update tooling only seems to work on Windows, there is no currently way to flash it from a USB drive I am aware of.
M.2 Drive without a attached heatsink
I bult this in a ITX case which is the use case I suggest as your getting a low TDP = lower watts = less heat and be far more easy to air cool. Running this as my primary gaming system and it's a noticeable upgrade from my prior 5800x.
One last thing, because this is a laptop processor, it comes "delid" making for an even better cooling situation. I can maintain my CPU boost at a constant 5.1 ghz while maintaining a temp of ~70c-80c. I have not noticed any thermal throttling just by using a 120mm static pressure fan.
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What you will need:
-Power Supply Unit (PSU) for ATX or SFX or SFXL will work
-120mm fan - I suggest a static pressure model
-Case
-DDR5 SODIMM (laptop memory) 4800 or 5200 will work
Notes:
This board does NOT have a USB type E header. Aka you will technically not be able to use a PC case with USB-C ports on the case itself.
Be sure you grab the BIOS update as well. The BIOS update tooling only seems to work on Windows, there is no currently way to flash it from a USB drive I am aware of.
M.2 Drive without a attached heatsink
I bult this in a ITX case which is the use case I suggest as your getting a low TDP = lower watts = less heat and be far more easy to air cool. Running this as my primary gaming system and it's a noticeable upgrade from my prior 5800x.
~$300 Ryzen 77700
~$200 for a motherboard
~$100 for cooler
So $360 for all of those things vs ~$600 for the desktop parts seems like a decent deal given the proper use case. The onboard GPU may be crap but so what, that's why it has a PCI 5 socket. Throw in your own GPU. Even better since both GPUs can be active, you can take a bit of load off your dedicated GPU if you have other apps running.
The price is okay, but not having the 680M kinda kills it as a slick deal.
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The price is okay, but not having the 680M kinda kills it as a slick deal.
Waiting on it to come down to under $600
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What you will need:
-Power Supply Unit (PSU) for ATX or SFX or SFXL will work
-120mm fan - I suggest a static pressure model
-Case
-DDR5 SODIMM (laptop memory) 4800 or 5200 will work
Notes:
This board does NOT have a USB type E header. Aka you will technically not be able to use a PC case with USB-C ports on the case itself.
Be sure you grab the BIOS update as well. The BIOS update tooling only seems to work on Windows, there is no currently way to flash it from a USB drive I am aware of.
M.2 Drive without a attached heatsink
I bult this in a ITX case which is the use case I suggest as your getting a low TDP = lower watts = less heat and be far more easy to air cool. Running this as my primary gaming system and it's a noticeable upgrade from my prior 5800x.
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