Hi all,
To create more space I decided to move my main PC to an ITX system. The only game I tend to play is Counterstrike Source so graphics aren’t that important and mainly use the PC for music, internet and email.
I didn’t really have a budget for this so needed to use as much as my existing hardware as possible. Luckily the Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case allowed me to do this.
OLD PC
HAF 932 – For Sale on MM
Asus M3N78 - Sold
4GB Geil Black Dragon – Reusable
8800 GT 512Mb - Sold
AMD Phenom 550 @ 3.1 – Sold £50
500w Jeantec PSU – Reusable
Sata DVD Drive - Reusable
There aren’t that many ITX choices available for AMD so I decided to move to Intel for the first time in years. I ended buying a Zotac 9300 PCB version 4 (£120) and an E5200 for £35 off the members market. The Lian Li PC-QO7B allowed me to re-use my existing ATX, 5.25 Sata Drive and Black Dragon memory which has large heat spreaders on there.
New ITX PC
Zotac 9300 PCB 4 Ver
E5200
4GB Geil Black Dragon
Lian Li PC-QO7B
Jeantec 500watt PSU
Sata DVD
Probably not to everyone’s taste but I really like the simplicity of it and the size.
Full Size Optical Drive
Full Size Optical Drive and PSU
Note: Because of large ATX power supply there is only room for a 70mm Heatsink.
A modular PSU would have been better for airflow.
There is also space under the hard disk for a 2.5 drive.
I have read posts about people overclocking the 5200 in the Zotac so im hoping to achieve 3Ghz on almost stock volts. If I could reach 3.4 that would be brilliant.
At the moment I cant overclock as i'm using the Low Profile Akasa cooler and the temps just aren't good enough.
Idle Temp - 31/39c
Max Temp Running Prime95 40 mins - 79c
My current thermal compound is Akasa AK-455.
I plan to improve temps by using the Revoltec Profile CPU cooler which is a budget cooler but is only 63mm high. I also like this cooler as I find the push pin coolers horrible. I am also going to use some decent MX-2 compound and lap my e5200.
That's my build.
To create more space I decided to move my main PC to an ITX system. The only game I tend to play is Counterstrike Source so graphics aren’t that important and mainly use the PC for music, internet and email.
I didn’t really have a budget for this so needed to use as much as my existing hardware as possible. Luckily the Lian Li PC-Q07B Mini-ITX Case allowed me to do this.
OLD PC
HAF 932 – For Sale on MM
Asus M3N78 - Sold
4GB Geil Black Dragon – Reusable
8800 GT 512Mb - Sold
AMD Phenom 550 @ 3.1 – Sold £50
500w Jeantec PSU – Reusable
Sata DVD Drive - Reusable
There aren’t that many ITX choices available for AMD so I decided to move to Intel for the first time in years. I ended buying a Zotac 9300 PCB version 4 (£120) and an E5200 for £35 off the members market. The Lian Li PC-QO7B allowed me to re-use my existing ATX, 5.25 Sata Drive and Black Dragon memory which has large heat spreaders on there.
New ITX PC
Zotac 9300 PCB 4 Ver
E5200
4GB Geil Black Dragon
Lian Li PC-QO7B
Jeantec 500watt PSU
Sata DVD
Probably not to everyone’s taste but I really like the simplicity of it and the size.
Full Size Optical Drive
Full Size Optical Drive and PSU
Note: Because of large ATX power supply there is only room for a 70mm Heatsink.
A modular PSU would have been better for airflow.
There is also space under the hard disk for a 2.5 drive.
I have read posts about people overclocking the 5200 in the Zotac so im hoping to achieve 3Ghz on almost stock volts. If I could reach 3.4 that would be brilliant.
At the moment I cant overclock as i'm using the Low Profile Akasa cooler and the temps just aren't good enough.
Idle Temp - 31/39c
Max Temp Running Prime95 40 mins - 79c
My current thermal compound is Akasa AK-455.
I plan to improve temps by using the Revoltec Profile CPU cooler which is a budget cooler but is only 63mm high. I also like this cooler as I find the push pin coolers horrible. I am also going to use some decent MX-2 compound and lap my e5200.
That's my build.