Cheap & nasty mini Itx spec?

I have a 5700G in the A10. It's a nice little case. Takes up a console amount of space, and sits under the TV.
I wouldn't really worry about putting a GPU in there. Unless you're on PCIe4 system, and the 5600G will not be, then the low profile 6400/6500 is useless. Low profile Nvidia cards are all pretty expensive, and the low profile A380 isn't all that great (but probably the best option).

As for Jginyue BIOS updates, I would always be installing the latest for AMD systems. Not sure they were very frequent with their older boards, but their latest B650i board has had a reasonable number of updates.
 
Check ali express they have lots of mini itx+embedded cpus combos going for £150-250.

You also have Topton and cwwk doing them too.
 
Thank you. They certainly do, but I suspect that the cooling there is closer to miniPCs like mini Optiplexes and Elitedesks.
Also, if going for Flex-PSU, there's space in the case for a proper fan. And I'm uneasy about going for smaller boxes with pico PSU+brick.
So to me, the mini ITX form factor makes a lot more sense in A09 case than in the likes of L65S. But that's just me.
 
The Delta has arrived, and I quite like it. It's got a built-in fan controller and seems to be dead silent on low loads and moderately loud on full speed. I guess it will depend on just how hot the 350W psu will be running under everyday load.
Got myself a B550i gaming Jgingue for £49 in the end, A09 case with USB3.0 for £28 + £2 wifi card, and a pair of 16gb DDR4 corsair rams for £44, which puts me at about £225 for the whole thing. Still need to get a couple used nvme SDDs.
Over the original budget, but I hope that a decent PSU and decent ram sticks are a worthy investment.
Waiting for 11.11 could have saved a few extra pennies, but yesterday was almost as good discount wise.

Micro ATX would have been cheaper, but smallest Flex-powered case is twice the size of the A09, and smallest SFX case is 3 times the A09. I suspect that the most sensible budget build is to stick a micro-ATX card + GPU into a ~13L SFX case.
 
TCabot said:
Are Chinese nvmes any good?
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I've used a couple and had no issues. Transferring very large files, and you'll see the speed drop off a cliff on some of the cheapest.
For basic machines, or just running games from, they're fine.
For my own PCs I always stick with the bigger brands.
 
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Thanks.

Looking ahead, is there a good idiot's guide on the best way to connect the PSU to the motherboard? And decide what gets the power directly from the PSU and what gets power from the mb?
 
I run my 5600g off a 90w pico. Limited to 60w in the bios. it tops out at just under 80w at the wall.

I picked up the 90w brick for £3. Otherwise I'd have gotten a 120W. That said I don't think the super cheap import pico boards are rated much over 80w.
 
Not without hiccups, but I've plugged all the bits together tonight, and the pc started.:cry:
Plugged in an NVME with Win10 from my laptop and a portable 6" HDMI touchscreen (because I did not have an HDMI cable for the big monitor), just to see if the motherboard will post. Not sure why the pc cycled through the bios startup 3 times, but then it happily booted into win10.
So it not only posts, it's capable of booting up a system.

£56 Ryzen 5600G CPU was a problem:confused:: did not arrive, and the seller has provided a wrong tracking number. Tried contacting the seller - no response. I requested a refund and got the money back almost instantly, so really don't know what his endgame was.
Ended up spending a bit more on a used 5600g off ebay

Wifi card was also an issue. The seller had the mobo listed as "wifi PCIE compatible". I bought a mini-PCIE card just to find out that the slot is, in fact, an M2.
Now have an M2 on the way, but for now I am wifiless.

Anyway, all works, so now I just need to buy the new nmve, get all the bits into the box, and install the CPU fan on to the MB.
 
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