$2000 Mini PC (4080 Super)

how much performance can you squeeze into a compact $2,000 PC build surprisingly quite a lot I mean this thing has an RTX 4080 super packed inside it and it can pretty much run anything not to mention the temperatures are completely fine and it's all packed into this super tiny Ultra Premium ITX case let me show you how to build it now I actually want to start with the PC case this time around because it really is one of the highlights for this build and it's the formed T1 v2.5 for just $10 more than the fractal Terror it is more compact more space optimized on the inside and the build quality is truly insane easily the highest quality PC case that is out there the anodized finish is super smooth and the attention to detail when you look at this Machining it is just Next Level this is their new gunmetal color which has a nice soft blue tint to it which I personally really like but it also comes in black or silver if you prefer those in Instead This does actually come flat packed though so we do need to assemble it which is one of the downsides but it's not too difficult and it is kind of satisfying honestly putting it all together first We join the front and rear panel with the two side beams all of the case screws by the way are identical for this new updated model which makes things really easy next is the top beam lots of different screw points here as you can see the one that I'm installing it into actually allows for a 3.25 slot GPU but I later move that one screw over to the three slot position this is one of the really cool things about the T1 you can actually move that Center column to allow for more or less CPU or GPU clearance depending on what components you're using then we have the back plate which is what our motherboard will lock into three screw points here we have one at the bottom one at the top from the inside and then another which screws directly into that Center spine piece then we have the GPU Riser beam which mounts with one screw to the back plate we then connect it to one of the side beams with this 40 mm standoff you can just hand tighten it at one side and then lock it in with the other and then we have our 5mm motherboard standoffs our power supply bracket and that's pretty much it for now as for the components let's start with the CPU and here I've actually gone with the $200 i54 4400f from Intel of course if Money Was No Object I'd just go for the fastest CPU at the moment which is the 7800x 3D at least as far as gaming is concerned but it is just too expensive for this budget instead I've gone for the much cheaper I5 which allows us to budget for a much faster GPU and this thing is still 10 cores can clock up to 5 GHz I really doubt we'll see any bottlenecking but I guess we're about to find out since this is a non overclockable CPU as well we don't really need to overspend on a z790 motherboard here I've gone with b760 instead specifically this ITX model from gigabyte which is surprisingly still pretty stacked we have six USB ports with one of them being type-c we have Wi-Fi 6 huge heat sinks with an integrated heat pipe all the way around and two m.2 slots with one of those being on the back 190 bucks for this thing is a pretty solid deal and it is the ddr5 version as well speaking of which ddr5 is getting much more affordable these days and you might as well go for it unless you're on a super constrained budget I've gone for this 32 GB 6400 MHz seal 34 kit from gkill which was only about 120 bucks to be honest anything much faster than this and you kind of start running into compatibility issues kits over 7,000 MHz for example this on the other hand should be super stable with just one click in the Bios now the 14400 F CPU only has a 65 watt TDP which means cooling should be pretty straightforward my first option here would have been the alpen phone Black Ridge which I've used over and over again but it just doesn't fit on this board or with this socket so instead I've gone with the is 47 XT from ID cooling I've never used this before but the reviews seem pretty positive seems very dense and high quality too so fingers crossed mounting is pretty conventional we have a back plate we've got some spaces make sure to use the LGA 1700 specific ones for this build then we've got some brackets some thermal paste and then just some more screws to lock it down plug that into the fan header on the top left and that is all ready to go for storage I've G with a single 1 TB m.2 nvme drive this one is the Samsung 980 which you can pick up for about $80 you can step up to the 980 Pro if you're doing like content creation and large media transfers and stuff like that it's an extra 20 bucks but for most people for most gaming builds this is totally fine you also have that second rear slot on the motherboard if you want to add more storage down the road now for the power supply I've gone with the SP 750 from lean Lee the main reason being that my first choice which is the Corsair sf750 Platinum it is discontinued here in Australia and I just cannot buy it this lean Le unit will handle our components just fine it comes with nice sleeved cables and it's pretty affordable but the fan curve on this unit I've just found to be a bit more sporadic than what I've found with Corsair so yeah if you can still get the Corsair sf750 in your region that would be my first pick but I will link both of them down below at this point you'll also want to install the power extension cable you have two screws at the back and then you just plug it right into the power supply this unit does require a bit of a stretch next up we have our Riser cable for the GPU which is a little bit tricky you'll want to remove the top two motherboard screws carefully feed the Riser through there and then lock it into the pcie slot then screw the motherboard back down and then screw the riser in at the bottom with two more screws and at this point we are ready for the main event which is of course the 4080 super there are a few different models here that will fit inside the T1 the founders Edition model included although you will need a custom power cable for that one to work the one that I've picked up is actually pretty compact at least by 4080 super standards it is the Zotac Trinity it's also one of the models that you'll frequently see around that ,000 MSRP or at least really close to it installation is pretty straightforward there's no special maneuvering required or anything like that just lock it into the Riser install the connecting bracket with three screws and then plug it into the included A8 pin adapter definitely double check to make sure that adapter is fully seated and latched onto the connector and then from there just a bit of cable management to tidy things up and for the very last component I'm adding two exhaust fans at the top to help with cooling which I definitely recommend for a compact build like this thought I'd go for some RGB as well this time around just to help spice things up a little bit these mobious 120 piece from coer Master seem really well reviewed and they don't need any special modules or hubs to get working just plug them right into the board I did need to press the power supply extension cable down quite a bit and use zip tires as well to get that second fan installed it is a pretty tight fit but it is totally possible but after that we are completely finished this is our super premium super Compact and also super fast mini [Music] PC so I've built in the T1 a handful of times now and I've got to say it doesn't get any less rewarding the result here is just an incredibly dense glowing monster on the side of your desk taking up no space at all at the same time delivering an insane amount of performance speaking of which we've got hell divers 2 here running at 1440p on this OLED monitor I'm running it on the high preset as well frame rates are pretty decent you know above 100 FPS and then in terms of temperatures 4080 super running around 70° flat and that 14400 f is running really nicely in the mid-70s pulling barely any power at all this was all at a room temperature as well at around 24° in firm Mark I was able to push that 4080 super above 300 WS which you're not going to see in many games out there but if they do as you can see this system will be totally fine there too pretty typical window setup as well I used fan control as usual usual to dial in some of the fan curves it's really basic stuff here which I'll leave a link down below totally free software which I recommend and then XMP for the memory was just one click to get that running at 6400 MHz with all the correct timings I'll also mention the CPU despite it saying it's a 65 W TDP it actually runs beyond that on this motherboard it actually runs completely unlocked which is kind of cool you get a little bit more performance in cinebench for example at full load I was seeing it at around 100 WTS with the temperatures actually being okay too on that tiny 47 mil cooler speaking of which I did actually rotate that CPU Cooler heat sink 90° just to work a little bit better with those top fans this way with those heat ining fins pointing towards that top fan and getting a little bit more air flow we should have more cooling potential compared to before where it was a bit blocked also these RGB coer master fans seem pretty decent as well I've set them to around 60% once the GPU Hits full load and yeah they're really not that loud at all they also use a daisy chained RGB connector which is pretty neat that means you only need one RGB header on your motherboard which is typically all we get with ITX but yeah that's pretty much it I mean for 2,000 bucks I personally would not build anything else

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Published: Sun Mar 10 2024