Hi Carbies.
So its been a few years since my previous ITX build way back in 2012. Linky. I have since moved to a more standard ATX build but haven't liked it at all. 28 May 2017 CUD got the best of me and I backed Daniel Hansen Kickstarter for his Dan Cases A4-SFX v2 after missing the first iteration. Been following his development of the case for some time before and just really like the Lian-Li build style and quality. So I had to have one. Cough its not cheap!
Received my A4-SFX v2 case March 2018 after some parts and manufacturing delays. (recent pics)
Also placed an order for a Thermolab LP53 Slim & Quiet Heatsink and Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM fan to go with it. Was looking for a Asetek 545LC AIO to go with my build but finding one was harder than I though so had to settle for the LP53. Then it all just went into collecting dust on my shelf .
End of 2018 CUD started showing its ugly head and I started looking for parts to complete the build. The Asus ROG Z370i was purchased and a while later the Corsair SF600. Recently, since its that time of the year and I've had a ton of overtime put in, I managed to get the last few parts for the build, Intel i7-8700k, Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3466MHz and a 1TB M.2 NVMe Samsung PM981 for storage. The parts that I do have and will be transferred over to the new build are the EVGA GTX1070 SC2 and Samsung 512GB M.2 Pro SSD.
For the record, most of the parts have been bought off Carbonite that includes CPU, Motherboard, both SSD's, GFX and PSU. Thanks to all who made the deals. Will tag names if that's okay?
The build will start once I received all the parts, outstanding is the CPU and RAM arriving this coming week. Will try and do build in progress updates and challenges, because there will be .
Notes:
The LP53 is not a permanent solution. Found out recently that the Asetek 545LC AIO was replaced with the Asetek 645LT AIO and have signed up for when it becomes available and if possible if it will get shipped to SA . So for now LP53 and undervolted 8700k will have to make friends. Also, only from the A4-SFX v3 are 120mm rads supported by design and not the v2.
The EVGA GTX1070 SC2 is not an ideal card for this case, rear blower is preferred to get rid of the heat in this tiny case. So I'm still deciding what to do here. Will see what kind of temps I get with the current build and go from there. Also looking for a replacement 1080ti Mini maybe.
Water cooling the entire thing was an option and I did look into it, but the size and parts available for reliable builds was just to hard to find and I would rather settle for simple and clean maintenance.
Ohh and cabling, yes I will do custom cables. Still deciding how to go about this and still need to measure what I need. These should just be plug and play as i will only need 24xPin, 8xCPU and 8xGPU power cables.
So there you go. Hope this turns out good and will be a little challenge to build in. 😁
So its been a few years since my previous ITX build way back in 2012. Linky. I have since moved to a more standard ATX build but haven't liked it at all. 28 May 2017 CUD got the best of me and I backed Daniel Hansen Kickstarter for his Dan Cases A4-SFX v2 after missing the first iteration. Been following his development of the case for some time before and just really like the Lian-Li build style and quality. So I had to have one. Cough its not cheap!
Received my A4-SFX v2 case March 2018 after some parts and manufacturing delays. (recent pics)
Also placed an order for a Thermolab LP53 Slim & Quiet Heatsink and Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM fan to go with it. Was looking for a Asetek 545LC AIO to go with my build but finding one was harder than I though so had to settle for the LP53. Then it all just went into collecting dust on my shelf .
End of 2018 CUD started showing its ugly head and I started looking for parts to complete the build. The Asus ROG Z370i was purchased and a while later the Corsair SF600. Recently, since its that time of the year and I've had a ton of overtime put in, I managed to get the last few parts for the build, Intel i7-8700k, Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3466MHz and a 1TB M.2 NVMe Samsung PM981 for storage. The parts that I do have and will be transferred over to the new build are the EVGA GTX1070 SC2 and Samsung 512GB M.2 Pro SSD.
For the record, most of the parts have been bought off Carbonite that includes CPU, Motherboard, both SSD's, GFX and PSU. Thanks to all who made the deals. Will tag names if that's okay?
The build will start once I received all the parts, outstanding is the CPU and RAM arriving this coming week. Will try and do build in progress updates and challenges, because there will be .
Notes:
The LP53 is not a permanent solution. Found out recently that the Asetek 545LC AIO was replaced with the Asetek 645LT AIO and have signed up for when it becomes available and if possible if it will get shipped to SA . So for now LP53 and undervolted 8700k will have to make friends. Also, only from the A4-SFX v3 are 120mm rads supported by design and not the v2.
The EVGA GTX1070 SC2 is not an ideal card for this case, rear blower is preferred to get rid of the heat in this tiny case. So I'm still deciding what to do here. Will see what kind of temps I get with the current build and go from there. Also looking for a replacement 1080ti Mini maybe.
Water cooling the entire thing was an option and I did look into it, but the size and parts available for reliable builds was just to hard to find and I would rather settle for simple and clean maintenance.
Ohh and cabling, yes I will do custom cables. Still deciding how to go about this and still need to measure what I need. These should just be plug and play as i will only need 24xPin, 8xCPU and 8xGPU power cables.
So there you go. Hope this turns out good and will be a little challenge to build in. 😁
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