1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:07,620 for years now you've been able to buy compact ITX motherboards with support 2 00:00:04,860 --> 00:00:13,740 for all the latest features 16 core processors 64 gigabytes of memory even 3 00:00:11,460 --> 00:00:19,980 things like high quality onboard audio and high-speed on-board networking but 4 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:26,279 one thing that has always been the bane of mini itx's existence has been the 5 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:33,239 lack of expandability that's right my friends that's it a single PCI Express 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:35,640 16x slot at best means that if you want 7 00:00:33,239 --> 00:00:41,940 to run dedicated graphics you will not be throwing in any network cards 8 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:44,160 high-speed PCI Express ssds or storage 9 00:00:41,940 --> 00:00:49,559 controllers at least that used to be true in today's build we are going to be 10 00:00:46,620 --> 00:00:56,160 splitting this single PCI Express 16x slot into dual 8X slots for two 11 00:00:52,559 --> 00:00:58,800 expansion cards on a Mini ITX build and 12 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:05,280 we're going to be doing it on a budget this thing's not even expensive 13 00:01:01,020 --> 00:01:07,140 and it's brought to you by see Sonic see 14 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:12,540 Sonic makes high performance high quality power supplies in all kinds of 15 00:01:09,119 --> 00:01:15,659 form factors like their focus gold sgx 16 00:01:12,540 --> 00:01:17,460 650 650 watt power supply we're going to 17 00:01:15,659 --> 00:01:21,420 be using for this build today it's got a 10 year warranty and 80 plus gold 18 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:24,439 efficiency you can check it out at the link below 19 00:01:31,460 --> 00:01:36,600 we're going to blow through the rationale for a lot of our Hardware 20 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:42,720 choices today because I think they're pretty self-explanatory we went for a 21 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:44,340 ryzen 9 3900 XT it's a 12 core processor 22 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:48,119 that offers not just great multi-threaded performance but also 23 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:53,880 great single threaded performance for gaming we've gone with 32 gigs of 24 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:57,960 g-skill trident Z memory we're not going RGB today because this isn't going to be 25 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:02,460 as much of a flashy build it's going to be more of like a versatile high 26 00:02:00,299 --> 00:02:07,799 performance rig and then for storage we've actually gone with a sabrin four 27 00:02:05,340 --> 00:02:13,980 terabyte m.2 this is only PCI Express gen 3 even though technically we could 28 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:17,040 use Gen 4 but I was more into capacity 29 00:02:13,980 --> 00:02:20,700 for the game library today than you know 30 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:22,739 the absolute fastest benchmark scores so 31 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:27,239 we're going to go ahead and pop this little heat shield off here get our 32 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:31,860 Drive inserted good take our thermal pad peel off then the whole thing goes back 33 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:35,879 in with the screws we use to take it off it is truly remarkable how much they can 34 00:02:34,140 --> 00:02:39,480 pack onto these mini boards these days we've got not one but two RGB headers 35 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:45,360 supporting different standards so 12 volt and addressable we've got four SATA 36 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:47,700 ports we've got both the older style USB 37 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:52,860 3.0 front panel header as well as the newer type c one we've got USB 2 38 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:58,140 actually a couple usb2s front panel audio of course that PCI Express Gen 4 39 00:02:55,860 --> 00:03:02,580 m.2 slot and check this out there's another gen 3 m.2 slot hiding on the 40 00:03:00,959 --> 00:03:05,940 back one of the coolest things about this board is that we don't even have to 41 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:09,360 worry about putting high speed networking on unless we want to go 10 42 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:14,280 gig because it's actually got two and a half gig networking on board along with 43 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:16,200 a bunch of USB 3 Onboard video as well 44 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:20,700 as oh that's a pretty limited onboard audio selection but frankly most people 45 00:03:18,599 --> 00:03:25,019 these days are probably using their HDMI audio out or in the case of what I would 46 00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:30,420 use this for a head mounted display so I'm not going to take too many points 47 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:33,300 off for that it's also got ax so Wi-Fi 6 48 00:03:30,420 --> 00:03:36,360 onboard wireless network look at it 49 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:40,319 not enough to just have a motherboard that's capable of splitting or 50 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:45,540 bifurcating the PCI Express slot though you need to also have a case that's 51 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:50,840 built with that functionality in mind or there's not going to be anywhere to put 52 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:55,799 the card so this right here is the SM 53 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:58,319 580 from sliger these guys are a very 54 00:03:55,799 --> 00:04:04,260 Niche case manufacturer that I actually used recently for a personal rig update 55 00:04:00,959 --> 00:04:06,360 for my VR setup because they've got kind 56 00:04:04,260 --> 00:04:12,720 of a unique approach to small form factor and modularity that I really like 57 00:04:09,780 --> 00:04:17,519 so check this out this case is designed to be used a number of different ways 58 00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:22,440 you can either install a triple slot graphics card on your you know standard 59 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:29,240 ITX motherboard using these three PCI slots at the back or as we're obviously 60 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:32,880 going to be doing you can there we go 61 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:34,860 install a dual slot and a single slot 62 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:39,479 using this special Riser cable that's available as an option when you purchase 63 00:04:36,900 --> 00:04:43,560 it now it does cost extras These are nice high quality shielded cables and 64 00:04:41,699 --> 00:04:48,720 this is generally considered to be more of a server feature than a consumer 65 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:52,740 feature but I think in the grand scheme of things to be able to achieve this 66 00:04:50,940 --> 00:04:58,500 kind of size with dual expansion slots 67 00:04:56,220 --> 00:05:02,880 pretty compelling maybe the reason it impresses me so much even though it is 68 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:07,320 like an 80 Adder is that I know the alternative is way more expensive 69 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:10,979 because if the functionality is built into your motherboard all you need is 70 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:18,840 this relatively simple cable you see there's no actual chips on this PCB it's 71 00:05:14,580 --> 00:05:21,360 just the 16 Lanes wired up to two 8X 72 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:25,380 slots by contrast if the motherboard didn't support bifurcation we'd be in a 73 00:05:23,940 --> 00:05:30,960 situation where you have to put some kind of switch chip like a plx chip that 74 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:34,979 would yes allow each card to use all of the bandwidth individually if the other 75 00:05:32,639 --> 00:05:39,960 one wasn't doing anything but also would add a ton of cost not to mention more 76 00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:43,199 complexity before we proceed with the build let's go ahead and install some of 77 00:05:41,580 --> 00:05:47,340 our optional accessories like this carrying handle it's actually secured 78 00:05:45,419 --> 00:05:50,639 with this bracing on the inside seems like it should hold up reasonably well 79 00:05:48,900 --> 00:05:55,320 and for installation of the pass-through power cable I'm going to use this blank 80 00:05:52,919 --> 00:05:58,740 plate here because while you can use one that just kind of passes through the 81 00:05:56,759 --> 00:06:02,580 cable and leaves this dangling outside the case if you have a tall graphics 82 00:06:00,539 --> 00:06:08,639 card I don't I'm going to be using a Founders Edition RTX 2080 super and it 83 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:10,560 should fit just fine even with ah see 84 00:06:08,639 --> 00:06:14,660 this this potential clearance issue here oh shoot I can't have the handle in when 85 00:06:12,660 --> 00:06:19,199 I want to take out the radiator bracket hey there it is so it's just the two 86 00:06:17,639 --> 00:06:24,120 screws on this side the corresponding two on the other side and make sure you don't have your handle installed now the 87 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:27,900 orientation of this is apparently important you want the bumps here facing 88 00:06:26,580 --> 00:06:34,440 toward the front of the case so I got to make sure I remember that I also need to give a little bit of thought 89 00:06:31,139 --> 00:06:37,139 to how I want to orient my AIO that's 90 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:43,259 right my friends you can put a massive dual 140 millimeter AIO in this thing 91 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:48,240 wait is this even gonna fit no no there's your problem you got to 92 00:06:46,020 --> 00:06:54,180 take the top of this puppy completely off in order to get the radiator in 93 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:56,280 lower the whole thing in as an assembly 94 00:06:54,180 --> 00:07:00,060 cases like this it sort of raises the question for me why even bother shipping 95 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:06,539 it assembled let's have a look here how are we 96 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:09,000 supposed to get that block to that CPU 97 00:07:06,539 --> 00:07:12,539 I don't know if this h159 is going to fit we might have to go with something 98 00:07:10,139 --> 00:07:20,039 with thinner tubes I think we're good now I pulled this h115i Pro RGB out of 99 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:23,819 the stock room and I think this should 100 00:07:20,039 --> 00:07:26,160 fit fine yep let's go ahead and pop this 101 00:07:23,819 --> 00:07:29,880 power supply bracket yeah we're going deeper and deeper and deeper at every 102 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:35,099 stage here okay maybe 103 00:07:32,220 --> 00:07:38,220 through here no it's not gonna go like that I might have to go like that and be 104 00:07:36,599 --> 00:07:42,060 upside down shoot I was hoping to have the fans on the top for easier dust 105 00:07:40,139 --> 00:07:47,160 removal from the radiator fins but it looks like I'm gonna have to go the other way around because it doesn't 106 00:07:44,819 --> 00:07:51,539 go in deep enough here from the mounts for the side panels 107 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:57,419 the fans loaded in here this is an unbelievable amount of airflow in this 108 00:07:54,840 --> 00:08:02,039 case like check this out dual 140 millimeters that take up the entire 109 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:06,539 bottom of the chassis then that's going to run across our motherboard across our 110 00:08:04,259 --> 00:08:09,479 graphics card and we've got dual 140s that are going to pull it out the top 111 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:13,380 I'm I'm jazzed let's get this motherboard installed here it is this is 112 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:17,699 like the big moment I just have to like not break it while it's a really tight 113 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:21,720 fit now it's coming together now that I'm done taking it apart the whole time 114 00:08:19,620 --> 00:08:26,039 ah power supply oh yeah right sponsor the video can't 115 00:08:24,599 --> 00:08:30,660 forget that yeah we're done the computer no way to turn it on 116 00:08:28,860 --> 00:08:36,599 in terms of orientation we're going to put our sgx 650 in with the fan up so 117 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:41,159 this is an sfxl power supply which means you get that nice 120 millimeter fan 118 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:46,860 instead of the little tiny 92 mil and we're gonna pop it right there just do a 119 00:08:43,620 --> 00:08:48,720 quick little test fit oh yeah an action 120 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:52,320 oh that looks great so we're gonna have just enough clearance between this fan 121 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:56,399 and our power supply for our modular cables there I'm a little worried about 122 00:08:54,240 --> 00:09:00,600 this power run going right next to the PCI Express cable so I'm gonna I don't 123 00:08:59,399 --> 00:09:05,880 know I might just leave it hanging over here this is one thing they did not 124 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:10,680 really account for once I plug this 24 pin connector into my motherboard 125 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:16,140 unless I've got a real real short cable kit I don't know where I'm putting this 126 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:17,700 I think I got it so I tucked it if you 127 00:09:16,140 --> 00:09:22,620 know what I mean give it the old tuck just wrapped it right here and it looks 128 00:09:20,339 --> 00:09:26,040 like both my fans spin so I'm just going to run this up to the graphics card and 129 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:29,399 we're in pretty good shape here it actually doesn't even look that bad so 130 00:09:27,839 --> 00:09:35,399 David what do you want to see in here we've got a secondary slot that we could 131 00:09:31,380 --> 00:09:37,140 use for maybe uh dual input capture card 132 00:09:35,399 --> 00:09:42,060 RAID controller high-speed SSD I mean we already got a 133 00:09:39,060 --> 00:09:43,500 high speed SSDI pretty cool we're doing 134 00:09:42,060 --> 00:09:47,640 the capture card aren't we let's do the capture card all right cool for those of 135 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:51,120 you who don't know why you would want a dual input capture card this thing is 136 00:09:49,620 --> 00:09:57,120 pretty cool it's called the live gamer Duo it's got 4K pass-through or 240 137 00:09:55,200 --> 00:10:01,380 hertz 1080p pass through so you can actually game at a higher resolution or 138 00:09:59,940 --> 00:10:05,820 higher frame rate than what you're broadcasting but what it allows you to 139 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:10,140 do is have one with pass-through for your display so that's what you'd use 140 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:14,040 for an external device like an Xbox or Playstation or whatever the case may be 141 00:10:11,940 --> 00:10:19,080 another PC and then you've got a second one that's just an input no pass-through 142 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:23,940 for your uh camera so you would have instead of like a webcam you'd have like 143 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:27,779 a mirrorless or a DSLR or something like that plugged into your capture card so 144 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:33,899 you can do the whole thing with just one card let's go ahead and throw our RTX 145 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:36,480 2080 super up in this Biz oh yeah 146 00:10:33,899 --> 00:10:40,920 remember when this used to be sexy you know these are still going on eBay for 147 00:10:38,279 --> 00:10:46,560 like 600 bucks I mean you can't buy a 3000 Series so if you like actually need 148 00:10:43,260 --> 00:10:48,480 to play video games today I guess I can 149 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:52,500 see why you might buy one of these but uh just wait a little bit just wait a 150 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:58,380 little bit yeah don't enable the scalpers let their inventory rot so 151 00:10:55,019 --> 00:11:00,420 check this out because at least in this 152 00:10:58,380 --> 00:11:04,380 configuration with the bifurcated slot the graphics card is not right up 153 00:11:02,220 --> 00:11:07,320 against another board tray you might actually be able to get away with a 154 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:10,800 Founder's Edition card and you could certainly do like a double or or triple 155 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:14,820 card here there's enough airflow coming over this I think it would be okay 156 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:18,300 it's freaking sick now I feel bad having a 2080 super in here should I change it 157 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:23,720 out should I put a 3080 in here yeah yeah found one this is like actually a 158 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:30,180 blast getting all of this to go together in goes the 12 pin connector let's just 159 00:11:27,180 --> 00:11:33,540 throw a little cable tie tie across here 160 00:11:30,180 --> 00:11:36,680 keep this out of our fan blades and now 161 00:11:33,540 --> 00:11:36,680 final piece 162 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:45,660 holy crap why is this not fitting in here I love small form factor cases I 163 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:49,230 hate getting stuff to fit in them I can't even move it back far enough to 164 00:11:47,220 --> 00:11:51,000 not interfere 165 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,660 I have an idea 166 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:04,860 oh it's in 167 00:12:02,279 --> 00:12:10,200 well it doesn't actually affect anything like it's not it's not even it doesn't 168 00:12:08,279 --> 00:12:15,860 do anything it's just and it's not even aesthetic you can't even see it 169 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,860 here we go boys 170 00:12:15,899 --> 00:12:23,240 um oh I see it I see it 171 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:26,880 oh my gosh is it in 172 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:28,980 this dance that's right that's how 173 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:33,180 confident I am I'm using a thermal pad it's like a good one though 174 00:12:31,260 --> 00:12:37,920 this is really not my finest cable management work but 175 00:12:35,579 --> 00:12:40,459 there's nothing in any of the fans shoot 176 00:12:41,100 --> 00:12:47,639 these won't close I need to hammer the radiator some more I don't even think I 177 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:52,740 can get the front panel all the way on with how the radiator is right behind 178 00:12:49,380 --> 00:12:55,440 the uh the plate behind it I mean David 179 00:12:52,740 --> 00:12:59,579 can we just say it's like PS5 inspired now yeah I mean off camera I would 180 00:12:58,019 --> 00:13:03,779 definitely feel like I have to fix this but like can we test it yeah okay so 181 00:13:02,579 --> 00:13:07,980 you'll have to use you'll have to use an AIO that doesn't 182 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:15,060 have like a really really Square profile but let's let's give it a shot come on 183 00:13:11,639 --> 00:13:18,240 3900 XT 32 gigs RAM detected everything 184 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:22,040 detected very nice what do you think XMP 185 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:24,540 just gonna work for me ddr4 3200 cl14 186 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:28,800 shoot I kind of wish I had a 4k monitor this is 1440p we're gonna run the game 187 00:13:26,700 --> 00:13:34,380 at Ultra nightmare but like I'm not expecting 3080 to even break a sweat I'm 188 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:36,420 starting my min max average values timer 189 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:40,440 let's jump in game here I want to see what my Max temps look like on CPU and 190 00:13:39,180 --> 00:13:47,399 GPU should I go get a 4k monitor 191 00:13:43,100 --> 00:13:51,240 I I might have to this is running at 220 192 00:13:47,399 --> 00:13:53,399 FPS it's do maternal holy crap you know 193 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:56,660 what I just noticed David what's that I noticed something I didn't notice 194 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:09,540 it's not even loud GPU maximum 75 CPU maximum 73. 195 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:19,560 all we can do now is try and push it harder let's step the game up to 4K actually 196 00:14:17,279 --> 00:14:25,339 this is a really great visualization of how many more pixels 4K is compared to 197 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:34,519 1440p oh I wanted to land on him that sucked 198 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:38,820 this is amazing we are gaming at 4K 199 00:14:34,519 --> 00:14:40,560 120 FPS Rock Solid here all right I mean 200 00:14:38,820 --> 00:14:44,459 if this doesn't drive up our temps then I don't know what's going to do it let's 201 00:14:41,940 --> 00:14:51,660 all Tab out and have a look here CPU Max 77 so we did hit it a bit harder there 202 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:51,660 and GPU 75. 203 00:14:53,699 --> 00:15:00,240 where we're maxing out our turbo and the GPU fans are running at 1800 RPM it's 204 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:05,760 still quiet oh wow it's heavy I was like and look 205 00:15:02,519 --> 00:15:07,560 how portable with this great handle 206 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:12,139 it's a lot of Hardware in there look at that it's all fan only fans 207 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:20,459 it's great I was expecting to have clearance problems with the GPU pulling 208 00:15:19,019 --> 00:15:26,279 air through the side panel and then not really having anywhere to put it but these bottom fans make it like I can 209 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:30,600 really feel the heat moving away like here's hot 210 00:15:27,839 --> 00:15:36,380 here's not and fortunately the radiator is still getting access to a decent 211 00:15:32,519 --> 00:15:39,680 amount of not like superheated air from 212 00:15:36,380 --> 00:15:39,680 the other side 213 00:15:40,079 --> 00:15:45,839 let's have power supply fans definitely working still quiet though so not only 214 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:50,459 does this mini ITX case have better cooling than most of the other cases 215 00:15:48,060 --> 00:15:54,720 I've seen in this size class it manages to have an expansion card in it I mean I 216 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:58,680 think this thing's a big win but I'll let you guys be the judge of that just 217 00:15:56,699 --> 00:16:03,540 like I'll let you guys be the judge of my Segways to our sponsors see Sonic is 218 00:16:01,980 --> 00:16:06,899 the Beating Heart of our system and you guys can check them out at the link in 219 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:11,339 the video description no matter what your PC building project is whether it's 220 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:17,100 a small form factor machine like this one or a gigantic RTX 3090 equipped 221 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:21,779 monster see Sonic has got the product for you they've got units going up to 80 222 00:16:19,139 --> 00:16:25,560 plus titanium efficiency and warranties that are so long your power supply is 223 00:16:24,180 --> 00:16:30,060 probably going to live longer than your dog so check them out again at the link 224 00:16:28,320 --> 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