Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Building a Tiny PC – What To Know”.
Big pcs might look impressive, but there are plenty of arguments for building a tiny pc aside from being portable lightweight and taking up less space on your desk. Many people simply don’t have a use for all the expandability, a mid or full tower offers. So how do you go about building the tiniest pc that still gives you all the power you need? It all starts with having a small enough motherboard, the smallest commonly used motherboard form factor is called mini itx and, although they’re small, they typically pack a pair of ram slots and one full-size pci express slot, which is enough for a high-end gaming rig or a mid-tier. Editing rig, especially considering dual gpu setups, aren’t that common anymore, who does that sli come on? If you want to go even smaller than that, there is also a variant called thin mini itx that uses sodiums that lay flat. Those are the kind of ram modules you find in laptops. Keep in mind, though, that these thin mini itx boards are mostly meant for those ultra thin computers that look like big coasters. It can be hard to get models that support current gen cpus and some of them don’t even have pci express slots at all. So you might want to stick with plain mini itx unless you’re fine, with integrated graphics. Once you’ve got your mini itx board in your hot little hands, you can start picking out other components and the safest starting point is the case. Many itx cases come in a good number of sizes and, while the biggest ones support as many upgrades as larger form factors most are more space limited.
So you’ll have to think carefully about how much room you have for a cpu cooler, a graphics card and any additional storage drives, as well as what kind of power supply it supports, but wait aren’t all of power supplies atx. We’Ll tell you more about that right. After we thank nexigo for sponsoring, today’s show check out the nexigo n950p webcam.
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Get your webcam today, using the link below so turns out that atx isn’t the only kind of power supply out there as you can buy an sfx power supply, which is significantly smaller. Many of the smallest cases only support sfx power supplies, but it’s actually quite easy to find sfx models up to around 850 watts. So don’t worry too much about not having enough power, but do keep in mind that, like atx, there can be variation among sfx power supplies as to their exact size, so be sure not to get one. That’S too big for your specific case, that’s something! That’S more important, the smaller the case you get, or maybe you just won’t need one.
Some very tiny cases might have a built-in psu or even an external, laptop style power, brick more common in machines without dedicated graphics, though some small cases actually do power, discrete gpus. In this manner, who knew, of course, powerful pcs, even tiny ones, produce lots of heat, so we’d be remiss if we didn’t discuss cpu cooling. This is another area where you’re going to want to be careful. Those smaller cases, unsurprisingly, have limited clearance for cpu coolers and may not even have enough space for an all-in-one water cooler.
The good news, though, is that there are plenty of low profile coolers out there that offer better performance than stock coolers, and if you want water, low profile, closed-loop solutions do exist as far as cooling, your other components, which could be packed in rather tightly don’t overthink. It too much well-built modern itx cases should provide adequate enough airflow to avoid throttling your system unless you’re really pushing it or it’s alder lake. Just joking and with m.2 now a very common standard. You don’t even have to cram a two and a half inch ssd into your computer anymore, though most small cases will still let you do it without any problems.
Once you’ve made a decision on the storage front, add your favorite ram and you’re more or less done. Just don’t pair your new small pc with that giant, combo printer, you got on black friday kind of defeats the purpose. So thanks for watching guys, if you like this video hit like hit, subscribe and hit us up in the comments section for your suggestions for topics that we should cover in the future. .