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u/msystems Jun 22 '22 edited Sep 05 '22
Hi guys. You are looking at a humongous Noctua DH-15 on a Deskmini x300... just because. The case is the Desknano prototype which is designed to support almost any cooler from 30mm to infinity by swapping to a different lid. I'm currently prototyping a few of the default lids. Supported so far: Wraith Stealth, L9a, L9a w/ 120mm swap, and "Hot rod" which is basically just a square cutout area above the socket, allowing for huge coolers.
Dev Log: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/desknano-a-1-2l-replacement-for-the-deskmini.17605/
My printables: https://www.printables.com/social/301085-msystems/collections/228727
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u/ukralibre Jun 22 '22
Yay, I ve got d14 cooler and a big fan of out of box cooling! Yours design looks awesome! Have an idea how to make pcie external gpu? Minisforum did it but in non elegant way
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u/msystems Jun 23 '22 edited Jun 23 '22
Yes, it will support eGpu but this is in development and may take a while. Some of the parts having to do with the power delivery aspect are not widely available yet (Gallium Nitride PSU).
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u/bigt0m Jun 22 '22
Would be sweet if you could have the fans turn at like 20RPM, like an old factory or something.
Nice build!
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u/msystems Jun 22 '22
I like this. I will try to see what happens at minimum RPM with a low noise adapter.
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u/Peppers1110 Jun 22 '22
This looks so monstrously cute! The little glow of the power button is like an eye!
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u/DisplayMessage Jun 22 '22
Here's what I did with my x300 (not mine in the link but got the same result).
5700G, runs like a charm, stays under 70 and silent :)
Going to have to get the old printer out now you're showing this stuff off :p
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u/crackerlegs Jun 22 '22
Excuse me, but Boeing would like their jet engine back please.
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u/petko00 Jun 22 '22
Although it’s very overkill… I love it. Idk if it’s the lighting but it looks really cool
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u/parttimekatze Jun 22 '22 edited Jun 22 '22
Looks killer. So if I understand correctly, it is the deskmini mobo, different/custom case, and an APU under a massive cooler, right? Did you change to a different PSU or sticking with the stock power brick? I can imagine some hefty overclocks could be sustained if kept under the power limit.
Edit: Ah I just realized that it's the cool 3dp custom case from the other day! PSU question remains.
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u/msystems Jun 22 '22 edited Jun 22 '22
Yes, exactly. Before this it was possible to exceed the stock 120w brick in unrealistic ways such as GPU benchmark + Cinebench multicore at the same time (while overclocking moderately). The difference is that with the DH-15, it has enough thermal headroom to destroy the brick in Cinebench alone by pushing all cores to 4.7ghz @ 1.38v. This puts package power at 100w though - not a healthy voltage to run. Using a different power source I've tested the VRM in the Deskmini up to 150 watts at the wall with combined GPU and CPU loads. So actually, you can push Ryzen APU to it's absolute limit in the x300 if you want. The only thing it doesn't have is above 1.35v vDimm and curve optimizer.
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Jun 22 '22
Did you figure out the 5TB 2.5” drives?
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u/intashu Jun 22 '22
You need to strap that sucker down, it's like 80% fan. You probably could nearly passive cool it with the DH-15... I like this look better though!
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u/SCP-173-X Jun 22 '22
Can someone name a sub named hotrod style or something? Like for mini pc's with huge coolers or other components
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u/Deckard_Didnt_Die Jun 22 '22
I wish you could drive these APU's harder then 65 watts to actually take advantage of all that cooling.
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