I was going to buy the case this month, but of course they increased the price of it to just be over my budget. XD
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I’ve not seen than before on PCPP, but it means your CPU cooler can only handle 100w of heat output from the CPU, whereas the CPU can max out at 120w.
Potential thermal throttling?
The long and short: pick a new CPU cooler.
Thinking about switching to this case instead, also really nice but the one thing Im worried about is noise levels, since its textile, so nothing really do dampen sounds and its going to sit on the desk right next to the monitor.
Also wonder how dusty it's going to become. Also are my cats going to use it as a scratch post.XD
Also wonder how dusty it's going to become. Also are my cats going to use it as a scratch post.XD
My IPS monitor has a response time setting. If I set it to Fastest, there's tons of black smearing when you rotate the camera. Makes me think, oh, this is what having a VA panel must be like. (I've never had one but I've heard about black smearing)
It's interesting because all the black outlines left behind makes it seem as if I can track targets better while whipping the camera around. Might just be placebo. The outlines stand out starkly against the smeared colors in motion.
It's like the lamest possible version of Terminator's red-highlight targetting on his built-in HUD.
It's interesting because all the black outlines left behind makes it seem as if I can track targets better while whipping the camera around. Might just be placebo. The outlines stand out starkly against the smeared colors in motion.
It's like the lamest possible version of Terminator's red-highlight targetting on his built-in HUD.
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (€461.68 @ Amazon France)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9A-AM5 CHROMAX.BLACK 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler (€59.90 @ Amazon France)
Motherboard: ASRock B850I Lightning WiFi Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard (€195.54 @ Amazon France)
Memory: Crucial Pro 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 Memory (€198.99 @ Amazon France)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€130.38 @ Cdiscount)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€269.98 @ Alternate)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card (€731.98 @ Alternate)
Case: Fractal Design Terra Mini ITX Desktop Case (€199.98 @ Cdiscount)
Power Supply: Corsair SF850 (2024) 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply (€194.36 @ Amazon France)
Total: €2442.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Think this is what Im going for, any ideas? I already have the case, CPU fan and power. For the GPU, by the time Ive managed to save up for it there might be the next generation of it. I know the next CPU is around the corner but I think Im still going to aim for that one. Hopefully it will go down in price by the time I will buy it.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (€461.68 @ Amazon France)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9A-AM5 CHROMAX.BLACK 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler (€59.90 @ Amazon France)
Motherboard: ASRock B850I Lightning WiFi Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard (€195.54 @ Amazon France)
Memory: Crucial Pro 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 Memory (€198.99 @ Amazon France)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€130.38 @ Cdiscount)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€269.98 @ Alternate)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card (€731.98 @ Alternate)
Case: Fractal Design Terra Mini ITX Desktop Case (€199.98 @ Cdiscount)
Power Supply: Corsair SF850 (2024) 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply (€194.36 @ Amazon France)
Total: €2442.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-22 10:01 CEST+0200
Think this is what Im going for, any ideas? I already have the case, CPU fan and power. For the GPU, by the time Ive managed to save up for it there might be the next generation of it. I know the next CPU is around the corner but I think Im still going to aim for that one. Hopefully it will go down in price by the time I will buy it.
seems pretty good. If this is your first build with a mini ITX, then be prepared for the installation taking a bit longer than with a big tower, since with those, space is never an issue and you have plenty of room to route cables through. With a smaller case, that all becomes more tricky.