You need to rotate the heatsink 90 degrees. This is worst design especially the motherboard.

Cheers,

pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-04-14, 22:20:

You need to rotate the heatsink 90 degrees.

On closer inspection I agree.

Still, can't help but love this neat little build. I'd be interested to hear about temps once it's up and running.

Oh, one more thing, what is the chassis case called or something we can find one?

Cheers,

pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-04-14, 22:20:

You need to rotate the heatsink 90 degrees. This is worst design especially the motherboard.

Cheers,

Thanks for your comment. You are totally right. Will change that.

Pierre32 wrote on 2023-04-14, 22:39:

pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-04-14, 22:20:

You need to rotate the heatsink 90 degrees.

On closer inspection I agree.

Still, can't help but love this neat little build. I'd be interested to hear about temps once it's up and running.

Thank you, i will post the temps later.

pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-04-14, 23:13:

Oh, one more thing, what is the chassis case called or something we can find one?

Cheers,

It‘s called „Metalfish S3“. Got mine from Ebay. Looks like it is hard to find.

Garehard wrote on 2023-04-14, 10:31:

I would like to present my current project: It goes by the name "Nanobox" and is a Haswell-based mini-ITX computer in a stylish, […]
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I would like to present my current project:
It goes by the name "Nanobox" and is a Haswell-based mini-ITX computer in a stylish, minimalist aluminum housing.

The aim is to have a small, quiet and energy-efficient Windows XP computer for more demanding games and to run Linux as a second OS.
The little one will then stand on the desk next to my monitor and joins my main computer as a retro station using the same screen, keyboard/mouse + sound.

The PC is currently under construction, as I am still waiting for the power supply.

But I thought I'd upload a few photos/impressions in advance.

Here are the specs:

• Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS

• CPU: Intel Core i3-4370 Dual-Core 2x 3.8 GHz

• RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz

• GPU: Nvidia GeForce 750 Ti

• SOUND: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro (Extern-USB)

• Seasonic SSP-300SUB 300 Watt Flex ATX Power Supply

Is that an Apple TAM in the background? 😀

Garehard wrote on 2023-04-15, 10:39:

Thanks for your comment. You are totally right. Will change that. […]
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pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-04-14, 22:20:

You need to rotate the heatsink 90 degrees. This is worst design especially the motherboard.

Cheers,

Thanks for your comment. You are totally right. Will change that.

Pierre32 wrote on 2023-04-14, 22:39:

pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-04-14, 22:20:

You need to rotate the heatsink 90 degrees.

On closer inspection I agree.

Still, can't help but love this neat little build. I'd be interested to hear about temps once it's up and running.

Thank you, i will post the temps later.

pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-04-14, 23:13:

Oh, one more thing, what is the chassis case called or something we can find one?

Cheers,

It‘s called „Metalfish S3“. Got mine from Ebay. Looks like it is hard to find.

The Metalfish G4 and G5 are very nice too, not as tiny as yours but Mini ITX and ITX respectively. Actually looking at the G5 for a DTX build.

Metalfish not as common on ebay.

Even plainer search words including aluminum chassis results in expensive results and poorer selections.

Cheers,

https://metalfish.aliexpress.com/store/579018 … .261b59cenWhmzB

spiroyster wrote on 2023-04-15, 14:34:

Garehard wrote on 2023-04-14, 10:31:

I would like to present my current project: It goes by the name "Nanobox" and is a Haswell-based mini-ITX computer in a stylish, […]
Show full quote

I would like to present my current project:
It goes by the name "Nanobox" and is a Haswell-based mini-ITX computer in a stylish, minimalist aluminum housing.

The aim is to have a small, quiet and energy-efficient Windows XP computer for more demanding games and to run Linux as a second OS.
The little one will then stand on the desk next to my monitor and joins my main computer as a retro station using the same screen, keyboard/mouse + sound.

The PC is currently under construction, as I am still waiting for the power supply.

But I thought I'd upload a few photos/impressions in advance.

Here are the specs:

• Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS

• CPU: Intel Core i3-4370 Dual-Core 2x 3.8 GHz

• RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz

• GPU: Nvidia GeForce 750 Ti

• SOUND: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro (Extern-USB)

• Seasonic SSP-300SUB 300 Watt Flex ATX Power Supply

Is that an Apple TAM in the background? 😀

Yes, that‘s Right. Good eyes 😀
It is a good jubebox for old Audio cds 😉

Okay, I reconsidered the whole plan.

With the i3-4370 + Geforce 750ti, the temperatures leveled off at 70-80°C when gaming with a relatively loud fan.

I still had a Skylake ITX motherboard lying around with an i7-6700 and then I had the idea of ​​building a Windows 10 32-bit system. In addition, I swapped the 750ti for an AMD R7 260X because my monitor can do Freesync instead of G-Sync and the graphics card supports it.

I deactivated the turbo function and hyperthreading for the CPU in the BIOS. I must say that even with "stronger" games from the "2012" period. The system remains very quiet.
I also swapped out the power supply fan for a quieter Noctua.
Temperatures now average around 50-70°C depending on the game and quieter fan speed.

All in all, I'm very happy with the system, even though I'm no longer using the original XP. However, I can now go online and use regular browsers and other software without fear.

So far I was able to test all older games (2003-2013) without further problems under Windows 10 32-bit.

Another idea is to use Linux as a second operating system, I thought of Pop OS to see a comparison of how old Windows games run on a current Linux distro with WINE etc.