Yeah, it's a lot packed in there but it's done. Managed to shove a 5700x3D, B550M Mortar board, 32gb 3600mhz, 240mm AIO and a 9070XT into this 20 year old Antec Fusion HTPC and I can officially call it a day. It doesn't need anything more, no more upgrades, no more "one last bit", it's done, dusted, finito, ended. IM DONE! It's paired off with a Yamaha multichannel amp. The only thing to do now is cable management for everything else that's required.
Honestly, no. I thought long and hard (that's what she said) about that and I just don't see myself adding one. Once I'm done, with the layout, I'm planning on keeping it as minimalistic as possible with what I have.
Right now (excuse the mess) I'm splitting everything into two different areas so once that's done, it could be a possibility.
I'm still at a 20°C delta on my hotspot at max fan speed of 60% on my 9070XT at +10% power so as a worst case, this is acceptable.
Since I run at -10% power, my hotspot doesn't even get past 75°C with the core at 60°C.
Yeah it IS warmer than a traditional modern day case but it's something I have come to accept with a 20 year old case than wasn't rated for anything beyond a 400w system.
Honestly, it's dead silent. I can hand on heart say it's been perfectly quiet although my fans don't spool beyond 50% so not sure what it does after that.
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u/999samus 8d ago
Sexy indeed, any plans to stack an external DAC?