I Built the Ultimate 2.5 Liter SFF Workstation PC
Jeff Friesen
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I'm Jeff, a design engineer with a background in robotics. In my work and free time I am always building or creating something and on this channel I will endeavor to show some of the more interesting projects I get involved in. I work with everything from PCB design, robotics, programming, a plethora of personal electric vehicles, woodworking, welding, 3D printing, PC building and many more random things. I have a tendency to deep-dive when I get invested in something and I think that is always fun to watch. I hope you enjoy the journey with me!
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In this video I explain the design and build of a custom machined mini ITX workstation that I built for myself. The main goal was for a premium Solidworks experience but the computer is naturally quite competent at many other computing tasks as well. CPU: AMD 9900X https://amzn.to/3ZrT7MG GPU: Nvidia RTX 4000 SFF https://amzn.to/3SQjhVx Motherboard: MSI B650I Edge Wifi https://amzn.to/3FKL9rh RAM: G.SKILL Flare DDR5 RAM 64GB https://amzn.to/4kM6wI4 SSD: Samsung 990 PRO 2 TB M.2 https://amzn.to/3ZtAVCg Cooler: Dynatron 272205 AM5 Cooler https://amzn.to/43ExiMg PSU: HDPlex 250W PSU https://hdplex.com/hdplex-fanless-250w-gan-aio-atx-psu.html Housing: Custom Machined Aluminum Housing Blower Fans: BAPB0420B2UP001 GPU Fan https://amzn.to/45VDCQX Backpack: https://amzn.to/43TTqB1 (^affiliate links^) Music by my friend Gabe: https://gabes.bandcamp.com/ 0:00 Introduction and Motivation 2:24 Part Selection 3:51 CAD Summary 5:00 Prototyping the Housing 5:49 Build Summary 7:22 Machined Housing Arrives! 7:39 Install Into Case 10:11 Debugging Bios/GPU Issues 11:18 Benchmark Overview 12:38 Size, Weight, and Thermals Comaprison 13:53 Cinebench Comparisons 15:27 Solidworks Build Time Comparison 16:02 Weighted Benchmark Comaprisons 16:53 Cost Breakdown 17:08 Closing Remarks and Thanks Overall Dimensions: 290.4 mm L x 184.75 mm W x 46.1 mm H
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