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Hello!
I'm thinking of building a new "Mac Mini" because my ASRock board on my current build has died after a bit over 6 years (keeps reseting as soon as there is load on the cpu, cpu and psu are fine) However, I'm not to sure about some parts. This is what I would like to buy and my reasoning behind the parts:
CPU: Intel i7-8700 --> I don't want to overclock and I think the CPU is powerful enough with 3,20 GHz considering I'm currently on a Mac Mini Late 2012 and a i7-3770. So it would be a nice upgrade and I would get two cores more.
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370M DS3H --> Yes I know that it's a Z Board but it only costs 2 € (yes, 2 €) more compared to the H370M.
RAM: Trident Z 16GB, 3200, CL14-14-14-34 (F4-3200C14D-16GTZSK) --> Not to sure about the RAM. From what I've read the RAM is very good but I'm not sure If I will feel a difference to say 2666 MHz CL 16 RAM. My wallet on the other hand will as the Trident Z is around 90 € more.
Drive: 860 Evo with 500 GB --> Don't need NVMe and Samsung is the leader in SSDs imho. I have the same drive in my pc rig with 1 TB and it works fine.
PSU: Seasonic Focus Gold 450W --> Yeah a bit overkill considering there will be no GPU except the iGPU but I've been using Seasonic for the last ~10 years, they are just rock solid and have a 10 year warranty. And who knows maybe I will go with a 1050 (Ti) later on for the occasional game if the iGPU is not powerful enough.
Cooler: Noctua xyz --> Not sure on this yet since I'm still looking for a case. I'm not into AiO watercooling as I think they have to many downsides (loud, expensive, hard to mount) compared to a high end air cooler. I've narrowed it down to NH-C14S, NH-D15S or NH-D15.
Case: So this is where I need a little help. The BitFenix Phenom M looks ok but I'm not to sure about the internal layout of it as it's a bit weird. Now I don't want a huge case considering I'm building a µATX system. Currently I have a Bitfenix Prodigy but that is only Mini-ITX and I don't want to compromise with that form factor anymore. I've looked at the "Fractal Design Define Mini C". I've never had a Fractal Design case are they any good? The good thing about the Mini C would be that I could fit the NH-D15 with no problem.
Would love to hear your feedback about the build
I'm thinking of building a new "Mac Mini" because my ASRock board on my current build has died after a bit over 6 years (keeps reseting as soon as there is load on the cpu, cpu and psu are fine) However, I'm not to sure about some parts. This is what I would like to buy and my reasoning behind the parts:
CPU: Intel i7-8700 --> I don't want to overclock and I think the CPU is powerful enough with 3,20 GHz considering I'm currently on a Mac Mini Late 2012 and a i7-3770. So it would be a nice upgrade and I would get two cores more.
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370M DS3H --> Yes I know that it's a Z Board but it only costs 2 € (yes, 2 €) more compared to the H370M.
RAM: Trident Z 16GB, 3200, CL14-14-14-34 (F4-3200C14D-16GTZSK) --> Not to sure about the RAM. From what I've read the RAM is very good but I'm not sure If I will feel a difference to say 2666 MHz CL 16 RAM. My wallet on the other hand will as the Trident Z is around 90 € more.
Drive: 860 Evo with 500 GB --> Don't need NVMe and Samsung is the leader in SSDs imho. I have the same drive in my pc rig with 1 TB and it works fine.
PSU: Seasonic Focus Gold 450W --> Yeah a bit overkill considering there will be no GPU except the iGPU but I've been using Seasonic for the last ~10 years, they are just rock solid and have a 10 year warranty. And who knows maybe I will go with a 1050 (Ti) later on for the occasional game if the iGPU is not powerful enough.
Cooler: Noctua xyz --> Not sure on this yet since I'm still looking for a case. I'm not into AiO watercooling as I think they have to many downsides (loud, expensive, hard to mount) compared to a high end air cooler. I've narrowed it down to NH-C14S, NH-D15S or NH-D15.
Case: So this is where I need a little help. The BitFenix Phenom M looks ok but I'm not to sure about the internal layout of it as it's a bit weird. Now I don't want a huge case considering I'm building a µATX system. Currently I have a Bitfenix Prodigy but that is only Mini-ITX and I don't want to compromise with that form factor anymore. I've looked at the "Fractal Design Define Mini C". I've never had a Fractal Design case are they any good? The good thing about the Mini C would be that I could fit the NH-D15 with no problem.
Would love to hear your feedback about the build
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