justice (Gaming Desktop)
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Summary
Main gaming machine. Mini-ITX build.
Notes
Occassional instability after a fresh boot. The machine will just die within a couple minutes of booting. Then it will run great for long sessions.
Machine is a bit of a space heater so I often limit CPU power with Ryzen Master which also keeps the fan noise down.
Hardware
| Make | Custom |
| Year | 2018 |
| Model | Asus ROG STRIX X470-I Gaming |
| Chassis | Fractal Node 304 (Black) |
| Power Supply | Seasonic Focus 550 Gold |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
| Heatsink | Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED |
| Memory | 16GB DDR4 3600 Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B |
| Ports | 2x USB A 3.1 gen 2 |
| 4x USB A 3.1 gen 1 | |
| 2x RP-SMA Wifi | |
| 3x Audio Jacks | |
| RJ-45 LAN | |
| HDMI 2.0b (Inactive) | |
| 2x Front USB A 3.1 gen 1 | |
| 2x DisplayPort 1.4a | |
| 2x HDMI 2.0b | |
| DVI | |
| Graphics | MSI Radeon RX-580 Armor MK 2 8G |
| Storage | 250GB M.2 Samsung 970 EVO |
| 500GB SATA Samsung 840 | |
| 1TB SATA Seagate Barracude ST1000LM048 | |
| 240GB SATA Inland SSD | |
| 128GB SATA Kingston SSDNow V SNV425S2128GB | |
| 128GB M.2 SATA Samsung 850 EVO (External USB for Linux) | |
| Display | 25" Dell U2515H 2560x1440 |
| 24" Dell U2414H 1920x1080 | |
| Int. Peripherals | Realtek 8822BE Wireless (a/b/g/n/ac, bluetooth 4.2) |
| Intel I211 Gigabit Ethernet | |
| Ext. Peripherals | HP Mixed Reality VR Headset (VR1000) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length/Depth | 38 cm |
| Width | 25 cm |
| Height/Thickness | 21 cm |
| Weight | TODO kg (lbs oz) |
Software
| Operating System | Windows 10 |
| Unique applications |
Log
Purchase and build
Bought most parts from Microcenter. Case on ebay. A few things elsewhere.
Build uses a small Kingwin 4x2.5" drive cage above the PSU for mounting storage devices. Did not use the drive mounts included with the Node 304.
Memory shuffle
I did some moving and upgrading of dreadnought, and decided to stick the DDR4-3600 sticks in here for a slight speed bump from 3200. I think that bumps memory bandwidth up from about 17 Gbps to 19.6Gbps (according to memtest86+).