Future of Ryzen in Mini ITX?

[MovingPixels]

Hello all,

I'm looking at building in an Ncase M1 in the near future. At first, I was going to go i7 7700K since LGA1151 mini ITX boards are available now, however, I'd love to get the power of a Ryzen 7 1800x in a small form factor. I saw the Biostar X370GTN and contacted Biostar who said that It would be available at the end of April (probably in time for Ryzen 5). So my questions would be, what do you guys think of the 1800x in a small form factor case? Do you think the temps would be ok with some light overclocking? Is anyone else out there interested in a Ryzen Mini ITX build?

I'll be using the computer for some gaming, some video editing, and 3D modeling/rendering. I've chosen to work in the M1 because, well.... it's beautiful, and because I'm limited on desk and general office space.

Any input or comments would be much appreciate!
Thanks!

 

[gillhooley]

I would think for that CPU in a small case you would want to look at a closed loop water cooler. On air cooling it may get a bit toasty.

 

[RCFProd]

I would think for that CPU in a small case you would want to look at a closed loop water cooler. On air cooling it may get a bit toasty.

Not necessarily, depends on how much you're planning to OC. In most ITX cases you can make air cooling work just fine.

 

[RCFProd]

I'm planning a Ryzen build in mITX form factor aswell personally. It's perfectly doable, the 1800x has lower TDP than the i7-7700k.

 

[why_wolf]

It should run fine in a good ITX case, of which the Ncase M1 is the best. Why the 1800x though, you can just overclock the 1700x to be the same as the 1800x for a $100 bucks less.

Thought their could be some sort of OC limitation of the miniITX motherboards. But we'll have to wait and see to know that.

 

[MovingPixels]

I would think for that CPU in a small case you would want to look at a closed loop water cooler. On air cooling it may get a bit toasty.

Not necessarily, depends on how much you're planning to OC. In most ITX cases you can make air cooling work just fine.

I'm thinking of a couple of options. I originally wanted to put an AIO 240mm radiator on the CPU and use that as my main air intake. my only problem with that is I would miss out on the 2 3.5" drive caddies on the side of the Ncase M1. So I could drop down to a 120mm AIO and retain room for the 2 3.5' caddies, or I could keep the 240mm AIO and utilize the remaining 1 3.5" bay at the bottom of the case.

What are your thoughts here?
240 AIO?
120 AIO? Is there any real benefit of going 120mm radiator over air cooling?

 

[MovingPixels]

It should run fine in a good ITX case, of which the Ncase M1 is the best. Why the 1800x though, you can just overclock the 1700x to be the same as the 1800x for a $100 bucks less.

Thought their could be some sort of OC limitation of the miniITX motherboards. But we'll have to wait and see to know that.

Thanks for the response!

For me, I would rather spend the $100 dollars and be able to get a better overclock on the 1800x than overclock the 1700x in order to match the stock 1800x. I'll also be doing a lot of rendering, so I'd prefer to go light on the OC, and I'd be concerned about temps in the small case. Also, I'll be spending about $150 extra ($230 total) on the premium case anyway, so I'll just consider it a splurge.