Mini-ITX VESA mounted build. DIY all-in-one.

[Guest]

Hi everyone.
I am buildinag a home workstation with i5-4570 CPU and a sigle slot Quadro K600 GPU. I was just wondering if there was a VESA mountable case that could hol a single slot gpu?. With a riser card of course. I would like to hang the system behind a monitor.

I am not happy with paying extra for itx motherboards if that only gives me 9cm more deskspace. That would be very expensive desk real estate. I am talking about mobo prices in Amazon.co.uk. For the price of a cheap-ass H81-itx-mobo or B85-itx-mobo you could get a number of H87-mATX mobos. Also in Z87 chipsets, the itx will cost more than mATX or ATX. Less features-slots-connections = more money. Pfft!

VESA mounting would save me from wire clutter and really free some deskspace.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

You may want to look into thin-ITX, which is a standard for basically DIY AIOs.

Why do you need the dedicated GPU?

 

[Guest]

You may want to look into thin-ITX, which is a standard for basically DIY AIOs.

Why do you need the dedicated GPU?

Autocad, Archicad, Revit work. I was even looking at the i3 CPUs. Multithreading in not fully supported /needed in any of those applications. But Quadro or Firepro GPU would be nice. Autodesk has a list of recommended GPU's

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Intel P4600/P4700 is on the list.

You could pick up e.g. a Xeon E3-1225v3, which is basically a Haswell i5 with different graphics drivers and ECC support.

 

[Guest]

Intel P4600/P4700 is on the list.

You could pick up e.g. a Xeon E3-1225v3, which is basically a Haswell i5 with different graphics drivers and ECC support.

There is no point in going for Xeon. That Xeon E3-1225 v3 costs 45£ more than i5-4570.
ECC memory is also not needed. If I was making insanely long rendering tasks, I would need ECC. This is for basic architecture / constructional design tasks. Usually people think that, everyone who uses CAD, is designing something sexy like olympic stadiums or skyscrapers in Dubai. Sadly, that is not the case. Some of us get to plan apartment buildings and even those student dorms where everyone has spent some of their best/worst times.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

My point is that if you want a GPU on the recommended list, getting a Xeon with P4600 is a lot easier/cheaper than getting a Quadro and finding a case that will fit it.

 

[Guest]

My point is that if you want a GPU on the recommended list, getting a Xeon with P4600 is a lot easier/cheaper than getting a Quadro and finding a case that will fit it.

P4600/4700 will just be too painful compared to Quadro K600. Huge difference in GPU benchmark.
I probably have to forget about VESA. It is just killing me seeing Intel introduce their upcoming processors last week and the low TDP they have. Here I am building a system 6 months early with dying Haswell.

I should also forget about ITX then. The extra cost of ITX is not worth it. I started with BitFenix Prodigy (itx), now I am thinking of Cooler Master Silencio 352 (mATX). At least it has I/O facing front unlike Prodigy. Case saves me about 15 € and mATX mobo saves me a lot and I can go H87 or Z87. Case is going to be sooo ugly standing at my desk. Having the case on the floor is not an option. (Not Kid-proof). The savings would let me upgrade CPU to i7, but that is not necessary. The productivity issues are all at this side of the keyboard.

I just feel like I went shopping for a Mercedes and got stuck with a Prius. This is what growing old is all about.

 

[Guest]

Sorry, i made a mistake at GPU benchmark. The P4600/4700 is better than Quadro k600! Just a tiny bit better.