Building AMD Ryzen mini ITX Gaming PC with Alphacool Water Cooling

It’s Alive! …

It’s time to put all parts of the set together and close them inside the Fractal Core 500 case.

Fractal Core 500 looks simple what perfectly matches everything else in this build. Not everything needs RGB LEDs.

Installation is pretty simple and doesn’t take much time. At the end it’s good to check all connections and best if you could make a test with turned off PC to check if there are no leaks in the loop. In our case we could install 280 mm radiator but there would be some interference with graphics block fittings while 240 radiator won’t be much worse and fits just right.

I could install additional fan on the back of the case but after tests I’ve decided it wouldn’t lower temperature much while will add one more source of noise which I don’t want. Two fans in the radiator are enough to remove hot air from this small space.

My R7 1700X processor isn’t any special and is hard to stabilize above 4GHz on any cooling. However on Alphacool Eisbaer I was able to set it at 4GHz without issues. Because Biostar X370GTN motherboard has no LLC options then voltage is a bit high in idle while under load is closer to 1.42V. Could be lower but quite typical for these processors.

As you can see, memory is working at DDR4-3200 CL14 what is more than enough for any gaming computer.

Now let’s take a look at the graphics card overclocking. As I mentioned earlier, maximum boost frequency after installing the Eiswolf was 1911MHz. Additionally I could overclock it by nearly 200MHz more and the GTX1070 wasn’t passing much above 50°C. Great temperature!

At the end Futuremark benchmarks.

I’m not sure how much Time Spy or PCMark8 results will tell you but for this setup they’re pretty good.

This small PC is able to handle every available game at 1440p. Considering that most of the gamers play at 1080p then it should last for at least two or three years without any upgrade. Because of quite simple build it will be also easy to clean. If you care about quiet and well performing PC which at the same time won’t require additional work to keep it in perfect condition then I can recommend this type of setup.

Alphacool cooling let to build more complicated liquid cooling loops where could be used more graphics cards or more radiators. However most users won’t need much more than one graphics card and single, even less power processor.

Alphacool components are probably the easiest way to build quiet and well performing liquid cooling for your high performance PC, regardless if it’s as small as our build or much larger.