Also, vibration effects were substantially worse with the Lian Li PC-Q18 and BitFenix Phenom, to the point where this factor was more annoying than the airborne acoustics.

Regular home NAS: FD Node 304, Mini-ITX, X11SCL-iF, i3-9100F Regular home NAS: FD Node 304, Mini-ITX, X11SCL-iF, i3-9100F

i know that the hardware dustin uses is same for comparison purposes but think about realistic power usage - 750w psu for an itx box?

The conventions we take for granted in ATX case design don't really apply here, but Fractal Design has tried for something fairly different with the Node 304, even by mITX standards. I've heard that it's possible to use nonECC memory with i3, and it's impossible with Xeon, is it true?

Fractal Design Node 304 mITX Case Review: Paving the Way to

I think the case has a good cooling because the 2 fans in the front blow directly on the HDDs and the big fan on the back silently pushes out all heat from the case. There are also some good gaming motherboards in this segment that will make for great PC foundations.ATX is becoming less and less necessary, and mini-ITX-based machines more and more offer the same performance and features that their bigger brothers do. An extension cable is routed through the case interior so it can be connected to AC power at the rear. The front two come with filters and there is a filter for the PSU as well, and they're all removable. Shuttle ships their mini ITX cases with a 500W PSU and certifies both of these components (actually up to 95W on the CPU, but I don't think any go that high yet).

Fractal Design Node 304 Mini-ITX Case - Silent PC Review Fractal Design Node 304 Mini-ITX Case - Silent PC Review

About the only thing that couldn't easily be added is a fan controller, but Fractal Design already included one. But first I have a question about power and thermals with a Fractal Design Node 304 and an ASRock C2750D4I. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Having now built my server as planned, and nearing completion of burn in tests, I thought I'd report back on thermals. But, this case has no windows, and I don’t plan to show off the internals—just the opposite, in fact, because I plan to make the whole thing as invisible as possible.We've seen SilverStone, BitFenix, Lian Li, and Cooler Master all try their hands at mITX cases with varying degrees of success, but there's just no set design language when you get down this small. With no optical drive bay to speak of, we're left with the drive mounting brackets, and I think they're for the most part a solid design.