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Building a PC in the Fractal Node 202 is slightly fiddly as you first remove the chassis from the top and bottom covers.
PayPal Pay in 3 is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. Second is the GPU cooling, and you shouldn't overlook this too quickly, especially in something designed for the living room as a hotter GPU means a louder one. Such a big difference may at first seem odd given how similar the two are in their internal designs but the key, we believe, is the proximity of the GPU intake fan to the ventilation area.Standard 25 mm thick fans would press right up against the GPU fans, and this fan stacking would create horrendous noise. The 2060 is not a top tier card but even with plenty of ventilation holes cut in the cover of the 202, the gpu was still constantly thermally throttling. The GPU support bar that the PCI riser card is fastened to needs to be removed when installing the motherboard but the process is mindnumbingly simple. Dust filters line all the main vents and for extra cooling, and twin 120 mm fans can be installed next to the graphics card.
drive mounts, a slimline optical drive mount (arguably still relevant in the living room) and even a 3. You're better off spending the money to get a modular SFF PSU, and the case SKU that comes without one. PCPartPicker may receive compensation for purchases made at participating retailers linked on this site. Even though I don't have the possibility to test power supplies for ripple and voltage regulation, I put a complete ATX system on it to get at least an impression of the noise. Stand it on end using the foot and the official dimension increase to 385mm x 332mm x 125mm, however compared to a tower case the Node 202 is amazingly compact and has a volume of 10.On the other hand if you compare the Node 202 to a truly tiny system such as Intel NUC, MSI Cubi or Gigabyte BRIX then Node 202 actually looks quite large so it is very much a matter of your personal perspective.
Even the best result, a delta T of 59°C in the vertical arrangement, is 8°C warmer than the SilverStone RVZ02 in its horizontal operation. The Strix, like the majority of mid/high-end video cards on the market, is equipped with a heatsink/fan assembly that blows toward the PCB. Step 16 Note that you have to pull any cables at the same time as inserting the GPU / GPU mount through the opening 4 at the rear end, otherwise you will not be able to reach it. Setting PCIE to Gen3 compatibility fixes the issue (zero problems in Cyberpunk, Hogwarts, Elden Ring - system pushed to the limits, 3DMark stress test passes with 99.
Performance AnalysisThe first thing to note is that the vertical orientation benefits both the CPU and GPU more than the horizontal one, which is to be expected.
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