"In 2017, Intel used the new Core I9-7980XE processor in" core war "with 18 cores, 36 threads, AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 1950X processor, became the new core king.
What is the performance of the Core i9-7980XE processor, I believe that many people are still not very clear, after all, the price of up to 14999 yuan is still difficult to climb to many people. Of course, this is not difficult for our editorial department. This time I also got a project version of the Core I9-7980XE processor. However, it is used to high performance colorful RGB big host. This time I am going to be difficult for it. It is also difficult to get myself, put the Core i9-7980xe processor into a mini ITX chassis!
It is true that for the general processor, there is no problem with the ITX chassis, but this is the Core i9-7980XE. In addition to sufficient heat dissipation, consider the choice of platform, other hardware reasonable matches, internal space optimization, etc. This is not an easy thing. And, I choose or a very special ITX chassis ...
Special pick-up, unusual ITX chassis
That's right, this is the chassis carrying everything - Bunker chassis from Abositudio. As shown in the figure above, the biggest feature of this chassis is exquisite: the panel of the chassis is 5mm thick 6061 aluminum alloy panel, and the CNC cutting manufacturing process is used, and the corner is not clear while the corner is not clear. It looks a cut hand.
Contrast with iPhone X, you can find that its top panel is better than it. Of course, the Bunker made by the alloys, the overall weight is also very touching, reaching 8.2kg, which is still in the case where there is no hardware.
The whole aluminum alloy panel is its biggest feature, but other highlights have to be mentioned. One of them was more surprised by the Bunker's power switch, actually used a Cherry original green shaft, and with a metal keycap, which also means that players can replace their favorite keycaps. For example, the recent fire of the chicken three-stage head key cap, etc.
In the back of the chassis (yes, this is the back, don't make a mistake), in addition to see the power button, you can see one of the tops, this opening is used for traces and connects other devices, but design It seems unreasonable at the top? Don't worry, let's take a look at the inside.
Both the top panel and front panels of the Bunker can be opened by a buckle. These bursts are Japanese LAMP ball, which is very tight in the actual opening and fasteners. Of course, the use of the use is slightly larger, this is It is easily touched to avoid everyday use. After opening, you can see the internal structure at a glance.
It can be found that Bunker is a vertical air duct design, which is standardized with a 40mm flagship fan, which is also a unique fan on the chassis, and therefore the heat dissipation fan on the motherboard needs to cooperate as much as possible.
As for the wiring of this switch, it is more cool. In addition to using silver-plated custom lines, 3D printing line comb, can be said that the Bunker's design philosophy is: everything is from simple. In addition to the front panel and the top plate, the other three side panels can be removed by screwing the screw, so that the core naked frame is left.
Finally, I naturally introduce the nameplate of this laser laser. Each Bunker chassis has an independent number. I got this is 17009, which isn't it to be the ninth made in 2017? Bunker's producer also told me that if you are willing, you can also engrave your own LOGO logo elsewhere, so that each Bunker has become a unique chassis.
Considering that the top is often used to swap the equipment, it is a problem to be a problem. Through comparison with iPhone X, we found that the space on the top of the Bunker is still quite large, at least over half an iPhone X height, so even if the hand is stretched in the plugging equipment, the space is also more affluent.
Of course, considering that some users have more equipment, or it is not convenient to reach out in the plugging equipment, a dock is quite necessary for the Bunker chassis.
The reason why it is particularly picky because when you choose it, it means that there will be many restrictions on the choice of hardware: First, the motherboard must be an ITX motherboard. This naturally doesn't have to say; because it is a vertical airway, and designed There is no water cooling in the beginning, so it is basically possible with a wind-free radiator; the air-cooled radiator is alive, the height is limited, can not exceed 125mm; the graphics card is also limited, the maximum is 320mm, and considering the problem, graphics card The heat exit is best at the tail (display output interface); on the Bunker, the SFX power is your unique choice, which means that your power supply is not too big.
Next, it is a difficult to pick up the hardware process.
Looking for him thousands of Baidu - Hua Shi X299E ITX / AC motherboard
It is not difficult to pick an ITX motherboard. It is difficult to pick the ITX motherboard of the X299 chipset. After some search, there are only ASRock launched the X299 ITX motherboard, and the only ITX size X299 motherboard.
The overall blackization of the appearance allows the ASRock X299 ITX motherboard. The CPU slot occupies the main space of the motherboard, and various interfaces and slots are distributed around.
In fact, I have already launched an X99 ITX motherboard as early as the X99 era. However, there are only two memory slots that cannot be fully utilized to completely use the advantages of x99 multi-channel. It is inevitable. This time the X299 ITX motherboard has four-channel memory, although using laptop memory, the highest can support DDR4 4000+ frequencies, this has to be said to be filled with past regrets.
Although there are not many interfaces on the motherboard, it is also enough to use: a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot for graphics card, four notebook memory slots, an Intel AC8265 dual-frequency wireless network card, the back of the motherboard is more M.2 form PCIe Solid State Drive Slots. Among them, because ITX specifications are limited, this x299 motherboard can only install a graphics card, which is not a bit unfortunate.
I / O, there are two USB 3.1 Gen2 interfaces (a Type-a Type-C), 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 interface (Type-a), two RJ-45 network card interfaces, etc., such petite volume On, it is very rich.
If the interface on the motherboard is not enough to satisfy you, there are two vertical extension interfaces on the ASRock X299 ITX motherboard, one is a notebook memory slot, one is the M.2 slot.
Among them, the mouth of the notebook memory slot can be used to expand a solid state drive of M.2 interface, and another can be used to extend the hard disk of up to 6 SATA3 interfaces and 1 front panel USB 3.1 Gen1 interface, so rich extension interface Design, it can be said that the ASRock X299 ITX motherboard has been very conscience.
Careful selection of hardware
The motherboard has been determined, and the hardware above it also needs to be carefully selected according to the setting of the motherboard, and the first is the memory. The laptop memory that can be selected on the market is not much, mainly with Weigang, Zhiqi, Kingston, Pirates. Here we are selected is the Weigang 2 × 8GB DDR4 2400MHz memory.
In fact, we can see more and more notebook memory on the market. On the one hand, because many games have begun to gradually support high frequency memory, it is often only standard 8GB, when playing large games It is inevitable to eat; on the other hand, the birthplace of the X299 ITX motherboard is also given to the memory manufacturer. Although the market is small, there is always some of the players to pursue, and the manufacturers are naturally happy.
The radiator is also more difficult to pick, and there is a famous owl, so I choose the owl D9L this air-cooling radiator, but I am still worried that it can suppress the Core i9-7980XE treatment .
In fact, it is originally considering the B48 radiator of the recovery, but because there is no label of LGA2066, it will eventually give up. Therefore, even your heat sink and fan supports the height, it is also necessary to consider whether there is a corresponding buckle to be used on the X299 platform.
When installing the CPU radiator, it has to take into account the vertical airway problem. Since the I / O panel of the Bunker chassis is designed at the top, the fan must be installed in parallel with the I / O panel, while the wind direction I / O panel blows.
The graphics card selected the shortcoming NVIDIA GTX1070Ti. The Bunker chassis recommended is a public version of the public card. Because it is fitted with the vertical airway of the chassis on the cooling airway, the heat is discharged from the top.
After everything is installed, it is naturally a Bunker chassis. It follows the first to enter the motherboard. After the power supply is designed, the power will pass on the front of the chassis, and the CPU radiator will be blocked. The motherboard will not say, good It still flows out a relatively large location for the graphics card.
I chose the power of Yin Xin's compact SFX power supply - SX650G, this is a 650W power supply, passed 80 plus gold certification, built a 9.2cm mute PWM fan, with short wire, suitable for mini Type chassis. However, considering the performance of the Bunker chassis (as shown above), custom power cords may be more suitable.
After all hardware picks and take a good line, it is actually easy to install, and you don't even need to have special skilled skills to easily install the motherboard and power supply into the Bunker chassis.
Small volume, but there is a big energy
After all completely installed, the rest is to try to run and see how it is. After reading the previous selection and installation process, the tail should be discovered, I am worried about its heat dissipation effect, after all, such a small chassis, still suppress the 18th core Core i9-7980XE processor, task Domestic arduous.
As far as the daily operation, if there is no more loaded operation, the temperature of the Core i9-7980XE processor is about 30 degrees, and the CPU voltage is relatively low, only 0.7V to 0.75V, such temperature Nothing, the metal panel temperature of the Bunker chassis is not high.
After the CPU is filled with the CPU, the temperature of the CPU will rise to 85 degrees, and the average temperature is also around 80 degrees. At this time, the entire chassis has begun to warm, the top plate is higher, the rear side The wind can feel a burst of heat waves. When playing games, although the CPU temperature is not high, the graphics card can reach 82 degrees. At this time, the chassis also has a high temperature, and the air exit is especially very. Therefore, in order to ensure that the heat inside the chassis can spread as quickly as possible, it is recommended to place the Bunker chassis on the desktop with a certain distance to ensure the circulation of air inlet air.
Some running points for the Core i9-7980xe processor, I believe that the tail is still more concerned, after all, the online network is relatively small. It is simply tested that the Rui Rui I9-7980XE processor runs in Cinebench R15, 3DMark, 7zip software, plus the previous Core i7-8700k and AMD Threadripper 1950x as a reference.
It can be found that in fact, the Core i9-7980XE processor is not winning in all test items, mainly because its maximum frequency is not high, and is also limited by memory frequency. But in the performance of the multi-core test, there is no doubt that it is the best in the consumer-class processor we can buy.
Although the Core i9-7980XE processor is strong, it does not apply to everyone. For general users and players, choose Core i7 or i5 in order to play games, browse the web or daily entertainment, is actually more suitable; and professional, 3D modeling and rendering, big data operations, etc. for video clips User, there is no doubt that has more core Core i9 series is more worth buying, although the price is much higher, but in terms of improvement efficiency and time, it is actually more worthwhile.
As for the Bunker chassis of Abostudio, the overall work is very good, regardless of the CNC cutting surface, the thick aluminum alloy panel, the unspeakable ball, or simple installation, the smart vertical draft design, reflects the designer's mind . Compared to the Core i9 series processor, the Z370 platform Core i7 series and the I5 series processor may be more suitable for it, mainly the limitation of the radiator makes it not good at carrying a high-capacity platform.
Finally, this DIY host, the general is still, it is still satisfactory, mainly the hardware is finally constructed, and finally completed the platform. Where the beautiful in the US is that the CPU is high in full, this means that I can't make moderate overclocking for this CPU, and the lower clock is also unable to be well in the game. In terms of me, the more suitable platform may still match the Core i7-8700K with the Z370 motherboard.
Original address: https://www.eeboard.com/news/i9-7980xe-2/2/
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