3D Printed Ryzen Mini ITX Gaming PC (Avengers Theme)

In this video I build a 3D printed Ryzen Mini ITX Gaming PC with an Avengers theme.

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Transcript:

Hi guys, In this video I'll be showing the design and build process of a 3D printed Mini ITX case, themed with the Avengers logo - and then building a gaming pc in it - using the Ryzen 5 2400G.

This is inspired by a video from a guy called cbutters. He built a Mini ITX case for a very similar system. I really liked the look so I started by duplicating his models in TinkerCAD. Links to his video and all models can be found in the description.

TinkerCAD is really intuitive - it didn't take long to heighten the case slightly and add the Avengers logo.

After modifying the designs and doing a little research on 3D printers, I took the plunge and purchased an Anycubic i3 Mega. It has a solid metal build and a heated print bed, the size of which is perfect for this project.

I printed a number of drafts and made incremental changes each time to deal with any issues.

I also tried a number of different methods of attaching the the top part of the case to the lower part.

Ultimately I settled on screw holes as the most reliable option.

The vertical parts of the print came out great - I really like the textured look of the layers. The top of the case however, was the bottom layer of the print and whatever I tried in terms of print settings, I couldn't achieve a finish I liked. I tried sanding and spray painting but it didn't turn out much better - plus I really liked the idea of keeping it unpainted. In the end, I decided to try printing it without any bottom layers. This gave me an outside layer using only infill - and a much more interesting textured finish. Looks almost like a dark digital camo effect.

For the logo I used translucent red PLA filament. I was hoping for a nice glassy look, but the result was more cloudy and occluded. I tried a few prints with different slicer settings but it didn't make much difference. After a sand and polish however, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Build wise, I went for an Asrock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming ITX board, The Ryzen 5 2400G, A Crucial P1 500GB NVMe M.2 SSD and 16 GB of 3200 MHz Corsair Vengeance RAM.

I'm also using a One Hundred and Sixty Watt Pico Power Supply, an external power brick, and a power button. Links to everything I purchased can be found in the description.

So why did I go for these components? The Ryzen 5 2400G is currently the best APU on the market in terms of graphics performance. It doesn't have the performance of a decent discreet graphics card, but at only 65 watts TDP, it opens up the possibility of a small low power pc that's capable of some light 1080p gaming. I went for an NVMe drive due to better performance than SATA in most cases while not costing a whole lot more (for this model at least), and chose fast 3200 MHz RAM because the Ryzen architecture is particularly sensitive to RAM speeds and I wanted to make sure it had decent headroom for gaming. All I required in terms of the motherboard was an M.2 Slot - I wasn't too concerned about the chipset for this build.

Finally, I threw in some red LED strips in an attempt to give the logo some glow.

...and here's the result.

After setting everything up and installing a few games I was able to achieve ballpark 60 fps at 1080p in Rocket League, Overwatch and Doom using mostly low settings. I had to drop the resolution to 720p to get similar results from Destiny 2 and Rise of the Tomb Raider. The temperature hovered at around 60 degrees Celcius... with the top of the case removed. With the case fully assembled the temperature would steadily climb to 95 degrees C! Clearly I need to work on the thermals for this design...

And so concludes our adventure guys, If you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel!

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