ITX Upgrade Notes: I7 7700K/Kingston Fury DDR4/Mentin GTX1050Ti/Gold Ice God G Install Share

I also said that the landlord had installed an I5 6600K ITX host and he plans to upgrade it. Although AMD's RYZEN architecture has recently been very fierce, but in the ITX platform, it is still old and practical KabyLake, after all, accessories are spot, all mature.

The upgrade of the family portrait was basically a change of half, leaving half. What are the specific, I will expand below.


I. Introduction to Upgrade Ideas

The first is the CPU, which is changed from the i5 6600K to the i7 7700K.


Online rumors that Intel's processors to cut prices across the board, anyway, I bought a piece of film, no hurry can wait, after the release of AMD new products, perhaps the price of intel will really be a surprise.

Intel Core quad-core I7-7700k boxed CPU processor 2799 yuan Jingdong direct link

In fact, there is basically no difference in back.


Since the motherboard uses ASUS Z170I PRO GAMING, so before you change U, you have to upgrade the BIOS, otherwise the i5 6600K sold, but found i7 7700K point is not bright, then sad reminder.


After updating the BIOS, shut down and switch to the i7 7700K. The i5 6600K can throw one side.


Motherboard, ASUS Z170I PRO GAMING, anyway, I do not use U.2 interface, so there is no need to change the Z270.


The mainboard was bought last year at 618. The original price was 1399 and 1169. Now it is still 1399, slightly pitted, and it is recommended to take the warranty with a second-hand warranty, which is less than 800 yuan.

ASUS Z170I PRO GAMING motherboard (Intel Z170/LGA 1151) 1399 yuan beyond the existence of M8I most worth buying ITX motherboard Jingdong direct link View Encyclopedia


The memory bar, also bought before, Kingston Fury DDR4 2400 8GBx2. This is a bit awkward now.

Kingston Hacker God Fury Series DDR4 2400 16G (8GBx2) Desktop Memory 969 yuan Jingdong direct link


Memory packaging is a minimalist school.


The other side of the box.


open to take a look.


With black vest, white font.


This side is a label with product information on it.


The memory stick fits the main board.


One of the new accessories for this upgrade, the video card, MAXSUN GTX1050Ti JetStream 4G. Why use GTX1050Ti with 7700K? In fact, the verification is not impossible, but occasionally playing games such as Diablo III, the nuclear display could not hold back, so it is still to insert a video card.

MAXSUN GTX1050Ti JetStream 4G 1354-1468MHz/7000MHz/128bit/GDDR5 PCI-E 3.0 gaming graphics alone significant 1299 yuan Jingdong direct link

The front of the box.


The back of the box.


Accessories, manuals, warranty cards, driver discs, and power adapter cables.


The video card uses a three-mild radiator, taking into account that my ITX chassis (hero 215P) is huge in size, so it can fit in, so that it can also do a good job of cooling, after all, ITX host is still hot.


A close-up.


Single 8mm heat pipe + aluminum fin heat dissipation structure.


Since it is a high-frequency version of the GTX1050Ti, there is a 6-pin power connector.


Metal backboards are also available.


Video interface is very complete, DP, HDMI, DVI have.


Radiator, Cooler Supreme Ice God G 240 integrated water-cooled, had been thinking about casually with a cold air to be able to suppress, did not think my 7700K is a big thunder, air-cooled silent frequency roast chicken went straight to 100 °C away, so In anger, 240 water-cooled, anyway, the chassis is supported.

Cooler Master Master Liquid 240 Cooling Radiator (Multi-Platform Support Ryzen/Dual-Cavity Water Pump/Slim Water Copper) 699 yuan Jingdong direct link


Water cooling box front.


The back of the box.


Internal packing method.


List of attachments.


Cold head close-up.


The cold head base uses a large area of ​​pure copper and looks good.


The tube is also very thick, with nylon nets outside.


LOGO close-up.


The permeability of cold fins looks good.


Two 4pin 12cm fans are standard.


By the way, a set of wireless keyboard and keyboard, the keyboard for the Logitech K780 multi-device wireless Bluetooth keyboard, can support PC, Android, IOS multi-device switching use. Actually, this is mainly for wife-in-law. She recently wrote an internet novel, wrote it on a PC during the day, slept under the hood at night, and sometimes he took inspiration. After turning up and turning on the desktop, it was inconvenient to use the keyboard directly. Continue to write on the phone, very convenient and efficient. If you are on a business trip without a laptop, you can also bring this keyboard.

Logitech K780 multi-device wireless Bluetooth keyboard 459 yuan Logitech Unifying technology, full-size multi-device Bluetooth keyboard Jingdong direct link View Encyclopedia


The keyboard is as follows.


The back of the box.


Internal attachments are relatively simple.


The keyboard is very small, but it does a full key position.


The back of the keyboard.


Keyboard layout, the white three keys in addition to the original F1-F3 function, but also responsible for the device switching function, press 1 is the device 1, press 2 is the device 2.


The side and rear slots can hold portable devices such as mobile phones and tablets.



Pair the phone with Bluetooth.


The wife said that it is very good for writing books without a desktop computer.



The only regret is that it is not a mechanical shaft, but a thin film structure. The hand feels worse than the mechanical keyboard.


This side is the power switch.


The battery compartment and the receiver are here. The receiver is for the desktop. The laptop, mobile phone, tablet, etc., can be connected via Bluetooth.


Mouse, Logitech M720 wireless mouse, since the keyboard supports multiple devices, the mouse must also be matched accordingly.

Logitech M720 Bluetooth dual-mode wireless mouse 349 yuan at the same time to connect three devices Jingdong direct link to encyclopedia


The mouse is packaged in a single-use plastic package, which eliminates the purchase of second-hand goods.


The back of the box.


Multi-device switching operation instructions.


The mouse shape is like this.


The mouse is medium in size and it feels good to hold it.


This is labeled 123 multi-device switch button.


The bottom of the mouse is white.


Battery compartment and receiver.


SSD continues to use the previous Lite-On T10 480G, which is now growing fiercely, and the 240G is almost catching up with the 480G that I bought at the time.

Liteon Core Series T10 240G M.2 NVMe SSD (with heat sink) 799 yuan Jingdong direct link


The original heat sink could not withstand the heat of the goods, so a treasure to buy a thick heat sink, the effect is not bad. But use this heat sink to pay attention, because the thickness is too thick, so in the M.2 slot installed on the back of the motherboard, it is definitely more than the thickness of the copper pillar, but my chassis just to avoid this problem, want to know then go Look down.


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There are 2 pellets on the back of the SSD. The heat sink will not be taken care of. There is no way.


See no, this chassis is easy to install the radiator, the window is larger here, so that the problem of M.2 heatsink too thick is avoided perfectly.


By the way, buy a fan and grease. The fan is a cool-cooled master MASTERFAN PRO 120, supporting RGB lighting effects; grease is MASTERGEL MAKER.


The fan is RGB LED fan, in addition to the fan 4pin interface, there is a 4pin RGB interface, you can connect RGB controller, the new Z270 motherboard with this pin, you can also buy a separate controller for a treasure, 10 to block a set , To be advanced, spend a little more money, you can buy a remote control.


There is a switch on the back. The two upper gears are R and B respectively. The next gear is RGB. Dial the RGB file. Only the controller will turn on the light.


Thermal grease up to 11 silicone grease.


Second, the installation process

Install the motherboard first.


Install the radiator backplane.


Install cold row.


Install cold heads.


Install the graphics card. The large size of the chassis also has the advantage of large size, and the three milk fans have no pressure to install long graphics cards. When installing the graphics card, it is necessary to set off the SSD bracket. After the graphics card is installed, the SSD bracket will return to its original position without any influence.


The management line is basically the same (the SSD bracket in the picture below is already in place).


Topline effect.


Cover the top cover.


You're done.


Cover the side panel.

Ready to boot.


The mouse is also in place.


A wave of light pollution.


My controller has only two interfaces, so only two fans can be controlled. The remaining one can only be set to R to keep red.


Cold head close-up.


Third, simple test

CPU-Z test, seemingly relative to the i5 6600K upgrade is not too much, toothpaste factory is by no means undeserved.


Chess, 17798 points.


AIDA64 memory bandwidth test.


3Dmark FS file test, 7090 points.


VRMark test, 4037 points.


Singularity grayscale resolution and special effects settings.


DX12 mode, can reach 34FPS under 1080P resolution.


This is my highlight, Diablo III.


The average FPS reached 112.33, and the minimum frame was not less than 90, stable as a dog.


Roast chicken test, AIDA64 core temperature between 75.9-86.6 °C (room temperature 24.1 °C), and finally bid farewell to 100 degrees before the situation.


Graphics card roast chicken, 65 °C, this temperature control is good.


System standby power 45.75W.


Video card roasted chicken power consumption 139.98W, very power.

to sum up:

This upgrade is considered a tinkering. In any case, there is no qualitative change in performance. However, due to improvements in heat dissipation, lighting efficiency, and peripherals, it can be considered a bit of improvement, but overall, I am still not satisfied. After all, ITX is limited by its size, and it is difficult to balance many things. Let's summarize a few more:

1, Intel really squeezed a good toothpaste, but the good news is that RYZEN will soon be listed, the landlord has scheduled R1700, waiting for delivery on the 3rd. If RYZEN's message goes on for several days in the morning, I will not buy 6800K, which will degrade my 6800K on another platform. . . . . .

2, on the issue of high-U with low cards, this should be matched with the needs, this machine is mainly based on the wife's code character, taking into account the medium-sized game, so GTX1050Ti is enough.

3, on ITX's performance, heat, volume, these three for the ITX platform, is the irreconcilable contradiction, in order to small, performance and cooling must be bad, anyway, the three can not have both. Landlord this machine, a little bigger, performance is OK (as long as you want to GTX1080 graphics card, but also to support), heat dissipation is also decent.

4, to say a bit of thoughts, in recent years I feel I do not want to play, and excited group of a good machine, but found that always look at the screen, whether it is games or TV dramas, movies, I do not want to engage in, always feel that Was it a waste of life, is this an old performance?

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