trying to build a nearly impossible computer system. very small, very quiet, very low power consumption and nontheless not too bad for gaming and photo editing.

 Here is my first attempt. The equipment is:  

hdplex 500 watt atx power supply, 

noctua L12s cooler,

gigabyte b550 itx motherboard,

amd 5600G processor,

gigabyte low profile rtx 4060 gpu.

 

In this iteration of the design, I have tried to replace the stock fans of the low profile graphics card with larger noctua fans. this did not lower the temperature or the noise level, so i later went back to the stock shroud and cooler. 

The case for the early prototype is actually part of the shroud for a trace sw4024 inverter.

With either cooling solution, the low profile graphics card was fantastic in this build. both small and quiet, as well as gaming nearly as well as the much larger rtx 4070 for older games. For video playback, the 4060 does the rtx super-resolution quite well. It should be noted that super-resolution would cut out when i undervolted the card to 0.90 or 0.95 volts instead of the 1.1 volts that it goes to under load. One has to run this tiny card full bore to enjoy all of the rtx enhancements. It still uses as little as 100 watts , even when gaming.

The older amd 5600G processor can not keep up with the more modern graphics card, so there are very long load times when the scene changes in a game. To fix this, I ordered an inexpensive am5 motherboard, a amd 7600x processor, and the newer ddr5 memory. I hope that these parts will better compliment the tiny graphics powerhouse.

I should mention that although the 4060 was received poorly because it has little memory and a low power limit, this low profile model is quite at home in a small form factor gaming build. I highly recommend this gpu for it's low noise, low heat, and it's more than adequate gaming at 1080 and 1440 P.