Building a Mini-ITX Workstation

A Simple Walkthrough

on Hardware | Workstation | Linux | Mini-ITX | Phanteks Posted by Adam on August 19, 2016

Aiming for a white, compact workstation for versatile

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI

A simple Mini-ITX motherboard with wifi and sufficient input options.

CPU

Intel Core i5-6400 Skylake, 2.7GHz

Best bang-for-the-buck 4-core Skylake CPU.


RAM

A single 16GB RAM Stick. White.

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT


Chassis

Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

It’s white and well cooled.


SSD

Samusung EVO 850 250GB


HDD

Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 1TB, SATA-600


GPU

MSI GeForce GTX 950


PSU

be quiet! Pure Power L8-500W

Estimated PSU requirements for this build is ~320W, so 500W will suffice.


Cooling

The CPU comes with a heatsink. For now this will do. I will however be installing an extra fan for improved circulation.

A 140mm Phanteks. White.

Monitors

Bought 2xSamsung 24” S24E510C curved monitors on the cheap.

Cabling

Bought a SATA cable and 2x HDMI cables. I am considering white sleeves for improving one the all-white look.