😎HyperRod

Node on an ITX board with ATX power and passive cooling. This node can do it! At the time of publishing Apr 2023 this unit cost approx. AU $396.66 including shipping, possibly even less

CPU

Various LGA115x

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005351517770.htmlwww.aliexpress.com

Board

ITX intel

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003792812655.htmlwww.aliexpress.com

soo cheap for soo much, but no RAID though

Case

Colour options 🎉

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32835074662.htmlwww.aliexpress.com

style cubed

NVME SSD

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003950736634.htmlwww.aliexpress.com

1Tb+ reccomended

RAM

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32931429887.htmlwww.aliexpress.com

1 stick of 1600 geyx1 allows for expansion

140mm Case Fan

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001265994708.htmlwww.aliexpress.com

mochtua steez, you should have this, especially with the passive cooler in most climates

ATX Power Supplies Fit

A wide variety of ATX conversion plates are available so you can reuse basically any old power supply with a 24 pin and 8 pin. Here we ideally use an SFX with a conversion plate and mount it with the fan facing away from the CPU when using the active CPU cooler.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004221653404.htmlwww.aliexpress.com

SFX power rated to 300W

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000324936819.htmlwww.aliexpress.com

SFX to ATX conversion plate

CPU Cooler

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002697202841.htmlwww.aliexpress.com

It's actually cheaper up-front to have an active cooler. when reccomended when ambient room temp exceeds 35 degrees c

Options

This setup is designed to be flexible and upgradeable, you can reuse old hardware and add components to make a mutant beast.

Alternate Passive CPU Cooler

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33006747916.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.11.21ef1802MSDBfXwww.aliexpress.com

passive for stealth

ZFS and RAID setups are easy on this machine just

You 1 x nvme and 4 x sata ports on the standard board

SATA SSD

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001334993262.html?_t=gps-id:pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40050.281175.0,pvid:d649fd47-47a8-43e6-b2e2-1c1ff8b89c19,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238114%231999&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller&pdp_npi=3@dis!USD!28.15!12.67!!!!!@2101c5a716810127229017924ed593!12000031985716123!rec!AU!809790938&pvid=d649fd47-47a8-43e6-b2e2-1c1ff8b89c19&scm=1007.40050.281175.0&scm-url=1007.40050.281175.0&scm_id=1007.40050.281175.0&spm=a2g0o.detail.1000014.1.114c539aTncOSMwww.aliexpress.com

options up to 4tb and bulk buys

3.5' Spinner

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32920407545.html?mp=1&spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.3ef338daStfjOxwww.aliexpress.com

also good networked backup drive

You have a PCIEx16 rail to play with fitting up to 220mm card

Great for AI setups, low-profile cards are best when you need airflow to the CPU or when you want to mount all 4 x sata drives.

Cheaper untested Board CPU RAM Cooler combo

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001015256304.html?mp=1&spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.3ef338daStfjOxwww.aliexpress.com

no nvme SATA's only