HDPLEX H1 Thin ITX ASUS Q87T and Intel i5-4670S review

HDPLEX H1 Thin ITX ASUS Q87T and Intel i5-4670S review from HDPLEX Fanless PC Case forum

Components:
– CASE: HD PLEX H1 (black front panel)
– CPU: Intel i5-4670S
– MAINBOARD: ASUS Q87T
– HDD: Plextor 256GB PX-256M5S (msata)
– RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz
– power supply: standard DELL 65W AC Adapter

My assuptions was to replace mid-2012 Macbook Pro 13″ with something more powerful. I spent months to make a decision.
It was hard to choose between ThinITX and MiniITX due to lack of good mobos. Finally I decided to make completly silent and powerful workstation based on Asus Q87T which is very nice mobo with 2 ethernet cards and displayport. The greatest weakness is of course lack of discrete graphics but for work I do – it is not a reason.

I live in Poland and it takes two weeks to get it. I have to say that Larry make good impresion on me. Initially I ordered case with internal power supply which is not obligatory and made payments for that. It was no problem to cancel only power supply part and make refund.

The first impression of case was really good. I have to say that it was a really solid packaging and nice accents like black bag for screws.
It’s something like DIY pack which is nice in the don’t-ever-try-to-fix-me-times. You have to assembly everything by yourself and it has something common with assembling a gun.

But there is a bitter part of this review: It is my first HDPLEX case so lack of experience means lack of confidence.
After mounting copper plate on CPU I had a problem with heatpipes. It was like the copper plate is about 5 mm too low. But after email conversation with Larry I choose to try a brutal method. It was good decision because heatpipes were very platic and after covering it with aluminium top plate everything fits perfectly.

PC started perfectly from the first try which was a small victory. Temps is very nice and case is not even warm.
My test gives max 77 degrees after 30 minutes of 100 % CPU & GPU which is awsome.

Pros:
+ quality is perfect (exept bending heatpipes)
+ customer support is awsome
+ 100% silent PC
+ low price

Cons:
– the guide could be more detailed
– heatpipes issue

HDPLEX H1.S with Thin ITX ASUS Q87T and i5-4670s

HDPLEX H1.S with Thin ITX ASUS Q87T and i5-4670s

HDPLEX H1.S with Thin ITX ASUS Q87T and i5-4670s

HDPLEX H1.S with Thin ITX ASUS Q87T and i5-4670s

HDPLEX H1.S with Thin ITX ASUS Q87T and i5-4670s

HDPLEX H1.S with Thin ITX ASUS Q87T and i5-4670s

HDPLEX H1.S with Thin ITX ASUS Q87T and i5-4670s

I’m very satisfied with final effect showed on the last picture.

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