The Backpack PC Build!
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I was tasked with building a PC that could be carried onto an airplane! We took things a step further and set the goal of building a powerful gaming PC that fit into a backpack! Tiny computers are super cool - but they can also be super practical! If a rig can fit into a backpack, you could take it literally anywhere! How did we do? Hope you'll enjoy!
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Intel Core i5 13400F: geni.us/0bPA
ASRock B660M-ITX/ac: geni.us/USW0zD
16GB Silicon Power VG DDR4: geni.us/HYed7yi
FSP Dagger Pro 850W: geni.us/H77yZA8
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ASRock Challenger RX 6600: geni.us/s61M9Vq
Louqe Ghost S1 MkIII: geni.us/bQMP
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2x Pixio PX277 Prime 165Hz IPS Monitors: geni.us/bCg4nD
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Audio-Technica AT2035: geni.us/xvQc
Yamaha MG10XU Mixer: geni.us/d4VvGM
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Thanks so much for building my PC! I love it so much and its 1000% better than the computer I have been using for ~2 years. Super glad I didn't have to try to build it myself and worry about breaking everything. It was great going through 2 rounds of airport security and definitely got drug tested once 😂. It has been dubbed 'The Toaster" because its so tiny.
What a nickname! Thanks for letting us build ya a toaster! Hahah 😅
The airport drug tested you? No shot right 😂💀
@@Big_boom90 They drug tested the pc 😭
Round of applause for the PSU cabling alone. Love SFX builds!
Being that I'm inexperienced with PC's (having only built one custom rig for work/ gaming)... I love these small form factor PC builds! Super clean.. Most of all, its awesome how you react when your children come on into your set while filming. It's not even a frequent occurance for videos on your channel, but it really is just another reason why I subscribed to the channel. You're an awesome man, Dad, content creator, etc. !!!
I love these small builds. Built my first pc after 15 years in January in the NP200. 11400f with the gigabyte b590i vision board, 16gb Kingston fury ram and power color Rx 6600. Added an ID Cooling AIO which was probably overkill but now it rarely goes over 50c on heavy load. I got Windows 11 and MacOS Ventura running on it
This has been my dream for a long time, and I'm finally getting around to building it! I went with the Lian Li A4 H2O and an AM4 motherboard so I can upgrade into a Ryzen 5700 or 5800 later on, and I'm using my trusty RTX 3060Ti that I've had for almost a year now. I've been opposed to most laptop trends of the last decade, and I haven't been able to justify spending the thousands of dollars required to have a desktop replacement laptop, so I decided to take my desktop portable with a build similar to this one. All my peripherals are BT anyways, and a good portable monitor isn't super expensive anyways. Great video and thanks for showing people that small PCs are actually quite attainable!
We recently had a LAN party. Most of them, who came with their desktop instead of a notebook, had a small form factor one. Was nice to see.
Personally, I always love to see small form factor builds! I built one for my sister as a birthday gift right before the pandemic. I intended to make it easy for her to transport to her University, but worked out anyways when everyone was sent home since she didn't have a very good laptop. I don't use small form factor personally but its one of those things that I cant help but admire the efficiency and practicality of one.
I have 3 itx builds at home, I'm glad you're building one today. Obviously watching and enjoying it.
Thanks Greg!
That build looks so clean and compact. I wish I had cable managing skills like yours.
Awesome loving when you build PC's so detailed
I love my Ghost S1 build. Can't put the most powerful components in it but still can pack a punch. Especially if you purchase the tophats that they have for it. Lots of ways to configure with the 3 different tophats. Awesome build! That will be a perfect backpack system.
i loved it soo much so compact but powerful. just a masterpiece.
i need one. (just a dream)
This build is absolutely beautiful! I love what you do here on this channel, it's an important reference for everyone who needs to build a PC, either with little or much experience. Like you asked for, my humble suggestions are switching to a bigger NVMe and adding an heatsink on it, you clearly have the space above the SSD to do it. 😊😊😊
Parts list shows a “i9 11400”, and links to a 11400. Probably should update that to a link to a 13400.
The Ghost S1 is on clearance (they are getting ready for the R1 in a few months). $149/$159 for the case with the PCIe 4.0 riser is a steal.
I built my last living room PC in the Ghost S1 and I loved that case. I sold all of the parts out of it, but I held onto the case. It really is a quality chassis. Would have considered sticking with it if I wasn't stuck with dual slot cards. And I wish the IS-55 was around when I had my system in it. Would have cooled the de-lidded 8600K a lot better than the C7 CU. Also, for you people that want to show off your RGB ram, the IS-55 can be mounted to overhand the I/O instead.
wow so minimalis pc build thats so nice
I built a rig in the SFF time N-ATX case. Its been all over the world with me. Id suggest to anyone traveling with a rig is to buy a good pelican case and fit all of your tech in there. I just check it in and dont need to pull it out at TSA.
Great build!
Don't forget to update the firmware for the nvme and the bios
That is such an adorable little system ❤. It's perfect for the on the go traveller who needs to have a system with them. Just add a portable display and bluetooth mouse and keyboard and you'd be set.
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best use-case for a backpack PC is (nearly) fully portable VR! even if its a laptop and battery bank you'll still get alot of value out of that and for a backpack desktop you just need a really long, light, and thin power cable! I wish this was used more.
Corsair SFF would’ve been great with this build! The cables on those things are amazing.
I remember building something even smaller a few years ago for my mother. I used a Chieftec bt-04b-u3 case. Has a ryzen 5 2400g, 16gb ram. If needed a itx gpu can be added
I flew from USA to Deutschland (With a layover in Österreich on my way to Berlin) with an ITX system in my backpack in 2018. Fortunately, my only issue was leaving the USA. When I went through TSA and they totally freaked out and I was detained. I'm used to being the "Random Security Search", on every flight in the USA because of my last name, but I have never been "behind the curtain" in security control. Fortunately, after explaining to the officer what it was, and opening it for inspection, I was allowed to go on my way. I didn't miss my plane, which was great. When I went through security in Österreich to enter the EU and the officer was a computer enthusiast and knew exactly what he was seeing on the X-Ray.
Awesome build and video!
This is what I need, I would love to travel and game around the world haha
I love watching new builds!!!
Bro can you pls ffs clean some more dirty PCs. That's honestly some of your best content.
Yay for ITX builds!
Not gonna lie the title had me think you were gonna build directly into a backpack. and I was like "how?" but this makes a lot more sense.
Man watching an itx build come together is just eyegasm xD
Thx for the video ^^
A case mounted monitor with a protection shield for transport would be so cool to see.
Perfect build
Love this type of build and that you made something so portable designing it to easily be put on an airplane! That's tight! Great job, Greg!
I love it. perfect size
Great video Greg, what an interesting build !!
I’d love something like this! This is wicked cool!
Love the form factor! Wondering what the thermals would be under load, and if yo can add an extra fan for cooling. I bet that with shorter custom cabling it would be possible
Always curious how these systems sound during load/gaming.
Nice. I use a laptop primarily and have considered packing a mini-system like this. I would probably toss in the bag the standard kb, mouse, controller, headphones and projector (or super-slim monitor).
👍🤩 that feeling when setup is done.
Nice build love the look.
Nice to see ID-Cooling getting some love.
Nice!
I have two of these cases and they are incredible
What's the CPU cooler? Link's missing from the parts list.
Instructions not clear enough, I ended summoning some eldritch bs. Your baby was the best part of the video 🥰
Edit: I MIGHT have followed Dr. Farnsworth's instructions instead...
nice case and good fit!
That cable fitting 👌
As always thank you for content and explanations!
Thanks for watching!
Legend that is some awesome pc build, thanks for working hard and providing us with entertainment. Peace.
i learned from my SFF builds that i use SFX power supplies that have individually sleeved cables. I think Corsair and Lian Li PSUs come to mind and supply plenty of power for this build. They are way easier to bend fold and manipulate than those stiff plasticky flat cables. Of course if you go whole hog and order custom cable lengths its easier but you bust the budget. i'm glad you used the NVME M.2 drives as again less cables to deal with. I cant remember the last time i used regular SSDs. My only concession to size is that if i cant SEE my work via a temper glass opening that case is a no go for me. But other than my quirk this looks like a very sleek and slick case to build in. Nice to see the SFF cases get some love.
I love building itx pc's , There pretty easy to buld once you know what your doing
This just motivated me to make my next build a mini itx
Sweet Build
Just awsome.
Man what a task with That budget. Good job my friend
i own the ghost s1 and i have to say it is one of the best if not the best itx case i have built in, 2x 240mm radiators with EK cpu/pump/tank combo they just released with 2x large top hats with 12700K and 3080
Been waiting for this for so long!!!
I enjoyed this one Greg. Spot on that. I’m very much like you, love a itx build 👌👌🔥
I'm quickly falling in love with itx pc's.
Nice build need 1 for myself
Yessss this is what I need!!
Cool rig!
New video late at night my boredom is finally cured
Also side note Greg I applied for Fix or Flop and you messaged me yesterday but you haven’t confirmed if I should drop my pic off.
You’re a beast Greg, also Swiss gear is always good
Does this motherboard support 13th gen out of the box? Or does it need a 12th gen chip -> update bios -> add 13th gen chip.
Asking as I noticed there's no bios flashback for this board
I was wondering the same thing.
For a portable backpack PC, I'd go with at most a 6700, the extra PCIe bandwidth and 2GB of extra VRam could be handy in the future.
Cool build
Thanks for all Greg!
Love itx builds
I’ve got the challenger 6650xt itx it’s amazing . Very nice case too 👍
This is a build I actually like. Big fan of the case, hate the usual glass and RGB flash.
A little RGB is okay, but so many builds today use way too much and it's just distracting when you're playing your games.
Soooo smol man ❤️❤️
Hope to get my hands on one of these 😮
Except for the case factor I am watching this on the same components as far as the CPU and video card right now. I would be interested on the cooling of the CPU with that cooler running cinebenchR23. I have seen the small form factor have trouble with cooling. Looks like a handsome rig and it met the parameters you were trying to reach. Great idea helping out the neighbor.
Love the Louqe Ghost S1. I built one as a portable system to take away with me. I have it in black with an R7 3700x and RX 5600 XT.
The first honestly unique pc build video. I'd go for this rather than a laptop
As someone who’s primary rig was a Dan A4 (later upgraded to the Lian Li A4 h2o), I’ve always been interested in the Loque Ghost S1 because of that AIO top hat option. Not as interested as the FormD T1 though, I think that’s the smallest case you can fit a 240mm AIO
I am glad to see this build. I want to build my son a small form factor pc for minecraft.
I don’t have an alternate gaming build for a grand but I love purpose built PCs like this. I designed one tonight that would just be for audio recording but wouldn’t make any noise while doing so while limited to two fans.
Here’s the parts list.
Cooler: noctua nh-p1
Case: cooler master haf xb evo
Cpu: Ryzen 7 7700
Mobo: asus proart b650-creator
Ram: Kingston fury beast 64g at 6000mhz
HD: WD sn850x 1tb
Sound card: creative sound blaster ae-9
PSU: super flower leadex titanium 1000w
When will you go over the framework laptop?
Did you update the 980 Pro firmware?
Greg - How come you didn't need to update the bios on the B660 motherboard for the i5 cpu - did it arrive with latest bios already updated???
How do these do with heat? Interested in something similar
That case looks really nice only downside is the lack of dust filters. Plus i hope that the Samsung 980Pro has the newest firmware so it dont die.
How do I get contact with you bc my pc is turning off sometimes playing or even if tap my table it turn off idk what to do
I rebuilt my pc into a lian li a4 h20. Very compact, and juuuust fits my gigabyte 3070ti.
I did use a corsair sff 750w PSU. The cables were definitely shorter with that one, which helped.
Baby sized rig for the little one! Cool build. Pretty much the same size as the Dan A4-SFX which is harder to find these days.
Could you easily add 3,5inch hdd via sata cable? The motherboard manufacturer info is a bit confusing to me
I find it so fascinating that all that can fit into such a small space
Nope
The case doesn't have front panel USB and headphone/mic ports?
super nice build love it.
Love a good cable stuffing LUL!
Nice build Greg! Are those Yu-Gi-Oh cards in the background btw?
I thought 13th gen didn't work on b660 board without a bios update?
Is the case aluminum?
Gg he is so Goated at building pcs
No the Noctua NH-L12 Ghost S1 Edition is the perfect sized cooler for this case. The motherboared is inverted in the Ghost so the Samsung text is right side up.
Asrock is new to the GPU space but they make great quality stuff for the price. Definitely recommend for budget builds.
Need some custom shorter cables.
Thought of the Thermaltake CoreG3? Fits full size ATX motherboard, might still fit in backpack? I'm thinking it might fit a Juishark JF13K 2x120mm heatsink 😆