Build / setupThe first custom PC setup
The desk and system setup documented with the first custom PC build in June 2021.
PC builds • Custom PC build
A compact PC, from the inside out
A Mini-ITX PC built around a Core Ultra 7 265K, a Gigabyte Eagle RTX 5070 Ti, 64 GB of DDR5, and a 280 mm liquid cooler.
2026 build / photographs and parts list supplied by MichaelBuild story + full parts list
The need
Integrate the chosen CPU, graphics, memory, storage, and liquid cooling into a compact enclosure.
The response
Assemble the components and route the cooling and power connections within the Mini-ITX layout.
The result
A finished, photographed PC with its full supplied parts list.
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The challenge is the combination
A compact computer is not only a list of parts. The motherboard, graphics card, radiator, tubing, power supply, and cables all have to occupy the same limited enclosure. This build combines the supplied hardware in an NZXT H2 Flow Mini-ITX case.
The assembled exterior is deliberately only one view of the project. With the panels removed, the photographs make the internal packaging legible: the pump and memory on one side, the vertically installed graphics card on the other, and the radiator and cables running through the remaining space.
Show the inside, not only the finished lighting
The open-panel views are particularly useful here. They show the arrangement of commercial components and the routing that connects them, rather than hiding all of the integration behind the illuminated front.
The part choices include a modular SFX power supply and a 280 mm all-in-one liquid-cooling kit. Those details belong in the same story as the smaller motherboard and graphics card because they describe the actual assembled configuration.
A separate chapter from the first PC
The earlier 2021 custom PC is another chapter in the same collection. This newer build brings together the Core Ultra processor, RTX graphics, 64 GB of memory, two SSDs, and liquid cooling in a smaller-format system.
The full configuration is listed below. The exterior and open-panel photographs give the components a physical context, showing the computer as an assembly rather than only a specification sheet.
The component list
Configuration supplied with this build. The photographs document the assembly; this is not a benchmark report.
| Processor | Intel Core Ultra 7 265K |
|---|---|
| Memory | 64 GB DDR5-6500 |
| Graphics | Gigabyte Eagle GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| SSD 1 | Samsung SSD 9100 PRO 1 TB |
| SSD 2 | Samsung SSD 870 QVO 2 TB |
| Case | NZXT H2 Flow Mini-ITX Mini Tower |
| Power supply | Corsair SF Series SF850, 850 W, 80 Plus Platinum, SFX, fully modular |
| CPU cooling | NZXT Kraken Plus 280, 280 mm all-in-one liquid cooling kit |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z890I AORUS ULTRA, Intel LGA 1851, Mini-ITX |
Credits & project notes
Component selection and assembly: Michael Pytlowany. Hardware products and designs remain credited to their manufacturers.
The parts list is reproduced from Michael's supplied specification. DDR5-6500 is retained as supplied, not silently replaced with an earlier configuration. The photographs show the assembly; no thermal, noise, stability, or application benchmark is claimed.
Sources
Michael Pytlowany: current parts list and four original build photographs
Supplied September 2026; photograph filenames date to February 2026
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