rjohnson11 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Hello everyone. Here is my adventure into building the 2000D Corsair PC case. Obviously you need a mini-itx motherboard. I opted for an ASRock A320M-ITX motherboard but I ran into some issues which I will discuss later. The parts I used are as follows: Athlon 3000D (used in lieu of the Ryzen 5 5600 CPU which didn't work) Corsair iCue H150i Elite Capellix XT AIO (with Commander Pro module) XFX RX6600 GPU Corsair SF850L PSU ASRock A320M-ITX Corsair Dominator 3200MHZ DD4 memory I decided against using the PWN controller in the 2000D and instead decided to use the Commander Core. This would give me full iCUE software access to control the fans. The Corsair iCue H150i Elite Capellix XT AIO which has a 360mm rad fit perfectly. It is important that the AIO tubes be at the top. The PSU slid into place with zero difficulties. There are going to be numerous cables and the only solution for cable management is zip ties. Problems: The ASRock A320M-ITX did not work out of the box with the Ryzen 5 5600 CPU. On the ASRock support page for the motherboard it says that the CPU should work with the latest BIOs. I found a cheap Athlon 3000G CPU online for a cheap price and bought it. With that CPU installed the system worked fine. I then upgraded the BIOs. I checked to make sure the latest BIOs version was indeed installed. I swapped out the Athlon 3000G for the Ryzen 5 5600. No graphics output. Swapped the CPU back to the Athlon 3000G and the system worked again. OK so I sent a tech issue to ASRock and I am waiting on their reply. The ASRock motherboard has the power and power LED connectors too close to the graphics card slot. So you have to be careful, especially when installing or removing the GPU. The Commander Pro works well but there is no really good place to mount it in the 2000D. Plus Points: The 2000D is very simple to dismantle. Easy to put everything back together as well. The 2000D has a solid feel and is easy to carry. The I/O port cable routing for me was simple enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeDoyen Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Just to be sure.. the R5 5600 is supported, but since it doesn't have integrated graphics ( as the 3000G has), there won't be any video on the motherboard HDMI output. you have to be plugged to the RX6600 once you change the CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjohnson11 Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 On 6/3/2023 at 8:06 PM, LeDoyen said: Just to be sure.. the R5 5600 is supported, but since it doesn't have integrated graphics ( as the 3000G has), there won't be any video on the motherboard HDMI output. you have to be plugged to the RX6600 once you change the CPU. I did that, but even with an updated BIOs there is no graphics output from the RX6600. If I swap out the processor with an older processor (Athlon 3000G) I have graphics output. I did double check to make sure the motherboard BIOs was updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjohnson11 Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 ASRock suggested I use another CPU to flash the BIOs. I will do that in the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjohnson11 Posted June 12 Author Share Posted June 12 Had to return the motherboard to ASRock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjohnson11 Posted September 6 Author Share Posted September 6 Replacement motherboard received and all is well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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