Single Slot Low Profile RTX A2000! The Perfect Small Foot Print GPU

[@ETAPRIME]

Now I'm looking for a Super small Mini ITX case that supports a single slot GPU, Any Suggestions?

[@TheGameBench]

There are the Dell Optiplex and Lenovo Thinkstation P3xxx/P3 Mini 1L systems that can take a single slot GPU.

[@heirtothethrone000]

Didn't you just build a small footprint pc with the 8700G with a white case that had a single slot gpu about two weeks ago. See if it will fit in that one.

[@XiaOmegaX]

A lot of the cheaper ITX cases on aliexpress are single slot half height. They lean cheaper because single slot is less desired. Notably, there is a ~40 dollar case that is an all-plexiglass design that would be a cool micro RGB build (doing that as a project is in my back pocket)

[@rushunt2131]

I have the sff a4000 ada and I need a smaller cooler on it lol Put it in the minis forum ms01

[@slojanko]

But this is such a bad gpu, it costs more than a 3070 while delivering 3050 performance. It's a ridiculous idea that you want a professional (before known as Quadro) in a gaming pc.

[@btarg1]

Single slot cards are extremely underrated and need to go more mainstream. It's so important to have them for low power and small builds!

[@n3rdware]

Hey there, thanks for the very nice review of my heatsink! In case anyone is wondering, the card runs pretty hot because the stock fan curve doesn't ramp up the card higher than about 50% ever. While very quiet, you can set a custom curve to get it a bit cooler but it should be good nonetheless. The PTM7950 pad will also get better after a couple of heating cycles.

[@Bajicoy]

I am really grateful you are helping the community by selling this design. A number of people want 12GB VRAM in their mini pc and this is a great new way to achieve that with an A2000. Do you know when you will get new stock of these coolers?

[@candyred3v]

Would be b3 better to run the fan off of a mobo fan header

[@carterkovalsky3063]

These heatsinks are what the sff gpus from nvidia should be. All that volume in the dual slot factory design is just lazy engineering with all thay wasted space. Will be buying an rtx 4000 sff ada when they become available. Insane power in a LP single slot card.

[@mingyi456]

@@candyred3v There is no way to make a fan curve that responds to gpu temperature using the bios fan controls. This means either you have the fan responding to cpu temperature (which is completely illogical for a gpu fan) or you need extra fan control software in your os to control it properly (which adds additional unnecessary bloat)

[@n3rdware]

@@Bajicoy Next batch should arrive in about 3 weeks

[@xTHETRAINx]

Edging to this rn

[@Megawoolf13]

What the f-

[@polarvortex6601]

@@Megawoolf13 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SpardasTechReviews]

LMFAO

[@ranjitmandal1612]

🧐

[@Westernkind]

New letter just dropped, now it's 2SLGBTIAQFP+GPU

[@TheGameBench]

I really appreciate the fact that they give the exhaust somewhere to go. Just looking at the XFX 6400, or the Arc A310, you can see how they have terrible airflow. Been waiting a while for this to come out and I'm happy to see how well it performs.

[@NetrunnerAT]

You can Put A310 SFF cooler on a A380 SFF Card and Work. But A2000 is much faster.

[@Moonlight_Tide]

I love that the end that mounts to the case is left open so the fan can actually blow the heat OUT of the case. It's about time someone designed a low-profile cooler like that. Thanks for the coverage on this.

[@hohenheim5639]

all blower cooled GPU's do that.

[@Moonlight_Tide]

@@hohenheim5639 the full-size ones do, yes, but the ones on low-profile ones generally don't.

[@davidpower3102]

I did this after watching this video. I can confirm it works VERY well.

[@InfamousAMH]

I am truly rooting for more single slot LP cards to release. The N.U.C's future lies in the hands of GPU manufacturers.

[@justinpatterson5291]

Love the conversion to a super compact build. It's the opposite of my 2060. Got an EVGA 3Slot itx card.

[@jaffarbh]

I have the A2000/6GB on my main system. I use it mostly for video calls (with Nvidia Broadcast) and a bit of Adobe Lightroom. It works like a charm. Even a bit of gaming too. I would highly recommend boosting the fan speed as the memory can get pretty hot (100C), usually 10C above the GPU itself. I think this card is the best price/performance you can get right now.

[@etotheowl88]

If you add a small amount of foam padding around the fan and the mesh sidepanel you can decrease temps another 10-20% with a much lower curve. Ideal for shoving it in a cabinet or desk drawer.

[@JimmyJoeMcGurl]

N3rdware seems to make really nice stuff. Got my A2000 cooler on the way, cant wait

[@Dajodio]

This is incredibly impressive, would love to use something like this for my cyberdeck

[@ETAPRIME]

Im pretty happy with how this turned out for sure

[@naoseiquela00]

Theres RTX 4000 ADA SFF

[@blunderingfool]

Won't that be tough to power?

[@dividion8102]

@@naoseiquela00 Yeah, but at $1500 it's almost the same price as a 4090... You can build this entire system for about $1150.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😮

[@erwincr]

Thank you for all that valuable info. I have the MS-01 and was searching like crazy for a single slot RTX A2000, thanks to your video I now understand it doesn't exist and I need to do some DIY for making this work.

[@maiastniki]

nerdware hasnt done a single restock either 😢

[@erwincr]

@@maiastniki 😭😱

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

​@@maiastniki you can pre-order a new revision now, which I just did a few days ago

[@Negiku]

This is my dream build. A2000s used are so cheap in my place, usually cheaper than $130. But the CPU side of things, not so much.

[@tryllejens]

The nice thing about the A2000 is that you can actually undervolt it a little, either to reduce the powerdraw by 5-10 watts, or to have more consistently high clocks, at least my A2000 performs better with a custom voltage/frequency curve, higher clocks and slightly lower powerdraw. Also, despite the RTX A4000 being named '4000' it is actually still on the Ampere architecture, the same as the RTX 3000 series, so it might not have frame gen... but it's still RTX 3070 ish performance at 75 watts if I remember correctly, which is some incredible efficiency.

[@NathOnGames]

£569 in the UK right now. Yikes.

[@jaffarbh]

Strange. I got mine for £230 some 18 months ago (the 6GB version) form eBay. Used but like new.

[@NetrunnerAT]

600€ is 12gb Version 😜

[@frankwong9486]

​@@jaffarbhthat price before AI boom maybe ?

[@jaffarbh]

@@frankwong9486 Probably!

[@notreallyhim]

Can get a 3090 for that

[@jessiethedude]

Gave this a watch again, searching for any vids of the new RTX 2000e ADA. Hope you’ll eventually get one of those, this was a great vid

[@sg.johnlim]

Finally got to order the new revised version from n3rdware. Been waiting for months for it. Hope to get it soon, love your video and recommendation.

[@ChristianStout]

Man, this video came out like a month late. I've been looking for a single-slot solution for my A2000 (+Optiplex 9020) and just spent ~$90 on mods and took an angle grinder to the stock heatsink. This cooler looks like it'll perform better than my "solution" at the same price, so I'll definitely get one. As for overclocking, the A2000 is hard limited to 70W, so you'll hit a power limit before a temp or voltage limit. You can shunt mod it to pull more than 70W, but then you risk burning the PCIe slot on your motherboard.

[@Baulder13]

I have an a2000 12GB from work that no one needed sitting in a HP Z5 SFF workstation with an i9 10900. Hoping to get it set up with proxmox and plex transcoding someday.

[@schifferu]

Can't wait for you to make a video on the A1000 when it comes out

[@Spyke_misc]

Same really curious how it compares to the a2000

[@charizard4410]

Got mine for $185, the dual slot works fine for me but interesting to see that there is a decent option if i want to go single slot.

[@Seandotcom]

Need this company to make Arc A310/A380 single slot coolers fr

[@sikandarnaseer1777]

I have had the a2000 for almost a year now and it's great

[@Blustride]

This is actually sick for an HTPC or a special purpose gaming system. I’d probably want more performance than even the A4000 could give in an HTPC, and I’m less limited on size but this is still a ton of performance density. Throw this in an arcade machine or something and you’d be gold.

[@yanushkowalsky1402]

a4000 requires more power and 8 pin connector. I don't think you can power it inside MS-01

[@greenprotag]

That single slot cooler is killer ^_^

[@mememe37]

I'm excited to see what can be achieved in this form factor in 2-3 years!

[@etotheowl88]

What is crazy to me is nvidia has the chips already to have insane sff gpus that are amazing. 4060 laptop pulling 60w on the gpu and gets great fps. Why cant they just make it into a desktop card

[@TheSpatialTheory]

I have a bunch of SFF PCs and have dreamed about an A2000 as long as I've known about it I'm glad to see they've made basically a 1u version of it. Server gaming anyone?

[@juice.902]

Am I crazy or isn't it pronounced "Mini's Forum" as in Mini PCs Forum? I always assumed that until I started watching your channel. I think that makes sense considering they make mini PCs, haha. Anyway, great video. I love this idea. I've been 3D printing SFF custom cases lately and converting my A2000 to single slot would open up a lot of doors for that. Now they just need to do the same for the Gigabyte 4060 low profile. ** OH DANG they have a shorter 4060 mod already, that's pretty cool.

[@Bouipi]

I hope a companies in the graphic card industry will make single slot GPU for rtx 4060 low profile. Two or three screen is all I need (or in my opinion most gamers / streamers)

[@OneSmallStepWeb]

Fascinating stuff. Great video. This is really interesting. Didn't know you could even get custom GPU coolers.

[@EinSwitzer]

the black box would love this

[@XiaOmegaX]

I can get a LP 4060 undervolted to 70W. Would love to see that cooler fitted to one of those.

[@Spyke_misc]

Omg yes pls

[@DigitalJedi]

That would be a baller card. It would basically become the 4060 Mobile, but that really isn't much slower at all. I wonder how something like a low-power 4050 Mobile would do in a passive card given they go down to like 35W.

[@n3rdware]

Unfortunately the 4060LP isn't suited for a low profile cooler due to the tall caps and stacked IO :(

[@RandomPlay___]

Tell me how?

[@DigitalJedi]

@@RandomPlay___ You just drag the sliders down in something like Afterburner. I wouldn't touch voltage much on the 40-series cards. Just cap the power and let it adjust as needed automatically.

[@MauroBooBoo]

This is fantastic, my MS-01 is coming next week and that is the perfect solution, very good performance, without breaking the bank. Thanks!

[@sebasanfilippo]

That cooler "may" also work with new A4000 SFF ada... and that will be a killer sff single slot gpu.

[@jorper2526]

A killer sff gpu indeed.. And the victim is your wallet.

[@jilianjing7549]

The ADA version of the A2000 was released recently. As you mentioned about it possibly being cool to have frame gen around 11:00. The RTX 2000 Ada generation seems a little nerfed when it comes to it's core config, though if considered that ADA is a more efficient architecture, it should perform better. Would love to see a comparison between the two someday!

[@rodrigomolinsky]

I'm holding for the A4000 SFF version, to be released. THAT would be the supreme GPU for small form factors.

[@rodrigomolinsky]

Oh, so this work with the A4000??? Geez, I should've buyed that... 🤦‍♂

[@garystinten9339]

What is the A4000 equivalent to?

[@rodrigomolinsky]

@@garystinten9339 Actually, my mistake: there is a page for the A4000 version in the N3rdware website, but it seems it's the same cooler.

[@mingyi456]

@@garystinten9339 Apparently the a4000 ada lovelace version (not to be confused with the ampere version) is comparable to a 3070, but with more vram (there is a 20gb version). That level of performance seems not that much better than the a4000 ampere, but the ampere predecessor uses significantly more power.

[@jorper2526]

​@@rodrigomolinsky The A4000 SFF (Ada generation) has a MSRP of like $1400+ The A4000 SFF is 70W The A4000 is 150W.. So don't expect to put a A4000 in a mini PC.. You won't be able to provide the extra power it needs.

[@Dimi_K]

please make more videos with benchmark of this. its really impressive

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

Exactly what I was looking for.

[@SergeiSugaroverdoseShuykov]

There's significant gap between shroud and fan, i'm pretty sure that any kind of overlapping sticker will make cooling a tiny bit better on this one.

[@daftpunk672]

Man that cooler looks so slick I love it!

[@lastsonofthewest2444]

Great review. I actually followed your Sparkle Arc mod video, and used the 310 cooler on the 380. I don't game, I use vMIX to stream, and it is using all the 6GB of vram in the Arc 380, and over 70% of the CPU in my 13900h MS-01. Am now very interested in the n3rdware on a 12GB RTX A2000. Any issues shipping it to the USA? Appreciate all of your help on these videos. One suggestion, would love to see a video in which you show all these SFF cards streaming either OBS, or my preferred vMix. The HyperEncode works well on an all Intel system, but I can't find an Intel Arc Pro card with 16 GB of vram! That would be ideal!

[@n3rdware]

Shipping to the US is no problem. Most of my orders end up in the States 🙂

[@lastsonofthewest2444]

@@n3rdware Thank you! Will order this weekend!

[@sparky7635]

What I am now missing is a fitting external drive enclosure from minisforum for this in order to add up to 6 3,5“ harddrives. This would make this mini pc the perfect all in one nas, (retro)gaming, hypervisor and home automation server. I really would like to see minisforum coming up with a way to add hdds in an additional case to this mini pc

[@hidde3454]

Would be interesting to see the powerdraw and av1 encoding speed to see if it works well for jellyfin/plex

[@mtrebtreboschi5722]

AV1 encoding requires an Ada gpu, basically the next gen after this thing. They have the RTX 4000 ada and RTX 2000 ada for 1250/625 usd respectively on nvidia's site, but they havent hit the used market yet. The 4000 ada came out last summer and the vendor of this mod will release the 4000 ada mod next month. The 2000 ada came out 2 months ago and seems to be about 50% better than the gpu in the video, but the guy who makes the mod can only start working on it after their 4000 ada mod is done

[@mtrebtreboschi5722]

I'm going for the same use case and i wanna get to use the RTX VSR upscaler on non 4k HDR content from my library, and ive confirmed that does work on the a2000, so its not a total loss

[@zexmaix]

Very nice, just hard justifying the overall spend after modifications are considered. Not sure why manufacturers aren't trying harder in the SFF space, it seems to be gaining appeal. I'm happy with the 3x P1000 cards I picked up last week for $50 in total ($17 per card!). Perfect to outfit my Dell SFF units with.

[@Shin_BakaSensei]

Is just a shame that he didn't show how the assembly of the new heatsink was, if only he did this would also be a great tutorial

[@roryg4091]

Hey ETA Prime, this is awesome! you wouldn't happen to have any n3rdware coupons would you?

[@MasterOfNone88]

we need a RTX A4000 Build soon ETA.

[@SteveColbert-cu4un]

Love the videos!!! FYI - Tried to use the the link to get Office for $59.00 and it didn't work. Came out to almost $100.00

[@lanoche]

I wanna make one of these cause I'd rather have a mobile desktop on trips that I know I will have a place to set up on that is good enough rather than a laptop. Also just because the MS-01 is meant to be a "mini server" doesn't mean I can't use it as a mobile pc.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

Looks great Need more of these

[@riki-s]

Сначала подумал, что это вообще безумие - иметь настолько производительные железки в коробке из-под нука, но на тестах процу критически не хватает увеличения павер лимита. Судя по температуре - запас по охлаждению есть. В целом это уникально крутая сборка, я бы себе хотел такую) Конечно, при условии павер лимита процессора ~90-100 вт.

[@chromerims]

Incredible video 👍 congrats

[@professorh8398]

Rtx 2000 ada would have been nuts. Anyhow, stock shroud is so uncomfortably loud! How does the new fan noise profile compare??

[@betag24cn]

this is that, this is a rtx a2000

[@GuilleAcoustic]

@@betag24cn I think he ment the newly announced RTX 2000 ADA generation 😊

[@betag24cn]

@@GuilleAcoustic oh, ok, i must be confusing names

[@mtrebtreboschi5722]

The guy who made this mod is working on a mod for the 4000 ada that releases next month and he confirmed on discord the other day that the 4000 sff ada cooler wouldnt fit the 2000 ada exactly, so once hes done with the 4000 ada he'll start working on making the adjustments for the 2000 ada

[@uwduus5312]

nice video. would be nice to see a side by side comparrison. maybee with a AMD or intel gpu variant.

[@professorh8398]

Pleeeeease make A1000 single slot videos. Ooof. So exciting. Perhaps with 32gb of ddr4 3600mhz cl16 and the i7 12700k equipped with the anti bending buckle.

[@mixterz1]

picked mine up a few months ago, works great in a dell optiplex i took from the the job

[@SirPreissMC]

It's so weird and at the same time familiar looking at the skewdriver you're using since I've got the same set. Oria, right? 🙂 I'm also impressed by the n3rdware cooler. A bit expensive but it seems worth the money.

[@wilsonicsnet]

Looks like a real nice GPU there. Too bad it won't fit in my MinisForum HX90. At least the integrated Radeon holds up decently.

[@toddpeterson5904]

This is a great setup. I only with Nvidia wasn't so stingy on VRAM. 8GB should be the absolute minimum, especially if you do more than gaming.

[@shineymcshine]

Those bombers in COD are ridiculous lol

[@avardi263]

For such a small form factor, the performance looks great. Which keyboard are you using in this video?

[@nsxproperties560]

We need this for the RTX 4060 LP

[@leopoldomunozbrioso8724]

Super Amazing, maybe I need to use that kind of fan with a rtx 4060lp to make a setup inside of a Xbox one x.

[@pudgegranddaddy]

Look, I understand there's a premium for SFF and mini PC, but I just can't justify the performance per dollar on something like this. With the mini PC, A2000 and single slot cooler, you're talking about $1200 USD before taxes & shipping. Meanwhile I can build a mini-tower PC w/ a Ryzen 5700xt, mid-tier B550 mobo, Radeon 6700 xt, 1tb storage, 32GB RAM, 650 watt PSU for just a little over $1000 USD. This would give me double the GPU performance in synthetic benchmarks and would play all games high/ultra 1080p at well over 60FPS and a lot of games on medium/high over 60FPS on 1440P.

[@BlobBlobkins]

laptop with Nvidia 3060 would be cheaper and more portable than a whole small pc.

[@PeterOliver]

I mean you can buy an RTX 4060 laptop with pretty good other features for like 800 bucks now on sale, this isn't necessarily about value but about the size/performance. For sure it's not a good deal right now, you are right.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😮

[@pudgegranddaddy]

@@PeterOliver I get the whole laptop discussion. However, you still have an upgrade path in my scenario. You can get a Ryzen 5800x3d or 5900/5950x, add more RAM, upgrade the GPU, add more storage, and even transplant the whole platform into another PC tower. Hell, you can even replace the mobo with a B650 or B760 if you wanted to go team blue. Laptops and these ultra small machines cannot do most of up the upgrades I mentioned .

[@DarkWorldQ8]

There is an RTX 3050 LP single slot card for anyone who is interested. It is made by a brand named "Yeston"

[@harmonbrentdm]

Now I wonder how good this MS-01 would be with A2000 for Music Production

[@estefanocampoverde3660]

the best pc ever

[@JohnDoe-te3uk]

Thanks for making this video. What is the best low profile gpu that supports analog video for a vga crt monitor?

[@ΔαυίδΠριδεαυξ]

Just get startech adapter

[@Mitsuoxx]

One of the fews LP gpu of the market that's actually is less than 175mm. For instance, RTX 3050 LP is 181mm, so it won't fit in some SFF case.

[@wlpaul4]

You want to know how pricy the RTX 4000 sff is? Even the low profile GPU guys are like, “ yeah, no, that’s way too much for me dawg.”

[@starsoldier3643]

One of the best cards available for older pcs. But spendy.

[@iainballas]

I would love this GPU, if it actually outperformed... you know... a 3060. For now, I'll stick to 1660ti shortbois, they're easy to stuff into just about anything.

[@shuginubi]

So far I've settled for RX 6400 in my Jonsbo N2. It too has only 1 lp slot.

[@TheKhanjur]

Great review. However I'm feeling some ptsd for how many times you said "A2000"... :)

[@franlp32]

I was looking for that comment. 🤣🤣🤣

[@SludieOfficial]

The ultimate low profile beast

[@mercuriete]

My suggestion is to test nvk linux driver and check if steam big picture will be good in a few months. Linux is changing quickly on nvidia side.

[@Brandi.Phillips]

Who needs a double shot when you've got a single slot RTX A2000? Gaming performance in a slim package, just like my gaming skills! 🎮😂

[@cloudkat9475]

Someone should totally make something like this for the 3050 6g

[@0525ohhwell]

I really feel bad for anyone that has to work with these size constraints for some reason. The performance to cost ratio is terrible.

[@mduff94]

Wait, you've run Helldivers II on iGPUs? Would love to see a video on that. My RX6400 struggles with it on low settings.

[@j.ianmichel3059]

Have you looked at pairing this with the BD790i? If you thought about it and decided not to what held you back? By SFF case what are you looking for? Just size or footprint. I am itching to find a nice vertical Low profile case. Like the corsair 2000d but slimmer with not less mesh/breathability.

[@lmaoroflcopter]

Dagnabbit, of course, this comes out on the day my egpu enclosure arrives. Ended up picking up a razer core x for an egpu enclosure after really not loving the performance of an A310 and the MS-01. Still think it was the right choice in the end as even the A310 seemed to put quite the load on the included 180W psu you get with the ms-01 (minisforum recommend you upgrade the brick if you run a dedi gpu). Impressive seeing that 1080p high performance on HD2 with your A2000 setup.

[@NationJJTV]

That's awesome!

[@hoodie_ninja]

Given the price of the a2000 vs the 3050lp 6gb, I think the custom cooler would be better suited to be made for the 3050lp. Just my opinion.

[@saysbadman]

$250 for the RTX a2000 and $80 for the nifty cooler. I think I'll wait a year or so for the Rx 6400 successor.

[@tip00former1]

You can buy a single slot RTX A1000 for about 400 bucks. Don't know the performance but they have 8 Gb ddr6

[@DukeusMostchillius]

Can we see an Odroid H4 Ultra Overview? Maybe running with the A2000 through the nvme slot.

[@topelite666]

Should have used the RTX 4000 ADA SFF card.

[@javiergonzalezcalvo1544]

Eta the new.cooler is just for reduce some.space.inside the minisforum no or for another motives too !?

[@Ace-Brigade]

Were the a4000 cards much higher than they are now at one point? Because I'm saying them for around 4 to $500. I don't know that I would call that very very expensive.

[@G3BEWD]

No before and after weight comparison?

[@n3rdware]

stock cooler is 180 grams, mine is 300 grams.

[@baccusx13]

Damm, I like this design. If I had it, I would try to do a brass plating on the metal. That would be sick!

[@lewiscook4072]

Was hoping this was a review for the A2000 ADA 16gb, any chance of that coming?

[@mistertwo6113]

I'd like to upgrade my Minisforum MS-01 graphics - recommendation as to best low profile card that can run on the MS-01 power supply?

[@javiej]

I'm wondering if you could do the same with the new RTX 4000 Ada. It has inherited the same low profile enclosure from the A2000, but can provide double performance.

[@robsquared2]

Would this be a good transcoder for a plex server?

[@silvanigra]

What would be the cons of using a "professional" GPU for gaming instead of a dedicated gaming card?