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I guess he never specified that it had to be a good guess. Lol

People are so paranoid they're gonna miss crap, but they don't realize the PC world is always changing, new shit is always going to be right around the corner.
 
It's better to get whatever you can afford that's the best for your money.  Enjoy it now, rather waiting 6 months to get an extra 10%. 

I love the S4 Mini, Nice paint job.

Yes, the 1070 ITX OC would fit with a little mod. This build doesn't call for one though. I run a GTX 1070 Founders in MODZERO X (my daily driver). JUICE is my LAN rig, I'll be using a 1080P monitor, very little a 6gb 1060 can't do at that res. Building a PC is not about how much money you can throw at it.. The chassis is the focal point of this project, everything that makes the S4 Mini what it is, is why I chose it.
 
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Except most people don't need a 1080 and you could easily have a 6700k in this system. Also, if everyone followed that logic, the standard size for a PC would be of a full tower. There's a certain niche filled from having a small build, and you get to brag about having a very high amount of power in such a small space. Also, it's much more portable. 

I guess he never specified that it had to be a good guess. Lol

To answer the question of what is the best motheboard, you need to tell us what features you would like it to have. Any itx, mATX, ATX, or eATX board will support the components you listed. What size board do you want (itc, mATX, ATX, eATX)? How many PCIe slots do you want? Do you want support for m.2? If so, do you want SATA or PCIe m.2? Do you need wireless? how many SATA ports do you want? Does it need more than one NIC? Does it need bluetooth support? These are the kinds of questions you need to be asking yourself. Once you know what you want, you can use pcpartpicker.com to filter out motherboards that fit your wants and needs.

m.2 is a standard (kind of like PCIe slots). It originated with Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF) and if you do some digging you will find there are a few different form factors for the m.2. When you look at your m.2 SSDs, you may notice that it says the drive is m.2 2240 or 2280. The first two numbers denote the width of the card in mm, while the second two (sometime three) denote length in mm. m.2 drives can come in varying widths and lengths and still be in standard, although what your most likely to be using will be 22mm wide in one of three lengths: 40mm, 80mm, 110mm. If you're not sure what lengths the motherboard supports, you can find it on the specification list. This will also tell you how the m.2 slot interfaces with the rest of the components. Depending on how the manufacturer designed the board, it may use either a SATA port, up to PCIe 3.0 x4 lanes (i think there are a few that go even higher if you cough up the $$). This Article does a much better job explaining it than I can though.

what is your budget? that is the most important question, what is the most you want to spend on this? what does it need? (keyboard mouse screen etc etc)

I paid $25USD. Worth it to me

Just happened across this thread, here is are some pics of my current project when I first got it 4 years ago. Right now it's in the shop getting restored. In the four years I've had it; it has been in the shop a majority of the time as I slowly get the money for the shop to do the work. So far it's been stripped to a bare chassis, media blasted, rust removed, and it is currently primed and waiting for it's turn in the paint booth. I'm sticking with the original metallic blue paint and will be replacing the auto transmission with a 4 speed manual.
The day I bought it, got the car and a truck bed full of parts for $2000. I've since sold off most of the spare parts and ended up only spending about $1200. The car had sat out in west Texas for 6 years before I got it, so there was a bit of work I did before getting it to the shop. I had to tear apart the carbs and get them cleaned since they were completely gummed up. The fuel tank had to be removed and cleaned of all of it's old gas that had turned into a black tar looking substance. The plugs were replaced along with the battery and once all that was done, the car started up on the second try. It ran great with no smoking or missing, which impressed me given how long it sat for. I'm hoping to have the car back early next year and I'll be sure to grab some pics next time I stop by the shop. I would have some, but I reset my phone and the pics I had taken at the shop weren't backed up anywhere.
 

 

 

That blows

Just happened across this thread, here is are some pics of my current project when I first got it 4 years ago. Right now it's in the shop getting restored. In the four years I've had it; it has been in the shop a majority of the time as I slowly get the money for the shop to do the work. So far it's been stripped to a bare chassis, media blasted, rust removed, and it is currently primed and waiting for it's turn in the paint booth. I'm sticking with the original metallic blue paint and will be replacing the auto transmission with a 4 speed manual.
The day I bought it, got the car and a truck bed full of parts for $2000. I've since sold off most of the spare parts and ended up only spending about $1200. The car had sat out in west Texas for 6 years before I got it, so there was a bit of work I did before getting it to the shop. I had to tear apart the carbs and get them cleaned since they were completely gummed up. The fuel tank had to be removed and cleaned of all of it's old gas that had turned into a black tar looking substance. The plugs were replaced along with the battery and once all that was done, the car started up on the second try. It ran great with no smoking or missing, which impressed me given how long it sat for. I'm hoping to have the car back early next year and I'll be sure to grab some pics next time I stop by the shop. I would have some, but I reset my phone and the pics I had taken at the shop weren't backed up anywhere.
 

 

 

My opinion is as follows. The Hellcat should be the Hell Hound. if they made an high performance version that was AWD, that would be called the Hellcat. Reasoning for this: Dogs are rear wheel drive animals and cats are AWD animals . 

My opinion is as follows. The Hellcat should be the Hell Hound. if they made an high performance version that was AWD, that would be called the Hellcat. Reasoning for this: Dogs are rear wheel drive animals and cats are AWD animals . 

(terrible video but first one i found)

My opinion is as follows. The Hellcat should be the Hell Hound. if they made an high performance version that was AWD, that would be called the Hellcat. Reasoning for this: Dogs are rear wheel drive animals and cats are AWD animals . 

My opinion is as follows. The Hellcat should be the Hell Hound. if they made an high performance version that was AWD, that would be called the Hellcat. Reasoning for this: Dogs are rear wheel drive animals and cats are AWD animals . 

My opinion is as follows. The Hellcat should be the Hell Hound. if they made an high performance version that was AWD, that would be called the Hellcat. Reasoning for this: Dogs are rear wheel drive animals and cats are AWD animals . 

So basically what you're looking for is a slappy shifter.  Or a dogbox.

the tech for PSUs evolve slowly, what really matters is the quality such as the components used inside, the ratings of the components inside and even the circuit design matters. There are many ways you can design the circuit, each with different features and different components that are optional that you could add.
 
For PSUs the best sources are the reviews that actually test the PSUs with an oscilloscope and different loads to see how stable and within spec it is.

I'm a wireless convert, at least for mice. Being free of the cable is a beautiful thing, though I do concede the charging is a PITA. I'd like to see a solution involving wireless charging built in to a mouse mat, then wireless mice would be perfect.

Best idea yet

I did everything on a workbench that was 1.5x1.5m. Its good to have a big area to store the project but if you have a small work area you just have to get into a good routine of keeping it clean, makes life so much easier. Even take the saw in your backyard and do cuts, put it away when you don't need it.
 
Sorry mate, I can find the original basic template but not the final one. Ill pm you the template and you can work off that.
 

It all depends on your specific workload. I am going to be using a 6850K for solid-modeling, rendering, and dynamic flow simulations. The more cores you have, (usually) the faster you can render an image. For moderate video editing, a 4 core i7 is usually okay unless you are going to be working on some pretty extreme workloads. For example, for 3D design applications you would use more cores because programs such as Dassault Solidworks and Catia and Autodesk Inventor, Revit, and CAD are all optimized to more CPU and GPU cores to utilize parallel computation to speed up renders. For VRAM buffers and RAM usage, opening a 2 hour movie (~3-4.5 GB in HD) is nowhere near opening a *small* 8-12 GB (some go up to 2+ TB) drawing or model. This may not be the situation, but the point is to remember the scale of what you are working on and build around your maximum usage.
For CUDA applications, running graphics accelerators is the most efficient way to go, but is expensive.