WaterproofBeanie

Wow...
(almost made a pcmr joke, but tact)

f*ck... I can almost see the Paris incident as the death of privacy (or, at the very least, its illusion) on the internet...

It isn't really necessary, but if you are going to once every 2-3 minutes should be more than enough. If you do kill something just return it saying it was DOA

Have you got any issues at the moment that the BIOS update would fix? If not, don't bother.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

It costs more because it is newer, and intel can charge more for it. After all, 6 > 5.

Joke
Also, that is Sandy bridge—E. I'm sure Skylake-E will cost more than the 6700k does too.

This is the next evolutionary stage of a custom build I did earlier this year; Project Stalker, which you can find the original build log for here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365996-build-log-project-stalker-complete/ and my first dive into major custom case modding/building.
 
Been thinking about what to do as my next project and thinking I'd love to try doing some more "heavy" case modding. Was sitting around one day a couple weeks ago, looking at Project Stalker with the side panel off thinking of what could be done to improve this PC. One thing that struck me the most was that there was a considerable amount of wasted open space inside. One of the main functions of Stalker was for it to be a portable PC - easy to carry around. Well, making it much smaller would make it a lot more portable. After spending some time messing around with a tape measure and moving things around, came up with a plan to remove 4.5" from the height and 4" off the depth. The result would be a very small PC 10" tall x 10.5" deep x 6.5" wide.
 
Just a reminder of what this PC actually started out as: 
 

 
Which was then gutted, pained and transformed into this:
 

 

 
Specs have changed a little since the original Stalker was completed and are now as follows:
 
CPU - Pentium G2358 @ 3.8
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H87N Wifi mITX
Memory - AData XPG 2x4GB 1600
Storage - Hitatchi 400GB 7200 HDD AData SP600 128GB SSD
GPU - Asus GTX 460 1GB GDDR5 DCU-Top (brand spanking new)
PSU - Cooler Master V650 Gold Semi-Modular
 
Just a few quick tags: @mr.squishy @tmcclelland455 @dragoon20005 @AlwaysFSX @Antibull
 
Now, I could have just taken a hack saw, made some marks and started cutting. But this wasn't going to be that simple to pull off. I had to think about how the top, sides, bottom and front/back ends would all "fit together" after cutting sections out. Also had to think about how each section would be fastened to one another. Eventually figured it out (for the most part) and started taping off where to make all the cuts. I wanted to keep the clean face panel which means that has to be cut down as well. Turns out the section with the two 5.25 bay doors and the weird HP drive bay section, could be cut out completely and the rest will line up almost perfectly (at least in theory... lol, we shall see.).
 

 

 

 

 
There are a lot of rivets to be drilled out and precision cuts to be made. Thus, the tools of the trade. Went through about 10 of those little cut-off discs and they aren't cheap, unfortunately. But they are perfect for making thin, straight, controlled cuts in sheet metal.

 
More updates and pics to come soon.... 
 
Thanks for looking. Any tips/suggestions for doing this type of case modding is welcome.  

In Australia, we have a similar problem. I am waiting for now. It is a shame, but the cheapest Z170 motherboard costs around $100 more than the cheapest Z97 did twelve months ago. And some things (such as NZXT's cases) have all gone up in price.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

Wow, that looks much better without a window than I would have thought.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

It is a scam which preys on insecure people to make money.

AMD stated that the cores aren't like normal cores from the very beginning--this stinks of consumer entitlement for easy money to me.This is coming from an Intel user sitting on Sandy Bridge because AMD hasn't really put out anything to justify switching platforms.
 
>Buys AMD to support them
>Wants AMD to best Intel
>Files lawsuit which would take away R&D funding for better chips

well the guy sure took his time getting around to it. bulldozer being released 4 years ago and whatnot.
(not actually supporting the notion, just noting how long it took for this guy and his cohort to react)

That is a really cool idea.

I think if you use less, it should cost less, but if you go over a certain limit the price shouldn't keep increasing.