AdamxM07

Thought about doing something similar with an xbox case

I love Dreamcasts... Underrated console? Justifiable flop? Poor release timing? Say what you will, but I think they're great, in fact I have 3 of them. But unfortunately, the GD-ROM drive died on my daily driver, and without some costly parts from the modding scene, it wasn't worth resurrecting right now. So I stored it's guts in an anti-static bag, and decided that the case is going to form the basis of my first Small Form Factor build. 
 
Now I've seen DC-PC builds before... but never have I seen a really clean build, capable of gaming somewhat respectably. Most are from years back, built on ancient hardware, or without dedicated GPU's; The only one that did have one, also had pipes coming out of the side due to an AIO. So that doesn't count imho. Another build had a complete external desktop PSU...you see what I'm getting at here  

Rough spec 
 
STX motherboard. Smaller than ITX, but bigger than a NUC. If you've not heard of it I don't blame you... CPU will be an i5, probably a 6400T to help what will undoubtedly be 'tricky' thermals. PCIe powered GPU. For both simplicity and size, it'll likely be a 1050 mini. 8Gb DDR4, single stick of sodimm, budget as well as space restrictions here. SSD, capacity undecided. External power brick...because I haven't got the space to build that internally.  
 
I'm currently struggling with the setup of the power delivery, which effects the component selection more than with a normal build. For example, the power delivery I end up going with dictates whether I have an M.2 SSD or I can get away with a separate one and use the onboard slot for WiFi(STX boards all have dual M.2 slots). Also the size inherently means bad thermals, so whilst I want to keep it as original as possible, there's a high possibility of the rear of the console, I/O panel etc being entirely mesh.
 

For anyone wondering, a Dreamcast has an internal volume of just under 2.8L.......so this should be fun...  
 
***Currently seeking advice over on the Small Form Factor forums, about the viability of this build when using discreet graphics. The space limitations are real....But it'll 100% be built in some form or another, so I guess I can do a brief introduction post about it***
 

Project Clean Cut
 
 
Part selection:
 (Best Buy Purchased) MSI RTX 3080 TI Gaming X Trio ($1894)
(Amazon Purchases) Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB Mid-Tower in White ($204.24)
Corsair Vengance RGB Pro SL 32GB (4X8GB) 3600 Ram ($262.29)
Samsung 980 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD ($131.32)
Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB Elite White fans 1x($26.86) 3X($81.69)
Pixio PXC327 32-inch 165hz 2560 x 1440 Monitor (2ed monitor) ($309.99)
Corsair TM30 Thermal paste ($7.90)
(Newegg Purchases) Asus ROG Z590-A Gaming Wifi ($329.99)
Intel i9-10900KF ($437.99)
EVGA 850 B5 Bronze PSU ($79.00)
Sleeved Cable PSU Extension Cable Kit in White ($27.41)
Samsung 980 Pro 1TB PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSD ($214.99) 
Water cooling parts:
(Performance PC)
Sigularity Computers Protium D5 Pump Cover-silver ($49.00)
Channelz Corsair 5000X/D Side mounted Single D5 Resevoir-V2 with Protium Pump ($375.99)
Bykski G1/4” Rigid 14mm OD 90 Rotary Fitting- white x6 ($63.00)
Barrow 14mm Compression Fitting- white x12 ($59.40)
Barrow G1/4” 45 Rotary Adapter- white ($15.90)
EK-Quantum Velocity D-RGB CPU Block-frosted white plexi ($109.99)
EK-Quantum Vector Trio RTX 3080-3090 Nickel + Acetal GPU Water Block-black ($179.99)
EK Quantum Vector Trio RTX 3080-3090 Backplate- black ($45.99)
(Corsair WC parts)
Hydro X Series XR5 360mm Radiator- white x2 ($159.98)
Hydro X Series XT Hardline 14mm Tubing Satin White ($85.96)
(Amazon WC Parts)
Barrow G1/4 Mini Valve-white ($15.95)
Monsoon G1/4 Plug-White ($5.24)
EK HFB- Barb Fitting 10mm for soft tubing fitting-nickel (drain not staying in build)($7.21)
Barrow G1/4 Male to Male D-Plug fitting-white ($7.10)
(Newegg WC Parts)
EK-CryoFule Mystic Fog (conc. 250mL) ($14.99)
Home Depot White Automotive Paint + $7.23
 
Total Spent $5187.61 +/- some shipping / tax cost 
All parts are in my possession or on order. 
 
Build Plan: My plan is to Repaint the front gray portion of the case along with the gray PCIe Slot covers on the back of the case to white, also I will be painting the backplate white as well. I am going to have 1 top mount 360mm rad and a front mount 360 rad. I am going to put the Reservoir on the back of the case open section of the case.  I am going to keep the graphics card mounted in its normal arrangement and I will be turning the CPU block 90 degrees to allow the tubes to make straight runs.  I will add more pictures once more of the parts have arrived. 
 
 

 

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Source:
Petri
Microsoft
Redmond
The Register
 
Summary:
Microsoft is planning to give users the ability to purchase their own Office 365 licenses without any administrative oversight. Office 365 admins are obviously outraged.
 
Quotes/Excerpts:
 
My Thoughts:
Haha, yes, give the users the ability to buy their own software. No user has ever violated company policy or requested software they didn't actually need. I personally don't see any possible why this could go wrong. Sarcasm aside, it is a bad idea to give any plain old Office 365 user access to buy whatever enterprise licenses they want. I surely hope Microsoft changes their mind and allows Businesses to actually manage their own employees and software instead of allowing this anarchy.

Given how quickly the exploit was patched, I'll keep my pitchfork in storage (still need my torch out though because PG&E), and chalk it down to *expletives* happen.

adobe security be like:

 
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