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I'm choosing parts for a new pc and need some advice for the case: - White color - ATX or M-ATX - Noctua D15 - RTX 4070ti - PSU Corsair RM1000e - Fit a 1 x 3.5" HDD Where I live it's very warm in summer so looking for a case that has the possibility to put fans under the GPU, my favorite candidate was the Fractal Design Torrent Compact, but I've read the problems with cable management so looking for similar sized alternatives Suggestions?
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There hasn't been much if any improvement at all in this space in the past 5 years. SFX power supplies are still $100+ for anything decent. There's a lack of truly compact cases (with decent airflow) under $100. The fundamentals issues still exist: GPU's/CPU's in the desktop market demanding more power. Enthusiasts who spend $1000+ on a machine want the best performance possible. People don't want to pay more for less. Lack of coordination between manufacturers. Companies like Apple, MS and Sony can get powerful efficient yet small machines because they buy in bulk, sell in bulk and they pick parts that work well together. But a base of niche consumers buying different products from different companies won't get that bulk savings. I'd expect modest improvement, maybe somewhat faster in improvement than the last 5 years, but I'd still temper my expectations.
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HI Guys You have probably already heard about this glory by now: I have found out where you can buy some of the core components. For example, The motherboard: https://www.maxsun.com.cn/2023/0107/5874.html After a short research, i have found out that the Motherboard is actually pretty different than your standard ITX Motherboard. IT has more "plate" on the Ram side of the motherboard. So its rectangular..... also it is as long as a Matxboard The Power connection or connectors is/are on the back of the Motherboard. The GPU Would be the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 Ti White OC, DUAL-RTX3060TI-O8GD6X-WHITE, 8GB GDDR6X, HDMI, 3x DP: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Graphics-DisplayPort-Axial-tech-Technology/dp/B0BRYHR5JY The CPU/ CPU COOLER is shown in the Video, but of course you can opt to take another one that works with that motherboard. I have also found a longer assembly video on Blibili if you are interested: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1xX4y167ET/?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.13 Now, all of this leaves me with a question: Where can I Buy the case ? ANYONE PLEASE HELP! XDDDDD LINUS I WILL PAY YOU IF I CAN GET ONE!!!!!!!! All jokes aside, I really want to build this and a video on this would be lovely...
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Budget (including currency): Under $1200 US (not including capture card) Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: OBS/Streamlabs, Adobe Premiere Other details This is to be used as a portable dedicated studio streaming PC. I need this PC to be as small as possible (handle is a bonus) but be able to fit both an Nvidea GPU and (in the future) a Blackmagic DeckLink Quad Capture Card (not included in the budget). I will be using cheapo HDMI to USB capture cards (4) for a short time and I use a Zoom L-12 for audio so would need enough IO for that as well. Appreciate the help!
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i'm looking into replacing my Cooler Master MC600P case with something a little smaller, its a fine case but its rather large and i want to slim things down. So there are a few things im looking for small but fits ATX (currently rocking a Gigabyte X570 AORUS Elite ) fits a 280 RAD plenty of room for storage - 2 SSDs + 4 HDs decent airflow im currently using a 2070 super asus dual oc (10.5 " x 4.7 " x 2.28 " Inch) so it should fit in most cases p.s. I recently saw the video on the Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, but im shopping around first
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I saw an ad for this compact and portable gaming pc from a company I've never heard of. And after a quick online search, apparently nobody else has either. The only video about it on YouTube is of an actor talking about its features in front of a green screen, and search results come up with chemistry pages on helium or mercury, or a game called Helium. But it uses up-to-date specs, and the product looks legit. It also goes by The GoStationTM by it's parent company Actineon. Is this a real product or a scam? https://heliumpc.com/
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I enjoy mechanical keyboards but find myself typing faster and with less errors on cheap-and-cheerful low-profile membrane keyboards from the likes of Dell and A4Tech. Finally, a Short Circuit video made me aware of the existence of the NuPhy Air75 keyboard which is compact, low-profile, mechanical, wireless, RGB-backlit and, Apple users rejoice; Mac-compatible. What more could one ask for? Well, perhaps that's the problem, but we will get to that. First Impressions The packaging comes with a nicely designed and comprehensive list of the myriad of key shortcuts to change things like the connectivity mode, backlight and sidelight settings, sleep mode setting or to do a factory reset. While we are on the subject, no further information is provided on what "sleep mode" is but the keyboard will automatically power-off after 30 minutes of idling regardless of that setting so... your guess is as good as mine on that one. And on reverse of the aforementioned key shortcut list there is a picture of an anime-style waifu. And she's on the box art. And there are stickers with her included as well. For some a nice touch, for others a very tired "oh come on! does everything have to be gamer-y?", as when you take a look at the keyboard itself, it really doesn't look like a gamer-focused product, does it? Incessant need of marketing teams to please everyone notwithstanding, the board itself screams quality. The frame is aluminium. The caps are PBT and the design itself brings memories of the gray-and-white keyboards of old, but with a modern, designer twist. Connectivity You can connect the NuPhy to up to 5 devices at a time. 3 via bluetooth 5.0, 1 via the 2.4 Ghz wireless dongle and one through a USB C cable (included). I immediately opted for the 2.4 GHz connection as it allows for low-latency input for the occasional gaming session. The range is abysmal, though. If you get up from the desk and carry the keyboard around even a pretty small room you will experience missed keystrokes and delays. But all that could be forgiven. You're supposed to use keyboards at a desk, right? Well, if the dongle is any further than about 10 cm from the keyboard, the input becomes inconsistent. I kid you not. If you have a desktop PC that's sitting on the floor you might have to run an extension USB cable for the dongle. At that point, is it really wireless? You might as well plug in the included USB C cable. Battery Life The Air75 uses an internal battery that you can charge with the USB C cable. You can use the sidelight to view current battery status but it’s not particularly useful as it’s going to show green throughout almost the entire charge and will suddenly start blinking yellow if it’s running low, at which point you have maybe 2 minutes to plug it in before it’s dead. So, by all means you may get caught while playing an online match or doing time-sensitive work. For my typical use one charge is enough to last a week, and that’s more of the same of what I’ve read other users report online. They also report that after a few months of use the battery is only good for a day, so I guess I’ll get to find out eventually whether my wireless keyboard is even less wireless than 10 cm from a dongle. Typing Experience Upon plugging in my $110 keyboard eager to get full enjoyment from a more pleasant, better typing experience to cheap, low-profile membrane keyboards I’ve grown to tolerate I… immediately hated it. At least at first. The keycaps are shorter than on “standard” mechanical keyboards, yes. But other than that, no immediately obvious consideration was put into adjusting the shape to the form factor. The surfaces of keys ended up becoming larger, but they are still right next to each other as they would on a standard board. That results in your fingers catching on neighboring keys as you type, which then results in accidental keystrokes. That, I believe could be alleviated if the surfaces of the keycaps were slightly smaller, so that they would taper towards the top a bit more, or if their overall sizes were a little smaller thus creating small gaps between keys. But here we are with a shape that could be described like this: imagine a standard height keycap and slice it in half horizontally. Overall, now that I spent a few weeks accustoming myself to the quirky shape of the keycaps I’m feeling rather satisfied with the experience, though I wouldn’t call the NuPhy Air75 the best keyboard to type on. As for the switches, you get a selection of red, brown or blue mechanical Gaterons. I’ve opted for the browns and they feel perhaps somewhat more linear than some other brown switches I’ve experienced before, though I would still describe them as perfectly fine. The switches are hot swappable, made even easier by the included keycap and switch removal tool, so that’s neat, I guess. 3 additional switches are included but only one can go bad before you need to spend money on replacements, though, as they are 1 of each kind, not all three of the variant you selected upon purchase. Bells and Whistles You also get individual RGB lighting with a variety of modes you can select through proper keyboard shortcuts. That’s fine, but the keycaps don’t have shine-through characters so the light doesn’t actually light them up. And while during the day you may taste the RGB rainbow just fine, at night it won’t actually do anything to help you see the keys. All in all, the RGB lighting on this keyboard has the distinct stink of an afterthought. On top of that you get two sidelights that also feature a few switchable lighting modes, but can be turned off in which case the left one serves as a caps lock indicator and the right one can be a battery indicator if you so desire. Function keys serve also as media controls and buttons for basic operations such as changing the brightness of your screen or, rather annoyingly, bringing up Teams. That last one will minimize whatever full-screen application you may be running so that’s not exactly well thought-through. My understanding is the optional software you can download from NuPhy’s website should allow you to modify the behavior of function keys but I haven’t been able to try it out because the software would not detect the keyboard. At least I think that’s what was going on. Clicking on the tray icon did absolutely nothing. Windows would even warn me upon running the installer for it that it’s unrecognized software. So, I guess it’s not ready, to put it kindly. If you don’t want your keyboard to lay completely flat you might enjoy the nice magnetic snap-on rubber feet that raise the back a bit for improved typing comfort, if that’s how you like it. If you’re willing to pay extra $19 you will receive a carrying case, but note that it doesn’t include a space for the aforementioned rubber feet or the 2.4 GHz dongle. All Things to All People? That’s probably what the marketing team wanted and probably not what the engineers wanted. It’s a serious, high-quality product. It’s compatible with Macs. It’s gray and white or gray and other different gray, depending on your choice at purchase. But there’s an anime girl on the packaging, on the manual leaflet and there are anime girl stickers in the box. It’s a product for professionals, but there’s RGB lighting. It’s wireless but instead of doing one type of connection properly (and if they were to fully go ahead with the “it’s for gamers and has waifus and RGB” rhetoric that should probably be the low-latency 2.4 GHz connection) they did multiple ones poorly. It’s an expensive product for people with expensive tastes but includes a cheap-toy-tier battery, an even worse status indicator and software that doesn’t work properly months after release of the product. But put the identity problem aside, is it worth recommending? Honestly, knowing what I know now I would have gone with something different for that money. But then, what would that be? If you need it to be a 75% compact, low profile, mechanical and low-latency wireless this, I believe, is your only option, as others only support a Bluetooth connection or are bigger.
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Really clean looking design from Dell and not even too expensive at the moment (Dell UK). https://www.anandtech.com/show/14764/dells-optiplex-7070-ultra-a-compute-module-for-aio-pcs
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Hi everyone hope you're doing fine in this quarantine! I was curious to see if there are more Atx case that take advantage of vertical SSD and Nvme mounting to get rid of the HDD bay to deliver a more compact factor. one of the smaller full-featured Atx case is the Fractal Define S, and in red is the empty space for the HDDs. but the Define C simply cuts it away, while still leaving 315mm of space for a GPU. Do you have any models that follow this trend? (ATX, not Micro) there does not seem to be a lot of new case model in the past year (ie: to take advantage of newer Front I/O standards like 3.2 not that I care that much) Thanks! Special thanks to Fractal Design website for changing the order of the measurements between each case to make comparing cases harder than it already is
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Wondering what the slimmest case i could fit my hardware into please do not reccomend smaller hardware im 15 and cant afford it B450 Aorus M Ryzen 5 1600"AF" with wraith stealth cooler regular sized ram full atx power supply Evga gtx 970 hybrid with 120mm radiator 2.5 inch ssd 2.5 inch hdd
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The most compact case that fits these : a. Intel Core i3 7350k b. MSI or Zotac GTX 1050ti Mini c.8 GB DDR4 (single or dual channel) Thanking In advance , Dude really thanks
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I'm just wondering guys, have any of you ever had an Xperia Z3 Compact device along with phantom glass screen protector? Now those screen protectors are quite pricey, but have a reputation. I'm very careless phone user, I always do stuff while using phone, I always use it with single hand. Therefore I need small and durable device. I also hate protection cases, because they limit the accessibility of side buttons. Wouold you recommend Z3 to a user who above all, needs a durable phone?
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Hi all, Im planning to build my first PC for my architecture/rendering projects, so i want it to be a powerful machine however i need it to be as compact as possible without turning into a little oven, my budegt is around £1700 but i prefer not to spend it all, anyway here is what I'm going with so far: ASUS Z270 ITX or whatever Z270 ITX available right now in the UK 'cuz i need it SASP 7700k 32gb RAM GTX 1080/1070 EVGA hybrid 120 to 280 AIO for the CPU the case is hardest part but it come down to two: Cougar QBX KAZE http://cougargaming.com/products/cases/qbxkaze/ fractal define nano s http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-nano-s-window i like the size of the Cougar QBX KAZE but ill be limited to only120mm AIO with the Hybrid in it but the fractal define nano s i can go up to 280mm radiator but its like twice the size of the Cougar case!! so what do you guys think?
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I need help. Does anyone know of any android smartphone with mid range specs for a decent price that is not big ? I was a huge fan of Xperia mini pro back in 2011 and i regret selling mine to this day. I am looking for any android phone under 4 inches with 2gb of ram and marshmallow or later version of android. Ideal size would be somewhere around Xperia mini pro with display size of 3.5 inches. In attachment i uploaded photos of the phone i am talking about.
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Greetings. I'm looking to rebuild my system into the smallest possible form factor without having to change out my components. That means I'll need to look for the smallest possible Micro-ATX case. I need it to- Fit a Micro-ATX motherboard, which should go without saying. Fit a 3.5" drive somewhere. Fit an ATX power supply. Fit a 273mm GPU. It's a full-height, dual slot card. I will personally prefer cheaper cases, but I'm creating this thread as much curiosity as need for a recommendation. I'm currently looking at the InWin 301; a 25-litre tempered glass Micro-ATX case shown off at CES 2017, and while I like how it looks, I would prefer something smaller. I'm drawn to the BitFenix Phenom Micro-ATX because it supports an enormous 230mm fan at the bottom, which should make for quiet operation. However, seeing as I intend to use a low-profile CPU cooler, it's a lot wider than I need. Restricted air flow can be dealt with, as my components don't run very hot. For reference, I'm running a Core i3 4160 (which I intend to upgrade to a Xeon E3 1231-v3) and an MSI GTX 960 2GDST OC. I look forward to seeing your recommendations. Regards, Aereldor.
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I'm looking for a case that can fit a full ATX motherboard while being smaller than 18.5"/470mm high, 9.5'"/241mm wide, and 16"/406mm deep. Also to note, the IO (Audio In/Out, USB) must be on the front and not on the top or sides, unless the case is short enough that it doesn't matter. Would prefer a plain black case with no windows. I've been looking for such a case for a while now. My current computer desk was really only meant to fit an mATX mid tower at most. I have an ATX motherboard and can't exchange, refund, or otherwise switch out for a smaller motherboard. As of right now the Riotoro's CR1080 is the only case that will even fit and personally it looks a little to "gamery" for me, plus a few reviews have pointed out that the case has quite a few flaws. If there's an alternative I'd really like to hear it.
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So I'm looking into getting a super compact barebones PC, something like the Gigabyte Brix, but I was wondering if there are any options that have no processor included and essentially just have the small case, motherboard, and IO. I have an extra i5-6600k and a SSD with OS already on it just sitting around (I won't be overclocking it in this use case) and have the use for it but I would love to have it an ultra small form factor enclosure. Everything out there seems to have a CPU already in the system. Are there any barebones systems out there that you guys know of that don't come with a CPU? All current ITX cases are way bigger than I want in this scenario as I do not need a GPU and I want the power supply to be an external power brick. I also already have 2 ITX system that I'm happy with. Thanks for the help!
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Hi there, Pretty new to the forums but long time LTT follower. I'm looking for a bit of community help in choosing a case for a new portable editing system. Over the last year I have been doing a lot of Freelance editing and have needed to take my workstation from job to job. My current x99 system is in a Corsair Carbide 500R and has both work and personal data on it. It's large, heavy and well like part of the family so every time I have to move it I worry. In fact Ive had to leave it at location a number of time. Not fun. So I'm planning on building a Ryzen based secondary editing PC that I can load my footage and projects onto for the duration of the job and not worry about anywhere near as much. I'm looking for a compact/portable case that can support an m-atx mobo, a standard sized GPU...say founders edition as a minimum, 2-3 3.5 HDD and at least 1 2.5 and finally a 280mm AIO. If the case could have handles that would be a bonus... So far the closest thing I've found is the bit-phoenix Prodigy-M... But I'm not sure on RAD support. I'm open to advice or suggestions etc and if you need more details just let me know. Cheers! FG
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Sup folks, I'm looking to buy myself a cheap compact tablet for on the go, say using it whilst traveling. I've found a couple of nice ones but I'd like to hear your thoughts on what you think of my choice and or other suggestions. What are my needs? - It needs to be compact enough for me to be able to take it with me easily - It needs to be good enough for video playback, such as Netflix and YouTube (basic web browsing as well) - It needs to have a good battery life (optional) Currently I've got my eyes on the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 (2016) What are your thoughts/suggestions? Thanks in advance, Cheers, TJ
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hey guys i was looking around for a compact, preferably wireless keyboard with programmable keys for my home setup. i will mostly be using it for making music and i have a lot of stuff on my desk so it would be nice to have a smaller keyboard with some programmable keys for shortcuts in my DAW. any suggestions?
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So i made this list on PcPartsPicker and i wanna know what you think of it. I won't build it quite yet but i just wanna know if it would work out and if you could play GTA on High or Medium with it. I also wonder if there is a way to get it even cheaper without much performance loss and if you could make it more compact... Thanks
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EDIT: Long story short, this post isn't really relevant anymore. The orignal project I was panning here has evolved into this: IDK, here was my original planned build because why not... Base Parts List: $300 - Intel i7-7700K -- http://amazon.com/dp/B01MXSI216 $60 - ASRock H110M-ITX/AC -- http://amazon.com/dp/B01AVPBOFI $125 - G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 16GB (Because why not?) $50 - Logitech G410 Atlas RGB Keyboard (Tenkeyless, to match the "compact" theme of the build!) $40 - RGB 120mm Fans, 3 Pack (These sure are cheap. Too cheap?) -- http://amazon.com/dp/B0748C844 $650 - GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition Used
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I do not own a k95 but from all the reviews and unboxings I can tell that it has almost everything I looked for in a keyboard but it has some things that really do not make me to buy one (price is also one of them). It is a gaming keyboard and Corsair did a good job with it's gaming features (unlike other manufactures that say it's for gaming but does not even have programable buttons, what a f*cking joke) like textured and differently shaped WASD and side keys, dual sided palm rest, f*ckig awesome RGB and customization but it has no compact form. Like wtf, is for gaming, what gamer prefers a numpad over mouse moving space???? Also, a microphone and heaphone jack and a slimmer cable ( use a 3.1 type C connector ) would make it unbeatable, can't think anything that you can bring to upgrade that keyboard. This is a cheap, fast made photoshop attempt: Original K95: Compact Version: