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Pre-Orders For Lazer3D’s LZX-15 (M-ATX) Case End Today

  Those wanting to pre-order the Lazer3D LZX-15 (M-ATX) are down to their final hours to make their purchase. The pre-order drive ends tonight for what is arguably one of the nicest looking cases to come to the SFF market. The LZX-15  supports ITX or m-ATX motherboards, dual 240mm AIOs (ITX only), and 320mm long 4-Slot GPUs. The LZX-15 starts at £149.96, and is approximately £215 as built in the pictures above. You can check out the pre-order page by CLICKING HERE.  
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L91 Builds Lazer3D LZX-8

  With the announcement of several smaller RTX 4060 and 4060Ti GPUs, it’s a good time to look at some builds using similar sized cards. I also need to filter through the backlog of YouTube videos I should have posted links for. In this case (Ha!), we have L91, seen above prepping for his career as a F1 Crew Chief, performing a nicely balanced build-up of a Lazer3D LZX-8. Lazer3D is one of the earliest custom builders for the SFF market and is unfortunately often overlooked. However, their cases are quiet good, and have a lot of power packed into …

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Jarrod’s Tech Tests RTX 4070 Desktop Against RTX 4070 Laptop With Brutal Results

  Jarrod’s Tech has benchmarked the RTX 4070 laptop GPU against the full desktop version, and the results are not pretty. For those that don’t know, Nvidia uses the same name for their laptop GPUs as their desktop models. However, while the names are the same, the specs are very, very different. The laptop GPUs have reduced CUDA cores, reduced clocks, and reduced power usage. The result is that the laptop GPU offers nowhere near the performance of the desktop model of the same name. As the laptop GPUs are often used in SFF prebuilt computers, it’s important know the …

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MSI Shows Two Sub-200mm Long RTX 4060Ti Cards

  MSI has announced their RTX 4060Ti offerings and two of the models measure in at just 199mm long. The Ventus 2X Black and Ventus 2X Black OC both measure 199 x 120 x 42 mm. Both come with 8GB of GDDR6, and both use a single 8-pin PCIe connectors. The boost clock wasn’t listed for the OC model. You can see MSI’s Press Release by CLICKING HERE.  
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Palit Announces Single-Fan 170mm Long RTX 4060Ti

Palit has announced the GeForce RTX 4060Ti StormX 8GB; a 170mm long single-fan GPU designed for ITX builds. The specs have teh same boost clock of 2535MHz as the stock RTX 4060Ti, and the card is a 2-Slot design. The exact dimensions are: 169.9 x 124.1 x 38.8 mm. There will also be an OC edition that raises the boost clock to 2670MHz. An interesting design note I’m seeing are the heatpipes at the bottom, and the longitudinally laid out cooler fins for the primary heatsink. This means that the single fan may be able to push some of the …

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Zotac Debuts Four RTX 4060Ti Based GPUs

Zotac is launching four RTX 4060Ti cards in three different color schemes. All of the cards are part of the Zotac Twin Edge line giving them dimensions of 225.5mm x 123.2mm x 40.1mm in a 2.2 slot design. All feature Zotac’s SPECTRA RGB lighting, dual fan coolers, metal backplates, and use a single 8-in power connector. The OC models feature a modest boost clock upgrade from 2535MHz to 2565MHz. Uniquely, Zotac has partnered up with Marvel for a special edition Spider-Man version. This version includes a Spider-Verse themed magnet back plate, unique fan emblems, tote bag, and decals.     …

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