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Gigabyte released a nice Thin ITX board that has support for PCIe x16 with 65W support.
https://t.bilibili.com/449194931386585732?tab=2 Come with back panel, support 90 degree turning on AM4 bracket. Claim better compatibility with MOBOs.
It is official. No Founders Edition variant. No official MSRP. And wonder of wonders it is only like 2nd in efficiency to like a 5700XT. According to Linus Tech Tips, no samples were even sent to...
 
Colorful has listed a 12GB, 2 slot, RGB-less RTX 3060 that's only 182mm long. Design wise, it's got a single fan with partial rear exhaust, and simple look of brushed aluminum and white trim...
https://shop.in-win.com/products/explorer?variant=42031144730880
 
Teenage Engineering, known mostly for their synthesizers, is now producing a mITX case. SFX PSU, dual-slot 180mm GPU, 120mm CPU cooler, 9.2L. $195, though it looks to be sold out for now.
https://ncases.com/blogs/news/end-of-m1-production M1 has met its end of production. Kudos for what you did for SFF! I remember when ya were on [H]! PS-glad I got a 6.1 when I did!
 
AMD just released their RX6600 GPU - with only 130W TDP actually a perfect card for ITX - but it seems ASRock is so far the only partner who offers a card of roughly that size. The RX 6600...
 
Zotac has launched a new line of microtower style PCs called the Magnus One. It’s an 8.3L sandwich style unit with an integrated 500W power supply. It supports up to an Intel 10700 non-k, RTX...
 
Based on a recent ECC filing, it looks like Noctua and Asus may be collaborating on a GPU cooler. The name provided for the card was Asus GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua GPU. Nothing has been announced...
 
The ID-Cooling IDEAMINI-X (IDM-X) is a 12L SFF barebone, packed with a iGame 3060Ti and the custom designed Z590 motherboard takes 10Gen and 11Gen Intel CPUs. With the custom Motherboard/Riser...
 
Adata has announced the SE920; an external USB 4.0 SSD that can achieve up to 4000MB per second. USB 4.0 is the next-generation standard of peripheral interface featuring up to 4,800MB a second...
 
AMD's Ryzen 7 5700G and Ryzen 5 5600G APUs are now available for sale at major retailers for $359 and $259 respectively. These APUs incorporate a Zen 3 based CPU with AMD Vega based integrated GPU...
 
Cougar has announced its Dust 2 ITX case. Going for the rugged look, the case features aluminum front and rear panels, mesh side panels, and carry handles on the top. The interior is a sandwich...
 
Minisforum has launched a new prebuilt / barebones mini-pc with the Zen 3 Ryzen 9 5900HX at it's heart. The chip is an 8 core / 16 thread Zen 3 part on the 7nm process node. It has a base clock of...
 
Intel has announced its next high-performance NUC: The Nuk 11 Extreme. The eight liter sized NUC is built using a modified sandwich layout. The modification is that it features a lower PCB that...
 
Asrock has announced a new ITX sized graphics cards based on AMD's RDNA2 architecture. Called Challenger ITX, the card sports a 6600XT with 8GB of GDDR6. The product page lists the dimension as...
 
Backblaze is a cloud service provider that uses hundreds of thousands of mechanical hard drives, and keeps detailed records on the failure rates of said drives. Backblaze then publishes a list of...
EK just released VTX pumps with slightly better specs than the DDC pumps but same footprint. https://www.ekwb.com/news/vortex-powered-tubular-combos-introduced-by-ek/...
 
Surprised no ones spotted this yet, seems like its releasing July 12 according to Newegg
 
ASRock's making another slightly long ITX server board but this time in B550, to go with their existing EPYC board. Looks potentially interesting for compact NAS builds particularly; built in...