Recent content by Brian McGuigan

I understand from HDPLEX, themselves, that the HDPLEX 400W is now obsolete. I was considering using one in a build myself. I am now thinking of using two HDPLEX 250W GaN Passive AIO ATX Power Supplies instead. These are 94% efficient, totally fanless, silent and occupy less space than the...

That looks good. I'm planning mine fo 2024 - for when Ryzen 5 comes out. Given the heat and power draw of a 7950, I'm making provision for a CPU Water Cooling Loop. SInce my original posting I've realised that an AIO, won't cut it. Their Tubes are just too long. If I need to shorten them...

Thanks for that. I didn't know such cases existed. I've had a look, but it's far too large for my purposes - but thanks, anyway.

Hi Everyone, I have in mind to build my own mITX case that would fit in a briefcase as a laptop - using the Thermaltake P3 as inspiration. The Need Well my Laptop just fell over, so I need to replace it. It was 14 years old, so didn't owe me much! I've had laptops ever since they first came...

I'm new to SFF, but definitely not to computers. I started working professionally in computers way back in 1966. So far back in fact, that I once made the mistake of describing what 'computers' were like when I first started. After that, I'm sure she thought I must have come out of the...