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    Powering dual pico psu using single power brick

    Yeah, the main issue I had with the Z4 was all of the heat dissipation. In my case, my 1060 gets pretty hot and it wouldn't help if I was using the Z4. I switched to the 160XT later, but that shut off because of power consumption exceeding 192 watts, so then I bought a 300 watt G-unique PSU, and...
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    More G-unique BTO PSUs are now available(direct order)

    As this is the Gunique thread, I believe that Gury's direct plug can provide plenty of power to those specs while also saving space in your setup. I can vouch for this, as I have an older model of Gury's PSU and somewhat similar specs to yours. I have a GTX 1060 and i7 6700 running on a 300 watt...
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    Power Supply The Pico Thread

    I think the main trade off is that your PSU is on the outside, and more than likely passively cooled when you switch from ATX/SFX PSU to a Pico PSU. Depending on which manufacturer you get it from you may have power restrictions. You gain more space and remove a source of heat from your chassis...
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    Beginner, looking for advice on what to purchase.

    Ah, that's for the included CPU fan with the RYZEN processor. But I included an after market CPU in that list to negate that issue. Also, any mini-itx AM4 board will do, doesn't have to be that one.
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    Beginner, looking for advice on what to purchase.

    I wouldn't advise against that decision it seems like a pretty decent case, I personally have never had a shoe box case. But the Cooler Master seems to be able to fit nearly all regular size PC components inside, the only compromise I really see with that case would be the CPU cooler, but of...
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    Beginner, looking for advice on what to purchase.

    I looked at the site, and they have a few shoebox cases listed. However if you want something smaller than you would more than likely have to order from the US, or someone who makes custom cases, and that would more than likely mean ordering a PICO PSU such as a G-Unique PSU or HDPLEX PSU. Also...
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    Beginner, looking for advice on what to purchase.

    A NUC lacks the upgradability of a regular PC and the price to performance doesn't compare when you get the parts yourself. There's a lot of factors that play into performance such as the instructions per clock on a CPU, whether that CPU is on a 22nm process, or 14nm process. There's a lot of...
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    Beginner, looking for advice on what to purchase.

    Didn't know that, but it's good that they're going to include it in a single package. Thank you for letting me know!
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    Beginner, looking for advice on what to purchase.

    I would recommend going with the parts that I've listed here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RXygGf However, as for the size that you want is where things get kind of complicated lol There are many users on this site that have made very enthusiast class SFF cases, and there are many I could...
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    Multi Looking For and Selling or Trading Items

    How much were you willing to offer it for?
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    S4 MINI Classic (S4M-C)

    I believe so.
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    Power Supply HDPLEX 400W DC-ATX

    I can somewhat understand that, however if a company were to sell what the guy made that was worth his while, wouldn't that be good too? Then again, the guy wouldn't have anything new to show. Regardless, I feel that there's a bit of an issue either way. It would be nice to have certain items...
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    Power Supply HDPLEX 400W DC-ATX

    I don't really want to heat this debate, but I agree that 12v is better suited for a desktop system. I personally don't receive coilwhine from my PSU, but it isn't HDPLEX. With that said I also speculate while one person from China can do it, but not big companies. On the topic of the HDPLEX...
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    Power Supply HDPLEX 400W DC-ATX

    You could run the i5 and GTX1060 on the HDPLEX 160 from what I've heard. You may run into some power issues if you plan on overclocking. If you're an overclocking enthusiast I would suggest anything above 240 watts of power. I know because I ran into issues with the 160XT running an i7 and...