Recent content by fjbruening

I certainly respect Wade's opinion, but let me state that I like some IO on the front. Maybe not as 'clean', but it beats having to turn around your box every time you want to insert a usb key or dvd drive. I'm also not too crazy about having a usb hub lying around in front of the box all the...

Testing Update Finally got all my cables cleaned up, and a new monitor (Asus MQ278Q). I know, I told everyone I would be satisfied with 1080p gaming, but... when I realized how little real estate a 1080p has I decided on this (2560x1440). The monitor is really nice, I haven't done any color...

Hi @Thehack, Appreciate the input. I have found (so far) my S4 with i5/6600, EVGA Mini 1060 and M.2 SSD works fine so far with FallOut 4 & Witcher 3. I'm not very experienced putting together systems, and I agree that it seems underpowered for the Pico 160/192, but Josh Sniffen (the designer of...

Thanks for the input! I decided to contact Mini-box, and they graciously sent me this link http://resources.mini-box.com/online/PWR-PICOPSU-150-XT/output-cable-harness-for-picoPSU-150-XT.zip This shows the connector is a EH series, 1x4, 2.5mm, JST Mfg. The wire is 22 gauge, and the pin...

OK, Still trying to bottom out on this a bit. I'm going to make a few 'Pico peripheral to 6pin' connectors as soon as I figure how to get more of the connectors that plug into the Pico (that flat, 4 pin connector) A better picture of the connector I'm talking about Also, does anyone know what...

Hi, I'm trying to either find, or figure out how to make a cable for my Pico 160W. It's the peripheral cable that is often used to power a graphics card. I don't know what the name of the connector to the PSU is called, which is making it hard to search for. Here's a picture of it - It's the...

Thanks @ImperialAlex ! Adding the .jpg works... As for the wireless input, yes, I'm planning on that, I just grabbed what I had laying around to get the system configured... Looks messy for now. I need to find a place to get a cleaner Mollex connector, and a longer PSU cord. Thanks, Francis

Build #158 I've been wanting a windows box for a long time - I've been using macs at home for the last 10 years or so, and while I really like OS X, and Apple's macbooks, they've been getting more retarded, and given the latest rev of the macbook pro, I decided to use those funds to build...

Cleverly, who knew the Gigabyte Z170MX Gaming 5 isn't the same as the Gigabyte Z170N Gaming 5. my S4 mini arrived today! Perfectly packed and protected and I really love the workmanship. It's an awesome case! Thanks Josh. So I got all my boxes of stuff that have been arriving from Amazon...

So I've got everything for my s4 mini build - except the mini, but that arrives by Friday. :-) A quick question about CPU coolers. I bought an i5 6600 3.3 Ghz 6MB Cache LGA151 I didn't realize it comes with a fan already, and I also bought a Noctua NH-L9i I'll be using an EVGA 1060 SC...

Hi, Not sure if this belongs here, but please delete if it doesn't. I'm getting my s4 tomorrow, and am looking for a key for Win10. I'm finding sites like Kinguin that have a key to purchase for 27 bucks. Are these legit? If not, where can I buy a legit key for Win10 as cheaply as possible...

Thank you all for the info! @Runamok81 - thanks for the link t o the article, very helpful. I dislike the idea of proprietary HW, and would prefer to support FreeSync if possible. However, if the AMD cards are a step below the Nvidia cards then I'll look more seriously at the g-sync...

Hi, Not sure this is the right forum, but since I'm working on stuffing too much stuff in an S4, I thought I'd start here. Thanks to everyone who has given my some feedback in the S4 forum, it's been helpful in understanding all the tradeoffs involved in a project like this. I've got an S4...

It feels like I'm playing a game of "Where's Waldo" - trying to find the differences between the 'new' pics from Josh against the pics on the NFC site. Is it a color or texture thing? I've looked at the latest pictures and like what I see, which is how I felt about the first set of pictures...

Thanks for the info on Kaby Lake. Agree with you on newer (might) be better. And I did misunderstand your point about the 1060/1070. Thanks for the clarification. I've been looking more at some of the challenges of fitting a full sized GPU in the S4. I love the idea of a backpackable case...