Recent content by Mark13

I was impressed enough with my initial purchase of the ICY DOCK 4 Bay 2.5 SAS/SATA SSD/HDD Tool Free Mobile Rack for 5.25" Bay | flexiDOCK MB024SP-B for US $35 that I purchased a second to add to my other Makerbeam Proof-of-Concept. There is space for two Flexidocks side by side. The subsection...

I decided to take another look at the downdraft ID Cooling IS-55 CPU cooler. Cooler was tested on an open bench with the following: Ryzen 5700G using integrated graphics NTH-1 Thermal Paste Aorus B550 ITX motherboard RAM 32 GB Corsair LPX @3200 10 min CPU Z Stress Test & Unigine Valley @1080P...

Part One: Makerbeam proof of concept #2 – Vertical dual chamber build for NAS or home lab JBOD with space for SSD’s or HDD’s in lower chamber I had looked at the Jonsbo N2 and N3 for possible use as home lab or NAS, but decided to build up a new Makerbeam proof of concept to see how I liked it...

Don't have XWorks x32 but can offer Hydra Mini for $75 shipped. See my posting at: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/hydra-mini-itx-open-chassis.16433/ Chassis only, no riser cable or power switch. Aircraft grade aluminum - this is the original from Italy.

Wanted to do an ITX motherboard & SFX power supply build in this inexpensive case. Unfortunately I could not install my Gigabyte Aorus B550 motherboard with its fixed rear IO panel in either of the two cases I tried: A black one from Amazon & a white one from NewEgg. Both cases have the...

At least they are now reviewing a few SFF cases.

I had a future build planned (currently on hold) that would have required the use of an SFX to ATX PSU adapter. The EVGA SFX power supplies that I use include an adapter with the PSU just a bit off center from the middle of the adapter. Planning to maximize space of the PSU from the motherboard...

I finally found someone local with a water-jet who could cut the front & rear panels of my 678 PC case. Earlier testing had shown that with no air flow through the front or rear panels, the case would gradually fill up with heated air and temperatures would continue to rise even when a larger...

MX23 Linux AHS with the newer kernel has become my main daily driver as the Xfce desktop is my desktop of choice. The tool set is outstanding, and they even have XNViewMP my favorite jpeg photo processing program in their repository (have not seen it in any other repository). But on my HP AMD...

Got back into Linux a few months ago & am trying out a variety of distributions in my SFF PC's & laptop. Would be glad if we had a Forum or discussion area where we could post questions pertaining to Linux in our SFF builds. I note an audio static issue that develops after 30 to 60 minutes using...

I am using a 5950X in a Sliger S620 with a SS135 - no temp issues at all.

Looking at this case for just a bunch of drives, I initially thought about using 2.5" SSD's with adapters in place of the 3.5" drives. But with the price of NVMe drives nearing the price of 2.5" SSD's I am mulling over stripping out the SATA board in the bottom of this case and installing a...

I decided to conduct a new set of tests of my L12 Ghost Edition with different fans, configurations and both open chassis & SFF case. See results at: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/noctua-l12-ghost-edition-fan-testing.18994/

As a further follow up to the Tom’s Hardware Noctua low profile cooler article, I decided to retest my Noctua L12 Ghost Edition (GE) with a variety of fan configurations on both an open test chassis as well as in a very small (5.9 liter) PC case. I used a Ryzen 7 5700G with integrated graphics...

Tested the cooler both in and out of cases initially with two fans. Let me review my records for exact details - I can run some additional comparisons both on my open test chassis and in a case.