Recent content by Sicaris

Oof that price! Would have been nice otherwise for a build your own mini PC. Not sure what other uses it could have.

Wow, such an impressive endeavor! Even with the final test with components still to come this is such a well thought out project. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and process. Bending heat pipes is something I've always been too afraid to attempt, your 3D printed guides sound like an...

Wow, this is truly a work of art. Can you show us some of the design and manufacturing steps? I'd be particularly interested in how you determined the size of the heat sink and how it was manufactured. Thanks!

Thanks for the detailed write up on rivnuts. I've never heard of them before but just from your post I feel confident I could install them with some simple tools. Also, beautiful case. I look forward to seeing the final results!

Awesome, looks like they make a few different versions up to 330W which is pretty impressive.

Very nice! What's the GaN power brick you are using? Also how does it pass power through to the eGPU?

Not sure what availability is like these days but the thermaltake engine 27 and 17 could fit the bill. I think there's a test of one of them around here somewhere, if I remember correctly it was fine for the size.

Is there a particular advantage to the mornsun LOF225 over similar Meanwell units or just a personal preference?

Excellent, thank you!

Very nice build. What riser did you use for the GPU and have you powered it directly from the PSU? Is the GPU powered all the time?

Welcome! I have no idea for your specific question, but this post in the concepts section has loads of useful info: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/useful-references-for-case-design.6683/ In particular I would read through the stx 160 build in it's entirety, there was so much...

Always cool to see what can fit in a Chopin. Do you think the radiator has enough capacity that you could put a single slot GPU in the back side?

I'm not typically a fan of RGB or built in displays but they could be really awesome behind that translucent case. Sort of a Blade Runner billboards through the fog vibe.

So in the never ending cycle of tweaks and upgrades I find myself wanting to add WiFi and Bluetooth to my htpc. I could just get a usb dongle but where's the fun in that? I currently have an nvme SSD plugged into a pcie riser and now I'm wondering if I can get a dual m.2 riser and get an...

There are certainly some thin mITX with SODIMM slots. There's a thread down the page here, but I can't find anything in m-ATX. Could you get by with just one PCIe slot? Otherwise there are some thin mITX boards with 2 M.2 slots, you could get an adapter from M.2 to PCIe x4 which would also give...