Recent content by taftsummerset

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    Cooling No Monoblocks for ITX X470, B450 or X570?

    Any updates on this? I'm looking for a monoblock for the x570 mDTX from ASUS. Or at least something that will work with it.
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    SFF.Network Intel H370, H310 and B360 Chipset Boards Incoming!

    Any update from Asrock on when they will be releasing this chipset? The H310-STX that is...
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    5" of power

    Hi everyone, thanks for the comments. In order of post, here are my responses so far. 1), Power consumption has not been measured yet. I don't have a 'wall meter' or equivalent. If there are any other means to measure, let me know, however, with the equipment in the box so far, I think I'd be...
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    5" of power

    Hi SFF, I've been waiting to build my SSF Deskmini for a while now. I really like the STX size and can't wait for one with a AM4 socket. Before buying, I did a lot of research on M.2 and the benefits of NGFF to run a GPU with this. I have a GT1030 for this rig, but not the PCIe riser. I...
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    M.2 Wifi slot used for 2x PCIe / SSD

    Sensational, thanks heaps for the links. So far, my testing has show an "immeasurable" difference in the boot and read/write times between running a SSD via the Sata3 connections and a M.2 SSD (Samsung SSD 860 PRO Vs Samsung M.2 SSD 960 EVO) . Hence, to save myself the heartache, I've gone...
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    M.2 Wifi slot used for 2x PCIe / SSD

    Thanks for the speedy response, greatly appreciated. Yeah, from my understanding the E key is down to half the bandwidth of the M key. I base this on the PCIe lanes available - this table was handy. Therefore, I'd be wasting a 960 EVO SSD. A slower but smaller E key SSD might be the best...
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    M.2 Wifi slot used for 2x PCIe / SSD

    I'm new to the forum and currently building up a ASrock Deskmini. Looking to deck this badboy out with top of the range stuff. Will post a build blog when I've decided on hardware. Question before I proceed. I want to use the M.2 wifi (E) slot for my SSD... this is because I want to use the M.2...