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Hey, Today I decided to kill some time digging through cheap ITX cases and I found what could be a cool, small vessel for an ITX motherboard and GPU. The APEX MI-008! At the moment, it sells for just under $40US on Newegg, I haven't looked anywhere else. The case is cheap enough that I'm...

Hey! Something I've thought about a lot in the past was becoming a van-dwelling nomad. The more thought I gave that, the more I started to consider things like converting larger vehicles... buses, box trucks, that kind of thing. Traveling has made me feel even more like I'm suited to that kind...

Hey friends! So, I am currently using a MSI GS63VR that somehow has survived water damage and traveling around. It looks like I might spend a year or so in China teaching English, so I'm trying to become a more conscientious about security and such. And, I'd just really like to push myself to...

Pretty much, as per the title... The idea came to me in some idle time, and I'm not really in a position to do anything with it. It'd be cool to see someone carry the torch, as I'm not sure I'll be building a PC any time soon. So, mineral oil is non-conductive (or my understanding is that it's...

Hey, it's been a while! Late March, I left basically everything I had in America behind and set out on some long-term travel. I'm planning to keep it going for at least a year, but it's even easier to run out of money than I had anticipated. Haha I'm currently in Vietnam, and my general...

Hey, The other day I was working on my MSI GS63VR, I bought a 960 Evo to throw in there, and I took out the 2.5" HDD (which gave me like an extra HOUR of battery life...) and as I was reassembling the laptop, the M.2 wifi card's antenna cable's (tiny coax?) connector that seats on the wifi...

Hey! Still figuring out my travel stuff, and portable projectors seem more practical than trying to cart around a display that's more comfortable to use than my laptop's 15.6" screen. Like, where am I going to put a 22"+ display in a bag I'm trying to carry-on?! But, looking into smaller...

Hey! So, my MSI GS63VR uses I think a 180W power brick, it's 6" * 3" * 1" without including the cables in those measurements. I don't believe I've seen the system draw 180W from the wall, and it seems like only running the least optimized titles out there really seems to make it go over the...

Tomorrow, some hardware from @Kmpkt (and Amazon) should be showing up at my door, and I'm going to be benchmarking it and doing some testing we're both interested in seeing the results of. It's an i7-7700T, i7-7700, i7-7700K, and a few Pascal GPUs. Motherboard is a MSI Z270I Gaming Pro Carbon...

I've been looking around for fairly priced GPUs for a while now, and haven't had all that much luck. But, I have been finding curious variations of cards every now and again. I've never seen this particular MSI RX 580 before It's got one fan and a big, plastic shroud. But its maximum card...

I've taken a bit of an interest in MXM cards as a possible solution to finding a (relatively) affordable video card... As I've been doing some research, it seems like AMD released MXM versions of the 470 and 480 for enterprise-type implementations. A bit of Googling has led me to Tul Embedded...

Hey! I got reminded of a stupid picture I took with a Mini-Box M350 I took forever ago and decided it might be a fun project to build with Raven Ridge to hold me over until I build a proper desktop. The basic idea I have is to cut a something like a ~140mm hole in the top of the case and use a...

Hey! @Josh | NFC's new video really got my gears turning, leading me to consider my first water cooling setup. (DIY or otherwise!) The MO-RA3 looks like an excellent radiator, but with ~30mm fans on there (yes, I know I could use thinner fans) you're looking at a large ~3", 360x360 panel that...

Hey! I'm struggling to find good sources for this stuff. Partially because my concerns are a little out of the ordinary, but also there just doesn't seem to be much thorough, good information out there. Basically, I'm wanting to get a projector that isn't very noisy, has a native resolution of...

Hey! I'm giving some consideration to building my own case, perhaps by hand or perhaps through a place that would "one-off" manufacture the pieces for me. Seeing if I can get familiar with SketchUp, but I keep hitting unintuitive speed bumps that I'm having a hard time finding the patience for...

Hey! I'm trying to find a case that can handle being moved around and left at friends' houses and ideally keep the hardware inside intact. The firm requirement is that it has 3 or more expansion slots, but other nice-to-haves are room for 2 (or more) 2.5" (or larger) storage drives, and decent...

Hey! When I bought a refurbished MSI GS63VR, I set aside a good bit in hopes of upgrading to 'the best' M.2 drive and 2.5" drive. I went with a 256GB Samsung 850 Pro and a 2TB Seagate FireCuda. Last night I had some friends over and we played some couch multiplayer games using my laptop hooked...

Hey friends, I'm looking at purchasing a multi-unit home in a college city that has enough money coming into it that it's basically been unaffected by every economic crisis the US has had since I've been alive. Most places in Louisiana tank when the oil industry hiccups, but this place keeps...

Hey! I had to try another motherboard out for my build and the only one with the Z97 chipset I could get a hold of was the Asus Z97i-Plus. It ended up solving my issues, but it's got a huge heatsink that blocks my Noctua NH-L9i from being able to exhaust in one direction. As you can see...

Hey! My project changes again, but it's actually going back towards its roots. Originally when I contacted Josh about the S4 mini, I pitched my idea of a "Dreamcast 2" theme for my build to him. Of course--being the passionate guy he is--he was enthusiastic about the idea. The plan was to...