I've been a member since 2019, but I guess I've never made a proper introduction!
I guess I'm a midgrade enthusiast: I like seeing where low end hardware can get you. I've been an avid computer lover ever since I was five, that magical Windows 98 startup has had me hooked ever since.
Despite my longstanding registered lurker status, I do have a history with SFFPCs, I'll list it below(because I recently talked about it on another website).
Attempt 1, circa 2019
Attempt 2, circa August 2023
Giving up my Ryzen 7 3700X was not so bad. Having multicore performance don't really matter all that much if you don't play the latest games and don't do media creation. 12100F smokes it in single thread anyhow, and it's a surprising little chip. The 3700X will have a good life in the hands of one of the kids I used to babysit.
Attempt 3, circa October 2023
If I do build another SFF system, I'd want something with no riser or external PSU. If I could find something like the Velka 3 sans riser, that'd be mint. Then again, I am looking at transplanting my HP system components into something like the LZMod DC-RLY V2(despite the riser, maybe it was the extremely funky bends I had to do on the Velka 7's riser that had me uneasy).
I guess I'm a midgrade enthusiast: I like seeing where low end hardware can get you. I've been an avid computer lover ever since I was five, that magical Windows 98 startup has had me hooked ever since.
Despite my longstanding registered lurker status, I do have a history with SFFPCs, I'll list it below(because I recently talked about it on another website).
Attempt 1, circa 2019
- Morex 557 (2.3L)
- AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
- Noctua L9a
- Gigabyte B450i
- 120W picoPSU
Attempt 2, circa August 2023
- Velka 7(5.9L)
- Intel i3-12100F
- ID Cooling IS-47-XT
- AMD RX 6800
- Corsair SF750
- AsRock H670/m ITX
Giving up my Ryzen 7 3700X was not so bad. Having multicore performance don't really matter all that much if you don't play the latest games and don't do media creation. 12100F smokes it in single thread anyhow, and it's a surprising little chip. The 3700X will have a good life in the hands of one of the kids I used to babysit.
Attempt 3, circa October 2023
- HP Slim Desktop s01-pF2013w(7.8L)
- Intel i3-10105
- AMD Sapphire RX 6400 LP
If I do build another SFF system, I'd want something with no riser or external PSU. If I could find something like the Velka 3 sans riser, that'd be mint. Then again, I am looking at transplanting my HP system components into something like the LZMod DC-RLY V2(despite the riser, maybe it was the extremely funky bends I had to do on the Velka 7's riser that had me uneasy).