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Fun thread, thanks [USER=1612]@VisualStim[/USER]! I've got no historical context on SFF so I'll have to pass on that part of the conversation starter.My first computer upgrade was to add an nVidia AGP video card to my family's eMachine so I could play Lego Star Wars. I was right around 13 years old. In high school, I watched a friend get help from a teacher build his first system and I eyed that enviously (but I didn't have money to foot the bill). Through college, I was stuck with laptops since I needed to fly back and forth.Finally, I had my laptop die two years ago and I told myself it was time. The smallest form factor I knew of at the time was mATX. I knew I wanted small since I was (and still am) something of a vagabond in my parent's house (oops, need to cut them a rent check for this month). My friend at work mentioned mITX and my world changed. I had a goal in mind. I devoured hours of video content on mITX builds and thousands of words of build guides and the like. Somehow, I never stumbled on SFFForum (sadly). In January of '17, Intel was king and Ryzen was bit a glimmer of hope on the horyzen. That's how I bought into my 7600K + GTX 1070 system in a Silverstone RVZ02.I learned a lot in that build, especially with respect to cable management and motherboard layout (I still brood over the USB 3.0 header placement on the Gigabyte Z270N-WiFi). Eventually, I found a build using the Salvo Studios S400 on PCPP which led me here to the forum. Been my home ever since.
Fun thread, thanks [USER=1612]@VisualStim[/USER]! I've got no historical context on SFF so I'll have to pass on that part of the conversation starter.
My first computer upgrade was to add an nVidia AGP video card to my family's eMachine so I could play Lego Star Wars. I was right around 13 years old. In high school, I watched a friend get help from a teacher build his first system and I eyed that enviously (but I didn't have money to foot the bill). Through college, I was stuck with laptops since I needed to fly back and forth.
Finally, I had my laptop die two years ago and I told myself it was time. The smallest form factor I knew of at the time was mATX. I knew I wanted small since I was (and still am) something of a vagabond in my parent's house (oops, need to cut them a rent check for this month). My friend at work mentioned mITX and my world changed. I had a goal in mind. I devoured hours of video content on mITX builds and thousands of words of build guides and the like. Somehow, I never stumbled on SFFForum (sadly). In January of '17, Intel was king and Ryzen was bit a glimmer of hope on the horyzen. That's how I bought into my 7600K + GTX 1070 system in a Silverstone RVZ02.
I learned a lot in that build, especially with respect to cable management and motherboard layout (I still brood over the USB 3.0 header placement on the Gigabyte Z270N-WiFi). Eventually, I found a build using the Salvo Studios S400 on PCPP which led me here to the forum. Been my home ever since.
