I think to answer your question of why, I'll have to go in a bit more depth. I first discovered this community at the end of last year, only a week or two after I had finished rebuilding/updating my mid-tower. At that time I was not going to go through the process of then downsizing everything I had just rebuilt. I had been wanting to make a HTPC/Living Room gaming pc for a while and decided I would endeavour to build an sff one to quench my thirst and get my feet wet. Soon after deciding this I came across the Pluto build, and was floored. It was beautiful, amazingly compact and looked like a great challenge to resolve. It was this coupled with the release of the HDPlex 400 that I started to become interested in building it. Of course if [USER=8222]@CroyAlore[/USER] were to do this series of mods it would be much cleaner, and his photography would look great.
As for the 400w, I could have certainly used a 200w, but it was more about fitting maximum power in, and also knowing you could put the 1080 mini in if you wanted. Re: pushing boundaries
The case is predominantly steel and aluminum, which is why I was going for the C6 connector. It has one portion at the front that is plastic.
The larger question I'd like to ask is how is this community effecting the mainstream development by larger companies? I think the spurring interest in small form factor, and the maker culture that is inherent here has led larger companies to take notice. The dedication that goes on in this community is profound and the obsession people place in their builds results in really high caliber projects. I guess this project was my attempt to join that discussion at however small an impact it might be. Perhaps I am giving too much credit to this community, however, I would like to think that through some means our "hobby" that we do for fun could be influencing a larger market for better or worse.
Thanks man! Really appreciate your help.
