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Retro SFF: RetroGameCouch Builds SFF AMD 5×86 PC With Legos
Retro PC gaming is getting smaller and smaller thanks to industrial system-on-boards. In this instance, RetroGameCouch has built up a kick ass little AMD 5X86 retro machine using a MSC242 ISA board. The board is mounted to a small ISA backplane along with a Sound Blaster Pro CT1600 sound card, and a Trident TVGA9000C …
Ars Technica Reviews M2 Ultra Powered Mac Studio
Ars Technica has gotten their hands on the newest Mac Studio and this time it’s packing an M2 Ultra chip. What does that mean? Imagine cramming the nearly the power of an Intel i9 – 13900K CPU and desktop class Nvidia RTX 4070Ti class GPU performance in an approximately 3.7L case that only uses …
Gigabyte Releases RTX 4090 Windforce with Revised 12-Pin Connector Placement
It might be a tad difficult to see in this picture but Gigabyte is releasing an updated version of their RTX 4090 Windforce with a new 12-pin power cable placement. The cable is now recessed, and rotated 90 degrees. This aligns the plug along the length of the card, and reduces the height of …
ETA Prime Creates Micro Steam Machine With Minisforum EM680
ETA Prime, not seen because I’m tired of just showing pictures of his hand, has taken the Minisforum EM680 micro PC to make a Chimera OS powered Steam machine. The Minisforum EM680 features a Ryzen 7 6800U with 8 Cores / 16 threads, and a 12Cu RDNA 2 Radeon 680m iGPU at 2,200MHz. That …
Mr Matt Lee Builds Fractal Design Terra SFF PC
Mr Matt Lee has put together a very nice Intel 13600KF / RTX 4080 build into the new Fractal Design Terra SFF case. The video is an ASMR like relaxed build of the case. He also includes temperature results, and a smoke test to demonstrate the airflow patterns. The final outcome is a beautiful and …
Thor Zone Shows NANOQ SFF Case (Updated)
Thor Zone has announced the NANOQ SFF cases, which launches in Q3 -2023. Coming in with two sizes of 11L for the NANOQ S and 16L for the NANOQ R, the case features a stainless steel tube frame interior with an aluminum shell. It can be position vertically or horizontally. The R case supports …
Retro SFF: Gear Seekers Builds mATX Retro SFF Gaming PC
Gear Seekers, seen above needing his tracking adjusted, has built a mATX socket 370 Pentium 3 powered retro PC. He uses a Fractal Pop Mini as his case as it has a 5.25 drive bay. Interestingly, the motherboard he chose is actually a replica of a vintage Compaq board. It uses harvested chip-sets while …
JayzTwoCents Reviews Falcon Northwest Tiki SFF PC
JayzTwoCents, seen above acting his age, has taken look at a Ryzen 7800X3D powered Falcon Northwest Tiki SFF machine. Falcon Northwest is one of the few boutique builders left not owned by a larger company. It started in 1992 by Kelt Reeves, Falcon has always specialized in gaming PCs. They also were one of …