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Backblaze Releases Hard Drive Failure Rates for 2022
Image Credit – Backblaze Backblaze is is a cloud storage provider that works with some of the top companies in the world. It’s also been one of the go-to guides for long term hard drive reliability reporting, and has released the failure rates of its drives in an annual report. The 2022 failure rate …
ETA PRIME Test M2 Mac Mini for Emulation Performance
ETA PRIME has taken a look at the native emulation performance for the new M2 Mac Mini. The performance was quite impressive for such a small system, especially the performance of the PS3. He also tests the METAL API back-end for Dolphin emulation with excellent results. Check out his video below.
Hardware Canucks Does CPU Air Cooler Round-Up
Image Credit – Hardware Canucks Mike from Hardware Canucks, seen above making the same face I make when someone tells me they’re going to cool an Intel i9-13900KS with a 37mm air cooler in their SFF PC, has just done a round-up of some of the top air coolers out there. Some of the …
ETA Prime Builds Custom RTX A2000 Low Profile GPU SFF PC
Image Credit – ETA Prime ETA Prime has put together a neat 4L build using the RTX A2000 low profile GPU. He paired it with an AMD 5600X, B550 motherboard, K29 Case, and a salvaged Inwin Chopin PSU. It all didn’t fit initially, but that’s what the Dremel is for. Turns out that this …
Zac Builds Makes Custom SFF Emulation PC
Zac Builds has post a new video detailing his latest experiments in custom wood cases. This time, it’s the Mark 3 version of his Retro Game Console mini-PC. His video details the design and wood working that went into making this custom, one-of-a-kind, case. Check it out below.
News is Light: Enjoy The Worst Set-Top Box of My Life
Image Credit – Evan-Amos Oh the 1990’s. Everyone got obsessed with the term “multimedia”. What was it? I still have no clue, but damn it we had to have it. Behold the 1990 small form factor set-top box that would define everything that was wrong with the multimedia concept; the Phillips CD-i. Powered by …
Optimum Tech Builds Up 210mm Single-Slot RTX 4090
All Image Credit – Optimum Tech Optimum Tech has used the Alphacool EISBLOCK GPX to build a single-slot RTX 4090. Before you get too excited, he attaches it to a 280mm radiator which will definitely dash the dreams of many who want to cram this card into a case without room for water cooling. …
Linus Tech Tips Checks Out Pantera Pico PC
Linus Tech Tips has gotten their hands on the Pantera Pico PC and Pico Projector. Aside from doing the normal LTT song and dance, Linus does a full teardown, tests NVME compatibility, and even tries to game on it. Spoiler alert, it’s not a gaming power house, and he doesn’t recommend the projector. Still, …