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Given that the ncase is now out of production this may be one of the best sub 10L cases out there. Hybrid 2 slot card in my ncase would likely slot perfectly fine in this guy. Also y'all gotta stop hating on this price it's actually very reasonable in the sff pc case market.
I was actually just today looking at chassis like this for an upcoming build, really good timing! This looks really neat. However, I'm leaning more towards a horizontal chassi (think like a piece of stereo equipment or something). I think it could be pretty nice to have it lying on a shelf / on top of a AV rack, and then run a Thunderbolt cable to a small desk nearby. I found the F12C from Streacom [0] which matches…
£195 for 1mm sheet aluminium which you have to assemble (and bend) yourself? Fools and their money...
Wait you have to bend it yourself?
I'm a big fan of this form factor, specifically just big enough to fit a motherboard/CPU/RAM plus a real-size GPU. These all use SFX PSUs and typically just an M2 SSD on the motherboard. They also have only 2 RAM slots. The days of needing a tower are over for most people. I'm all about space-saving while still having a full-power PC. It's a niche, boutique market but there are some really interesting cases. My perso…
Agreed. There's an entire world of Small Form Factor cases available now with great features. This Teenage Engineering chassis is neat and has a cool aesthetic, but it's definitely a form-over-function design. Great if you're going for a certain vibe, but not ideal for a high power build, or even a quiet mid-range build. Those tiny fans and limited ventilation holes are not going to cut it for anything but a very low…
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The market fit is existing TE fans that buy anything they make. Their page doesn't even say why you want this over something else or its functional features. Its not really a market product so much as low run TE fanservice. That's why it sold out - because they didn't make more than they expected to sell.
And if they profited from it, isn't that enough? There's a market, however small, and they produced enough. I would argue that TE knows its customers really well.
I'm a big fan of this form factor, specifically just big enough to fit a motherboard/CPU/RAM plus a real-size GPU. These all use SFX PSUs and typically just an M2 SSD on the motherboard. They also have only 2 RAM slots. The days of needing a tower are over for most people. I'm all about space-saving while still having a full-power PC. It's a niche, boutique market but there are some really interesting cases. My perso…
I don't know about this "boutique" vibe. For me the entire idea of a desktop PC is saying "no" to any trade-offs. There's so little actual difference in footprint between those and classic middle-tower that it actually does not make any sense to me. Instead I prefer to have an ability to infinite expansion and upgrade. What if I want a super wide bandwidth storage for some data processing? I will buy an expansion PCI…
I have an Antec something-500 from 15 years ago and a Caselabs ITX case that is larger (for custom cooling, etc - I never did use the space) and in 2018 transplanted the guts into a SFF from Sliger and I could fit four of my new case into the Caselabs case - and they are commanding quite the premium in the afterlife.
Height and Width are less than my MacBook Pro (deeper of course but still only 13.5cm)
I don't compromise on much, sure there's only a single PCIe slot but it's got a full size GPU in it (rx5700 reference design), a 650W Gold modular (SFX) power supply. RAM is 16G (lots for my use case - the MB is 2015, not sure it supports more - but with 64G sticks I don't think two slots is much of a limit), a M2 PCIe drive and a separate 2.5" SSD, two Noctua 120mm case fans and a decent after market CPU cooler. It's quiet and it runs cool.
Lastly on price. A good quality power supply is going to run you 150-200 and most decent cases are in the 150-200 range without a power supply anyways. These are small run manufacturers too so that makes them pricy too, but they'll last 5-10 years (eg a couple of MB upgrades) so worth the investment to some.
They are a pain in the ass to build in though :). (The Ghost looks a bit easier but wasn't really available at the time)
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Its not for computer people it's for teenage engineering people. There's a big difference. Not to be too mean about it (I do own an op-z) but there's a subset of synthheads who will buy whatever they put out. The price is about double what i expect anyone else to sell it for so that is about on par with most of their stuff. The most interesting thing to me is that they don't seem to give you a reason to want to buy i…
A synth head looking for a SFF should get a Mac mini, much better value for music production than this tiny pc. I think their just showcasing their proof of concept.
I'm a big fan of this form factor, specifically just big enough to fit a motherboard/CPU/RAM plus a real-size GPU. These all use SFX PSUs and typically just an M2 SSD on the motherboard. They also have only 2 RAM slots. The days of needing a tower are over for most people. I'm all about space-saving while still having a full-power PC. It's a niche, boutique market but there are some really interesting cases. My perso…
I had a mini ITX case (Node 202) and liked it well enough once it was all closed up, but even with a modular power supply it's a bit of a mess to get all the cables to fit, and it was a nuisance to open back up. The case went together with plastic clips that would rather snap off instead of releasing. But last time I upgraded my computer I switched to micro ATX and I'm happier with that size. Any maintenance or upgra…
Anyone know who makes that industrial-looking plywood top table shown in the photos?
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But of course I’m gonna complain about the price again. Even though this looks pretty innovative (I haven’t seen an “assemble yourself” construction like this before) and this looks something potentially leading to a huge price reduction (I’m gonna guess production cost is somewhere around the 10-25€ mark), it’s still … 200€??? Egh.
I guess they’re selling the brand.
But that’s also weird, because I would figure that people who care about the brand tend to not build their own computers (is this assumption wrong?), instead usually opting for the fruit brand.