I just built a new computer with the XTIA Proto-N and I'm really really happy with it. It's super compact, easy to access and swap out components and quite pleasing to the eye. It's also not as expensive as a lot of closed m-ITX cases either. Highly recommended!
Computer-1 mini-ITX Chassis
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#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you agree that you have no useful opinion on the Playdate's practical merits as a video game console, then maybe you should edit your original comment to say what you now claim to mean. Making this explicitly negative value judgment about the functionality of the PC case: > But on the other, usually you get excellent sound absorption, clever mounting solutions etc. At first glance this is an objectively bad case b…
What are you on about? If you were concerned with useful opinions you would have sat quietly until you got this through your head before blabbing: * The Playdate's practical merits as a video game console have zero bearing on its suitability as a desk ornament.* It's a wonderful designer desk ornament, flashy, you can pick it up and use it as a console when you're board, limited availability, people who know what it…
Okay. So just to make this very clear: you very much do have an opinion on the practical merits (viz. "fun") of a game console you have never in your life seen or touched, let alone used for any meaningful length of time, and you very much did intend that meaning in your original comment.
So you may refer back to my original comment in this subthread for a succinct explanation of why your opinion, upon which you have expounded rather incoherently and at some length, is utterly worthless: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29032691
I'm sure you'll reply to this comment, but I doubt whatever you write will be worth any more keystrokes on my part. I think this ties it up rather nicely, anyway.
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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…
Optimum Tech is the place to go when evaluating any PC part or peripheral. The work put into the videos is simply unmatched, with its scientific precision, in the space and it doesn’t go overboard in the recommendations. It keeps in mind everyday things like value for money, availability and practicality.
Agreed. Such a contrast to all the shouty, gossipy, attention-seeking channels. Just lays out the facts or opinions with high production values and (apart from sometimes repeating himself a little) no filler.
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Do people still have LAN parties?
> Do people still have LAN parties? I averaged one or two a year through the 2010s, but my last one was in early 2020 for obvious reasons. While most games can be played over the internet these days and voice/video chat is now accessible enough that the experience can be pretty close, in the end there's still nothing like being in the same room as your friends when you're either cooperating to take down a raid boss o…
Exciting news for Halo: Infinite on this front, the Xbox folks can join you as long as they’re cool with playing against the mice and keyboards.
https://www.pcgamer.com/halo-infinite-will-let-you-use-your-...
And maybe more importantly, LAN multiplayer actually exists in case of ISP problems, server outage, or trying to play the game in 20 years when the official servers are long gone.
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#206Earlier quoted context omitted.
What are you on about? If you were concerned with useful opinions you would have sat quietly until you got this through your head before blabbing: * The Playdate's practical merits as a video game console have zero bearing on its suitability as a desk ornament.* It's a wonderful designer desk ornament, flashy, you can pick it up and use it as a console when you're board, limited availability, people who know what it…
Okay. So just to make this very clear: you very much do have an opinion on the practical merits (viz. "fun") of a game console you have never in your life seen or touched, let alone used for any meaningful length of time, and you very much did intend that meaning in your original comment. So you may refer back to my original comment in this subthread for a succinct explanation of why your opinion, upon which you have…
Wait, let me get this straight, you're incapable of evaluating a product without holding it in hand?
Something a toddler can do, say select between two cupcakes without eating them, you're incapable of?
Your keystrokes haven't been worth much so far, but I do welcome silence from people who not only lack the faculties to make basic observations, but attempt to find fault in others for doing so...
Of course, you'll reply to this and explain why such a basic shortcoming is actually a good thing! At least that would be par for the course...
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> The days of needing a tower are over for most people. I'm all about space-saving while still having a full-power PC. Have you seen the air-cooler on a threadripper ?! :-) I don't really disagree with you but I like my old tower box because it has lots of room and easy to work on, and I realize that was why I liked my old car because engine compartment had lots of room to work.
heck, I have an epyc on an almost-ITX ( https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=R... ) board now, and any of the noctua TR4/SP3 tower coolers will cool it fine.
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#208If you want a good mini-ITX case, just buy a Node 202. You can use it horizontally and put your monitor on top of it. Buy power-efficient components and load it with the thickest and biggest Noctua PWM fans possible, and set the fan curves low, and its basically totally silent.
I have a node 202 with water cooling that I built specifically to run Half Life Alyx at max specs while traveling for work. Fits in a larger ebags backpack very nicely with all the Valve Index kit. Now that I beat HL:A and am not traveling for work it sits under my TV and is pretty much a dedicated Satisfactory machine via steam controller.
Tangent—Coming out of hours of fantastical sci fi VR escapism into a nondescript hotel room in is a very surreal and memorable feeling.
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#209is there any open design chasis? like a CAD file you can modify yourself? if you're living around shenzhen it's probably not expensive to find a manufacturer
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#210I mean...neat? But the price is insane. £195 for a very basic case that you have to assemble yourself?
Teenage Engineering had previously been victims of their own success.
They openly admitted that the reason why their prices are so eye-wateringly high — at least with another product of theirs, the OP-1 synth emulator — is because they can’t produce in high enough supply, and they got fed up with seeing scalpers / touts buying up all their stock and selling it on at twice the price.