Meet The Tiki: Core i7-3770K And GeForce GTX 680 In A Mini-ITX Box?

[markem]

Falcon is a biased nvidia company, no AMD Means no money for Falcon from many many people, plus AMD is clearly the performance and price king. The 7970M once overclocked is half the price and faster than the 680M, the 7970 GE is also superior than the gtx680, then no hd7870? really? really?

So troll harder Falcon

 

[markem]

Would advice AMD users/fanboys to stay well away from fal-CON

 

[thillntn]

[citation][nom]marco777[/nom]Imagine this asa PS4[/citation]
$ony would never go for a standard platform, and if they did it would be VERY restricted.

 

[mcclellan_d]

this looks pretty awomse

 

[spartanmk2]

Ahhh Falcon Northwest, they made good hardware back in the 90's. Welcome to the 21st century.

 

[seanhallam]

[citation][nom]cobra5000[/nom]Falcon Northwest is so far above Alienware, they do not deserve to be in the same sentence. Noob.[/citation]
Theyre prices show it too

 

[larkspur]

[citation][nom]markem[/nom]Falcon is a biased nvidia company, no AMD Means no money for Falcon from many many people, plus AMD is clearly the performance and price king. The 7970M once overclocked is half the price and faster than the 680M, the 7970 GE is also superior than the gtx680, then no hd7870? really? really?So troll harder Falcon[/citation]
Try reading the words to the right of the pictures. They have a 450w PSU. A 7970 or 7970 GE consumes significantly more power than a GTX 680. A 7970m and a 680m isn't a GTX 680. They put the most powerful card they could in the system given the power constraints. Troll a bit harder markem.

 

[master_chen]

IMHO, nothing you can't build in the BitFenix Prodigy, seriously.

 

[Guest]

I just don't see why they didn't make their own case....99% of the problems would be solved if they gained an inch. In the end they got it down but wasted like 2 years

 

[Conrad925]

[citation][nom]Anonymous[/nom]I just don't see why they didn't make their own case....99% of the problems would be solved if they gained an inch. In the end they got it down but wasted like 2 years[/citation]


Maybe try reading the accompanying story next to the pictures. The case was of their design.

 

[Guest]

I read this article, I was inspired by a thing of engineering beauty, I bought one and I paid for a full case custom paint job of the Eagle Nebula - 36th birthday presents only come once. You demanded perfection to the level I expect and you achieved it. This design is a thing of engineering beauty and all respect for showing that PCs can be done perfectly, regardless of your personal definition of perfect. I've been waiting 20 years for this and I feel like a kid in a candy store. Best. Present. Ever.

 

[oj88]

Nice work! I've been searching for the smallest micro-ATX case for better expansion. My ideal one is a tower of size from 30x30x15cm(13.5Liters, with 450W SFX PSU) to 33x33x16cm(17.4Liters, with>450W std PSU). In such a small gaming case, everything can be standard size, and can be carried around easily. I don't know why manufactures don't go this direction of Minimalism. Same thing to the PSU, why can't squeeze 600W into a SFX box.

 

[Reynod]

Let's keep the discussion on-topic, please!
Chris

Interesting, so if I am giving criticism about the review's format, it will naturally be on TomHardware, and not about the product.
As you define it, if it is not about the product, it is off-topic.

Hence, all criticism, by your definition, is off-topic.

Great self-protecting logic you've got there, Chris!

Well, I've cast my vote in this, as a decade and a third-long reader who is annoyed with the new dosage of picture-book articles for those who don't have the patience to read. But my vote hit a wall of ego, so I've had enough of this bickering, you heard me and others that were silenced here, "light TH" is not what gave TH it's fastest percentage growth in the late 90's - early 00's, but go metro-UI for all I care, just start listening to criticism instead of deleting it because you're gambling on new demographics.

As someone who has been here longer than you have I disagree with your comments.

This is also the first forum upgrade since the great purge where my old accounts were squashed ... which is probably a good thing since I mostly trolled in the other, and dreamed up incredibly stupid word salad and pro-AMD flame bait posts designed to enrage the Intellites in the CPU areas.

I might have matured somewhat.

/pees on asshat's shoe

... maybe not.

<sigh>

 

[redice611]

This is a dream come true! If I hadn't already bought a new mobo and case, I'd be all over this. Heck, I might still, what else am I going to burn 2 grand on this year?!
Great job Mr. Kelt Reeves, she's a beaut!

 

[rebel1280]

Nice, story is similar to this guys journey of a thin ITX gaming system (a couple years old)
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1588463

 

[cats_Paw]

Expensive, yet beatifull.

 

[Dan Horvat]

This isn't a Mini-ITX box. This is a desktop, pizza box, or whatever you call it, a case which is around for like 20+ years now. The "mini-ITX" case is 4x smaller than this one.

And still the heatsink wouldn't fit. Bra-vo.

THIS is a mini PC.

 

[Marven87]

That is some exotic gangsta stuff.!!!

 

[Rosco100]

Amazing product, I'd buy it straight away... if it weren't for the 'Boutique' price.

 

[Rosco100]

Amazing product, I'd buy it straight away... if it weren't for the 'Boutique' price.