System Builder Marathon, Q2 2013: $2500 Performance PC

[csf60]

You mean reading the procedure actually provides insight into the validity of the paper?

not sure if kidding, but answer would be yes XD

 

[vertexx]

That little GTX670 is an interesting card indeed, but it isn't single-slot so it would not fit in smaller mITX boxes, and it also needs a lot more power, and presumably generates a lot more heat.

I'm afraid the 670 Mini is an example of a card looking for a case. There isn't really one on the market that has two slots, that isn't already large enough to handle most other cards. That's unfortunate. I would love to see something the size of the Lian-Li PC-Q03 or PC-Q09 built with dual slots and the ventilation capable of handling one of these cards.

 

[Onus]

That little GTX670 is an interesting card indeed, but it isn't single-slot so it would not fit in smaller mITX boxes, and it also needs a lot more power, and presumably generates a lot more heat.

I'm afraid the 670 Mini is an example of a card looking for a case...

You may be right, but it occurs to me that the "dead space" past the end of the card could be a place to stuff extra cables if a non-modular PSU was used, or mount a fan to the case, or even another drive.

 

[Oscarcharliezulu]

Hi Thomas, this build is beautiful. I love it and I love the thought and creativity you put into the cooling. I wonder, with ITX being more and more popular, will we see a 2011 socket ITX motherboard ever? I'm trying to image the same build with a high end ivy-e or Xeon.

 

[Crashman]

Hi Thomas, this build is beautiful. I love it and I love the thought and creativity you put into the cooling. I wonder, with ITX being more and more popular, will we see a 2011 socket ITX motherboard ever? I'm trying to image the same build with a high end ivy-e or Xeon.

It's possible. We did have LGA-1366 Mini-ITX, but I'm not certain it was successful in the market.