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Recent content by JRicoC

  1. J

    SENTRY: Console-sized gaming PC case project

    Good to read a real-world user review on one of these things. I had been considering one for about a year now, but they never seem to come down in price; even at that big online retailer.
  2. J

    SENTRY: Console-sized gaming PC case project

    I have a couple of pico-psu units lying around, as well as an ASRock BTC Pro kit, which powers GTX 1050 (and comparable ATI) cards. I also have an ASRock AM1H-ITX motherboard, which has a built-in DC-in jack. With this configuration I can drive a GTX 1050 using a standard-grade pci-e x16...
  3. J

    SENTRY: Console-sized gaming PC case project

    The pci-e slot provides enough power for the graphics card. I've used some combination of three cards in two different mini-itx motherboards and have not had any problems. Well, at least not with Windows 7 or 8. Ubuntu Linux works, but at this time does not provide hardware decoding for 4K...
  4. J

    SENTRY: Console-sized gaming PC case project

    It's not that I'm opposed to an internal power supply, but I don't want to have to buy one if I don't need to. Moreover, I've noted how almost everyone who's completed a build with an internal power supply has made mention of the challenges of cable management. Given that I would not need a...
  5. J

    SENTRY: Console-sized gaming PC case project

    I'm not a fan of the looks of that S4, and I am currently using one of the Realan SFF cases, which don't accommodate external graphics cards. The issue is that onboard graphics chips will handle h264 4K, 60hz output (albeit, via DisplayPort, in some cases), but hardware decoding is not...
  6. J

    SENTRY: Console-sized gaming PC case project

    I have to ask this question at the risk of being bludgeoned by gamers, but has anyone built a system using an external power adapter? If I can ever get one of these cases it would be to house a high-res-capable HTPC, so power requirements would be greatly reduced. Has anyone gone this route?
  7. J

    SENTRY: Console-sized gaming PC case project

    Okay, guys: I get it. If you want to buy a house you can build, buy a spec, or buy a re-sale. At this point the retailer path is the "build" option. It may work for some, but not for others. The "spec" and "re-sale" options will likely manifest before that time ...
  8. J

    SENTRY: Console-sized gaming PC case project

    I think we all understand this. That's why I used the phrase "I would hope" ...
  9. J

    SENTRY: Console-sized gaming PC case project

    I can understand the problems associated with the issues you've raised, but I would hope that there would be an avenue for folks to buy the unsold units after the initial orders were filled. There are folks like myself who did not know of or were not in the market for a case during the time of...
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