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I’m thinking that the blower suction will be right in the front corner very close to the GPU fans and it may just be enough. The power supply intake vent would be directly behind it so it would almost be like a tee flow off of the GPU The cpu...

I used to use the PCI slot fans nearly 20 years ago. But never had one of the ever cool 3.5” coolers. Did they ever work okay? My new to me HP Z2 SFF has no fan slots and I know it’s going to have some amount of thermal issue so I either need...

I figured as much. Crucial usually has it right. I wanted to make sure it wasn’t low voltage ram or anything special when I checked their site. I don’t run computers with less than 16gb.. might just throw 16gb of matched 2666 in it since I...

How matched does the Ram have to be to run in dual channel on one of these HP G4s? It’s only coming with 8gb and Crucial suggests it takes 3200 mhz ram. I only have 2666 MHz spares and I want to get 16 in it. Would a stick of the A Data ram work...

I opted to get an HP Z2 G4 SF. It was about a $5 difference between it and a Lenovo M920S, but I think the HP just looks a little nicer and also has just a little more room for a graphics card. The Lenovo would need even more cutting

Yup I had a GTS 250. Needed it to play GTA 4 at decent frame rates. Pretty sad that a modern Potatoe WX4100 basically maxes GTA 4 at 60 FPS at 1080P

Im just about ready to pull the trigger on one of the Lenovos. I found I can almost go 10th gen for the cost of an 8-9th gen HP. Gotta figure out airflow. I’m spoiled in that the Dells have a front 80mm fan slot so airflow is good. I had to...

The 920s generally seem to come with 210w PSUs but they also came with 265w units, and then there is a 450w unit for another model that fits them, and they have a 6+2 PCIE connector. The PSU on the other side I think will aid in the airflow of...

What are the thoughts on a Lenovo Thinkcenter M920 SFF? One is just over $100 on average and it looks like they just might be a great choice with 3x M.2 and 4x Sata ports + the graphics port allowing a dual slot card. There is a 450w GPU with a...

The other thought I have is use the motherboard tray and rear panel from a junk MATX case that I have and create a built in computer inside of an entertainment center that my wife wants to build

I’ll be getting something with 8th to 9th gen if prebuilt or Ryzen if I actually build something

The HP SFFs usually have an optical drive bay at least that can be added if it’s not there. I use the drive weekly at least as I actually use it to watch DVDs and it runs Plex as well and does all the encoding. My gaming rig hasn’t had an...

I knew the 3050 LP was a laptop chip and is not much faster than a 1060 in relative performance. It’s still great for 75w I’ve thought about building a SFF but I wouldn’t know where to start. I require an optical drive for my uses

Nope. Windows Vista 7 10 and 11 are similar. It’s why Microsoft had a compatibility mode that was a VM in win 7

Use a Virtual machine. XP is a huge security risk and it isn’t supported at all with any kind of modern computer.

Why are you trying this? Running win 7 in a virtual machine is a better idea

Hmm that’s promising. A 3050 is probably enough power but the 4060 really isn’t terribly expensive being 3050s are commonly marked up to $209

Crossed my mind. But no optical drive, which I use frequently. Still not NVIDIA hardware so darkest of days won’t run and I have a nice Freesync monitor. Also gives the wife and I the ability to multiplayer some games. Steam link could possibly...

I’ve been looking at all the low profile dual slot options available and the HP G4 EliteDesk and Z2 variants that can take those cards since my favorite Dells cannot. I was hemming and hawing over it and a 4060 as a 4060 runs like my 6700 XT and...

Interesting. I’ve still got to look into modding rebar in