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It's not - it's an MSI Nightblade MI2 bare bones kit. The included PSU is a customized 350 watt FSP 1u design, but I'm not super comfortable feeding my i7 6700 and a 1080 with just 350 watts. I know it can be done, but it's gotta be right up against what the PSU can safely output.

Alright, to get down to it - I'm recovering from a very nasty breakup (where I lost everything but the kids) and I'm finally getting my stuff back together. I have a Barebones system that stayed with me, that I've intended to turn into my workhorse, but I need PSU recommendations. It has to be...

Yep! Unfortunately the case is limited to 1u only. I haven't gotten the nerve up to start cutting it yet. Thank you so much for the information, BTW. It's certainly more than I started with.

Pretty straight forward. I need a quality 1u PSU capable of feeding an i7 6700 and a 1080ti. Noise isn't a concern. I know EVGA used to sell a customized FSP model with the Hadron cases (and separately), but I can't find those or anything similar in stock anywhere and google is coming up...

It's pretty straight forward really. I'm in need of a good quality 1u PSU to feed an i7 6700 and a 1080ti (I don't mind the noise.) I know EVGA used to sell a customized FSP model when the Hadron Air was a thing, but I'm unable to find it or anything like it in stock at this time. Any help would...

Tech report has a review up for the 1070 model of this unit now. To summarize, it's powerful, quiet and well built, but the mobile 1070 rarely hits the specified base clock or beyond (it's close). It may be a little thermally limited, but it appears its greatest limiter is the 180 watt power...

I believe they do. In theory that's all you need to know, but in practice it can be a bit more complicated. The i5, 4c/4t won't be drawing those 45 watts all the time, neither will the i7 with 4c/8t, but it may be drawing closer to 45 watts more consistently than its 4c/4t cousin at the same...

The areas that I can imagine a faster processor being advantageous would be (on the gaming side of things) emulators, though for the most part even old dual cores at modest clocks do well and RTS games - the huge number of units can drag things to a crawl. Beyond games, image and video editing...

For the majority of gaming cases, I can't imagine the 6400t would be a problem.

The new Skull Canyon NUC boards could be incredible for this specific usage case - I could possibly see a board, a PSU and full size GPU all mounted in the frame of one of the smaller external GPU cages quite comfortably.

That's specifically why I dodged the EN in favor of the SN model, too. If you ever have the chance to try upgrading the GPU, let me know. I'd be curious to see how it works out.

I just hope they don't stick the EN10 series with soldered-on dual cores like they did the EN970. The SN970 dodged that bullet at the expense of one of the HDD mounts, but that's a reasonable sacrifice if you ask me.

The title says it all - Zotac has announced their EN10 series mini-PCs. Details are sparse, but mobile Pascal is confirmed (I believe), with at least two models planned (one with a 1060 part, another with a 1070.) Source: Zotac Magnus EN10 brings Pascal to Zbox mini-PCs

Now that's interesting! Edit: Upon further investigation, they're (Gigabyte) still listing it as a desktop GTX 950 with the added caveat that it is downclocked to remain within their definition of reasonable thermals. They reference complaints made about previous generation Brix and Brix Gaming...

It's running a gtx950, if I remember correctly. That shouldn't be all that hard to cool, all things considered.

Final update: I've run across a single GPU-Z image from an R2 review that would indicate the GPU in question is (much to my surprise) factually not a 970m, but a 4GB variant of a GTX960 desktop model. Curious...

And I have now verified - the new units allow only a single DDR4 SO-DIMM. The m.2 SSD occupies the area previously reserved for the second SO-DIMM.

Just a little heads up, the Alpha R2 was announced yesterday and while some details are sketchy, we know it'll allow up to an i7 6700t, supports DDR4 (apparently only one memory slot, but I've yet to verify), m.2 SSDs, Alienware Graphics Amplifier, and comes with two GPU options, a Radeon m470x...

Honestly, I think you're good - I've seen 980s running on 350 Watt PSUs just fine, and these 1080s are only ~ 30 Watt more demanding at their worst. Couple that knowledge with the fact that plenty of people run Titan Xs and 980ti models (with much higher wattage requirements) on 450 Watt PSUs...

I'm not going to sling insults - I'm only here to impart some logic. It must be understood that this forum is largely devoted to small batch, custom cases. These aren't the expedient endeavors of industrial manufacturers. There are no rooms of engineers and designers pouring over every subtlety...

Yep! That's the one! Sounds like a monster, honestly.

You might be right - I caught a preview not long after this thing was announced (on YouTube), and the guy doing the talking was running Warframe. He didn't mention settings, frame rate, or anything really, but went on to say the game was running at 'a full HD resolution of 1024x768'... At which...

If you have the chance once this little monster arrives, could you post some game settings/Fps? I have a hunch the GPU should punch about as high as a GTX750 (non 'Ti'), but benches should clarify the matter.

Comes with both a plain (no skull) and fancy (skull logo) face plate in the package.

It's $650 for the bare bones.

For anyone curious, Intel unveiled their new Skull Canyon NUC a few days ago at the Game Developers Conference, and she's a bit of a monster. Measuring in at 0.69 liters, it contains an i7-6770HQ (Quad core, eight threads) - that's a 45 watt Skylake part, with 6MB cache, 2.6ghz base clock...

Update - Info out of this year's GDC goes as follows. CPU - Skylake i5-6400 (socketed). GPU - Nvidia Geforce GTX 980 MXM (not 980m). RAM - DDR3L (not sure how much at the moment). M.2 interface is SATA. Dual power input - one for the components, and one for the cooling system, both routed...

No reason they couldn't - I'm curious to see if the dual input changes for the final unit. Plenty changed between the initial SN970 announcement and final product (including introduction of an offshoot product, the EN970.) For now at least, it's still a fairly interesting puzzle - it has a...

From the look of the unit, I'd wager it's about twice the thickness of the SN970, and based on those two power inputs (personal pet peeve) it's likely the desktop spec GTX980 MXM. I found what appear to be all the promotional pics of the unit if anybody's curious.

It's all good. I caught your comedy, and you are correct! That post must live on forever! And we're in total agreement on that front plate. That thing is gorgeous.

Those holes are giving me some crazy vertigo.

Agreed! I think the bottom one is this design perfected. The colored front panel gives it a nice sophistication.

Both, actually. The rounded corners are a really nice design call, and the choice to keep the ventilation holes clustered together, I feel, gives the unit a more contiguous flow.

Idea 2 all the way for me, man. I dig the recessed IO on the front of 3 though. Very nice.

That much is absolutely certain, Vipz. Regardless of upgradability, there are several components that comply with no common standard - mobo is going to eventually be a dead end, PSU is also likely so, though it appears to be a modified server psu.

MSI does state that the machine will be upgradable, GPUs as well, but as has been covered, it may be limited to vendor specific units. As for the gtx980s in there, they are desktop 980 dies - nvidia sells mxm format 980s now, not just 980m. Their briefing on the 980 for mobiles indicated that...

I was going to mention there's already a thread about this somewhere around the forum, but it looks like Vittra beat me to it. Anyway, down to biz... The laptop gtx980 (not gtx980m) is exactly the same die as a desktop gtx980, but possibly binned for the best power/thermals. Performance should...

Awesome! That gives me a better idea of what kind of storage could be tucked away in there.

Forgive me if you've covered this already, but what types of HDDs are you allowing for? I know 2.5" width, but how about thickness?

That's probably why there are so few minis with those discrete boards - it's a catch 22 I think. Regardless, it's great to see some headway on your case. This coming year, I'm in dire need of smaller cases for systems around the house, so naturally I try to keep pace with both your case and...