Who else is waiting for GTX 1050/Ti mini PCs?

[chx]

http://ca.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=6039 this or similar with a GTX 1050 or 1050 Ti would be absolute bliss! But so far nothing.

http://www.inno3d.com/products_detail.php?refid=264 145mm long video card, shorter than an ITX motherboard. Everything really needs to be custom because at this point the PCIe slot is clearly the size limit. Or we need a stackable extension to mini STX...

 

[danger]

Zotac has already been doing custom work with the 1060, 1070, and 1080...

https://www.zotac.com/us/product/mini_pcs/magnus-en1060#spec

 

[chx]

Sure. Have you seen the price of those ? Impressive... but at that price I am not tickled pink about 'em. The Big Deal is the 1050/Ti because they are cheap and they do the job. To compare, my current gaming system is a "giant" micro ATX in an SG02 w/ a GTX 660. And I do not feel the pressure to get more gaming performance and indeed the 1050 is perhaps 10% faster and the Ti perhaps 25% but then again such small systems might use the slightly slower laptop versions so I might be even which is just as well. I just would like to consolidate my systems.

 

[chx]

Ha, Asrock agrees with me, https://smallformfactor.net/news/asrock-z270m-stx-mxm-pictured look at this, no more PCIe. That's brilliant. Now if they would release it finally and have a GTX 1050/Ti for it https://www.cool3c.com/article/116315 look at how neat it is.

 

[ejohnson]

I love how asrock takes these chances..... now if we could just get them to take a chance on mdtx with 2 pcie x16 slots.

 

[chx]

GB-BNi7HG4-1050Ti has been announced.

 

[chx]

Also the Zotac EN1050K. So far neither seems to be available.

 

[Artemis2307]

STX + MXM should be the new mini

 

[chx]

Somehow I am not holding my breath. That and so many others are 1060 and up despite the 1050 is perfectly capable of many things and is so much cheaper and cooler.