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My pet peeve with computer form factors is depth. 40-50 cm depth was OK in times of CRT monitors, but with LCDs and disappearance of DVD drives, there is no rea
by zajio1am 7y ago
My pet peeve with computer form factors is depth. 40-50 cm depth was OK in times of CRT monitors, but with LCDs and disappearance of DVD drives, there is no reason to have significant depth.
Even with mATX SFFs it is still rare to have depth below 30 cm. mATX makes lower bound to about 26 cm, full-length GPUs are up to 32 cm, but there are still powerful GPUs with reasonable length.
- pmlnr 7y agoI build a home nas last year in an InWin IW-RF100S: 2x3.5", 2x2.5", mini-itx, 1U height, FlexATX power supply. It's a bit noisy, but it is the near perfect form factor that just slides under a bookshelf.
- mark-r 7y agoI have all my TV-related equipment on a stereo rack. That includes a PC for home theater use. The PC doesn't fit, I had to add boards to both sides of the rack that extend out two inches so there'd be a place for the PC feet to rest. If I ever end up replacing that PC it will definitely be one with a smaller depth, even if it takes some work to find one.