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Was this a relatively recent thing? or ages ago? I ask as its interesting to me how much less stuff goes into a PC these days. When I built my first box around
by kevstev 7y ago
Was this a relatively recent thing? or ages ago?
I ask as its interesting to me how much less stuff goes into a PC these days. When I built my first box around 2000, it had so many components inside:
Motherboard/CPU/RAM
Graphics Card
Sound Card
Network Card
TV Tuner Card
Floppy Drive
CD Burner drive
DVD Drive (this prob came after initial build
2 3.5" HDs
That second portion of the list is effectively gone now, integrated into the motherboard, and M2 drives are the size of ram sticks and don't take up any significant space. Coolers have gotten bigger, as have high end graphics cards, but PC cases seem to generally be about the same size, when they are holding much less.
What did you regret about a small case?
- PeterStuer 7y agoA "normal" build for the last 10 years (and much longer) has been a Case/MB/CPU/Cooler/Ram/SSD/PSU/GPU(if required) affair. The problem with SFF is airflow. If everything is crammed together you are going to have to pump it through with high pressure and small fans which means noise, lots of it, if you want to have a high performance rig. If you don't need performance, just get an all-in-1 or remodel a laptop build into the back of your monitor.