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Intel reveals its tiny modular gaming PC, Ghost Canyon
- Thread starter Earvin Infinity
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I love tiny PCs. I've gotten so close to buying an InWin Chopin so many times but back out when I realize how expensive the endeavor is.
I always wanted an intel nuc, every year I almost buy one, but last year I decided to buy a laptop that bends the screen instead, and got a very good deal on a dell laptop.
I like the ideia of having an awesome computer that you can carry around and stuff, but thats what laptop bags are for. I cant really answer who or what the Nuc i for.
I like the ideia of having an awesome computer that you can carry around and stuff, but thats what laptop bags are for. I cant really answer who or what the Nuc i for.
About twice as thick as a PS4, but a bit smaller in the other dimensions.
It can fit a proper desktop GPU?? And where do you hook up the RAM?
How long would a GPU survive in a box that small...
Man, apartment sizes must be getting ridiculous.
If it's a blower as long as any other setup.
Would my neibours be likely to complain about the noise from the fan? On full power I imagine it being louder than a PS4 ... how else would it pump out all that heat.
It's not producing any extra heat by being in a smaller chassis. Blower cards always vent out the back of the card instead of into the case so it'll run the same as any other setup.
I love tiny PCs. I've gotten so close to buying an InWin Chopin so many times but back out when I realize how expensive the endeavor is.
I was just about to go mini ITX for my new PC but decided it wasn't worth it. You pay more, cable management and thermals are worse, all to get a small computer which is going to be sitting in the same corner anyway.
I didn't even realise blower cards existed. I thought you meant that it had a fan that blows!
Ok that makes more sense...it doesn't generate static pulling that close to other components?
8" gpu slot. That's decent.
About twice as thick as a PS4, but a bit smaller in the other dimensions.
A lot of cards are way bigger than that these days, but I bet you could find some good ones that are 8" or shorter.
I didn't even realise blower cards existed. I thought you meant that it had a fan that blows!
Ok that makes more sense...it doesn't generate static pulling that close to other components?
If you mean static pressure that's dependent on the internal fan setup which we haven't seen yet...
Just occurred to me that if this is using some crappy Intel fan setup it could end up venting all that heat into the chassis which would affect the GPU.
Paying three times the price is a somewhat expensive route to the Xbox ecosystem...
My thoughts exactly. While I think that is cool and my mid-tower is larger than needed, paying extra so it will take less vertical space on the floor seems completely not worth it. Would be a different case (pun intended) if I was trying to cram it into my TV stand.
That's what these are for, HTPC setups or otherwise space constrained areas. I guess some people (me) also just find tiny form factors cool
AMD hasn't explicitly responded but there are many Ryzen 2400G/E/3400G/E super tiny setups that are even smaller than this.
I think small form factor PCs are cool too. But I can never justify the form factor tax to get one for myself.
I was thinking static electricity but I guess it's unlikely. I wonder how dusty the inside would be though.
I know I'd rather just have taller box on the side for peace of mind and quietness but I guess it wouldn't look as good near a TV setup...unless you got a super cool case but then it's obvious you game.
Can you link to one with a full sized GPU bay? I think that's the critical feature here.
Haha - yea, I didn't realize these teeny PCs are so honkin' expensive until I did some more looking around.
In my scenario though, I'd want to put it into my TV stand so I could basically treat it like a console. I'd love something no bigger than the Wii U, but I realize that's next to impossible.
Poking around, it looks like the best you'd get in that form factor (on the Nvidia side) is a 2060 or a 1660Ti. That's a decent amount of power in a small case like that, but not enough for a primary gaming PC for me. I bet that if these things took off that GPU makers would figure out a way to cram more card in less space though.
You have links to some? I'm in the market for mini ITX parts right now, to finally upgrade my existing PC.
looks like its a similar size to my pc
No, it's significantly smaller than that. It looks to be about 10" x 10" x 6", give or take.
Sure here's a 2400G from BHPhoto for $479. There's an HP variant for less but it seems to have awful thermals
The Mini ITX chasis A300W by Asrock (it's a mobo, PSU, and case set and you add your own CPU supports up to 3400G)
Thats nice however what i was imagining it when i read the title and its short description, I thought it would be a prebuilt, all-in-one gaming PC, if you know what I mean...like the one where you don't need to upgrade to get really good performance on modern AAA games.
I mean it can be once you put a GPU in there?
Most of the time you build a PC and it lasts for a long while unless you want upgrades. The option for it makes it appealing to upgrade, but it's not required. Some games will run worse as the gen goes along, but that's no different than a console.
Yea it seems of similar size, but clearly shorter. It's using some sort of low-profile GPU instead of a full-size.
Dang, that's really cool. I just did my new build in a Node 202 but I'm keeping an eye out for when the Dr Zaber Sentry 2 goes on sale to the public.
