Yet somehow, I managed to snag an RTX 3070 for its RRP. Sadly, this was in the middle of the GPU shortage, and getting a 3080 for a reasonable price was impossible. Before finalizing my current build, I was convinced I needed an RTX 3080 so I could, you know “futureproof” my PC. It’s like solving a giant puzzle made of IOPS and CUDA cores.Īnd I’ll admit it: Sometimes I get carried away. Checking reviews and benchmarks, finding sales and bargains, working out how many USB ports I actually need on a motherboard – I could (and do) spend hours on this stuff. I say I like building PCs, but what I actually like most is planning a build. In a small case like mine, that’s a problem. The RTX 4090 manages its heat reasonably well, but there’s no escaping the fact that it runs hot. I mean, when I built my PC, I relied heavily on an extensive spreadsheet of 14 different fan configurations to find the one that kept everything the coolest (it’s here if you’re interested). With space at such a premium inside small PC cases, cooling matters. Trying to get one in my Ncase M1 would be like trying to fit a pumpkin through the eye of a bagel.Īnd that’s not to mention the heat.
I mean, have you seen the size of the RTX 4090? That thing is so large it has its own gravitational field that traps smaller cards in its orbit. Yet all that makes the new 40-series cards utterly anathema to me.
I was attracted to its elegant design and the challenge of building inside something so compact, and its size means I can travel without having to settle for an underpowered laptop and the back pain that comes with it. Little meets large Jacob Roach / Digital Trendsįor the last couple of years, my daily driver has been a small form factor PC built inside the Ncase M1 chassis. In fact, I wouldn’t touch one with a bargepole - and there are plenty of reasons why. Fitbit Versa 3īut with all that said, there’s absolutely no way I’ll be buying one.
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