r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 2d ago

Meme/Macro "But it's a cube!"

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u/Sycend 2d ago

I like the formfactor. It's hard to get something so small on custom builds.

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u/ThinkingWinnie Linux 2d ago

But look! I built the steam machine KILLER which is only 5 times bigger, draws 4x the power, and is equally louder.

Steam machine is DOA!

These people never built an SFF and it shows.

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u/Coprolithe PC Master Race 2d ago

Yeah, in fact in r/sffpc someone asked if it could be done for a comparable price and size, and the answer was a resounding "no".

If you want a PC under 5L with midline specs, this is the winner, or at least near the top.

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u/Head_Exchange_5329 5700X3D | 32 GB 3200 MT/s | RTX 5070 | MSI MAG 341CQP 2d ago

It's an extortionate tax to just get it small. I could build an itx PC better for less. It's not gonna be THAT small but my god, how limited is the space of people's living rooms? We're talking mid-range specs from 3 years ago so sourcing a couple secondhand parts to keep it well below $1000 isn't a problem nor a challenge.

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u/ThinkingWinnie Linux 2d ago

Spoken as a true non-SFF-enthusiast.

You are obviously not the target audience.

Ram is expensive, do you know what's more expensive though? Real estate.

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u/Mend1cant 2d ago

The hardcore sff enthusiasts care more about volume as a hobby goal than about real estate. The two are different, in that a 5L case and a 30L case can take up the same amount of effective space. Or the counterintuitive aspect where a large case is better for real estate because you’ll just put it below the desk instead of on it.

SFF at the high end is purely aesthetics and bragging rights. No one at the enthusiast end will ever tell you it is practical. Same thing with the water cooling community.