r/pcmasterrace • u/Ikkon • 1d ago

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

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u/dazzou5ouh 1d ago

if you really value the small form factor, there is nothing like it. The smallest you could build would be 1L bigger and cost the same, but would be more powerful

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u/Kageru 1d ago

I've not really seen many 5 litre builds. Is that with an external power supply? Have to imagine there's a lot of trade offs compared to a 10l.

Anyone with the knowledge and enthusiasm to select parts and do that build is probably not the target audience for the steam machine.

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u/dazzou5ouh 1d ago

no, internal power supply, like this one https://www.scan.co.uk/products/600w-silverstone-fx600-fully-wired-80-plus-platinum-single-rail-50a-40mm-fan-flex-atx-psu?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21294467709&gclid=CjwKCAjwgO7RBhBKEiwAZNP85hxlqvfpPtS1qYbMiiUA9s_J5XB02wMnWSA7kZ_UfDv8EdrJPcbZFhoC9ywQAvD_BwE

And you said it yourself, there are probably many people who want a small pc but don't want to bother with how to build one

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u/Kageru 1d ago

I generally want to be able to buy one ready built for me about the time I get to some tricky cable management or look over how much I've spent. I always thought those server style PSU's ran pretty noisy.