>almost our lord's year 2016
>still owns a gigantic tower desktop PC
>>51432745
>2016 confirmed for bad specs
>does 3d modeling
>needs power of desktop computer
welp
>>51432745
Nice 980ti... oh wait.
>>51432763
Who needs specs when you have godlike pecks.
>uses a piece of underpowered shit barely able to run anything useful
If its going to sit on the desk permanently it might as well be as big as necessary
That computer could be 4x that size and still hide behind that monitor. why would even even vesa mount it thats a job for velcro
>>51432745
enjoy your no storage slow ass piece of shit meme device. now fuck off shitposter
>>51432745
>RISC computers
>compatible with relevant software
I bet you run Windows RT, too.
>>51432846
I don't know what you're talking about. Mine has 256GB M.2 SSD and a 1TB SATA HDD.
>>51432862
OP's pic is not RISC, though.
>>51432868
OP's pic certainly doesn't pack a 1TB HD
>I do nothing but browse Facebook
>>51432893
passively cooled x86?
>>51432912
It could
>>51432927
in such a small form factor, I don't think so
>>51432912
You're right. Intel releases both tall and short versions of the machines (height difference is like 1 inch). They cost the same, but the taller one can house 2.5" SATA3 disk.
>>51432921
They run on the low-energy versions of Intel CPUs, Broadwell-U, Skylake, etc. They are fan-cooled, but generally very quiet.
>>51432944
>>51432944
Just plug in an external
>>51432745
I feel like getting rid of mine desu.
>>51432961
Why not throw it into a closet and use it as a home server?
>It looks like 1TB will be the most you largest that you can go without any modifications
2015, 1TB, top kek
>>51432953
>5400 rpm
even more keks
>>51432945
i want to hate this. but i can see applications for it.
this is the computer my sisters should have. all they do is go on facebook anyway.
this is the computer my boss should have. he wouldn't notice the difference.
it's not the computer for me, though.
>>51432976
I already have a home server and it would generally be a waste of power for this to be used as a home server.
I'd probably give it to my brother and do a mini-ITX build.
>>51432999
Most people don't need that much storage nowadays. They just stream all movies and music they want to consume.
>>51433057
>Most people
just go back to reddit and facebook
>>51433063
I use neither, thank you very much. The streaming revolution already happened and it's only going to get bigger from now on.
>>51432999
>not having a NAS in the closet
gtfo scrub
>>51432862
It's an Intel NUC you stupid fuck.
>>51433089
>no storage
>NAS
kill yourself retard
>>51433086
>streaming revolution
hehe
>>51432745
>No 4 way Titan X SLI
Fuck outta here wif day shit nigga
>>51433057
hurr durr most people dont need that you're just not the average consumer
what a shitty thread off yourself
Two, actually.
Didn't have enough room for watercooling, gpu's and HDDs.
There was a split.
Just make one that can play videogames and I'm set
>>51433985
How about you grow up and become a productive part of the society instead?
>>51432862
>>RISC computers
>>compatible with relevant software
Linux and the BSDs have very mature ports to ARM, PowerPC, and SPARC.
>>51432999
Except for how 2tb SSDs are already a thing you dumb cunt, and how it supports both a 2.5" drive and an M.2 meaning we're looking at a potential 3tb.
>>51434424
>hurr i don't game
Then congrats retard, feel free to shut your anti-conformist hole while the rest of us play GTA V, the fastest selling piece of entertainment in human history.
>>51433959
Not that anon but I don't have a pc with more than 1TB storage, and despite my nas is bigger the sum of documents, music, pictures, videos, movies and series for my family doesn't exceed 700GB. Let's be serious, there's no need for more than 256GB on an everyday machine, unless you are so tech illiterate you keep your whole life on it (and normies nowadays use external HDDs).
>>51433006
What is this? A reasonable answer on /g/ without "rice", "kek", "gentoo", greentext, "kill yourself"? How...is that even possible.
There is no reason for a stationary pc to be small.
And it sure isnt worth having most of the disadvantages of a laptop.
>>51433006
This. Every home should have a desktop because is comfortable to have a place for your everyday computing needs (browsing with a good monitor, good speakers, print a document ecc) and these are small, fast enough with an ssd, low powered for (let's say) my mom, my dad, my brother, even me if I'm not video editing. Let's wait for them to lower the price under 300€ for a standard i3/4gb/128gb ssd and they'll be the new desktops.
>>51434614
I meant low powered AND enough for....
>>51432745
why wouldn't you just buy a laptop with a broken screen?
it probably throttles less, and has a built in ups
I really wanted a small and energy efficient machine for my file server so I started looking at nucs and their brethren with atoms. I soon realized that I would have no way of achieving the storage capacity that I want though. Is there anything similar to this that I can add at least two 3.5" hard drives to? Clearly it would have to be larger than normal.
I was looking at Acer's Revo Build series (on sale at amazon) and that would be what I'm looking for if they sold empty expansion cases that I could add my own drives to.
>>51434640
Yeah
A NAS
Dickhead
Shuttle X27D, upgraded to current i4130t/Asus H81t and 1TB SSD
Could contain another 2,5er hdd and optical drive too..
I'd like to get an iMac in a couple of years.
>>51435331
Do you like eating shit with your hands?
>>51435344
No. I eat brownies with ice cream using a spoon.
>>51435331
Nice price/performance ratio faggot
>>51434626
I just use my laptop for most computer related tasks and only use my desktop for Photoshop/editing and playing games
>>51432745
>2016
>not having a qt mini itx
I bought into the tablet hype, now it's all I use
>>51432745
Yes. I have more than enough space for one, so why not?
>>51434478
>2TB SSD
>$900
the price of a full desktop rig, how about you off yourself fucking piece of shit
>>51435513
why didnt you get the raven version? its objectively better.
>>51435513
>look mom I got a mini pc to match the size of muh dick
>>51435590
For Chriss' sake, man. At least use it in landscape mode.
>>51432745
b-but i need my gaems
a-and I need a good PC for my oculus rift
>>51435741
>vertical website
>landscape
w a t
a
t
>>51432745
Mate, engineering intelligence has yet to compact my powerful server computer into the size of a atom. Ha. Ha.
Check out laptops, they compact everything into one chip, added a screen, and sent them off.
>Degraded efficient performance.
I have always seen microservers have issues with intense task using the best Xeon CPU available.
Arm is not as supported as Xeon so I cannot comment on arm and performance with compacted computers.
The point of it is that motherboards that offer the best speed and engineering have stayed the same size for 20 years. Whether it is making the circuits shorter or simply better quality, tower sized motherboard will always be better in tasks built for computers. Specific devices smaller then a tower sized motherboard should be on used for 1 service role and not as a full functional pc.
>>51435826
The point is that other types of desktops are closing up on towers and fast.
>>51435721
In what way? It's the exact same internals with a stiff slide cover on the front and no handle option
>>51432745
>almost our lord's year 2016
>all he does is browse facebook on his computer
You don't need more than a tablet for that, faggot.
>>51432912
Why would you need more than 500GB on the INSIDE of your computer?
Oh, you're a gaymurr faggot...
>>51435771
gaymurrs will never understand, anon.
>>51435771
There is a reason why you're eyes are aligned vertically, not horizontally.
>>51432775
yeah fucking christ.
let's just carry around our huge fucking tablet smart phone and hookup our external graphics cards so we can play simulate real life while we are outdoors in real life
>>51435363
>dirty bulking
get the fuck out of here
>>51435911
maybe I don't think YIFY is v10 a:10 as you do retard
>>51436095
You should start taking reading classes faggot.
You don't need more than 500GB INSIDE your computer case.
>>51436095
Read this >>51436132 faggot. Especially of you're hoarding data, which is your case.
Data hoarding is a mental illness. Seek help.
It's basically an iMac, in design and uselessness.
>>51436132
sure it's so much better to pay more for external hard disks and swap them around. I'm sorry if you live in a shoe-box and get beaten up by your mom because your desktop pc was adding an extra $10 to the electric bill. you should probably give up on pc's altogether and buy a tablet faggot
>>51436266
>external hard disks
>being a hoarder and doesn't have a nice media server set up
go back to >>>/g//bst or >>>/v/ or wherever you come from, faggot
My mom wants a new computer (she's had her current one forever and it seems the sound is 'popping' as she tells it). Told her to get a ChromeBit (pic related) when it's available (this week I think). $85 bucks US.
>>51436289
>media server
how dumb can you be
>hurr durr you don't need more than 500GB inside your pc
>just setup a media server
yeah very useful to use an extra computer just to store your data, off yourself
>>51436266
>needing a whole PC for storing data
>sperging out like a /v/irgin
welp...
>>51436330
>>>/v/
>>51436329
It will be easier to just get an android box and hook it up to her monitor.
>>51436348
>>>/lgbt/ is where you belong morron
>>51436329
Why do you hate your mother?
>>51436369
>>51433006
Media PC, man. That thing has emulation, Netflix, XBMC written all over it's greasy, Jewy facade.
>>51432745
> 0.5% of the performance of a gigantic tower desktop PC
>>51436368
Android isn't nearly as good as ChromeOS for mouse and keyboard.
She has a laptop that is permanently on her living room table with a long hdmi cable running to the TV (I got her a chromecast last year to cut the cable but she couldn't wrap her head around 'casting' video to the TV). She asked me about a new laptop, and I figured she'd want a Chromebook (she uses only one application on her current laptop which is Chrome). But she tells me her eyes are getting shit and she actually uses her huge TV as the monitor exclusively (despite having a pretty huge iirc 15" laptop), so this ChromeBit seems perfect. Combine that with something like pic related and you have a good facebook / media-consumption PC for cheaper than I ever would have thought possible.
>>51436329
>ChromeBit
not even worth it. doesn't have wifi
>>51433006
You can do all that just fine on >>51436329
>>51436531
Yes it does, AC no less.
>>51436488
Not really though I can run skyrim on medium to low settings at 60 FPS and do intensive task's on the CPU without fucking up.
Problem is that this thing is dual core.
Pic Related.
>>51432789
Linus?
>>51432745
>our lord
whose lord now?
>>51436578
...I initially wrote it off when I heard about it since I figured it'd be dog slow. But reviews have been coming in the past few days, and all have said the performance is perfectly adequate. ARM socs, even cheap ones, have come a remarkably long way.
>>51436588
>medium to low settings
confirmed toaster for poorfags
>>51435513
Pointless besides LAN's. Still need a monitor, too big to be deemed truly portable.
>>51436588
Is that the i5 or i7 model?
But muh games. More devs are disregarding optimization more and more, even on consoles. So you need powerful PCs to compensate for spaghetti code. Case in point: Fallout 4
>>51436610
Its not like Skyrim looks any better on high or ultra. You need texture mods and ENB
>>51436654
>b-but i-it's shit anyways
>>51436610
>Frogposter knowing anything.
I'm guessing your running a machine that churns 4k 60 fps ultra tier meem graphics by drawing out 1000 watts of power.
>>51436641
It's the D54250WYK kit.
i5 souped up with 16 gigs of ram and a 500 gb ssd.
>>51432960
What's the point of a box if i have to plug in another box
>>51434519
new af desu
>>51436722
Lego for neckbeards
>>51436701
don't you have your own poorfag spic chan you can go to?
>>51436701
That's literally a Ultrabook/tablet CPU
You have the power of a tablet with the portability of a desktop
>>51436747
>he fell for the 16GB ram meme
>>51436747
I have 2 servers on the back maxed out with all the goddies.
And I have a tower with 2 6870's crossfired and 16 gigs of ram for gaming and number crunching via openGL. (might get an r9 when their cheaper).
I just use this for general work ,videos and other things
>>51436760
>2015 not having 16gb or more ram.
>>51436742
No i'm overseas working for a company neet scum.
>>51436819
then why can't you afford a computer?
>>51436866
Can you afford to read this? >>51436781
>>51436897
can't you install english mozilla? why are on /g/, /v/irgin?
>>51436948
Surprisingly enough this is the english version however it defaulted to the region settings and i'm too half assed to change it.
So go spew your meems somewhere else.
>>51436781
>gaymer
>windows
>>>/v/
>>51437024
>He doesn't know about proprietary programs in windows.
Go- ... no wait you are home neet scum.
>>51435995
kek it's much easier to read shorter lines stacked than longer lines
>>51436722
Why don't you use a all in one then
>>51436622
You can hook it up to any tv and use a controller, I'm not sure what you mean by too big to be deemed truly portable. It's just about as portable as any home console
>>51432789
>that pic
>godlike
Toppest of keks
>>51432745
>>>almost our lord's year 2016
>dual core
>>51437899
It's not the number of cores but how you use them.
>>51437899
A shitposting machine doesn't need more than 2 cores.
>>51432745
>gigantic
lol you
>>51438200
>not using a computer for anything other than shitposting
You just prove that these aren't anything more than small facebook computers
>>51438143
I wouldn't want something that is too weak for anything other than browsing
>>51438284
What case is that?
Would that make a good DOOM/quake machine?
>>51438315
Fractal core 1000.
>>51438342
Depends on what DOOM/quake we're talking about.
>>51432745
I've also a dual-core, but at least I've a dedicated vidya-card.
Any dedicated vidyacard would nailed an Intel based GPU.
(I know, it's a 610...m, but it's enough for decoding the MPEG4 from a DVB-T dongle and reencoding on-the-fly in xvid):~$ inxi -F
System: Host: eb1033 Kernel: 3.13.0-68-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Console: tty 1 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine: System: ASUSTeK product: EB1033 version: 0608
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: EB1033 version: x.xx Bios: American Megatrends version: 0608 date: 08/09/2012
CPU: Dual core Intel Atom CPU D2550 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3)
Clock Speeds: 1: 1862.284 MHz 2: 1862.284 MHz 3: 1862.284 MHz 4: 1862.284 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF119M [GeForce 610M]
X.org: 1.15.1 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: vesa) tty size: 158x46 Advanced Data: N/A out of X
Audio: Card-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-2: NVIDIA GF119 HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-68-generic
>>51438367
You fucking know what ones I mean retard holy fuck
>>51438391
Even my fucking mp3 player can play doom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_BsVfrKWiE
>>51438312
I never used my machine for facebook and I never will.
It is probably too weak for that.
>>51432745
I'm waiting for a comfy vesa pc with amd apu and ddr4.
>>51438485
DDR4 is overrated. Benchmarks have shown practically no improvement over DDR3.
>>51435590
what tablet is this
>>51432745
nice shitposting machine faggot
>>51438367
noone has ever cared about versions newer than final doom/quake3a
I have a entire room full of towers and I run an cluster on then.
Cry moar, op.
>>51438470
facebook machine = shitposting machine
>>51432919
thread
>>51438589
HP TC1100
>>51432945
Better than my linux machine.
>>51432745
>Almost 2016
>Happy using shit, more expensive and and slow hardware
Holy shit anon, can't you move to somewhere larger than the basement?
>>51432745
Not gonna lie, I've been tempted to try building a VESA mount computer with an AMD APU for gaymen, as the newest games I play that require good specs are a few years old and the APU would meet/exceed the minimum specs (and unless modders do a lot of work unfucking FO4 that isn't going to change for a while). Only problem is if there are VESA mount cases that would work with the necessary liquid cooling.
>>51432745
I'm using an iMac, so essentially the same thing
>>51439078
Except shitty selection of ports and bloated price. Besides, I think mac mini would be more apt comparison.
>>51432945
Can you install gentoo on it?
>>51439277
Sure. The insides are pure intel, so Linux compatibility is top notch.
>>51436132
If I just have one computer then why not. Why get a second computer when I can just condense that functionality into one device? What the hell else am I supposed to do with all the space I have in my mid tower case?
>>51432919
>I do nothing but shitpost
FTFY
>not running a NUC cluster
>>51439829
>>51439829
What do you do with one of those? Also, wouldn't a cluster based on one of the various quad core whatever Pi single board computers be more cost effective (as I'm pretty sure those are available for $15 each now).
>>51432745
I don't have a gigantic tower desktop, I have a micro ATX one with a 970gtx and i5-4690k.
Literally no reason to go bigger than micro ATX unless you're going to go SLI.
>>51440012
Why buy anything bigger than this unless you're going SLI?
Everyone is bashing these, can you post a build with better specs for less money?
>>51440012
what's the point of having a smaller case that's harder to access and has less extension possibilities? do you guys live in a shoebox?
>>51440047
Thats a good looking case, does anybody have experience With this one?
>2016
>falling more the mini meme
>>51435590
I used to use one of these for work, and it's one of the shittiest things I've ever used.
>>51435995
That explains why books are printed in landscape.
>>51440047
Why buy anything bigger than this unless you're going SLI?
>>51440475
>work
My work laptop has better specs than my Surface Pro 2, but it runs like fucking dogshit because of all the bullshit they run in the background.
>>51440523
Does the extra distance via wires not slow it down?
>>51440531
In theory, yes; in practice, no.
>>51432745
given that nuc has the power of a 2009 laptop
its not bad for work or school but home?
lol no.
very good looking and yes i'm fond of nuc's but they are not for home use.
>>51432789
more like auschwitz_survivor.jpg
>>51440438
>and has less extension possibilities
How many people actually add more shit to the point where they fill their case? The most I've ever had in anything that wasn't my computer from elementary/middle school (where I had everything filled due to mostly using dated hardware that I was able to scavenge and needing more to do modern shit at the time, I'd actually open my computer to swap the IDE cable between my CD burner and my much faster CD drive due to the rest of the bus being taken up by low capacity hard drives) was a graphics card, 2 sound cards for the game ports (only used both when playing Descent 2 because muh 6DOF), a CD/DVD drive, 2 hard drives, and a floppy drive.
chromebook, upgraded ssd to 128gb, gentoo
>>51440866
>chrome anything ever
>>51433009
Are you me?
Going with a corsair 380t, 980 ti seahawk, h100i AIO liquid cooler, MSI z170 itx, i7-6700 memelake, replacing all fans with corsair performance fans plus a 200m fan in the front.
Little bro will get my POS cooler master tower with asrock x99 & amd radeon 6700.
>no more -20fps fallout 4
>asking wife to help pay for 28" Asus gsync 4k monitor as my Xmas gift.
Did I do good?
>>51432745
I find it funny how the model monitor they use is years old Asus TN pice of shit.
Source
I own one.
>Hurr durr desktops are obsolete
>Use a nettop instead!
>>51436588
Poor man's iMac
>>51432999
Get a nuc that supports a 2x2.5" stack
2TB SSD, 1TB WD Black
>>51440047
Because I want a DVD drive?
>>51432763
Yeah righy
>>51442205
>implying the new imac is better then the i5 nuc.
>>51432745
i have no lord!
