I haven’t seen fit to build a Full ATX HTPC in ages, but if you game and need a beast in the A/V stack it is definitely the way to go. Streacom makes great cases, and the F12C looks like it also has excellent build quality and plenty of venting for that dual dGPU rig. If you’ve been around personal […]
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Streamcom HTPC chassis look fantastic, have good build quality, and are well thought out – at least that’s been my experience. The F12C looks to be no exception either, although I do find the front to be a bit too boring-slab-of-aluminum for my personal taste. While up until this chassis hit the lab for testing, we will admit that Streacom […]
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Picking the right chassis for a server build can be just as hard as what you select for your HTPC. Not usually because there are too few options, but the opposite. Finding a chassis that will keep everything cool, quiet, have plenty of expansion, and look good without breaking the bank can be difficult. We’ve reviewed a few options in […]
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$240 is a lot to pay for a consumer level motherboard, but the brain melting amount of I/O throughput available from three M.2 x4 RAID SSDs would make for an amazing server. Have to wonder though, outside of server user (VHD, database, etc.) where would the consumer space benefit from that much throughput? Yes, most computing is I/O limited now, […]
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For home theater PC (HTPC) enthusiasts, the 4th generation Intel Core “Haswell” family of processors has been greatly anticipated. Expectations have been set both for its GPU performance, and that the long-standing issue with refresh rate accuracy will finally be put to rest. Unfortunately time with the new integrated processor graphics (IPG) was limited to just a few hours, but […]
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