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Smallest portable high performance PC

viewport
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There is not much documentation about a nice ultra compact system suitable for Oculus DK2 and CV1.
Considering we already know Laptops are just not good enough, GTX 980 or 980ti is the fundamental piece of hardware. So after some research, the smallest device would be something like that.




But damn it :evil: , is still massive, I just want to put it on my bag and traveling for demos.
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sotti
Protege
you just need a more compact case.


probably the best case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811163231
6.93" x 8.74" x 10.87" and has dual slot GPU support.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
8.20" x 11.10" x 10.30"

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811205011
12.00" x 6.00" x 12.00"


Beefy itx powersupply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817338081
400w should be enough if you get a low wattage CPU to pair with the 980/980ti

Make sure you get a 65w processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 24G3434413

sotti
Protege
For reference an XBox One is 13" x 10.5" x 3.125" or 426.5 cubic inches and has a bulky external power supply.
The smallest case above at 6.93" x 8.74" x 10.87" is 658 cubic inches, but, no external power supply.

Considering the perf difference between the xb1 and the PC and the fact that one is modular and the other is custom built, I can't imagine you can get much better.

Just another data point, the case in the video is 4.13" x 15.04" x 13.78" or 856 cubic inches.

Crespo80
Explorer
you can't get any smaller than the Silverstone SG13
At 11.5 liters it's the smallest case than can fit a Titan X and an overclocked 4790K with AIO cooling

cybereality
Grand Champion
Wish more of those cases had handles. Would come... err... in handy.
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Crespo80
Explorer
Yeah, but the only ooption if you want to go "small and handy" is still the Lian Li PC-TU100
You can still fit a 4790K and a GTX970 ITX in that tiny 11.8 liters sucker 8-)

tamonte
Honored Guest
"sotti" wrote:

Beefy itx powersupply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817338081
400w should be enough if you get a low wattage CPU to pair with the 980/980ti


I wouldn't risk a 980Ti on a 400w PSU... will probably end in tragedy 😛

cybereality
Grand Champion
Yeah, 400W is not cutting it I think (says the man with a 1,500W PSU for no reason).
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sotti
Protege
"tamonte" wrote:
"sotti" wrote:

Beefy itx powersupply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817338081
400w should be enough if you get a low wattage CPU to pair with the 980/980ti


I wouldn't risk a 980Ti on a 400w PSU... will probably end in tragedy 😛


250w card + 65W cpu = 315w

the other 85w is plenty to run the rest of the system. And that 65w + 250w number are for absolute maximum load, which is rarely sustained.

Here a full sized system is drawing 380w at the wall http://www.anandtech.com/show/9306/the- ... -review/16. their PS was 80 plus platnium so 90% efficency = 340w usage. Given that their processor was a i7 4960X @ 4.2ghz (130w processor, o/c probably 150w) you can see how a 400w PSU is likely going to be fine.

I suggested that one because it was an ITX power supply if you had to go all the way down that small.

Obviously if you can run a SFX or ATX power supply buying more headroom would be a good idea, since the incremental cost of going from 400w to 500 or 600w in those form factors is relatively inexpensive (and available at all, look for high wattage itx psus).

purifier82
Protege
"cybereality" wrote:
Yeah, 400W is not cutting it I think (says the man with a 1,500W PSU for no reason).


I concur, the best bet (and the one I'm using to build my portable Rift rig) is a Silverstone 600w, really small and powerful enough to feed a 980ti. (says the other man that has a 1'500 Corsair psu for no reason in the main rig :mrgreen: )
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