/ exploring the noosphere Sun, 15 Oct 2017 02:55:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 /2012/12/mini-itx-gaming-pc/ /2012/12/mini-itx-gaming-pc/#disqus_thread Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:14:00 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=411 This YouTube video by bimmerman18 inspired me to build a PC. I built my PC with all the parts listed minus a few changes. Instead of the GTX 590, I bought the GTX 580. For a hard drive I bought an SSD. The PC boots up instantly and runs smoothly without problems on Windows 7.  I can play one of my favorite games, Team Fortress 2, with all the video settings maxed out while having no noticeable decrease in frame rate.  At 100% the CPU and motherboard temperatures never exceed 150 degrees F, while the GTX 580 never exceeds 185 degrees F (about 85 degrees C). Overall it’s a nice PC. However, next time I am going to buy a normal sized motherboard with a large case so that I can have more PCI and hard drive slots.

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