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I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses — here’s what happened (www.tomsguide.com)
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[–] grue@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can fit my PC in a backpack. It's got a mini-ITX motherboard, SFX power supply, 240mm AIO water cooler, and an RX 9070 XT in a Lian Li A4-H2O case.

I went to the trouble of building it small mainly because of the possibility that I decide to flee the US. Thanks, Trump. 😡

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think you have my pc build, except a 9070 XT for a 6800 XT. But the case is huge, I don't see how it fits in anyone's backpack.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe you're thinking of some other case? Mine is a little under 13"x10"x6", about the size of a (large) shoebox:

Granted, not a whole lot else would fit in a backpack along with it, but I'm quite confident it would fit. A stack of three or four textbooks would be bigger.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I mean I do have that case, and I don't think it fits in to any of my backpacks, I guess I need to take everything out of my backpack and then it will barely fit if I shove it in.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I was looking at mini-ITX cases for exactly this purpose a while back

wanted sturdy and small for portable use.

I remember seeing the Velka and one other whose name escapes me right now.

https://velkase.com/products/velka-3

184 x 99 x 219 mm

7.2 x 3.9 x 8.6 in

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Optimus makes insane builds, check out his mini itx build with a fucking rtx 5090. It's also smaller than OPs pc build

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PDYJI0W6Gk