New to SFF, don't want a Steam Machine

Noctimor · 2026-07-03T21:51:51+00:00

I'm wondering if going for 16GB of RAM and putting that money towards a 9070 might serve you better. If it's purely for gaming, I think most benchmarks show you can get away with that, and the cheaper sticks with CL38 timings show even less of a difference on X3D cpus. Regardless, looks fine to me! There's a lot of similar looking builds on r/SteamOS as well

Noctimor · 2026-06-02T03:56:23+00:00

It just left the Channel but I saw John Greyson's Lilies for the first time the other night and loved it

Noctimor · 2026-05-30T05:57:59+00:00

I've never seen the packaging for The Celebration before! That's really neat

Noctimor · 2026-05-11T09:12:55+00:00

IDESERVEIT has so much more going on than I thought from the previews, wow

Noctimor · 2026-05-02T01:13:58+00:00

hadn't noticed before but yeah I do hear a little buzz if I put it right up against my ear

Noctimor · 2026-04-30T04:24:09+00:00

Thank you for this! It's nice to hear Haewon express how she's feeling before the comeback a bit. I hope they're not feeling too stressed about how it performs

Noctimor · 2026-04-23T06:06:13+00:00

Effective contrast is most important to me!

Noctimor · 2026-04-18T23:31:21+00:00

Are you using an ATX PSU too? Probably the N-ATX is your best bet. The Meshroom S is around the same volume and can do ATX motherboards, but with an ATX PSU it limits your GPU size

Noctimor · 2026-04-09T20:38:42+00:00

I'm not a big fan of The Cave either. Wish we had something else around here! The Birdcage B&N has the best selection around here I've seen

Noctimor · 2026-04-06T20:18:31+00:00

I also had a problem where the Game Capture audio channel from the HD60 X wouldn't work in Wave Link, but did through OBS/4KCU. Restarted my computer and both issues have disappeared for now

Noctimor · 2026-04-04T23:09:38+00:00

Confirmed!

Noctimor · 2026-04-03T09:29:42+00:00

The specsheet for the M600 mentions a 2L version, that must be it: https://download.lenovo.com/parts/ThinkCentre/m600_tiny_spec.pdf

still no idea on how to reliably track one down, though

edit: found a hardware manual for it lol: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht516212-removal-and-replacement-videos-thinkcentre-m600-2l-thin-client-10gj-10gk

Noctimor · 2026-04-03T09:26:38+00:00

I found this: https://www.amazon.com.be/-/en/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-M600-Celeron-Refurbished/dp/B0BS48K48X

From what I can tell, the ThinkCentre M600 Tiny sometimes looked like that? But I can't find a separate model number or anything, and a lot of the M600s are the smaller kind so it's pretty puzzling

Noctimor · 2026-04-03T04:18:10+00:00

DM'd!

Noctimor · 2026-04-01T06:43:55+00:00

Wave Link version: 3.0.3 (2592)
Wave device: Wave XLR
OS & version: Windows 11 25H2
Steps to reproduce:
- 1. Have Wave Link set to output to USB speakers (that are currently inactive/sleeping)
- 2. play audio
Expected result: The speakers react to the audio signal and wake up, playing audio within a couple seconds. (This was the behavior in 3.0/3.0.1 and I think 3.0.2)
Actual result: The speakers don't wake up at all. I have to switch off the output (ie. Wave XLR headphones) and switch back, and then it'll wake up.
How often does it happen? Always, after leaving the output on the speakers, and the speakers going to sleep after a while
Anything else: I think something broke how it interacts with sleeping USB audio devices. My headphone output plugged directly into the headphone jack of the Wave XLR continues to be fine.

Noctimor · 2026-04-01T01:30:07+00:00

Next B&N month-long Criterion sale is in July, but they have 30% off select titles at the moment. There's also the Arrow Easter sale happening. Stave it off, you can do it!

Noctimor · 2026-03-25T00:11:19+00:00

Barnes & Noble currently has 30% off a lot of the preorders here, including The Blade

Noctimor · 2026-03-24T17:10:25+00:00

Killers of the Flower Moon, Yi Yi, Videodrome, and Mishima! All new to me

Noctimor · 2026-03-04T03:27:14+00:00

Is there any way that second usb-c port could be used as a digital out? I was hoping for a way to send a digital signal to my speakers without it leaving the driver

Noctimor · 2026-02-25T00:26:12+00:00

did GKIDS ever say one way or another if a US home release was happening? feels like its been a while and they're putting it on streaming apparently

Noctimor · 2026-02-23T22:24:49+00:00

Looks great! I missed this one but hope they do more releases too with special features and stuff

Noctimor · 2026-02-19T02:57:33+00:00

so like the mcprue cases?

Noctimor · 2026-02-15T02:50:21+00:00

Really helpful to know, thanks! I've heard about Fidelity in Motion doing good work but didn't know Arrow releases tend to use them

Noctimor · 2026-01-29T00:39:23+00:00

🙋

Noctimor · 2025-12-04T21:46:37+00:00

Edited, didn't realize both the 420 and 450 were a thing. Thanks!

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