Editorial
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE PC!
Guy Cocker
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IF THERE’S ONE THING you can rely on in technology, it’s the ever-onward march to miniaturize anything with a power button. Looking at Nvidia’s 40-series graphics card range, you’d think Jensen Huang had missed the memo. But along come the 50-series cards, and compared to the chunky 40-series, they’re positively titchy. This can mean only one thing—it’s small form factor build season here at Maximum PC.
We’re taking a hammer to the laws of physics to squeeze a meaty, full-fat RTX 5080 GPU into a case the size of a box of cereal in our cover build (page 16). We’re talking about a console-conquering micro PC that could sit on your desk without scrimping on performance or cooling. Our guide will help you pick all the components, from the case through the CPU and beyond, and take the headaches out of keeping cables in check, optimizing air flow, and all the other fiddly bits. You’ll be the envy of PS5 peasantry and Xbox blowhards.