Any tool is just going to blindly read the TDP, add up the TDPs, then add some wiggle room to say if it’s ok or not. The 2060 has a 160w tdp, the 3060 has a 170 watt. You’ll probably be fine unless you were really skimping before. Neither are particularly high power draw cards.

That said the 30 series has a reputation for really high transient spikes of power. Those spikes can easily exceed 200% of the normal power draw. If you have a high quality power supply it shouldn’t be an issue. But if you skimped on the wattage and quality that could be an issue.

But if you’re worried if a GPU is compatible with your motherboard then don’t. PCIe is backwards and forwards compatible. Unless you’re trying to run a 5090 on the first pcie board you shouldn’t have any issues. And even if you did PCIe version compatibility probably aint it. It’s probably only power.

Depending on the case the bays can be removable. I had to take mine out to my GPU.

Buuuut if the GPU doesn’t fit in the case length wise these massive ass GPUs probably won’t fit height wise either. My 12vhpwr cable is making an uncomfortable ass turn with the side panel on. And it seems like every angled adapter is more house fire than the last so I’ve held off on adapters.

Their support blamed my friend swapping the SSD with another one for the main board dying. There was nothing wrong with the SSD. He put it in another computer and it worked just fine for years.

We will never even consider buying one of their piece of shit laptops again.

lol

I have a weather app that I like to support. It’s only once a year. My only other subscription is music.

I really want to go AV1 too. Most of what I play is airplayed from my ipad to whatever so I only need my iPad to support it. But I’m not buying an iPad air just to airplay AV1.

But H265 has been prevalent for about 10 years now so basically any smart TV made in the last 3 years should support it. And if yours don’t then any el cheapo smart tv stick should.

You don’t even necessarily need to delete either. If you have a ton of H.264 video you could convert it to 265 or AV1 with minimal quality loss, but huge space savings.

It doesn’t have to be a 6 inch cube to fit under your TV. The PS5 Pro is nearly 16 inches long.

How many people actually care about it being that tiny though?

Anyone strapped for cash is probably gonna get a much bigger machine to get a much better value. Only the right enthusiast would pay more for worse performance just for the size.

Not in terms of performance per dollar. The steam machine is HEAVILY compromised by the last Gen. 35 watt CPU, and previous Gen. 110w GPU. The entire system performs like a mid range PC from 2021.

You can get a much faster pre built for the same money. You’re paying the SFF and quiet PC tax on top of the RAM/SSD crunch tax. If you don’t need the small size or for it to be whisper quiet you can get a much better PC for your money.