Dream Machine 2017, you have ruined me. Five whole days of planning, stripping, drilling, installing, reworking, and rebuilding one of the biggest and most advanced systems I’ve ever worked on have left me mentally destroyed. It is certainly a thing of beauty, and an absolute beast of a machine, beyond anything I’ve ever worked on, but is it the Dream Machine for me? Ironically, probably not.
If you’ve been following my musings for a while now, you’ll know I am wholeheartedly dedicated to the ITX and microATX form factors. Bigger isn’t always better for me, and although the power toiling away within the bowels of this year’s DM is incredible, there’s little here that would affect my day-to-day activities in any meaningful manner, outside of the GPUs. However, if I…
