tokenbrit wrote: ↑2020-10-08 02:54
"Let's deal in facts", you say, as if I wasn't?!? That was why I asked what the criteria was for ranking the cases, but which went unanswered. The Node 202 is designed for an SFX power supply - that it was set up and compared using a Pico power supply is a detail, or fact, that wasn't made clear. If it's not a design feature of the case to connect a Pico power supply, then it's not obvious how that was done, which makes me curious whether the results were consistent & reliable... Was the case itself the only thing that changed in the comparisons? Was musicality the only determining factor? The devil is in the details, as they say - if the method isn't clear, or made clear, how can we accept, rely on, and expect to repeat the results? Without that there's little point to continuing this exchange - I'm not interested in arguing specs, or semantics.
You stated at the outset and repeat that the Node 202 is set up for an SFX power supply because you're trying to re-assert your false premise about the dependency between the case and the psu. Have you spoken to the designer of the case? Otherwise you do not know if the Node 202 was designed for a range of psu possibilities or the SFX. Simply by briefly glancing at the specifications of the case I can see immediately how a pico power supply can be deployed within the case. That you cannot is stunning. Evidently FPM knows more about builds using a Node 202 than either you or I. After all, FPM has completed two builds with the Node 202 and we have completed none.
I browsed for a CA build using the Node 202. No SFX psu was used in the attached.
https://www.snakeoil-os.net/wiki/Hardwa ... n-mini-itx
Did you bother to browse for Node 202 CA builds tokenbrit? A browser can be your ally.
The criteria for the case ranking was part of a private message between FPM and I. FPM must decide if he wishes to divulge the details of the criteria he used to assess cases. Based on his prior posts and a conversation with him, his criteria seem logical, detailed, tried and tested.
Your response is what I expected. You presume your expertise in building PCs is higher than mine or FPM's. Based on your posts on this ITX case I doubt the veracity of your assumption.
Your posting history reveals that you're very intelligent tokenbrit and helpful. Forum participants should be respectful and debate on facts not baseless assertions. If you fail on the facts what follows loses gravitas.
Each of us owes the other the presumption of dealing with an equal. Sporadically your prior post history reveals someone who does not think he's dealing with an equal. On forums it's easy to lose track of the obvious - I know little about you and vice versa. Should you want data on my background you can reach out. Reaching out to FPM was fruitful for me. Try it perhaps? You may be pleasantly surprised.