# Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing

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**Created:** [April 19, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/building-a-pc-part-ix-downsizing/7474 "2020-04-19T23:56:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eivind\_Jahren](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/eivind_jahren/32/78531_2.png) [@Eivind\_Jahren](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Eivind_Jahren)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/building-a-pc-part-ix-downsizing/7474/46 "2024-05-17T20:43:30Z")

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You know, 4 years later, there are certainly a lot of enthusiasm around creating small itx powerhouses.

However, what I see most the most of is the flashy window gamer PCs that are either all white or “RGB”.

I might be wrong, but niche computing devices seem more popular now like smbcs, nas, retro, homelab, r/datahoarding etc.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/codinghorror/32/36371_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/building-a-pc-part-ix-downsizing/7474/47 "2025-01-07T06:37:53Z")

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**Author:** ![JimPas](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/jimpas/32/76163_2.png) [@JimPas](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/JimPas)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/building-a-pc-part-ix-downsizing/7474/48 "2025-02-09T21:06:32Z")

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