Hey there my small-form-factor brethren!

Here are the 4 contestants for the 2nd round of the UMC! Make sure to take a good look at all of the contestants info, specs, and pictures! Also remember you can get a second look on my Instagram page @mitxlove!

Voting starts today, Friday March 4th, and will be open all the way until the end of Sunday March 6th so don’t wait up and vote soon!

Remember you guys are allowed to vote both on here and on Instagram! Each vote counts! To vote on this page simply scroll to the bottom and vote in the poll box!

*Note – I have decided that after 4 rounds of the UMC, I will ask the 4 winners to come back and compete in a champions round!! Keep an eye out for that!

Without further ado..

List of contestants:

1. Bill and his Thermaltake V1

2. Sam and his Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

3. Landon and his Corsair Air 240

4. Antster and his custom GTX-S

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1.Bill and his Thermaltake v1

Description:

“This all started a little over a year ago when I decided I needed a new PC. My last build was about 15 years ago, so I was a little out of the loop. I wanted to have a small form factor build that was unlike anything I’d seen before. It feels like a small feat of engineering to cram as much power into as small an area as possible. So, I went with the Thermaltake Core V1 as it was the coolest case I saw and I definitely wanted to be able to admire my work through a windowed side panel. Needless to say, I started on the low end of things with the Intel G3258 paired with the EVGA GTX 750ti. It’s been an exciting, ever evolving upgrade process since that start.”

Specs:

Intel Core i5-4690K
EVGA GTX 960 SSC 4GB
ASUS Z87I-DELUXE Motherboard
ARCTIC Freezer 13 Limited Edition
2x80mm Noctua NF-R8 Redux-1800 PWM
Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
WD Green 1GB
EVGA 650w GQ 80+ GOLD
NZXT Blue Sleeved LED Kit

Pictures:

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2.Sam and his Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Description:

“After a long hiatus of not having a gaming PC, I built this machine to fill a void in my gaming that was left when my Dell XPS died. I had been exclusively playing on PS4, but I really started to miss PC gaming, and as I began to work on my website I just felt that need grow more and more. It will be used as my main computer, but the big focus will be to record gameplay to use for video game reviews on my website (www.violentcolor.com). I consider the build mostly finished, but still have cable sleeving and some small cleanup to do. I am entertaining the possibility of a custom water cooling loop, but might end up switching cases for that to happen.”

Specs:

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3.Landon and his Corsair Air 240

Description:

“Ever since I started to get into computers and the tech world, I have always wanted a badass custom PC. However being about 14 years old at the time, I definitely didn’t have the funds. But after recently getting back into the PC community and researching like hell, I bit the bullet and built this beast. Is it the fastest? No. Is it perfect? No. But I built it with my own two hands and the limited tools that I have. I am very proud of it, especially considering it’s my first venture into liquid cooling.”

Specs:

Pictures:

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4.Antster and his custom GTX-S

Description:

“This is “GTX-S” – scratch built for NVIDIA contest of compact gaming PC in 2013. The goal – to build a computer-based mITX motherboard and GeForce GTX graphics card. The winner of the category, in which I participated, is the participant whose computer has the smallest sum of the sizes. Dates have been very tight. I learned about the competition for 2 weeks before the end. I won the competition with a score of 50 centimeters on the sum of the three sides! (185mm*188mm*127mm)”

Specs:

Intel Core i7-3770K
Gigabyte GA-Z77N-WIFI
Kingston 4Gb KVR16N11/4 PC-12800
MSI NV N650-1GD5/OCV1 (This is the smallest GeForce GTX that I could find in 2013)
Linkword LW-6 430Wt
DeepCool THETA 15 PWM
GlacialStars IceWind 6015 (5 pcs)
Materials – black acryl and steel.

Pictures:

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Vote for your favorite build in the poll below! Don’t forget to take another look and vote on my Instagram page @mitxlove