THE UNDERDOG

LENGTH OF TIME: 2-3 HOURS LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: HARD WE LOVE A challenging build, and nothing comes close to a compact ITX system like this. There’s no denying this one, not one bit. If you’re building in the Era 2, you’re building a true SFF build. No fluff, no extra space inside; every cable route needs to be planned carefully, the components perfectly selected, and the build order needs to shift back and forth. Adapt, overcome, and improvise. The Era 2 is exactly what you expect it to be: super-slick, and jam-packed with features to make even the expert system builders out there happy, but it demands the excellence of its builder. It’ll be frustrating at times, and challenging at others, but the satisfaction you get at the end of it,…

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Maximum PC (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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