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Framework’s first desktop is a strange—but unique—mini ITX gaming PC (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can order those directly from chip suppliers (mouser, digikey, arrow, etc.) for a lower cost than you could get them from framework. Also those are going to be very difficult to solder/desolder. You're going to need a hot air station, and you need to pre-warm the board to manage the heat sink from the ground planes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Not as impossible sounding. I mean I would never attempt it but you might be able to get away with it using a stencil, solder paste and one of those fancy toaster ovens with a broil setting. ROI would suck since you are probably gonna fail the first couple of times.