Hi people at [H], I don't post here often but I think this would be a good place to put this topic. I've got an idea for scratch build case. A few users here like iFrelicht would be familiar with what I have. It will be SFF like my last one, but MUCH smaller than the 15 L case I made. It will be less than 2.5 liters. Its intention is a living room gaming PC that can play most games well at 1080p on medium settings. It will also be low power.
It will be kind of like the Gigabyte Brix, but a bit larger (more like Zotac's ZBox) and less sucky on the noise and heat issues. The inner layout is taken from the Brix, since it is the most reasonable way you can do this with off-the-shelf parts in a very compact form factor. A PCIe riser will be used, of course. Here is a view of the inside of a Brix with a desktop GTX 760 inside.
I will be using a GTX 750 Ti instead, and also a low power 35w Intel CPU. Like the Brix it will have two small fans but with less heat dissipation from components they won't have to run as loud. CPU and GPU will have passive heatsinks and the fans will take the warm air out. I'm not sure yet whether a pull or push config would be better. There is also the possibility of using a GTX 950 (Ti) instead, which will most likely be more powerful, and since I am in no rush to finish this system, it will probably be out by the time I am working on it.
Power will be supplied by the HD-Plex 160w DC-DC converter with its compatible 120w AC-DC adapter. Both components will also be small enough to fit inside the case, and would be amazing for a sub 3 liter build.
Sorry I don't have any cool pics of my own to show, but I should be able to whip up something in Sketchup soon.
Thanks for your time, and any suggestions, especially on the power and cooling, are welcome.
It will be kind of like the Gigabyte Brix, but a bit larger (more like Zotac's ZBox) and less sucky on the noise and heat issues. The inner layout is taken from the Brix, since it is the most reasonable way you can do this with off-the-shelf parts in a very compact form factor. A PCIe riser will be used, of course. Here is a view of the inside of a Brix with a desktop GTX 760 inside.
I will be using a GTX 750 Ti instead, and also a low power 35w Intel CPU. Like the Brix it will have two small fans but with less heat dissipation from components they won't have to run as loud. CPU and GPU will have passive heatsinks and the fans will take the warm air out. I'm not sure yet whether a pull or push config would be better. There is also the possibility of using a GTX 950 (Ti) instead, which will most likely be more powerful, and since I am in no rush to finish this system, it will probably be out by the time I am working on it.
Power will be supplied by the HD-Plex 160w DC-DC converter with its compatible 120w AC-DC adapter. Both components will also be small enough to fit inside the case, and would be amazing for a sub 3 liter build.
Sorry I don't have any cool pics of my own to show, but I should be able to whip up something in Sketchup soon.
Thanks for your time, and any suggestions, especially on the power and cooling, are welcome.