seanclayton
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If it's like the ones in laptops (which it looks like) it should be adequate without overclocking, but it would be loud as... you know.1. CPU cooling can only be horrible
It's nice that these smaller cases are coming to market... but obvious design influence from one small project and the name of another?
Yet they have a bad habit of copying decent designs and putting them in ugly cases.
I think putting the card over the the motherboard via a riser was inevitable as we push towards more and more compact component layouts. The idea itself isn't really new - anybody remember the Procase Noah? Or HFX Micro? It's actually not uncommon for HTPC cases. These are designed only for low-power applications, and as such only supported a single-slot card (for TV tuners or audio), but the basic layout is the same. It's not much of a leap to take that idea and rework it for dual-slot GPU support and better thermal management.
"This" as in the Nightblade M1? Looking at the pictures and video, I'd say the thermals are going to be pretty bad: the sole intake for the system appears to be the right side panel, which means if you have an open-cooler GPU, all the air in the case is essentially getting preheated by it, and the CPU, PSU, and drives are going to run hotter/louder as a result. It's a pretty poor design, thermally. I think the A4 is much better in this regard, with direct access to outside air for each component.The point I'm trying to make is: With the DAN A4-SFX coming closer to its release, what are the disadvantages of this thermally?
"This" as in the Nightblade M1? Looking at the pictures and video, I'd say the thermals are going to be pretty bad: the sole intake for the system appears to be the right side panel, which means if you have an open-cooler GPU, all the air in the case is essentially getting preheated by it, and the CPU, PSU, and drives are going to run hotter/louder as a result. It's a pretty poor design, thermally. I think the A4 is much better in this regard, with direct access to outside air for each component.
Maybe just me, but I find it a bit suspicious that they bring this to the crowd just as the A4 starts to get much more traffic.
I wonder if external powered pc cases will become popular as well. I know that QinX is working on a sub 4L water cooled case, but that's with a thin itx motherboard and a stripped out Gpu without the fan cooler. There was another guy a while back that made a sub 4L air cooled case but he scrapped that project. :/
I hope not.
I mean no hate for people who like external PSUs, but if manufacturers see that as a good to "reduce" size. Then those of us who prefer internal PSUs are f***ed.
I hope someone big (like Lian-Li or Silverstone) takes an interest in Dan's A4-SFX, and hires him (or pays him for the design) then starts mass producing the A4-SFX (or a case with a similar layout).
I'm not a very big fan of aluminum chassis, but since the A4-SFX is the only one I could get in that lay out, I'm fine with aluminum.
I hope not.
I mean no hate for people who like external PSUs, but if manufacturers see that as a good to "reduce" size. Then those of us who prefer internal PSUs are f***ed.
I hope someone big (like Lian-Li or Silverstone) takes an interest in Dan's A4-SFX, and hires him (or pays him for the design) then starts mass producing the A4-SFX (or a case with a similar layout).
I'm not a very big fan of aluminum chassis, but since the A4-SFX is the only one I could get in that lay out, I'm fine with aluminum.
I wonder if external powered pc cases will become popular as well. I know that QinX is working on a sub 4L water cooled case, but that's with a thin itx motherboard and a stripped out Gpu without the fan cooler. There was another guy a while back that made a sub 4L air cooled case but he scrapped that project. :/