lillimon04
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I like LG01, haha Think silverstone would get mad? Haha Thank you! And I also like Deception, its pretty funny and it explains the concept.
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I just wanted to add that we are having a bag custom design for this case (designed in Italy by an Italian designer). It will come as an option but that might be of interest for some of you.
Keep suggesting names for the case!
We're doing our budget next year and I have been pushing mATX rigs. The cost savings over a Dell tower server is immense. The only problem I have with my Micro Fly is that the material is thin and it has to be modded to fit the components I have put into it (minor mods, but if you have to build 30 of them, it becomes a PITA). That, and I get a good workout hauling it around in my Sugo bag. I've tried the folding wheeled carriers, but that's one more thing to carry around.
Don't make your bag proprietary to your case.
Aesthetically I like the front and overall design. I also really like that you are using all aluminum and slightly thicker guage. My thin 1.0mm aluminum case isn't really holding together well.
That's a creative position for the PSU, but you block most of the front airflow and waste the space above the cards. It looks like only half of one 92mm fan is open.
As is, I think the biggest risk in your case is making the exterior asymmetrical and at the very least you should consider making the other side windowed. I would also either put mesh over the top blowhole, put in a second or get rid of it entirely.
If you widened one or both sides to allow for dual 120mm fans, that would also make a world of difference in cooling. Biggest flaw in cases in general is that they lack significant active intakes and that will be a moderate problem on this case design.
Here are three ideas I had for an ideal SFF cases. These have the ability to add watercooling, ATX motherboards or both without wasting much space:
#2
Dimensions: 389 x 305 x 229
Setup: Dual 120mm rad in the front / 120 mm fan on each side
#1
Dimensions: 389 x 300 x 253 OR 350-336 x 300 x 291
Features:
-ATX Mounting (sideways)
-Support for Dual 120mm Radiators or large size heatsinks
-Support for oversize power supplies
Setup: 2 x 120mm intake fans (top left side)
#3
305 x 254 x 254 (243 width only leaves 9mm for cables)
Setup: ATX mounting sideways, PSU sideways, dual 120mm rad on the right, CDROMs moved left, hard drives bottom right, bottom right rear 120mm fan
Anyway, good luck with your case. It's good to see some still trying to innovate out there.
Aesthetically I like the front and overall design. I also really like that you are using all aluminum and slightly thicker guage. My thin 1.0mm aluminum case isn't really holding together well.
That's a creative position for the PSU, but you block most of the front airflow and waste the space above the cards. It looks like only half of one 92mm fan is open.
As is, I think the biggest risk in your case is making the exterior asymmetrical and at the very least you should consider making the other side windowed. I would also either put mesh over the top blowhole, put in a second or get rid of it entirely.
If you widened one or both sides to allow for dual 120mm fans, that would also make a world of difference in cooling. Biggest flaw in cases in general is that they lack significant active intakes and that will be a moderate problem on this case design.
Here are three ideas I had for an ideal SFF cases. These have the ability to add watercooling, ATX motherboards or both without wasting much space:
#2
Dimensions: 389 x 305 x 229
Setup: Dual 120mm rad in the front / 120 mm fan on each side
#1
Dimensions: 389 x 300 x 253 OR 350-336 x 300 x 291
Features:
-ATX Mounting (sideways)
-Support for Dual 120mm Radiators or large size heatsinks
-Support for oversize power supplies
Setup: 2 x 120mm intake fans (top left side)
#3
305 x 254 x 254 (243 width only leaves 9mm for cables)
Setup: ATX mounting sideways, PSU sideways, dual 120mm rad on the right, CDROMs moved left, hard drives bottom right, bottom right rear 120mm fan
Anyway, good luck with your case. It's good to see some still trying to innovate out there.
A few suggestions for the names:
#1 Evolution 800C
#2 Precision M200
#3 Original 400
#4 Quality VP10
#5 TinyPower 400D
#6 BlackPower 100
Anything that sounds good to you?
I like LG01 Precision, thats sick. And if you make the black interior on some of them than there could be a BP after the name for the all black one, Haha I can see some people getting mad for writing out black power. Haha.
LG01 Precision BP
LG BP01 Precision.
Idk something tight!
In random order, the list of all the suggested names so far:
Massive Overkill Mobile
Lan Gear Ultimatum
Lan Gear Pandora XS
Anything that you like more than the other?
Nice, I would probably be interested in that, too.Thank you for this very instructive feedback.
The bag is not proprietary to our case. We want you to be able to use it with the most common SFF case (there is a system of removable hard protective foam that can be added or removed to adjust for each case). It will just have a designer touch to it, and it will be designed more like a fashionable bag, rather than a "I'm going to the gym" type bag. I work mostly on the design of the case and I haven't seen the latest design yet, but I can tell you, it's going to be a good looking SFF case carrier. We are shooting for a December release for the bag. I'll post pictures online as soon as we get the first prototype made.
Since you free up one of the 5 1/4" bays, if you were to tilt the PSU sideways and raise it up, you could fit 3 unrestricted 80mm fans in the front. Then move the hard drives back to where MO was talking about. There is an idea...The "front" airflow is composed of 2 x 92 mm fans (aspiration- not blocked) + 1 x 60 mm fans. For the exhaust, we have 2 x 120mm fans @ 68 SCFM each, 25 dBA. I believe from the first test this is going to work quite well but we will post some results when we get the second prototype done.
I don't want to get off topic, but consensus on "what is a SFF" basically was that it had to be a certain size. Probably should take a look at whatever you are running, because almost every SFF case could fit one with modding. It's all about design. ATX in an X-Qpack has been done before.Your ideas seem like they might be decent ones.. but, no offense intended, if you're talking about ATX mobos, you're not talking about SFF anymore.