Recent content by jtd871

Maybe you could start a thread that does nothing but discuss ideas for the next DAN case?

(Mackan, nothing personal) It's really too bad that there's no such thing as owners getting their hands dirty and custom modding their PC cases. That way, all the people with a niche wish list could actually get their case to be totally customized to their specifications, and could show us how...

CknSalad I plan on going with a single 1920x1200 monitor, so 1060 gpu - either EVGA SC or SSC 6GB ($260-$280) - for the time being. I'm waiting for reviews of the SSC and Black Friday sales before I splurge.

I believe he has, but IIRC, it was installed on the "top" side of the motherboard, so may have got some airflow from the CPU fan. That having been said, if you were going to use a "back" side M.2 and no other drive mounted on the bottom of the case, you could always try a ~25 - 40x10mm fan on...

Sounds awesome. Start your own limited edition production run. Seriously, the 1 USB port thing was hashed to death ages ago. The gap above the blanking plates is not visible from the front. The window kit is optional (and IMO, superfluous), so I won't ever see the screws on the side.

Perhaps the "is" should be taken as "can be". However, a fan that doesn't spin makes the least amount of noise, regardless of the fan diameter.

With what sort of fan control?! Insufficient data to draw conclusions.

I'm curious to see if any of the big case OEMs jump into this case layout - even on the cheap (e.g., no included riser cable, stamped steel / molded plastic construction). We've seen the MSI Nightblade come close, at least style-wise, if not size-wise.

Sure, if you make it yourself.

Was disappointed with Linus recommending a blower-style GPU. Apparently he doesn't understand that the EVGA open air coolers (dual fan) are quieter and cooler due to more air movement at lower fan speed, shorter fins (aligned perpendicular to the log axis of the card, means that heat transfer...

Assuming you're just late to the party, I'd get the C7 every day and twice on Sunday. I am personally concerned that the heatpipes on the AR cooler will interfere with a board component and force it to be used in a non-ideal orientation. The C7 seems to me not to have any obvious fitment issues.

I doubt that you will find many aftermarket 92x10mm fans, and I doubt that they will be significantly "better" than the OEM fan in terms of airflow/noise. If thicker fans can be mounted, they won't fit in the A4 case as the stock C7 just fits. The consensus is that the C7 is one of the best...

DC Fan, 12/24V, 92 x 92 x 10mm, Available in PWM/FG | Global Sources Found 1 92x10 fan using Google.

That is the thickness dimension (blue) they are referring to.

For those who were waiting, Cryorig sent me a PM indicating the C7 is back in stock at Amazon US (verified by going to the product page on Amazon). PCPartPicker has yet to notice the stock refresh and return to "normal" pricing.