DAN A4-SFX: The smallest gaming case in the world

Cherry Dude said:
Wow totally unexpected the postman have just dropped by with the case. (Denmark) As I now plan the move from v1 to V2, I come back to a PSU cable issue.
Do any of you have any experience shortening the Corsair sf450 cables? To sound cheap, the cablemod route is pretty expensive (more than the PSU). Corsair offers a "premium" set for approximately half the price of the PSU, and I was thinking about buying it and shorten the cables myself - mainly because I have been unable to find the standard cables which might be cheaper.
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you can get those cables for 25€ on aliexpress
 
my A4 is comming
now in korea... VGA are unavailable or over priced(EVGA 1070ti is $750 futhermore this thing is used vga)
so i can't get any 2 slot vga

if i uncover left side... Does it fit? Palit 1060 super jet stream.
this is my current VGA

i think it can not be, but even though i want to know fact.
 
To all the people who plan to use the Corsair SF450 power supply: I have it and I use it together with a 1080Ti FTW3 and an eight-core Ryzen CPU. In general the 450W are more than enough power. The power consumption would be around 370W under full load. If you are into HEAVY overclocking and want to push your CPU and your GPU to the absolute maximum, then there is a slight chance that the PSU won’t handle the load. Mine did an emergency shutdown once, while I was running FireStrike Extreme (combined) with 4,0 Ghz on the CPU and 2083Mhz on the GPU.
I myself prefer to run the CPU at 3,7 Ghz and the GPU @0,8V - 1759 Mhz. Then the PC is extremely quiet, runs faster than a GTX1080 and consumes around 270W.
 
gotbass said:
Thanks for the detailed reply.

I'm after water-cooling the GPU you see, so it has to be custom as all the hybrids are 120mm
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D10S said:
Well...
and what about starting with the asetek radiator....plus a tiny pump and a tiny reservoir,
if u see my picture, you can easy go with a 1080 ti mini and have a lot of space to....
;)
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This. I'm happy to lightly overlock and air cool my CPU; the GPU is where water cooling matters. IMO of course.

Any thoughts on the viability of an 545LC + Kraken G12 in the A4-SFX?
 
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dglow said:
This. I'm happy to lightly overlock and air cool my CPU; the GPU is where water cooling matters. IMO of course.

Any thoughts on the viability of an 545LC + Kraken G12 in the A4-SFX?
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Sure you could do that with no issue :)
 
Arrived in Los Angeles, CA today!
Ordered from OcUK in July :)
 

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dglow said:
This. I'm happy to lightly overlock and air cool my CPU; the GPU is where water cooling matters. IMO of course.

Any thoughts on the viability of an 545LC + Kraken G12 in the A4-SFX?
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Probably, we could water cooling CPU+GPU,

probably we can fit 2 asetek...

probably...

:jimlad:
 
He seems to have destroyed an enermax AIO kit in order to use its block-pump. And then he may have used a typical 92mm radiator and simple tubes.

The block-pump is not sold separately.
 
My case is arriving tomorrow, I'm not sure if I should bite the bullet and buy all my parts now at inflated prices or wait it out a while and hope things improve.
 
Cecom said:
sldr, what is that think on the cpu on picture img_0343.jpg where did you bought it or how did you make it?
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That's a 3D printed fan ducht and a 120mm gasket. I'll need to remove it, because it serves no purpose now that there aren't any vents in the plexi...

The STL for the fan duct was created by ceski and he shared it here: https://hardforum.com/threads/dan-a...in-the-world.1799326/page-271#post-1042951716

Any 120mm gasket will do, I got mine from here: https://www.highflow.nl/?subcats=Y&...+10mm+for+120mm+fans&dispatch=products.search
 
yes
gffermari said:
He seems to have destroyed an enermax AIO kit in order to use its block-pump. And then he may have used a typical 92mm radiator and simple tubes.

The block-pump is not sold separately.
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yes, destroyed.....

Radiator es air restrictive for the noctua fan.
Probably with other model with less fpi, you can get better results than me.

see the links below

pump+waterblock:
https://m.es.aliexpress.com/item/32648764566.html?spm=a2g0n.search-cache.0.0.2416e4b5AD8DPW#autostay

Radiator:
https://m.es.aliexpress.com/s/item/32213178522.html?spm=a2g0n.orderList.0.0.7c4ac87de1q2nV&

l2p
 
sldr said:
That's a 3D printed fan ducht and a 120mm gasket. I'll need to remove it, because it serves no purpose now that there aren't any vents in the plexi...

The STL for the fan duct was created by ceski and he shared it here: https://hardforum.com/threads/dan-a...in-the-world.1799326/page-271#post-1042951716

Any 120mm gasket will do, I got mine from here: https://www.highflow.nl/?subcats=Y&...+10mm+for+120mm+fans&dispatch=products.search
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thx! I will do that too, awesome!
 
The Av8tor said:
Do you have any idea of what additional mounting hardware (screws, ball joints etc) is necessary to attach Duke00's custom side panels to the case? I grabbed the files he posted for the design and will get it made locally. Any help would be appreciated!
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I can't guarantee these are correct but I think the parts for my Panel are

- the 3mm acrylic sidepanel itself
- 4 x 10mm M1.6. countersunk screw
- 4 x M1.6 ball on each panel
- 8 x nuts
- 4 x washers

He also offered distance frames to make 2.5 GPUs possible. Therefore 12, 16 and 20mm screws were also available.
 
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gotbass said:
Hi
okay thanks, what kind of temps did you get?

And could you see this working on a gpu+cpu loop with the 92mm radiator?

Thanks
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around 5-6 degrees less than the cryorig+noctua combo, but at 4,5 vs 4,3ghz aprox.
And no, cpu + gpu is imposible with this radiator.
If you buy another radiator with less fps probably get better results
 
My case arrived today! It arrived yesterday actually but I wasnt home for the delivery :) I am backer #2026 on kickstarter and I live in southern Sweden.

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After all that waiting, I can barely believe it. It's like dreaming of a Ferrari versus actually owning one.

Guess I'll see you on the other side, folks.
 

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Anyway, I've just registered 'cause I'll receive my Dan A4 shortly (backer 34 from France).
Can't wait to get it, I've been a long time Shuttle barebones user, but as soon as I discovered Dan's case I wanted to get one. Sadly, I missed the first campain, it was a long wait until the last one.
 
RedSawn said:
Well I got some aftermarket VRM heatsinks to try putting on after removing the standard ones from the ASUS z170i board for the LP53, if the profiles are similar with Dan's concept cooler the result of that might intrigue you. How useful it is to you really depends how soon the case comes compared to yours I guess. The z170i isn't the complete same design as the z270i/z370i but they share the same fundamentals
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Quick update while I'm working on it... the MOSFET heatsinks do fit with the LP53 attached. The thermal pads included wouldn't stick so we used MX-4 and now we're basically just waiting for it to dry before putting it upright it and cabling up. Any way to make it stick quicker? Or have I got the wrong idea here?
 

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RedSawn said:
Quick update while I'm working on it... the MOSFET heatsinks do fit with the LP53 attached. The thermal pads included wouldn't stick so we used MX-4 and now we're basically just waiting for it to dry before putting it upright it and cabling up. Any way to make it stick quicker? Or have I got the wrong idea here?
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Mx4 isn't like glue, it will get soft when it is hot. Did you clean the area with isopropanol before trying the provided thermal pads?
 
RedSawn said:
Quick update while I'm working on it... the MOSFET heatsinks do fit with the LP53 attached. The thermal pads included wouldn't stick so we used MX-4 and now we're basically just waiting for it to dry before putting it upright it and cabling up. Any way to make it stick quicker? Or have I got the wrong idea here?
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The standard MX-4 is just a thermal compound mostly used between cooler and CPU. It doesn't have adhesive. You should use something with adhesive instead.

Edit: I was too slow someone else answered before me. But you get the idéa :)
 
Cock. Alright, well I guess I still have ArctiClean but those pads still won't stick to anything
 
It's here bit##es.

I will post pictures of the completed build in due time.
 

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Kreyyr said:
I can't guarantee these are correct but I think the parts for my Panel are

- the 3mm acrylic sidepanel itself
- 4 x 10mm M1.6. countersunk screw
- 4 x M1.6 ball on each panel
- 8 x nuts
- 4 x washers

He also offered distance frames to make 2.5 GPUs possible. Therefore 12, 16 and 20mm screws were also available.
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Thanks for your help!
 
RedSawn said:
Cock. Alright, well I guess I still have ArctiClean but those pads still won't stick to anything
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Id say isopropanol (pure alcohol) is probably better than arcticlean, you should be able to find it for sale locally pretty easily.
 
richiegore said:
Id say isopropanol (pure alcohol) is probably better than arcticlean, you should be able to find it for sale locally pretty easily.
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No worries, it's all built, they stuck in the end. I think I'll need to hook up with Cablemod though because wire routing was a nightmare.
 
For those of you planning to install 545LC AIO with noctua fan, you're going to experience hell when you try to shove it in underneath the PSU. The 24pins will bother you like no tomorrow and you may even break the fan like I did yesterday. Thankfully I superglued it..
 
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