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Console style cases?

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ajac09

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Thinking baout eventually building a console style pc aka steam box for the living room. Wondering beyond RVZ01 and its sucessor that is coming and beyond the crowd funding one if their is any alternatives? Needs to be able to use a dedicated video card for sure dont plan on throwing an 980 ti or anything in it probably at most a 750 ti or less.
 
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iFreilicht said:
The node 202 is currently your best bet if you value size.

If you want to upgrade to something even smaller or more versatile later down the line, the community is currently working on these:


All very interesting projects in their own right, but none of them will be available in the next few months.
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wow didnt realize their was this many. I would love to do it myself but no idea where to start loljust want a case about xbox one /ps4 size .
 
It could also be worth thinking about the Dondan A4 http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1799326. It's designed to be placed upright, but you could place extra feet on the GPU side and lie it down. The extra space should allow the GPU to pull cool air into to the case just fine. I imagine this configuration would work best with a blower style cooler. Just a thought!
 
To bad you cant lay it down.. what I would love to see i the video card that is kept up and high basically the opposite of where the rv201 and its sucessor keep it. I wish I could make my own case. Id use a pci express extension cable keep the video card up and to the side of the motherboard with ventilation their. come on someone make a case where I can kit it out and make my own personal case out of it.
 
jb1 said:
It could also be worth thinking about the Dondan A4 http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1799326. It's designed to be placed upright, but you could place extra feet on the GPU side and lie it down. The extra space should allow the GPU to pull cool air into to the case just fine. I imagine this configuration would work best with a blower style cooler. Just a thought!
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That was exactly why I left it out. It's a great case nonetheless, but doesn't exactly have the shape of a console.

ajac09 said:
To bad you cant lay it down.. what I would love to see i the video card that is kept up and high basically the opposite of where the rv201 and its sucessor keep it. I wish I could make my own case. Id use a pci express extension cable keep the video card up and to the side of the motherboard with ventilation their. come on someone make a case where I can kit it out and make my own personal case out of it.
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ajac09 said:
wow didnt realize their was this many. I would love to do it myself but no idea where to start loljust want a case about xbox one /ps4 size .
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You mean ventilation in a way that GPU and CPU cooler suck in air from the same side? Because that's what the !nverse and the Brevis S are doing.

Xbox One size is pretty easy, that thing is huge for a console. 7.4L to be precise.
PS4 is hard, that's about 4.5L.

I don't know what kind of tools you've got access to. If you want to make a scratch build completely by hand, you'd at least need a saw and a drill, probably a thread tap set as well, but that'd be about it.

If you want to try and make a case yourself, start with the layout first, try to model it in SketchUp to get a feeling for how large it can be. That program is free, very easy to use and you can find models of components quite easily online.
A very easy way to then make your case is to take Parvums modding cubes, buy a few sheets of acrylic or aluminium and then cut them to size,
drill holes at the corners of the sheets, attach them to each other with the modding cubes, use the drill to make a nice ventilation pattern. Then find a way to mount the GPU and the motherboard, done.

If you want to try modding a case, which can be viable as well, then take a look at these:


Maybe you can get some inspiration from these builds.

But if you want something that's small and available right now, the node 202 is your only choice at the moment. Trust me, we're all doing our best to bring our cases to the masses as fast as possible, but things like that take time when you're not a large company.

Maybe you'd want to consider the loneindustries L3, that's quite small at 4.5L and has space for a low-profile 750Ti. If you've got any questions on that, there's a dedicated thread here on [H].
 
iFreilicht said:
That was exactly why I left it out. It's a great case nonetheless, but doesn't exactly have the shape of a console.





You mean ventilation in a way that GPU and CPU cooler suck in air from the same side? Because that's what the !nverse and the Brevis S are doing.

Xbox One size is pretty easy, that thing is huge for a console. 7.4L to be precise.
PS4 is hard, that's about 4.5L.

I don't know what kind of tools you've got access to. If you want to make a scratch build completely by hand, you'd at least need a saw and a drill, probably a thread tap set as well, but that'd be about it.

If you want to try and make a case yourself, start with the layout first, try to model it in SketchUp to get a feeling for how large it can be. That program is free, very easy to use and you can find models of components quite easily online.
A very easy way to then make your case is to take Parvums modding cubes, buy a few sheets of acrylic or aluminium and then cut them to size,
drill holes at the corners of the sheets, attach them to each other with the modding cubes, use the drill to make a nice ventilation pattern. Then find a way to mount the GPU and the motherboard, done.

If you want to try modding a case, which can be viable as well, then take a look at these:


Maybe you can get some inspiration from these builds.

But if you want something that's small and available right now, the node 202 is your only choice at the moment. Trust me, we're all doing our best to bring our cases to the masses as fast as possible, but things like that take time when you're not a large company.

Maybe you'd want to consider the loneindustries L3, that's quite small at 4.5L and has space for a low-profile 750Ti. If you've got any questions on that, there's a dedicated thread here on [H].
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omg I am in love with the lil mac.
 
ajac09 said:
omg I am in love with the lil mac.
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No wonder, it's a pretty sweet build ;)

If you don't want to do it yourself, maybe get in touch with NFC systems on SFN, he made something very similar, called the S4 which may just be your thing.
For his previous cases, the S3 and S3 mini, he also took requests for custom paint jobs, so if you've got a bit of money to spare, maybe you can make the case a bit more personal that way.
 
its to bad alot of these are picos though but still nice to see options excited!
 
ajac09 said:
its to bad alot of these are picos though but still nice to see options excited!
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That's precisely why I started the Brevis S. I just dislike external power bricks too much to ever use one myself, but wanted to get a case that was as flat as Little Mac and/or the S3/S4.
Also, the last two Xboxes and Wiis used external PSUs as well, so that's kind of in the console spirit, I guess. ;)
 
See I was curious on that to. I wonder if their is a way to make the power supply on the pc external? I know you would have to extend the length of the cables for sure but if we could make the bulk of it it external and just run the cables in a protective cable to the case.. oh man that would be an awesome kick starter.. external power supplies. oh could make a small minature case you drop the power supply in. Screw it in place put the protection over the cables and a piece of metal to protect the giant hole where the power supply is supposed to go and call it good.
 
ajac09 said:
See I was curious on that to. I wonder if their is a way to make the power supply on the pc external? I know you would have to extend the length of the cables for sure but if we could make the bulk of it it external and just run the cables in a protective cable to the case.. oh man that would be an awesome kick starter.. external power supplies. oh could make a small minature case you drop the power supply in. Screw it in place put the protection over the cables and a piece of metal to protect the giant hole where the power supply is supposed to go and call it good.
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Well external power supplies already exist, you're talking about a solution where you wouldn't need an internal PicoPSU or something like that, right?
It would certainly be an interesting mod, why not try something like little mac but use an external FlexATX PSU? I'd be following that build log :D

Oh BTW, AMD seems to be doing exactly that with Project Quantum, but the pictures show something the size of a full ATX PSU. As a result, their external PSU is quite large.

AMD_Project_Quantum.jpg
 
iFreilicht said:
Well external power supplies already exist, you're talking about a solution where you wouldn't need an internal PicoPSU or something like that, right?
It would certainly be an interesting mod, why not try something like little mac but use an external FlexATX PSU? I'd be following that build log :D

Oh BTW, AMD seems to be doing exactly that with Project Quantum, but the pictures show something the size of a full ATX PSU. As a result, their external PSU is quite large.

AMD_Project_Quantum.jpg
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I woudlnt mind it being large as long as its away like the 360 and wii's power supply. If we could get a real external power supply we could make some awesome small form factors. id love to be able to just drop a power supply in a brick and connect it all up. Heat not an issue these days but damn power supplys are so big.
 
Dangman said:
They do if you want high quality ;)
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What do you mean by quality? Because if you care about pure production quality and average lifetime, those server PSUs, especially the ones from FSP, are in the high range. You don't need high volume for high quality.
If by quality you mean feature richness, noise or things like full modularity, then you need something a bit bigger of course.
 
iFreilicht said:
What do you mean by quality? Because if you care about pure production quality and average lifetime, those server PSUs, especially the ones from FSP, are in the high range. You don't need high volume for high quality.
If by quality you mean feature richness, noise or things like full modularity, then you need something a bit bigger of course.
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I'm talking about both production quality and performance quality as well. You're right that server PSUs tends to be of higher quality but I'm not sure if FSP PSUs fall under that category. I have seen many of those same FSP 1U/FlextATX PSUs die.
 
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