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

Amazon also has the LP53 for US buyers, but it's about for about $15 more. Just bought it, plus the A9x14, 100mm and 120mm Scythe slim fans to test. We'll see if the Scythe 120mm fan clears my RAM, might not. If it does, I like the idea of a giant fan blowing air over the whole board...
 
jtcera said:
Excellent reply. I'm about to pull the trigger on an lp53 from South Korea on eBay and play the waiting game. I'm running a C7 open air on a delidded 7700k and hitting max temps 75C while playing Overwatch at 165hz. That's a bit too high for comfort. I have the L9i here too for when my Dan case arrives.
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7700k is a hot chip. I can't say for certain you'll get significantly better temps than the c7 but it is worth trying. With the lp53 and NF-a9x14 I was getting ~6C better than the nh-l9i on my i7 4790k

illram said:
Amazon also has the LP53 for US buyers, but it's about for about $15 more. Just bought it, plus the A9x14, 100mm and 120mm Scythe slim fans to test. We'll see if the Scythe 120mm fan clears my RAM, might not. If it does, I like the idea of a giant fan blowing air over the whole board...
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Be sure to report your findings over on the review for the lp53

Honestly the NF-a9x14 already overhangs the lp53 on each side by a few mm so it sends fresh air over the ram and vrm on my z97n-WiFi board.
 
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Ej24 said:
7700k is a hot chip. I can't say for certain you'll get significantly better temps than the c7 but it is worth trying. With the lp53 and NF-a9x14 I was getting ~6C better than the nh-l9i on my i7 4790k
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It's worth a try to cross over into the safe zone under load. The potential for 6-10C lower at load with acceptably quiet operation is worth it for me. I just want to game without worries :) in a tiny case. Live the dream.
 
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jtcera said:
It's worth a try to cross over into the safe zone under load. The potential for 6-10C lower at load with acceptably quiet operation is worth it for me. I just want to game without worries :) in a tiny case. Live the dream.
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c7 and lp53+a9x14 almost same perfomance in my test.
But if you want to be quiet, lp53(40mm height) is worth it.
 
dondan said:
The Nexus is nearly end of life and is hard to get it, so i thought about developing my own heatsink.
The heatsink will be very similar to the Nexus, but with more heatsinks and the option to mount a 120mm fan under it. It will include a bracket to shift the fan if you don't have low profile ram. I think about Noctua as manufacturer.

Will be somebody interested in something like this?
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Count me in.

illram said:
Not much shorter than the taller one, like ~2mm shorter maybe.
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Thanks for the info.
 
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dondan said:
The Nexus is nearly end of life and is hard to get it, so i thought about developing my own heatsink.
The heatsink will be very similar to the Nexus, but with more heatsinks and the option to mount a 120mm fan under it. It will include a bracket to shift the fan if you don't have low profile ram. I think about Noctua as manufacturer.

Will be somebody interested in something like this?
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Yes, would definitely purchase. Please consider make sure it works with the Asus Strix Z720i motherboard.
 
dondan said:
The Nexus is nearly end of life and is hard to get it, so i thought about developing my own heatsink.
The heatsink will be very similar to the Nexus, but with more heatsinks and the option to mount a 120mm fan under it. It will include a bracket to shift the fan if you don't have low profile ram. I think about Noctua as manufacturer.

Will be somebody interested in something like this?
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Would buy if it works with tall ram like the TridentZ. Imo some kind of very flat fan grill for the fan would be nice to stop any wires jutting out of the board from going into the fan.
 
Ej24 said:
Be sure to report your findings over on the review for the lp53

Honestly the NF-a9x14 already overhangs the lp53 on each side by a few mm so it sends fresh air over the ram and vrm on my z97n-WiFi board.
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Thanks for your thorough review, I recommend everyone here read it if you're pearl-clutching over your CPU cooler choice, like me.

The Scythe fans I got were a hot item about 4 or 5 years ago in SFF building, the 120mm one is the one that comes with the Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B, which silentpc rated favorably in the noise department, except these are not PWM. (I am hoping the z270I can do voltage control on them.) The 100mm is its baby brother (maybe the one that comes with the Rev. B3?).
 
Jonas Mellkvist said:
Really big help on your Estimates on cables there.

150 mm, 24 pin
250 mm, 8 Pin
250 mm , Pcie

Are this lengths confirmed ??

I also wounder how long Sata power i need for a front SSD from SF600 Lenght on cable ??
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I can't comfirme untill I have done custom cables. I will try to make some later this week.
I think you may need longer PCI cable if you want sleeved cables because it will not fitt between PSU and GPU.
 
antioch said:
Yes, would definitely purchase. Please consider make sure it works with the Asus Strix Z720i motherboard.
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I guess this is a bit the pickle these SFF designs have - it's supposed to be as generic as possible so anyone can put whatever miniITX and GPU they want in it, but in reality everyone's* going to use the same z270i, 7700(k), CPU cooler, GTX1080 etc that we come up with as a community as being optimal. Once we're at that point might as well just integrate the whole mess into something like a Steam Machine or HP Z2 and call it a day :D

*statistically, not literally
 
dondan said:
The Nexus is nearly end of life and is hard to get it, so i thought about developing my own heatsink.
The heatsink will be very similar to the Nexus, but with more heatsinks and the option to mount a 120mm fan under it. It will include a bracket to shift the fan if you don't have low profile ram. I think about Noctua as manufacturer.

Will be somebody interested in something like this?
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We may be interested along with our backers as long as it doesn't stretch over whole motherboard blocking our hard drive slot :)
 
dondan said:
The Nexus is nearly end of life and is hard to get it, so i thought about developing my own heatsink.
The heatsink will be very similar to the Nexus, but with more heatsinks and the option to mount a 120mm fan under it. It will include a bracket to shift the fan if you don't have low profile ram. I think about Noctua as manufacturer.

Will be somebody interested in something like this?
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Interested too, of course :)

edit... With noctua ? Tell them to buy black plastic for their fans. Or pink, or green, or yellow... Whatever you want... But not brown ! ;)
 
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Yoshikan said:
For me too... 56 € for France.
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I ordered one aswell. I know it's going to get taxes added to it in customs (+23% for me in Finland), but I wonder how accurate the Amazon estimated delivery date is. Because it's really weird for this one. Amazon says there were 2 in stock, but the estimated delivery is in may to june. Like... how? Do they canoe across the Atlantic?
 
dondan said:
The Nexus is nearly end of life and is hard to get it, so i thought about developing my own heatsink.
The heatsink will be very similar to the Nexus, but with more heatsinks and the option to mount a 120mm fan under it. It will include a bracket to shift the fan if you don't have low profile ram. I think about Noctua as manufacturer.

Will be somebody interested in something like this?
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Think this would be really cool and I would support it!
I guess compatibility would be really challenging since there are memory of all heights and different motherboard layouts which you have to take in account but a manufacturer like Noctua would be able to help with compatibility issues.
 
Yoshikan said:
Interested too, of course :)

edit... With noctua ? Tell them to buy black plastic for their fans. Or pink, or green, or yellow... Whatever you want... But not brown ! ;)
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I know, the brown is so disgusting!

I'm thinking of getting the C7 and machining 5mm off the top at my work, maybe a bit more than 5mm, that should quiet it down? It will lose a bit of cooling mass but not that much. I'll have to hold the fan on slightly differently but that's a minor issue I think.
 
dondan said:
The Nexus is nearly end of life and is hard to get it, so i thought about developing my own heatsink.
The heatsink will be very similar to the Nexus, but with more heatsinks and the option to mount a 120mm fan under it. It will include a bracket to shift the fan if you don't have low profile ram. I think about Noctua as manufacturer.

Will be somebody interested in something like this?
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Like many other I agree it would be interesting, but is it feasable? Have all available options been exhausted - it would be a great same if you put time and money info, and another product can compete in price and performance.
However, if there is no competition or it requires heavy modning e.g. grinding and so on, I would say go for it! (and back it up myself)
 
Im in the same situation , Ive a c7 and a nexus on the way not sure what do, Im going to wait and see if anyone comes up with a solution for the c7 and if not sell it, only bought the nexus as it was selling fast so might end up selling that as well.

But if dan comes up with a good solution then ill happily pay top dolla
 
dondan said:
The Nexus is nearly end of life and is hard to get it, so i thought about developing my own heatsink.
The heatsink will be very similar to the Nexus, but with more heatsinks and the option to mount a 120mm fan under it. It will include a bracket to shift the fan if you don't have low profile ram. I think about Noctua as manufacturer.

Will be somebody interested in something like this?
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You can count me under "strongly interested." I too am looking for a great cooler under 47".

Ideally it would have the fan under the heatsink, as you mentioned; that would be a lot quieter. However, that makes it a lot harder to provide clearance for RAM.

I have a feeling that I speak for a lot of us in the SFF community when I say that I have absolutely no qualms about being limited to super low profile RAM if the trade-off means we get a larger cooler that's quiet and helps cool the motherboard.
 
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At the CES Thermaltake showed a 37 mm version of their engine 27 cooler.

Might be a good idea to check for a 47 version? may be a version with more coper in a square format instead of a round format?


http://blog.livedoor.jp/wisteriear/archives/1063633814.html

A 47 mm version should be able to andle 90 W and even more.

Defenetly interested in a bestpoke cooler solution for the A4.
 
my nexus order was cancelled as they seem to have over sold , anyone else get this? - UrbanInspirations was the seller
 
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in an old thread dondan said:

dondan said:
CPU Cooling:
As already mentioned, the maximum installation height incl. fan is only 48mm. This measurement refers from the top of the CPU to the sidepanel.
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and in the "Nexus Low 7000 R2" mod image, the height after the mod will be 49mm !!

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how is it possible to fit it inside the A4-SFX with the side-panel closed like these photos ?

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Yoshikan said:
Interested too, of course :)

edit... With noctua ? Tell them to buy black plastic for their fans. Or pink, or green, or yellow... Whatever you want... But not brown ! ;)
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You can buy their redux fans or industrial fans both of which are black or gray. Put a "low noise adapter" (aka resistor) on them and they'll still be super quiet.
 
GOT MINE TODAY!!

I'm from Spain.

But now.. Should i go I7 6700 + GTX 1080 + 4K monitor or just wait to ZEN/VEGA? Some advices?
 
kingtron said:
in an old thread dondan said:



and in the "Nexus Low 7000 R2" mod image, the height after the mod will be 49mm !!

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Because that was the official number (including some manufacturing tolerance etc.). If the case is perfectly built, you have 50mm of space.
 
CknSalad said:
I would wait for zen at the very least. also, anybody tried an lp53 with slim fan combo yet on their case?
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A friendly user from Computerbase.de will send me his and I will compare it with the NH-L9i and the C7 (I am the guy that started the spreadsheet and already tested these two coolers). Hopefully I will receive it this weekend.
 
Ok so I finally finished building my dream pc (with RGB everything, even the desk!)

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Rig:
Intel Core i7 6700k @ 4.4Ghz
Cryorig C7 CPU cooler
Gigabyte Z170N-Gaming 5
32GB G.Skill Trident Z 3000Mhz
Titan X (Pascal) Overclocked
DAN a4-sfx case
1tb Samsung 960 PRO m.2 SSD
Corsair Strafe RGB
Corsair MM800 RGB Polaris
Razer Mamba

I'm very happy with this case, I can't believe that you can fit all that power inside a shoebox sized case, and at lower temps than my old NODE 202 case!

The C7 does sound horrible when the fan is going all out though, sort of sounds like a handheld vacuum cleaner, i'll replace it later this week.
 
Meccabolix said:
Ok so I finally finished building my dream pc (with RGB everything, even the desk!)

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Rig:
Intel Core i7 6700k @ 4.4Ghz
Cryorig C7 CPU cooler
Gigabyte Z170N-Gaming 5
32GB G.Skill Trident Z 3000Mhz
Titan X (Pascal) Overclocked
DAN a4-sfx case
1tb Samsung 960 PRO m.2 SSD
Corsair Strafe RGB
Corsair MM800 RGB Polaris
Razer Mamba

I'm very happy with this case, I can't believe that you can fit all that power inside a shoebox sized case, and at lower temps than my old NODE 202 case!

The C7 does sound horrible when the fan is going all out though, sort of sounds like a handheld vacuum cleaner, i'll replace it later this week.
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Can you share a video of the C7 going all out?
 
dondan said:
The Nexus is nearly end of life and is hard to get it, so i thought about developing my own heatsink.
The heatsink will be very similar to the Nexus, but with more heatsinks and the option to mount a 120mm fan under it. It will include a bracket to shift the fan if you don't have low profile ram. I think about Noctua as manufacturer.

Will be somebody interested in something like this?
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Very much ;)
 
Receive de my case today.

Thanks Dan for your work.
I was t willing to start my build now, but after seeing the case, it s quite hard to refrain from ordering all the part!
I have the case and the nexus cooler.
Not sur if the cooler will work with the asus strix MB.

Thx again Dan, looking forward for this bestpoke cooler;)
 
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