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

Furthermore I work on some tiny changes for the second series:


1.) switching from glued screw in motherboard stand off to stamp in stand offs.
2.) center the USB port perfectly.
3.) adding a thin rubber layer on the outer surface of the feets to get more grip
4.) Taking a look at this riser ( http://www.vary.technology/product/RP33.html) or the new riser of Lian Li to lower the price (but only if they have the same performance, quality and properties)
Woo hoo
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yeah I asked dondan about an extra panel too here, but got the radio silence ;) lol

Same here.

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Currently I work on the poll for the window kit. I think I will offer the link in the next days. So I can finalize the drawings and make it ready on the same time the second series will be ready.


Furthermore I work on some tiny changes for the second series:


1.) switching from glued screw in motherboard stand off to stamp in stand offs.
2.) center the USB port perfectly.
3.) adding a thin rubber layer on the outer surface of the feets to get more grip
4.) Taking a look at this riser ( http://www.vary.technology/product/RP33.html) or the new riser of Lian Li to lower the price (but only if they have the same performance, quality and properties)

No cover for the PCIE bracket?
 
Picked my case up today from my post office, and it looks great... though I doubt I'll have time to transfer my PC to it before the weekend. :D
 
Picked my case up today from my post office, and it looks great... though I doubt I'll have time to transfer my PC to it before the weekend. :D
Where are you located? I want to try and see where the cases are hitting to see when I can expect mine. I know curiosite got his in atlanta.
 
Worried about my backside mobo m.2 temps while gaming (960 pro). Hitting 62ºC in Dan case. This is with a GTX 1070. When I upgrade to 1080 ti, that's another 100 watts of heat, potentially bleeding out into the backplate and towards the m.2. Anyone else getting temps like this? What's the max temp these should run at? (I can't find documentation online)

Kept digging and found this http://www.samsung.com/semiconducto...ent/NVMe_SSD_960_PRO_EVO_Brochure_Rev_1_1.pdf

I'm near thermal operating limit of 70ºC! Damn. I bet the 1080 ti puts it over the top. Gotta abandon that back slot... Good thing Strix 270i has the front slot. I can just go SATA for additional storage then.
 
Where are you located? I want to try and see where the cases are hitting to see when I can expect mine. I know curiosite got his in atlanta.

Boston MA. Delivery attempted Monday when I was at work, and available for pickup today.
 
Worried about my backside mobo m.2 temps while gaming (960 pro). Hitting 62ºC in Dan case. This is with a GTX 1070. When I upgrade to 1080 ti, that's another 100 watts of heat, potentially bleeding out into the backplate and towards the m.2. Anyone else getting temps like this? What's the max temp these should run at? (I can't find documentation online)

Kept digging and found this http://www.samsung.com/semiconducto...ent/NVMe_SSD_960_PRO_EVO_Brochure_Rev_1_1.pdf

I'm near thermal operating limit of 70ºC! Damn. I bet the 1080 ti puts it over the top. Gotta abandon that back slot... Good thing Strix 270i has the front slot. I can just go SATA for additional storage then.

I'm going to run two 960 in raid0. I too have a GTX 1070 in there, I hope the rear one is going to be OK. I was wondering if I could buy an extra heatsink like the front strix one
 
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Anybody else from Socal having their shipment get stuck at a facility Bell Gardens, CA? Mine has been there for a day and a half with no update :( (The "In Transit to destination" update is an automated one that happens after 24 hours without a true update)
 
View attachment 18863 Anybody else from Socal having their shipment get stuck at a facility Bell Gardens, CA? Mine has been there for a day and a half with no update :( (The "In Transit to destination" update is an automated one that happens after 24 hours without a true update)

You have movement!!! I still have nothing...

So shipmemts to Georgia and Maryland have beem made. Yours is in Caliswagland ready to be delivered. Did tye shipment from Germany land right in the middle of the great U.S.A.? I'm in the Florida Panhandle and have seen no movement in my tracker.
 
View attachment 18863 Anybody else from Socal having their shipment get stuck at a facility Bell Gardens, CA? Mine has been there for a day and a half with no update :( (The "In Transit to destination" update is an automated one that happens after 24 hours without a true update)

Mine's also pretty similar and I live in SoCal too
 

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has anyone tested or have any info about temps on having the m.2 ssd mounted at the back of the board? does it get hot? sorry if i missed it.
 
I'd suggest some insulating material behind the GPU for those worried about m2 temps. It works well for my PSU.
 
Have anybody tried the ARCTIC freezer 11-lp??
https://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/freezer-11-lp.html
It it 52,5 mm tall, but that is with the 25mm fan - såo27,5 mm (also according to specs). That+a9x14 = 41,5 mm :)
It is very cheap (msrp 20 euro), and even in Denmark (pricy place) I can buy it for 19 euroes!
Reviews I've read are quite okay.
 
has anyone tested or have any info about temps on having the m.2 ssd mounted at the back of the board? does it get hot? sorry if i missed it.



I just tested my samsung 960 pro 1tb m.2 , which is on the backside of the motherboard (i have installed and am using 4mm standoffs) wedged in between the motherboard and the GPU riser cable, as you can see i only get 49°C MAX when doing a stress test, but i'm not sure if this is stressing it as much as i should, if you want any more tests done i can do them.

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EDIT: the Titan X Pascal comes with a backplate by the way, not sure if that is helping any.
 
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View attachment 18863 Anybody else from Socal having their shipment get stuck at a facility Bell Gardens, CA? Mine has been there for a day and a half with no update :( (The "In Transit to destination" update is an automated one that happens after 24 hours without a true update)

I'm in SoCal and I don't even have mine in Bell Gardens. Its been almost a month since I've gotten my tracking number, really wish I had a better idea how long DHL is going to take
 


I just tested my samsung 960 pro 1tb m.2 , which is on the backside of the motherboard (i have installed and am using 4mm standoffs) wedged in between the motherboard and the GPU riser cable, as you can see i only get 49°C MAX when doing a stress test, but i'm not sure if this is stressing it as much as i should, if you want any more tests done i can do them.

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EDIT: the Titan X Pascal comes with a backplate by the way, not sure if that is helping any.


does this stresstest also stresses the GPU? i mean, i am worried about the heat coming from the GPU.
 
The problem with bending heatpipes without a forming tool is, that you can easily destroy the inner cunstruction of the heatpipe. If you done this the heatsink will perform not good. Too bad you don't make a before and hafter temp test. But thank you for the clips looks great.

You just have to be a bit careful but it should work just fine without a forming tool (I have a bending tool but I wasn't able to use it in this case.
There are three things you have to worry about when you bend them I think. Don't do it too fast, try to maximize the area of attack to prevent dents in the tube (this is why I used another tube) and the third one is don't bend it multiple times at the same place.
If you consider this factors it should be fine, I assume they pretty much do the same thing in the factories anyway. I mean, they have to bend them somehow.
 
does this stresstest also stresses the GPU? i mean, i am worried about the heat coming from the GPU.

I can run a gpu stress test and a m.2 stress test if you'd like, i might run a cpu one too just to see if everything running altogether would affect it, but i can't think of a scenario where the cpu, gpu and m.2 are going all out, maybe if you were transfering large files to another drive and then decided you want to do some gaming while its transferring, but how often do people do that? In any case, i'll give it a go when i get home for curiosities sake.
 
I can run a gpu stress test and a m.2 stress test if you'd like, i might run a cpu one too just to see if everything running altogether would affect it, but i can't think of a scenario where the cpu, gpu and m.2 are going all out, maybe if you were transfering large files to another drive and then decided you want to do some gaming while its transferring, but how often do people do that? In any case, i'll give it a go when i get home for curiosities sake.
I think it would be OK to watch the highest temperature after playing a steam game for 1 or 2 hours.
 
Worried about my backside mobo m.2 temps while gaming (960 pro). Hitting 62ºC in Dan case. This is with a GTX 1070. When I upgrade to 1080 ti, that's another 100 watts of heat, potentially bleeding out into the backplate and towards the m.2. Anyone else getting temps like this? What's the max temp these should run at? (I can't find documentation online)

Kept digging and found this http://www.samsung.com/semiconducto...ent/NVMe_SSD_960_PRO_EVO_Brochure_Rev_1_1.pdf

I'm near thermal operating limit of 70ºC! Damn. I bet the 1080 ti puts it over the top. Gotta abandon that back slot... Good thing Strix 270i has the front slot. I can just go SATA for additional storage then.

Because of better airflow my riser-cable is located behind GPU not board, maybe it is worth a try.....
 
I can run a gpu stress test and a m.2 stress test if you'd like, i might run a cpu one too just to see if everything running altogether would affect it, but i can't think of a scenario where the cpu, gpu and m.2 are going all out, maybe if you were transfering large files to another drive and then decided you want to do some gaming while its transferring, but how often do people do that? In any case, i'll give it a go when i get home for curiosities sake.
that would be awesome. will be waiting for it.
 
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Cryorig C7, 4mm standoffs (= no fan whine), i7 6700 Delid, Gigabyte GTX1080

CPU @58 deg C
GPU @73 deg C

(@2 hours+ Ghost Recon)

Mods include:
Hydrographics wrap
Top TY100 100mm fan above PSU + lowered PSU
4mm Stand-offs
Painted 3M extension cable
Front red LED anti-vandel switch
No backplate
Hi-Fi feet

Dan, many many thanks for creating this awesome case!
 

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Is there a difference between the AXP-100 H Muscle and a regular AXP-100 Muscle (really stupid name tbh)?

Also, how are you attaching the fan to the underside of the heatsink after bending the pipes? The top of the heatsink is flat, but the bottom of the heatsink has a protrusion. Thanks.
 
that would be awesome. will be waiting for it.

Here you go, I put the LP53 with a9x14 pwm with low noise adapter back on.

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(the pic looks really small on this thread, if you can't read the numbers there is a high rez pic here )

This is with prime 95 stressing the cpu, furmark stressing the gpu, and crystaldiskmark stressing the m.2.

The 960 pro still didn't reach throttle limits, i only ran the stress tests for around 10 mins though, i assume if i ran them for an hour or two it would probably hit 70°C, i hope this helps.
 
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Good god, what camera are you using? It's fantastic.

thx, nexus 6 phone lol

Cryorig C7, 4mm standoffs (= no fan whine), i7 6700 Delid, Gigabyte GTX1080

CPU @58 deg C
GPU @73 deg C

(@2 hours+ Ghost Recon)

Mods include:
Hydrographics wrap
Top TY100 100mm fan above PSU + lowered PSU
4mm Stand-offs
Front red LED anti-vandel switch
No backplate
Hi-Fi feet

Dan, many many thanks for creating this awesome case!

very nice, I think I'll use the top ty100 idea! great!
 
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