https://hardforum.com/threads/dan-hslp-48-a-powerful-sub-50mm-heatsink.1925480/Anyone got the link to Dan's custom fan? Cant find it anywhere
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https://hardforum.com/threads/dan-hslp-48-a-powerful-sub-50mm-heatsink.1925480/Anyone got the link to Dan's custom fan? Cant find it anywhere
It was a left-over from my experimentations for my NCase build. I happened to buy 5 of these and had them hanging around as none of them made the cut for my NCase build. I was in the search for a quiet fan to have in the bottom under the GPU of the NCase, slim because it gave more room between the fan and the bottom panel for noise and airflow efficacy reasons, but because they were slim, they didn't pull as much air as a Scythe Gentle Typhoon, and were significantly noisier.
Back to the A4 - the Gelid slim is the only 120mm fan that fits because its slim, so some airflow is better than a 25mm thick not fitting. Compared to the A9-14, this fan does pull more air through the side panel by being a 120 vs a 92mm, but the question remains as to whether this is beneficial as airflow is only helpful when it passes over a surface we are trying to cool, or helps displace/remove hot air.
I am not particularly fond of this fan, its minimum RPM is quite high at 800 rpm, and its motor control circuitry switches on and off power to the coils a bit too hard, so when running, the motor makes a light ticking noise that is audible at idle when everything else is silent (in a dead silent room in a quiet neighbourhood at midnight). What I do like is the slightly shallower blade angle which might? help with static pressure. I am still looking around for a good 120mm slim fan and will jump at any opportunity if I am given one. The Prolimatech looks good with a minimum 400 rpm. Wonder how silent it can be and how well the performs behind a filter.
yep it's possible its in the bios in advanced configuration => advanced => onboard devices configurationAnyone with an ASUS z270i know if its possible to shut off the MOBOs LEDs? I only want the corsair strips to be lit in my case.
Tried a 120mm fan with it and the noctua and it was the same temps for the lp53, but the noctua was SILENT. the 120mm fan was the one that came with the nexus soo it wasn't the best. if you have a better one try it.Thanks for the extensive breakdown!
The reason why I was asking is because I recently ordered a LP53 CPU cooler and I'm still on the fence whether I should go with the A9-14 Noctua fan which many people seem to have had good results with, or something a bit bigger like the size of your 120mm fan.![]()
Can't wait !!! I really want to see it!
seems like the dan A4-SFX are spreading around the internet!
Been lurking [H]ardForum for years now, figured I'd finally make an account.
Thank you Dan for this awesome case. I do frequent LAN parties here and there so this will definitely make life easier.
I didn't take photos during the build but there is really nothing special in there that hasn't been posted already.
Asus ROG Strix Z270I mini-ITX Motherboard
Intel Core-i5 6600K
Notuca NH-L9i CPU Cooler
16GB G.Skill TridentZ RGB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Corsair SF450 SFX PSU
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB SSD
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB SSD
SanDisk X400 1TB M.2 SSD (via USB 3.0 external enclosure)
Samsung 950 Pro 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
Samsung 960 Evo 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
Replaced the feet with StarTech Rubberfeet (1-1/4" Diameter)
DeepCool RGB LED Strip
Cable management was a bit of a nightmare but I made it work. Will probably get some shorter cables soon from moddiy.com to clean up the insides a bit. I'll take some internal pictures then.
Again Dan, thank you.
I'll throw this over in the build thread as well.
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they are coming, i'll post here later tonight.Mcheddadi we are all waiting for prime95 temps!
Are cable mods still taking in special requests for short CPU cable mods?
Dear dondanI point of view for this: Pre-ordering from resellers requires to pay the case in advance in most cases as well, but this shouldn't be an issue as the resellers will get their cases in the summer as they were promised (right..?) If the production takes six months it should already be underway as we're four months away from the July date of the next batch. I think the community is more understanding with schedule changes and such when compared to resellers, because they have customers to answer directly to and they are purely doing a business. Concentrate your efforts on v2 and other upcoming products and let the resellers handle the distribution, that's what they are there for![]()
Try a slim 90 degree cable?for x99 asrock itx, how will you connect the 3rd sata cable? its totally blocked by psu.
Mcheddadi we are all waiting for prime95 temps!
well I did a 4.4ghz test on prime 95 and idle after 1 min was 30oC and load after 9 min was stabilised at 75C. I tried with a 120 mm fan in push and it dropped to 70C. i'm going to try to switch the noctua arround to see if it changes anything
looks like meccabolix's lp53 + noctua with no io sheild and 4mm standoffs is still king. i think the strix is also pretty restrictive on the air flow with all the mosfet and vrms heatsinks blocking the way.
Do you mind telling me your temps for idle and load? I have similar build, haven't able to play around with it much yet but I noticed my idle temps are around 40-45.
Dear dondan
this is the 3st year i wish to build my first PC,
for some reasons or another one i still not obtain my PC,
I learned A4-SFX only when KS camapaign ends and the first time i saw your case i loved it. i waited so a lot of time to see it available at Caseking. in that period i visited your website almost 2-3 times every day(your website is the first suggestion on chrome landpage now) when finally the case become available i tried to buy it at 12:00am but caseking webserver goes down. i tried for 40 minutes and finally i completed the order but a failure mail arrived, it said the case was not available![]()
Next disponibility was on 15.07.17 and i'm still waiting. But now i do not think i will get your case on that date because production does not already started, right?
It is really difficult for you that you did not get what you want. You can not blame the artist for the concert selling out. Many people who have not been able to get hot cases get a cheap placeholder case, or DIY something to avoid wasting money. If you get a case that uses a full ATX power supply, just get an ATX-to-SFX adapter plate.
This part is right. If nothing moves faster in the next production/distribution run, guys like this will be denied the A4-SFX.
Beware, that Cougar-case seem to be a real piece of ****. Most reviews suggest the components (especially the GPU) are burning up due to lack of ventilation and air flow.
Yeah they are super annoying. I was hoping to get away with leaving them but I am not satisfied with my temps with the LP53 as is. I'm getting higher temps than you all. I have some tiny 3mm heatsinks on the way to replace them with, recommended by Philfreeze. I think he was going to remove them as well. Has anyone else done this?
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I'm done with the main concept, and it's looking freaking awesome... but i'm in the refinement part now...
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Will keep you guys updated when i'm done, i promise.
I replaced all MOSFET heatsinks to get some better airflow and it does help. If I can trust my thermal camera the maximal MOSFET die temperature should be no more than 120°C (running Furmark and Prime95) without any heatsinks. With heatsink this will probably drop bellow 110°C. This is well bellow Tjmax (150°C) even without the heatsinks, just bare in mind that this is without the side panel because I can't easily measure it with the side panel.
The same goes for the PCH btw. Its temperatures are even better without any heatsink.
question for you guys, I'm thinking of getting this case to replace my Ncase M1, however, the case placement on my desk would mean that the right side (when looking at the front) would be up against a wall, for the Ncase this is ok because the back of the mobo is on the right side. On this case, the back of the mobo is on the left side (and thus the CPU/HS side is on the right). Would it be ok for the right side of this case to be up against a wall?
Did you miss the dual gpu build?This thread has lost a lot of life, anyone have any interesting mods they've done to their build?
What do you think about this for V2?
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Honestly I don't see the point, the case is pretty open so it's not going to let much additional dust in. I think it looks fine without it, and it's at the back anyway. Reviewers always feel the need to find some faults, they are just nit-picking, its a really minor thing, I wouldn't go adding a new part increasing costs just because of it....What do you think about this for V2?
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