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

Does anyone know if a 1080 TI SC2 will have better temps than a 1080 TI reference in the Dan case?
 
Kbird27 said:
This is necessary even with a delidded 7700k? Are you OCing?
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I am not OCing. It doesn't seem to be necessary but it's looking like temps are 65-72 while gaming at high frame rates now, from maxing at 85-87 C before with just the 92mm fan. I may have headroom for a slight OC but I'm holding off for now. I just installed this 120mm fan so I need to test it more. Idle temps are down as well. (36 C from over 40C before, not sure what my ambient temps are). If nothing else, it offers peace of mind and no noise at all. Perhaps it'll add some longevity to the CPU as well.
 
jtcera said:
I am not OCing. It doesn't seem to be necessary but it's looking like temps are 65-72 while gaming at high frame rates now, from maxing at 85-87 C before with just the 92mm fan. I may have headroom for a slight OC but I'm holding off for now. I just installed this 120mm fan so I need to test it more. Idle temps are down as well. (36 C from over 40C before, not sure what my ambient temps are). If nothing else, it offers peace of mind and no noise at all. Perhaps it'll add some longevity to the CPU as well.
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Ahh okay! Any chance you can post your GPU temps? Very curious about that card.
 
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Well it's a i5-3570k @ 4,3 GHz, NH-L9i max 1900 rpm)+ fan-duct, Z77E-ITX, 2*4GB SAMSUNG VLP (Hyk0), 1000GB Evo 840 mSATA, SF450, ASUS GTX 970 Mini (replaced the fan with a NF-A9x14 (max 1900 rpm).
CPU, GPU and Chipset have liquid metal on them. The CPU has been delidded.
 
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uhhhh is the corsair besides the vcard the psu? then whats besides the mobo? kinda got me confused.. still a newbie here hehe.
 
Well on the one side there is the Mainboard with the CPU and RAM and next to it the PSU.
On the other side there is the GPU and thats it. It's so short, so that you can see the back side of the Corsair PSU.
And in between the Mainboard and the GPU there is the mSATA-SSD
 
Oh my bad I thought that either corsair sits besides the gpu aswell or you had a similar build like with the one saw I was at the dan a4 build thread with the gpu having a radiator besides it, didn't notice it was just the back of psu and it just seems besides the gpu. Thanks :D
 
Am still confused between the two. I never ventured into desktops since I had my laptop a decade ago. So itx is smaller than atx? sorry if this is abit off topic now.Thanks :D
 
greyhound said:
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It s a micro ITX not ATX
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I can't help myself.
 
wow..... zotac just released two types of 1080 TI, one mini and one mini on liquid....... both have a length of 210.8mm vs to a full maxed out space of EVGA 1080Ti FTW3 which is 299.72mm. So with a remaining space of 88.92mm, if using zotac mini 1080 ti i can smell watercooling.. hehehe. Lucky i haven't bought the FTW3.
 
WOW! that in an even smaller dan case with the psu rotated to have the fan front facing the case. 5L gaming case?
 
human_crosse said:
wow..... zotac just released two types of 1080 TI, one mini and one mini on liquid....... both have a length of 210.8mm vs to a full maxed out space of EVGA 1080Ti FTW3 which is 299.72mm. So with a remaining space of 88.92mm, if using zotac mini 1080 ti i can smell watercooling.. hehehe. Lucky i haven't bought the FTW3.
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lol nevermind, apparently I missed this post somehow.
 
human_crosse said:
wow..... zotac just released two types of 1080 TI, one mini and one mini on liquid....... both have a length of 210.8mm vs to a full maxed out space of EVGA 1080Ti FTW3 which is 299.72mm. So with a remaining space of 88.92mm, if using zotac mini 1080 ti i can smell watercooling.. hehehe. Lucky i haven't bought the FTW3.
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Main issue is space for a radiator with proper airflow on it, and not having the radiator heat up from other parts. Air cooling seems to be the ticket for the DAN but I cannot wait to see what someone tries with that zotac!
 
Holy shit a mini Ti?? This is crazy.

I'm not sure there is enough room on top in the case for the water cooled version, taking into account pipe bends even if the card and the top of the block fit, but with the mini air cooled one you could stick another fan on the GPU side I suppose. Has anyone tried that yet with any other mini cards?
 
With that Zotac card having a waterblock available, and the v2 having a radiator mound. How's the chances of fitting a reservoir and pump somewhere? Any thin variants available to put behind the PSU for instance?
 
mcheddadi said:
WOW! that in an even smaller dan case with the psu rotated to have the fan front facing the case. 5L gaming case?
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It's still longer than the itx motherboard so doesn't enable maximum efficiency of space.... Only the r9 nano and small 970/1070s allow for that. I do think it would be a great case though!
 
mcheddadi said:
WOW! that in an even smaller dan case with the psu rotated to have the fan front facing the case. 5L gaming case?
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An SFX is 125mm wide so if you rotated it, the width of the case would need to be increased from the current 112mm to at least 130mm. Meanwhile the 1080 Ti mini is 218mm long, so it's still going to extend 48mm past the motherboard, in which case rotating the PSU only saves (125-63.5) - 48 = 13.5mm. So the case would be only slightly less deep, but because of the 18mm+ of additional width, you'd end up with a larger overall volume - close to 8L.
 
exzacklyright said:
Random question... Could I just swap out my cooler and fit my components?

Do people sleeve their cables in this case? What's the percentage of people using a FE card vs a non-FE GPU?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ktVC9W
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Yeah, looking at the list I think if you got a different cooler you'd easily be able to fit everything in a DAN-A4.

I got sleeved custom-length cables from cablemod, and I love them. There's a lot more room, and they look way better.

Of the posts that I've seen here and in the build thread, I would say that most people are getting non-FE GPUs. I got one myself.
 
I'm interested in more information about that AIO on the V2. So the AIO would mount on the bottom underneath the PSU and pull air into the case? Are there pics of a system built with an AIO already?
 
Itchy_Lettuces said:
Yeah, looking at the list I think if you got a different cooler you'd easily be able to fit everything in a DAN-A4.

I got sleeved custom-length cables from cablemod, and I love them. There's a lot more room, and they look way better.

Of the posts that I've seen here and in the build thread, I would say that most people are getting non-FE GPUs. I got one myself.
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Any chance you could link us to the cable package you went with?
 
dondan Adding a third colour (or replacing maybe the silver) for v2 would have been awesome too :D. I'm thinking along the lines of a darker greyish colour similar to Apple's Space Grey... which may have also made some existing customers upgrade as well :sneaky:
 
Kbird27 said:
Any chance you could link us to the cable package you went with?
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I just used the configurator: https://store.cablemod.com/configurator/
If you email their support you can get shorter lengths than they have available through the configurator. Just send them your order number and what lengths you want customized. I only needed to do it for the 24pin, which I got 150mm. It's just perfect for the Corsair SF600 / Strix Z270i combo. If you want ballpark lengths I got 250mm for the 8-pin CPU power, and 300mm for the two GPU power. If you've got drives, The dual SATA power 100mm with 100mm in between the connectors works great if you've got one drive behind the front panel and one on the bottom of the case like I do.
 
1080 Ti FTW3 showed up today. Maybe I'll do a blower vs. aftermarket cooler comparison to see how it affects system temps (I have a Titan X (Pascal not Xp) on loan for a week which is basically a stand-in for a reference 1080 Ti).

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Phobya radiator gasket 10mm for 120mm fans arrived today, and together with the 3D printed bracket it looks like this:
 

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ceski said:
1080 Ti FTW3 showed up today. Maybe I'll do a blower vs. aftermarket cooler comparison to see how it affects system temps (I have a Titan X (Pascal not Xp) on loan for a week which is basically a stand-in for a reference 1080 Ti).

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Did you paint the FTW3 cooler?
Or does it come in black aswell?
 
I think everything about the video is great except that the interior of the case (cable management) was a little unsightly. Maybe it's just me...I don't think it's a big issue anyway, doubt you'll lose even a single sale because of it
 
ceski said:
1080 Ti FTW3 showed up today. Maybe I'll do a blower vs. aftermarket cooler comparison to see how it affects system temps (I have a Titan X (Pascal not Xp) on loan for a week which is basically a stand-in for a reference 1080 Ti).

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Has anyone done a comparison like that yet? I would love to see one!
 
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