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

Fernando93 said:
Would it be bad for performance to use an HDMI to USB C adapter cable like this one?

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...And how would you power the monitor then? Until GPUs get USB-C out, this monitor is unfortunately not viable for anything other than integrated graphics.
 
galletabah said:
People who have asus z270I gaming.
What its your bios configuration? because I dont know how to undervolt with offset or adaptative.
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These are my settings - rock solid. A lower VCore results in instability with my 7700K...

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I posted mine a ways back. On my phone so can't easily find it right now but IIRC my offset was like -. 075 or something. I had to also fiddle with the ram voltages.

Depends on the chip how low you can go.
 
So yeah, a ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080 TI O11G GAMING won't fit because it's a 2,5 slot card ...

But would it fit without the side panel?

Left my GTX1080, right the GTX1080Ti ... not that much of a difference ...

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L9i with noctua fan still best cooler for this case? Love the thermalright copper but not sure what Temps are.
 
For what CPU? I have not followed the thread much recently (past weeks) but I don't believe anything has usurped the LP53+Noctua fan combo if you're getting a performance chip.
 
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L9i with noctua fan still best cooler for this case? Love the thermalright copper but not sure what Temps are.
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I don't know if it has ever been the best...? There were couple of coolers that were better then the L9i in Dans cooler test in the first post. AIO and LP53 should be the best options so far, but I think everybody is waiting for the DAN HSLP-48.
Atleast I bought the LP53 cooler that I can use in this case and I'm watching what results Dan can get in his latest revision of his cooler. And then one day, if the cooler is good enough we all can collect the fruits of his greations. :D(y)

 
snipes23 said:
Still debating about ryzen, anyone mod a lp53 to fit am4?
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Running a T318 with angled screws and a leftover C7 fan with default curve (bent one side so it seat) on my 1700X. CPU is stock haven't touched the BIOS yet just did a clean install of windows. I saw max of 81.4C in PUBG (idk why it's .4, is ryzen tenps that accurate?!). Waiting on my 120mm deepcool fan. Might actually fork out the cash for the NF-A12-PWM if needed, hopping not to tho. This is in my Sentry case, I'll update you with temps after I start CPU optimizations and new fan.
 
Keep me updated, still debating if I should wait for coffee lake,7700k, or ryzen.

RosaJ said:
Running a T318 with angled screws and a leftover C7 fan with default curve (bent one side so it seat) on my 1700X. CPU is stock haven't touched the BIOS yet just did a clean install of windows. I saw max of 81.4C in PUBG (idk why it's .4, is ryzen tenps that accurate?!). Waiting on my 120mm deepcool fan. Might actually fork out the cash for the NF-A12-PWM if needed, hopping not to tho. This is in my Sentry case, I'll update you with temps after I start CPU optimizations and new fan.
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snipes23 said:
Still debating about ryzen, anyone mod a lp53 to fit am4?
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I'm getting a l9a on Monday, I'll post some results Tuesday, I'll be watching game of thrones on Monday night! I have heard very good things about it and they post out the am4 adaptor very quickly and for free.
 
Sounds good, what cpu are you running?
I'm dying to get this build going just got my titan xp in. Just not sure if I should wait a month or two for new processors to come out.

richiegore said:
I'm getting a l9a on Monday, I'll post some results Tuesday, I'll be watching game of thrones on Monday night! I have heard very good things about it and they post out the am4 adaptor very quickly and for free.
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snipes23 said:
Sounds good, what cpu are you running?
I'm dying to get this build going just got my titan xp in. Just not sure if I should wait a month or two for new processors to come out.
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It's the 1700, so only a 65watt tdp but below is a link of a guy that OC'd it to 3.625 on all cores in a NFC mini case. It should perform very similarly in the Dan case, we will see soon enough. I'm very happy with my system, just installed a MSI 1080 armor and it's great. The computer idles at 50watts with 2 HDDs and an ssd.

http://tekeverything.com/ryzen-7-s4-mini-build-upgrades/
 
Does anyone have an MSI GTX 1080 GAMING X in their A4-SFX? Does it fit OK?

I see in Dan's first post in the thread he lists it as maybe too tall and issue with power connectors, can anyone confirm?

Any info/pics from someone who has this card would be much appreciated! :)
 
pete01 said:
Does anyone have an MSI GTX 1080 GAMING X in their A4-SFX? Does it fit OK?

I see in Dan's first post in the thread he lists it as maybe too tall and issue with power connectors, can anyone confirm?

Any info/pics from someone who has this card would be much appreciated! :)
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I think it's the same as the 1080 armor, you need to bend the power cables hard at 90 degrees but it works fine with the stiff Corsair cables, no bulge at the top of the case.
 
snipes23 said:
Keep me updated, still debating if I should wait for coffee lake,7700k, or ryzen.
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Apologies I forgot to subtract 20C, it averages around 62C in pubg and gets to 75C after 5 successive cinebench runs.

Edit: Still waiting on my new CPU fan to run with it. I'll have some prime95 runs when it come in. I also plan to add some foam of sorts to create a seal for intake. Ej24 has mention it does work well in most cases.
 
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Perhaps somebody can help me with my 50°C idle temperature problem on my ASUS STRIX 1070 which drives my currently nuts.

Modern graphiccards with their zero fan speed - nice idea, not so nice when you hit 50°C on idle and the card goes on/off/on/off all the time.
Using the MSI Afterburner to keep the fans at 30% (900rpm) on low temp is one solution - but not a permanent one for me since i don't like "workarounds".

Any idea if the additional 92mm fan place in the upcoming DAN case v2 might help, or which GTX 1070 graphic cards nowadays do not have a zero fan mode or can be programmed in the BIOS?
 
MrWho said:
Perhaps somebody can help me with my 50°C idle temperature problem on my ASUS STRIX 1070 which drives my currently nuts.

Modern graphiccards with their zero fan speed - nice idea, not so nice when you hit 50°C on idle and the card goes on/off/on/off all the time.
Using the MSI Afterburner to keep the fans at 30% (900rpm) on low temp is one solution - but not a permanent one for me since i don't like "workarounds".

Any idea if the additional 92mm fan place in the upcoming DAN case v2 might help, or which GTX 1070 graphic cards nowadays do not have a zero fan mode or can be programmed in the BIOS?
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I'm pretty sure you can turn off the zero fan mode with the Asus GPUTweak software, I've used it before.
On the other hand I like setting my own user defined fan curve with MSI Afterburner which scales the fan speed up with each degree increase so that I don't get a sudden jarring noise increase when the temps hit a threshold. I don't see this as a workaround but a massive improvement.

Edit: Search for 0db on this page.
https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1015950/
 
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Thanks, i tried both tuning programs. The MSI Afterburner is better since it allows fan curves with a starting point below 50% - the GPUTweak doesn't allow this.

That's why i don't use the 0db switch, the miminum fan speed is with 50% way to high. But true, the MSI afterburner is still a massive improvement.
 
It's not normal, maybe you have a defective cooler that doesn't transfer heat properly.
Do you have warranty?
My GTX 1070 FE will IDLE at those temps (50°C) and it doesn't matter, works fine.
 
pete01 said:
Does anyone have an MSI GTX 1080 GAMING X in their A4-SFX? Does it fit OK?

I see in Dan's first post in the thread he lists it as maybe too tall and issue with power connectors, can anyone confirm?

Any info/pics from someone who has this card would be much appreciated! :)
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If it is the same size as the Gaming X 1070, then yes. Just bend the wires from the PCi-E connectors as much as you can.

https://hardforum.com/threads/dan-a...in-the-world.1799326/page-300#post-1043103705
 
Think I may have found a nexus low 7000, is there special mounting hardware needed to fit towards 1151 motherboard? And does anyone have 4mm standoffs they can sell me? Everything is from overseas and don't want to wait that long.
 
I will order the DAN HSLP-48 cooler as soon as it comes out. However in the mean time, I need to get a cooler for my Ryzen build. Since both NH-L9i and NH-L9a are compatible with AM4, which one do you guys think I should get for my Ryzen build? Is there any difference in performance between those?
 
snipes23 said:
Still debating about ryzen, anyone mod a lp53 to fit am4?
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So a quick 20min prime95 run, at 1.15am :confused:, gave me 72 degrees Celsius. That's at the default 3.2 on all cores. There is no temperature offset on my 1700. That is immediately after installing, I expect temperatures to drop a bit once the tim spreads/settles a bit. Also I did a crazy tim application method which may not be optimal... I am pretty happy, it is a real no fuss solution, I'm sure I could drop the temps slightly with a duct too. Based on continued research, when gaming at 1440p or in any GPU bound scenario I see no benefit going with an i7. I am really happy with this setup!:)
 

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baonguyen312 said:
I will order the DAN HSLP-48 cooler as soon as it comes out. However in the mean time, I need to get a cooler for my Ryzen build. Since both NH-L9i and NH-L9a are compatible with AM4, which one do you guys think I should get for my Ryzen build? Is there any difference in performance between those?
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They wouldn't make it bigger if it wasn't better. However, if you get the l9i you can put it on an Intel system or a Ryzen system once you have the free adaptor. Might be easier to sell at a later date? Honestly I think the l9a will be good enough for any Ryzen chip at stock including the 1800x. In fact I think the 1800x would be great in the Dan A4 as it is a great balance of high two-core boost and I think the all-core speed of 3.6 should be manageable too. That said if you are gaming I would say put the money extra money (1700, 1700x Vs 1800x) into your GPU instead.
 
richiegore said:
They wouldn't make it bigger if it wasn't better. However, if you get the l9i you can put it on an Intel system or a Ryzen system once you have the free adaptor. Might be easier to sell at a later date? Honestly I think the l9a will be good enough for any Ryzen chip at stock including the 1800x. In fact I think the 1800x would be great in the Dan A4 as it is a great balance of high two-core boost and I think the all-core speed of 3.6 should be manageable too. That said if you are gaming I would say put the money extra money (1700, 1700x Vs 1800x) into your GPU instead.
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Seeing your Ryzen build gives me hope that I may be able to have a 3.7GHz all-core Ryzen 1700 with my Dan A4 build. Worst case scenario I will just clock it at 3.6- 3.65GHz. I am in no rush though, so I may wait until Intel CoffeeLake or even Ryzen 2 comes out.
 
CknSalad said:
Seeing your Ryzen build gives me hope that I may be able to have a 3.7GHz all-core Ryzen 1700 with my Dan A4 build. Worst case scenario I will just clock it at 3.6- 3.65GHz. I am in no rush though, so I may wait until Intel CoffeeLake or even Ryzen 2 comes out.
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The 1700 turbos to 3.7 on two cores at stock. I was going to try overclock to 3.6/3.7 on all cores too but I am not sure it will gain much if anything in gaming performance as it is already "turbo-ing" to that frequency on two cores? I haven't found any proper analysis...

Obviously it would give a big bost to non-game workloads but I am already very happy with the 1700s rendering performance. It is 2.4 times faster than my 2500k @ 4.5 in cinebench!
 
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