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

So it could work...
 

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My case is great so far, but i was wandering if theres anybody has tips on ways to reduce the GPU noise while the side panel is on? GPU has a sapphire NITRO cooler if thats any help
 
My case is great so far, but i was wandering if theres anybody has tips on ways to reduce the GPU noise while the side panel is on? GPU has a sapphire NITRO cooler if thats any help
see if you can undervolt the gpu. that should help lower temps and therefore fans will spin slower.
 
see if you can undervolt the gpu. that should help lower temps and therefore fans will spin slower.

The temps are mostly fine at the moment, it's not so much the speed as... the side panel slightly affects the tone of the fans, i'm not sure if it's because of the panel being right up against the fans or if it's vibrating slightly giving it a tonal change?
 
Can someone with a Asus Strix z370I MB tell me how they placed/routed the tubing from the asetek 92mm aio?
My RAM is in the way (Gskill tridentZ) and i prob have to custom WC my CPU since the tubing from the Asetek aio is not long enough
Same problem here bro haha the side panel is not closing, i guess we will have to use custom tubing (if that is even possible).

PD: Loving ur build btw :)
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Still waiting on my mobo and other parts but i decided to try and tackle the issue of cable management with the psu, after removing the top mounting bracket I found that at least for my sf600 it could be rotated 90 degrees and mounted to the front face of the case (needed to drill 2 3mm holes), letting me route all my cabling to the right instead of down directly towards the motherboard, this removes the problem of the fan hitting the psu cables and should allow for very neat cabling. Need to see what its like with the mobo and ram installed but because of the shape of the psu not being square there should be enough room for everything.
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!Dondan, could this feature be implemented for v3???
 
waht mitx am4 board is everyone using?

I like the Biostar as an inexpensive, no-frills option. But, for an A4-SFX build, I think it needs needs to be one of the ASUS boards, as they're the only ones with front-mounted M.2 slots.

Question: what's the effective difference between the B350 and X370 SRTIX boards? The only difference I can spot is that the 370 has a static guard on some of its ports.
 
Same problem here bro haha the side panel is not closing, i guess we will have to use custom tubing (if that is even possible).

PD: Loving ur build btw :)
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I see the kingpin laying there, it needs to be seated! :)
And ye that was exactly the only position i could get the block on, but ye i thought the same about the side panel wouldnt close.
Luckily i had a Cryorig C7 laying around :)

And with these ram prices i cba buying new ones, have to make custom tubing for it, or wait the cooler dan is gonna make :/
 
Same problem here bro haha the side panel is not closing, i guess we will have to use custom tubing (if that is even possible).

PD: Loving ur build btw :)
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F**k! I've forgotten to plug in my RAM yesterday! Yes - it seems to be a big problem! F**k, F**k - I've higher LED RAMs!

Second: are you able to install your EVGA GPU with this alignment of the AIO? The second tube is sitting just in line with the long gpu!

Did you removed the front USB? Do you see a chance to reinstall this?
 
Currently sporting a 7700K setup in my DAN A4-SFX v1 case, and the components for my new V2 are slowly arriving (only waiting for the RAM now).

But I don't know what to think about the new v3 that has just been released as pre-order.

Is the v3 exactly the same version as the v2, only the riser is now Lian-Li instead of 3M?
What's the difference?
Does it perform better?
It sure does look better...

Is there any way "new" v2 owners can get the new all-black Lian-Li riser to replace the normal-green 3M riser?

I'm a big fan of these little cases, but buying all versions of them is a bit ... too much.
 

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Currently sporting a 7700K setup in my DAN A4-SFX v1 case, and the components for my new V2 are slowly arriving (only waiting for the RAM now).

But I don't know what to think about the new v3 that has just been released as pre-order.

Is the v3 exactly the same version as the v2, only the riser is now Lian-Li instead of 3M?
What's the difference?
Does it perform better?
It sure does look better...

Is there any way "new" v2 owners can get the new all-black Lian-Li riser to replace the normal-green 3M riser?

I'm a big fan of these little cases, but buying all versions of them is a bit ... too much.

I'm for sure it's only an improvement of time for Dan itself (logistics). 3M has need a very long time to deliver these parts. May be LianLi is needing only a few weeks to produce them.

But may be - if the new would be better in fit - there would be a new possibility to install 2 extra slim case-fans upper and lower of the Mainboard. Now the PCIe raiser are quite a tick to large for these fans...

If there would be a good reason for us customers for using the LianLi risers instead of the 3M - it would be a better solution to offer the LianLi-riser "only" as extra spare part for v1/v2 owners.
 
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I would like to see more improvements regarding the third version of our beloved case.

Changing only the pci-e riser does not change the version of the case. It's still v.2.

I assume we will see a bunch of improvements until the release, like ''what to do with the space created by using a mITX GPU = 120mm radiator or 3.5 HDD or 2x2.5 HDD/SSD''.....
 
F**k! I've forgotten to plug in my RAM yesterday! Yes - it seems to be a big problem! F**k, F**k - I've higher LED RAMs!

Second: are you able to install your EVGA GPU with this alignment of the AIO? The second tube is sitting just in line with the long gpu!

Did you removed the front USB? Do you see a chance to reinstall this?

The tube dont interfere with the GPU.
And ye the USB have to be removed, you can trim the black rubber cable down to make it fit easily with the AIO installed.
 
I like the Biostar as an inexpensive, no-frills option. But, for an A4-SFX build, I think it needs needs to be one of the ASUS boards, as they're the only ones with front-mounted M.2 slots.

Question: what's the effective difference between the B350 and X370 SRTIX boards? The only difference I can spot is that the 370 has a static guard on some of its ports.
so m.2 slots on the bottom of the mobo doesnt work in this case?
 
One idea for the vendors if they are reading:

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For me It's the most obvious high performance and silent cooling solution for the A4-SFX

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The radiator is 20mm in thickness, the fan has the dimensions of the ty-100 and the cpu block has 12mm of thickness (it doesn't need more as the pump is not integrated).

There should be some screws or clips to fix the fan to the mounting structure


maybe cooler master wants to make it, as they are entering the sff market with this:

The concept is very similar, although I propose one bigger fan and a high performace pump outside of the radiator to make it bigger and thinner.

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Did you show this idea to any big pc corporations?
 
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Does anybody knows the internal diameter of the Asetek 545LC tubing?
And if it uses regular barbed fittings?
 
Does anybody knows the internal diameter of the Asetek 545LC tubing?
And if it uses regular barbed fittings?
Should be 11/8, but,
changing tubes....don't you need a reservoir tank?
How do you refill the water inside the loop? :pompous:
Here an example:

I don't like this solution so much, but should work.
 
Should be 11/8, but,
changing tubes....don't you need a reservoir tank?
How do you refill the water inside the loop? :pompous:
Here an example:

I don't like this solution so much, but should work.

Here's another awful example of what i think i'll end up doing:



I don't like it either hahaha
 
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It does work, as per Dan's FAQ: https://www.dan-cases.com/dana4_faq.html

I think most people like to have access to the drive without having to remove the mobo. There's also some people that are concerned about cooling of the M.2 if it's on the backside.

On my mobo, yesterday fitted one behind, just to check... and with ek-m2 cooler on,
it is lucky, it is right where the support plate ends and pushes a little against the raiser, but everything seems to be ok
(i don't test it > power on)
so i hope the second one, on the upper part of mobo, should fit...maybe without cooler
(i hope so, this week i'll test it, by the way FAQ say YES) :D
Cooling M2 is fine, 10€ and go!;)
 
Should be 11/8, but,
changing tubes....don't you need a reservoir tank?
How do you refill the water inside the loop? :pompous:
Here an example:

I don't like this solution so much, but should work.

I dont know if i need a reservoir tank, a few of the videos on youtube are not using it (idk if they achieved nice results safely either lol=
The guy on the video is using a syringe to fill up the rad and connecting the pump so the water flows
I think the diameters are 6,4mm internal and 10,5mm external

I dont want to do this but i´ll do it hahaha.
 
^that's right 1/4" or 6.4mm internal, external really doesn't matter much. I used 1/4" fuel line to replace mine.
 
no tank, just replaced the tubes after clearing a clogged rad barb.

only pic I got, not sure if it helps...
was an h60 which is asetek based I think. I just filled the pump and rad through one tube and then carefully put them back together. used DI water and a splash of antifreeze. oh and yes it used barbs.
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F**k! I've forgotten to plug in my RAM yesterday! Yes - it seems to be a big problem! F**k, F**k - I've higher LED RAMs!

Second: are you able to install your EVGA GPU with this alignment of the AIO? The second tube is sitting just in line with the long gpu!

Did you removed the front USB? Do you see a chance to reinstall this?
Yes, you can install the FTW3/Kingpin without problems, just cut yourself some low profile Molex 8 Pin PCIE Connectors if you have a Kingpin.
For the front USB problem just trim the plastic as Nhede did

Nhede´s pictures:

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On my mobo, yesterday fitted one behind, just to check... and with ek-m2 cooler on,
it is lucky, it is right where the support plate ends and pushes a little against the raiser, but everything seems to be ok
(i don't test it > power on)
so i hope the second one, on the upper part of mobo, should fit...maybe without cooler
(i hope so, this week i'll test it, by the way FAQ say YES) :D
Cooling M2 is fine, 10€ and go!;)

Let me get this straight.... you were able to get this cooler installed on the M.2 drive located on the backside of the Mobo? :woot: I wouldn't have thought there be enough space for the M.2 and the cooler on the back.

This is the one you used: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-m-2-nvme-heatsink-black

Which Mobo is it? I'm looking at the ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac, where the M.2 would be on the backside also.
 
Let me get this straight.... you were able to get this cooler installed on the M.2 drive located on the backside of the Mobo? :woot: I wouldn't have thought there be enough space for the M.2 and the cooler on the back.

This is the one you used: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-m-2-nvme-heatsink-black

Which Mobo is it? I'm looking at the ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac, where the M.2 would be on the backside also.

Yes, this is the m2 cooler, my mobo is Asrock x299 itx :)
 
My A4 v2 is sitting at my local USPS... Will get it tomorrow!

However, messing around with my V1 I accidentally broke one of the side panel, plastic, female clips. Is there any good way to acquire a replacement? I've found some on Performance-pcs.com (http://www.performance-pcs.com/lian-li-plastic-clip-kit-for-front-panel.html) but I'm not sure if they're correct. Anyone have any suggestions?

Here's a few old picks of my current V1:
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De-lidded, undervolted 3770k at 4.1GHz under an LP53+Noctua a9x14 with custom, acrylic shroud.
Titan Xp with a modded heatsink/fan assembly from a EVGA GTX 1080 FTW .
 
Yes, this is the m2 cooler, my mobo is Asrock x299 itx :)

Which cpu did you use, how are temps, and did you perform any overclocking? X299 is my second choice behind ryzen because of the core and thread count but thermals are a huge concern with those CPUs.
 
Let me get this straight.... you were able to get this cooler installed on the M.2 drive located on the backside of the Mobo? :woot: I wouldn't have thought there be enough space for the M.2 and the cooler on the back.

This is the one you used: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-m-2-nvme-heatsink-black

Which Mobo is it? I'm looking at the ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac, where the M.2 would be on the backside also.

Yes, this is the m2 cooler, my mobo is Asrock x299 itx :)
Which cpu did you use, how are temps, and did you perform any overclocking? X299 is my second choice behind ryzen because of the core and thread count but thermals are a huge concern with those CPUs.

- 7920X
- Sorry but i've tested components only on bench table, just to be sure everything works,
so i have no temps or results to give you back...
Now i'm busy , and still waiting some components,
next steps:
> Cable to sleeve
> Custom AIO to build
:jimlad:
 
Can’t continue without the RAM, the AIO tubes run over it... I’ll continue Monday
 

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Any1 have a Black window kit (EU location) they dont use? And are willing to sell :)?
 
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