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

RedSawn said:
Figured already, nice to have the official word on it though. Good luck to the guy who wants to use the 12mm fan, hopefully sanding it down will get them a result



I didn't mean just that (floated 3x40mm fans as intake or exhaust) but yeah, I see that's the specific fan used.
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Ah ok, honestly I haven't really heard anything good about the 40mm fans. Noisy and they don't push much air. I researched them quite a bit. Also the cost goes up when you have to buy multiple fans too.
 
Meanwhile, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away....
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My 980ti currently has a ek block on it and it used to have evga hybrid cooler on it before that.
So for me to use it in my v2 I'd need to procure a reference cooler for it, but there's none for sale on ebay or anywhere else.

Are there any two slot aftermarket heatsinks that anyone knows about that would fit in the dan case and support reference 980ti pcbs?
 
blitzhex said:
My 980ti currently has a ek block on it and it used to have evga hybrid cooler on it before that.
So for me to use it in my v2 I'd need to procure a reference cooler for it, but there's none for sale on ebay or anywhere else.

Are there any two slot aftermarket heatsinks that anyone knows about that would fit in the dan case and support reference 980ti pcbs?
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I have an EVGA ACX2 Cooler for TITAN X (maxwell)...should work on your 980 ti? :)
 
First post here. Just wanted to thank everyone in this sub. All the pictures helped greatly while building in this amazing case. I managed to keep the front USB with the Asetek AIO. Just did a little trimming around the rubber part where it meets the plug. Still functions 100% like normal. I even installed windows using the front port.

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Yes finally called the postoffice and the package had arrived! Gonna pick it up later after work if not tomorrow morning. Whew finally!!
 
Hello good people:)
Finally, the case arrived to mother Russia. I was waiting for this so much.
Dan, thank you very much for everything, case is amazing!

So, my build is here.

Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor
Asus - ROG STRIX Z270i GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard
Noctua - NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler
Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Samsung - 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC2 Gaming iCX Video Card
Corsair - SF 600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply

I have jus one question: is that okay that GPU touches back of PSU?
Cause everything runs quiet, but psu is much louder tnan it was in my previous build (in NODE 202)
 

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GeorgeTol said:
Hello good people:)
Finally, the case arrived to mother Russia. I was waiting for this so much.
Dan, thank you very much for everything, case is amazing!

So, my build is here.

Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor
Asus - ROG STRIX Z270i GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard
Noctua - NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler
Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Samsung - 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC2 Gaming iCX Video Card
Corsair - SF 600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply
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Clean work m8! (y)
 
Woxys said:
I was really impressed by the results 3-5°C cooler on idle and 8-10°C load with the fan duct vs without.

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Is the Noctua fan in the photos posted by Woxys, blowing air onto the CPU heatsink, or sucking air away from the CPU heatsink?

I feel like it's gotta be blowing air onto the heatsink... but, would just like to check / confirm with you folks.
 
The 100x12 just fits after modification, I milled off 1.5mm in too strips either side so it sits up between the top frame. I can hear it at idle which I don't like, even with a noctua low noise adaptor. Considering it isn't really necessary I won't be keeping it. I will try the 80mm one at some point, it has PWM which my be quiet at idle and more effective at load due to higher rpm... I do love to tinker!
 

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The 100x12 just fits after modification, I milled off 1.5mm in too strips either side so it sits up between the top frame. I can hear it at idle which I don't like, even with a noctua low noise adaptor. Considering it isn't really necessary I won't be keeping it. I will try the 80mm one at some point, it has PWM which my be quiet at idle and more effective at load due to higher rpm... I do love to tinker!
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Any concerns about having the fan pressed up against the pcie extender?
 
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Any concerns about having the fan pressed up against the pcie extender?
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I made a fan guard, specifically designed to keep the extender away from the blades without putting too much pressure on it. I've already removed the fan though, i preferred the computer totally silent at idle also I don't think the fan pushed much air at all. I will try the 80x11mm fan soon.
 

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richiegore said:
The 100x12 just fits after modification, I milled off 1.5mm in too strips either side so it sits up between the top frame. I can hear it at idle which I don't like, even with a noctua low noise adaptor. Considering it isn't really necessary I won't be keeping it. I will try the 80mm one at some point, it has PWM which my be quiet at idle and more effective at load due to higher rpm... I do love to tinker!
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Looks like it belongs, shame it didn't work out. How fast was it running at idle? I've had the same concern with noise here too but a louder whisper beats the GPU flaring up to a loud 38% fan speed every 5 seconds under minor load because it doesn't get enough passive cooling (why can't they use PWM fans already?). Hence looking into this
 
RedSawn said:
Looks like it belongs, shame it didn't work out. How fast was it running at idle? I've had the same concern with noise here too but a louder whisper beats the GPU flaring up to a loud 38% fan speed every 5 seconds under minor load because it doesn't get enough passive cooling (why can't they use PWM fans already?). Hence looking into this
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Only 900rpm, but it was audible. Can't you set a custom fan profile on your GPU so they always spin? That way you might get them to constantly spin at something lower like 30% rather than jumping to 38%. I did that on my MSI card.
 
Has anyone fit g.skill trident ram while using the AIO? I read somewhere that they didn't fit.

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richiegore said:
Only 900rpm, but it was audible. Can't you set a custom fan profile on your GPU so they always spin? That way you might get them to constantly spin at something lower like 30% rather than jumping to 38%. I did that on my MSI card.
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ASUS GPU Tweak can't count from 0 to 38. Think Afterburner would let me then?
 
richiegore said:
Probably will let you go lower that 38, there will be a minimum fan speed which is determined buy the fan itself though.
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Well it works, I can get it down to 18 but it takes about 30 for it to not do the rattley sound it does when the fan spins down. Quiet but distinct, would probably not hear it so clearly if it wasn't on my desktop
 
Alaberti said:
Has anyone fit g.skill trident ram while using the AIO? I read somewhere that they didn't fit.

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It dosent fit.
The tubing is not long enough to go “under” the RAM slots.
And if you try go “over” the side panel cant close.
If you want to WC your CPU, get some other RAMs or make a custom loop.
 
RedSawn said:
Well it works, I can get it down to 18 but it takes about 30 for it to not do the rattley sound it does when the fan spins down. Quiet but distinct, would probably not hear it so clearly if it wasn't on my desktop
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Yea, are they ball bearing fans? They are usually like that, go too slow and they get rattley. I would have thought 30% would be quiet enough that you don't notice the noise after a couple of minutes? What rpm are they at at 30%?
 
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