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

No no, that 40mm Noctua is still keeping my NVMe cool

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Nyuha said:
I know I shouldn't post this here but if anyone is happening to sell their window kit let me know because v2 window kit wont be made to sell alongside the v3 case like I had hoped for my build. Or can some one link me to the buy/sell?
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I think dan posted the blueprints needed to create your own Window kits on the official website
 
Thank you very much for this tutorial I will link it later on the first post in this thread :)
 
Sure, you can even link it on your website if you want - obviously in tye original form
 
dondan

Maybe this is silly question but I ask it :). I found on other forum comparasion of 3Ms and Li-heats risers and I notice that 3M riser has only partial shielding. The question is are there any differences between graphics card inserted direcly into pcie slot in standard case and graphics card inserted into dan case with pcie li-heats and 3m rissrs from heath care point of view when case is used in close to user - 30cm on desk? I assume there are not big differences but still im curious if somebody look into this stuff?

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Hello all, I've been reading this thread for ages and I'm building a system in this case either next month or early July (building with a friend). I was a part of the Kickstarter for v2 of the case from last year. I was wondering if this parts list would be okay, though I also have some questions.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - C7 Cu 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($50.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX X470-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard ($209.99)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($443.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: HP - EX920 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($189.70 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: DAN Cases - A4SFXV2-S Mini ITX Desktop Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair - SF 600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply ($114.88 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-A9x14 29.7 CFM 92mm Fan ($15.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-A9 PWM 46.4 CFM 92mm Fan ($16.59 @ OutletPC)
External Storage: Western Digital - Elements 4TB External Hard Drive ($95.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $2206.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Questions

The Dan Case has 48mm of clearance for CPU coolers, and the Cryorig C7 Cu is 47mm in height. This would result in annoying air turbulence right?

I was thinking of buying the Noctua NF-A9x14 slim 92mm fan to remedy this. The Cryorig C7 Cu cooler is rated to dissipate up to 115W of heat, and the Ryzen 7 2700X is rated at 105W Thermal Design Power (TDP). The Noctua slim fan, however, isn't as powerful. It should still be okay?

The VRMs on the motherboard would be best suited by using an air cooler for the CPU, instead of the Asetek 545LC right? Or should I be okay if I choose the Asetek AIO?

If I eventually get custom cables from CableMod for the system, what would be the perfect length for the cables? I read 150mm for the 24 pin motherboard power, 240mm for the 8 pin EPS cable and 300mm for the PCIe cables. Would this be best?
 
mazadr said:
dondan

Maybe this is silly question but I ask it :). I found on other forum comparasion of 3Ms and Li-heats risers and I notice that 3M riser has only partial shielding. The question is are there any differences between graphics card inserted direcly into pcie slot in standard case and graphics card inserted into dan case with pcie li-heats and 3m rissrs from heath care point of view when case is used in close to user - 30cm on desk? I assume there are not big differences but still im curious if somebody look into this stuff?

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dondan There isn't enough voltage at play to provide enough electromagnetism to penetrate human skin past the shielding that's available and through the metal of the case. The only real concern is that other electrical signals could interfere with it's operation, or vice versa, but even still from what I'm seeing it would take a lot of interference before a human would notice.
 
jordan condi said:
Hello all, I've been reading this thread for ages and I'm building a system in this case either next month or early July (building with a friend). I was a part of the Kickstarter for v2 of the case from last year. I was wondering if this parts list would be okay, though I also have some questions.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - C7 Cu 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($50.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX X470-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard ($209.99)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($443.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: HP - EX920 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($189.70 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: DAN Cases - A4SFXV2-S Mini ITX Desktop Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair - SF 600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply ($114.88 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-A9x14 29.7 CFM 92mm Fan ($15.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-A9 PWM 46.4 CFM 92mm Fan ($16.59 @ OutletPC)
External Storage: Western Digital - Elements 4TB External Hard Drive ($95.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $2206.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-20 06:44 EDT-0400

Questions

The Dan Case has 48mm of clearance for CPU coolers, and the Cryorig C7 Cu is 47mm in height. This would result in annoying air turbulence right?

I was thinking of buying the Noctua NF-A9x14 slim 92mm fan to remedy this. The Cryorig C7 Cu cooler is rated to dissipate up to 115W of heat, and the Ryzen 7 2700X is rated at 105W Thermal Design Power (TDP). The Noctua slim fan, however, isn't as powerful. It should still be okay?

The VRMs on the motherboard would be best suited by using an air cooler for the CPU, instead of the Asetek 545LC right? Or should I be okay if I choose the Asetek AIO?

If I eventually get custom cables from CableMod for the system, what would be the perfect length for the cables? I read 150mm for the 24 pin motherboard power, 240mm for the 8 pin EPS cable and 300mm for the PCIe cables. Would this be best?
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I have the AIO with an 1800X and it keeps the CPU around 43 C idle and any 75-80 C under load. Note, you can't use g.skill tridents with the AIO if you want to close the side panel.

The Asus strix 350-i (b and x are exactly the same, construction and everything unless you plan to use bifurcation, be sure to save a couple bucks on the b) and it doesn't report vrm temps but they get hot. Motherboard temps have exceeded 73 C for me, even with a fan under board. So I would recommend air cooling. Someone a page or two back already passed benchmarks for the cu c7, head back and take a look.

I simply grabbed the Corsair custom sleeved cables amd routing then was very straightforward, see my post on my build by checking my post hosting if you like.
 
Alaberti said:
I have the AIO with an 1800X and it keeps the CPU around 43 C idle and any 75-80 C under load. Note, you can't use g.skill tridents with the AIO if you want to close the side panel.

The Asus strix 350-i (b and x are exactly the same, construction and everything unless you plan to use bifurcation, be sure to save a couple bucks on the b) and it doesn't report vrm temps but they get hot. Motherboard temps have exceeded 73 C for me, even with a fan under board. So I would recommend air cooling. Someone a page or two back already passed benchmarks for the cu c7, head back and take a look.

I simply grabbed the Corsair custom sleeved cables amd routing then was very straightforward, see my post on my build by checking my post hosting if you like.
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I find that setting a fan to blowing cold air towards the motherboard is helpful to cool the motherboard. My slim 120mm fan just get wedged between the AIO block and the case flanges and held securely by the side cover.
 
Nanook said:
I find that setting a fan to blowing cold air towards the motherboard is helpful to cool the motherboard. My slim 120mm fan just get wedged between the AIO block and the case flanges and held securely by the side cover.
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As mentioned, there is a fan under the board. Helps, but this AM4 board still runs toasty. Having an 8 core processor in such a small space gives few favors here.
 
cowsgomoo2 said:
China has a variety of 13", 15" and 17" portable monitors, USB 5V 2A powered, 1080p 60hz IPS HDMI input displays, you can find them on Taobao/Aliexpress. They come at 1/2 to 1/3 the price of Gechic monitors which are way overpriced. Anything with Displaylink shouldn't be considered at all.
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I have recently got a 17" 4K portable display from Taobao. It's got mini-HDMI and mini-DP ports, and even does FreeSync. That's probably the top of the line one they do for about 400USD; There's smaller and/or lower-resolution ones that are significantly cheaper. I can post a few lines about my experience with the display if there's interest.
 
sdfewfe said:
I have recently got a 17" 4K portable display from Taobao. It's got mini-HDMI and mini-DP ports, and even does FreeSync. That's probably the top of the line one they do for about 400USD; There's smaller and/or lower-resolution ones that are significantly cheaper. I can post a few lines about my experience with the display if there's interest.
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I just checked and there's a 17" HDR 120hz 1080p monitor on Taobao now.
 
Alaberti said:
I have the AIO with an 1800X and it keeps the CPU around 43 C idle and any 75-80 C under load. Note, you can't use g.skill tridents with the AIO if you want to close the side panel.

The Asus strix 350-i (b and x are exactly the same, construction and everything unless you plan to use bifurcation, be sure to save a couple bucks on the b) and it doesn't report vrm temps but they get hot. Motherboard temps have exceeded 73 C for me, even with a fan under board. So I would recommend air cooling. Someone a page or two back already passed benchmarks for the cu c7, head back and take a look.

I simply grabbed the Corsair custom sleeved cables amd routing then was very straightforward, see my post on my build by checking my post hosting if you like.
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Ah okay so maybe the new Cryorig cooler would be suited better for the Dan Case
 
sdfewfe said:
I have recently got a 17" 4K portable display from Taobao. It's got mini-HDMI and mini-DP ports, and even does FreeSync. That's probably the top of the line one they do for about 400USD; There's smaller and/or lower-resolution ones that are significantly cheaper. I can post a few lines about my experience with the display if there's interest.
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cowsgomoo2 said:
I just checked and there's a 17" HDR 120hz 1080p monitor on Taobao now.
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Recently saw this 15.6 portable monitor from AIO, 1080, 60Hz, 5ms with USB Type C for under $200.
 
I wait for my 330W Dell PSU for my final statement and this will arrive this week. I also got a new HDPlex 400W and this sample works perfectly and stay cool. In some cases I get reboots (indicator for a not strong enough PSU) because my current 240W unit isn't stong enough.
 
rfarmer said:
Recently saw this 15.6 portable monitor from AIO, 1080, 60Hz, 5ms with USB Type C for under $200.
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Alexreffand said:
That's usb though, no hdmi or displayport. It's useless for gaming on a desktop pc.
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That monitor is native. It does not require DisplayLink drivers. It's using either DisplayPort or HDMI (most likely the former) and connecting through the USB-C port, but not communicating over the USB protocol.

It would be perfectly fine for gaming.
 
dglow said:
That monitor is native. It does not require DisplayLink drivers. It's using either DisplayPort or HDMI (most likely the former) and connecting through the USB-C port, but not communicating over the USB protocol.

It would be perfectly fine for gaming.
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The only way this could be true is if it housed the USB-C -> DisplayPort adapter inside itself. Now show me even one single gaming GPU that has a USB-C connector that will work with an adapter and also supports powering the device it connected to.

Such adapters are not bidirectional. So even if there is some obscure gaming GPU that supports this setup, 99.999% won’t.
 
ztjio said:
The only way this could be true is if it housed the USB-C -> DisplayPort adapter inside itself. Now show me even one single gaming GPU that has a USB-C connector that will work with an adapter and also supports powering the device it connected to.

Such adapters are not bidirectional. So even if there is some obscure gaming GPU that supports this setup, 99.999% won’t.
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I would like to know:
If the MoBo has Thunderbolt 3, could it send the Video Card signal over it? and not the Video Card's ports?
 
Julio Espinosa said:
I would like to know:
If the MoBo has Thunderbolt 3, could it send the Video Card signal over it? and not the Video Card's ports?
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If your motherboard has USB-C port on it natively, whether it’s thunderbolt or not, and it has onboard video, it MIGHT support native DisplayPort output over that USB-C port. Might.

But it would be for the onboard video, and not a GPU connected via PCIe or any other source. There’s just no established standard pathway for that kind of connectivity.
 
dglow said:
That monitor is native. It does not require DisplayLink drivers. It's using either DisplayPort or HDMI (most likely the former) and connecting through the USB-C port, but not communicating over the USB protocol.

It would be perfectly fine for gaming.
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On a laptop that supports it maybe, but not on a gaming desktop, which is what's relevant to this thread.
 
I'm currently working on cable management for my build, and I'm having a ton of trouble finding a post I've seen before – probably on this forum, and almost certainly linked in this thread.

I'm looking for a tutorial on how to make 90-degree low-profile 8-pin PCIe power cable connectors.

All I can remember is that the top was chopped off, vertical holes were dremeled into the sides, and electrical tape (?) was used to cover the top.

I've done a ton of Googling, and all I'm getting is threads pointing to pre-made extension cables. I don't want extensions, I want to make my own.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Edit #1: It looked something like this, but the wires were coming out of the back, not the side. Some good ideas in that thread, though.

Edit #2: Holy crap, I actually found it. Mentioned in this thread, but the tutorial itself was in German. No wonder my Google-fu was weak. Resurfacing:

https://www.hardwareluxx.de/communi...-einen-abgewinkelten-pcie-stecker-683614.html
 
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Burr said:
I'm currently working on cable management for my build, and I'm having a ton of trouble finding a post I've seen before – probably on this forum, and almost certainly linked in this thread.

I'm looking for a tutorial on how to make 90-degree low-profile 8-pin PCIe power cable connectors.

All I can remember is that the top was chopped off, vertical holes were dremeled into the sides, and electrical tape (?) was used to cover the top.

I've done a ton of Googling, and all I'm getting is threads pointing to pre-made extension cables. I don't want extensions, I want to make my own.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Edit #1: It looked something like this, but the wires were coming out of the back, not the side. Some good ideas in that thread, though.

Edit #2: Holy crap, I actually found it. Mentioned in this thread, but the tutorial itself was in German. No wonder my Google-fu was weak. Resurfacing:

https://www.hardwareluxx.de/communi...-einen-abgewinkelten-pcie-stecker-683614.html
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https://hardforum.com/threads/ccd-mi-6-performance-in-less-than-7l.1882784/page-7#post-1042394791
 
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