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A 140mm opening would be awesome, but I don't think it would be greatly restricting to mount that fan on a 120mm opening. I'm gonna order one soon to test it out, the noise/airflow numbers on that site look fantastic!
There is about 7.5mm between the side panel and the motherboard except where a part of the machined side sticks out some. And there is just under 8mm space under the motherboard. You should be able to run cables before installing the motherboard/bottom panel and some after.
Thank you, updawg! I greatly appreciate it! They will indeed be all black, but you can also request natural brushed aluminum. Other colors will made available later in production. I'm looking into bringing powder coating and anodizing house for more flexibility.
That's good thinking turning the top panel panel to intake. Fresh air directly onto the CPU and secondarily on to the under side of the GPU.
No particular reason. I extended the slots, adding two more to increase the amount space for PSU exhaust. You can see the PSU bracket highlighted in green in the back ground.
I just added a Seagate SATA model 3.5" HDD and it fits the 147mm max length form factor, which pushes that gap down to 26mm, so just over an inch. But if you flip the HDD upside down the connector is above the entire ODD as well as off to the side of the ODD connector.
There is about 36mm between the back of the GPU and the top cover. The stack up of the ODD and HDD will be over 38mm. It would be nice, just not doable here sadly.
Isolating the drive caddy is a good idea! I'll see what I can do as far as rubber grommets or at least rubber pads. The case body is also actually very rigid, which will help resist resonate vibrations. The side panels are 250% thicker than your average aluminum case.
The power supply exhaust is currently ducted out the side of the case (see the green highlighted part, front panel removed for better view). Good to go there
It takes some serious effort to do so without making significant compromises. A real engineering/design challenge for sure!
I'll try to do some renders with the IR receiver featured. I'll have to come up with some manor of lens. Where on the front panel should this be located?
You could probably fit one. Two SSDs side by side are 140mm wide, and a SFX PSU is only 125mm wide. I'll try it out tomorrow and post some shots of what it might look like. But ultimately the SSDs are fairly easy to located. It's the 3.5" HDD that's proving to be a bear.
This is not a unique configuration. The X51 places the HDD immediately under the GPU and the Tiki has the drives on the backside of the GPU. The SSDs in my layout are better insulated from the GPU heat than either of those two. But I will need to take that heat on the 3.5" HDD into consideration.
While cards vary, the backs of a lot cards get pretty warm; especially apparent if the card doesn't have a back plate.
Only think about putting anything between the GPU and the bottom panel is for longer reference style or dual fan cards. The ODD will likely block the intake fan. But there is room for an ODD down there.
). The Tiki has the drives towards the front end of the card, with the backside of the GPU chip itself - usually the hottest part - left exposed.
Yes, when vertical you can use the supplied aluminum feet with rubber pads for added support to prevent tipping over and allow a gap for passive air intake. There are also removable rubber feet for laying the case down flat. These will also be of sufficient height to allow GPU intake through the bottom panel.
Thank you! That means a lot from a very skilled SFF designer/fabricator.How the PC-Q12 should have been designed
Looking nice!
I've added USB3.0 ports to the renders now, because I'm think most people will want at least that. HTPC users may prefer not to have anything. And some gamers may prefer HD Audio ports as well. Location will be similar to the current USB3.0.
