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Can't wait! Now I actually have to decide, 2 black? Or one black and one white?
Also, I thought I'd share this super cool Rgb vandal switch I found. I purchased 2 of the 16mm today in anticipation for sentry.
https://www.tindie.com/products/Fusion/12mm-and-16mm-antivandal-rgb-colorpixel-buttons/
Ordered a back one.Thanks!!..
Note: I took the Dan A4 as well.
You'll have to compare! I like the slim design of the Sentry personally though.
My congratulations, guys! More than 30% sold in a first day, 315pcs and about 70,000.$ If it isn't a success - i don't what a success is. Love you, guys! Best wishes from cold Russia!
Can't wait! Now I actually have to decide, 2 black? Or one black and one white?
Also, I thought I'd share this super cool Rgb vandal switch I found. I purchased 2 of the 16mm today in anticipation for sentry.
https://www.tindie.com/products/Fusion/12mm-and-16mm-antivandal-rgb-colorpixel-buttons/
Yup, I've got the Dan A4SFX coming in a few weeks too, and am trying hard to talk myself out of buying a Sentry, but I could just use the Dan until the Sentry arrives, and then pass the Dan on to my wife and use the Sentry myself!?Ordered a back one.Thanks!!..
Note: I took the Dan A4 as well.
Thank you Saper and Zombi for your support these last few months on the forums. I want to acknowledge how well you've promptly and succinctly answered people's questions. While you may try and be modest about it, we do appreciate it. There are many other crowd sourced projects that go dark and have no lines of communication. So again; Thank you.
Place of Origin: Canada
Hate to bring back up the blower vs open GPU cooler discussion, but on the indiegogo page you have a pcpartpicker list that has both a 1070 and 1080 with non blower GPU's. I'm just checking if the temps on these will be ok, and if not I'm going to get a blower style.
Hate to bring back up the blower vs open GPU cooler discussion, but on the indiegogo page you have a pcpartpicker list that has both a 1070 and 1080 with non blower GPU's. I'm just checking if the temps on these will be ok, and if not I'm going to get a blower style.
Yup, I've got the Dan A4SFX coming in a few weeks too, and am trying hard to talk myself out of buying a Sentry, but I could just use the Dan until the Sentry arrives, and then pass the Dan on to my wife and use the Sentry myself!?
Hate to bring back up the blower vs open GPU cooler discussion, but on the indiegogo page you have a pcpartpicker list that has both a 1070 and 1080 with non blower GPU's. I'm just checking if the temps on these will be ok, and if not I'm going to get a blower style.
If you go back a couple pages, I was toying around with this question... I personally strongly suggest a GTX 1070 with a GTX 1080 reference cooler attached. When I can afford my new rig, I'll do a writeup of changing the cooler, but it should be no different than putting a waterblock on, and should give you wonderfully quiet, cool graphics without worrying about it.
My congratulations, guys! More than 30% sold in a first day, 315pcs and about 70,000.$ If it isn't a success - i don't what a success is. Love you, guys! Best wishes from cold Russia!
PS: happy future Sentry owners, if u don't mind, write down countrys u're from, let's see Sentry conquering the entire globe!
Is it April yet?
I did it, couldn't go to bed knowing it might sell out by the time I woke up. It's a lot of money for 2 PC cases in just half a year, but it'll be worth it (or so I keep telling myself. I spent £200 on my last PC case too, a Corsair Obsidian 800D, that I modded to hold 2 big radiators for watercooling - and now I can't find anybody who wants to buy any of my old WC parts/case that I spent £600 on )Do It. You won't regret it.
I am not sure how the campaign can end early, when there's the "long haul" options available, surely they wouldn't end the campaign just because the first 1000 cases sell out, when they've got thousands more available for later delivery? - They won't get the money until the campaign ends I assume, so we all have to wait 30 days for that to end?I suposse, campaign will technically end in a couple of days (most of options will be sold). And the question is Zombie and Saper are ready for this situation to start production as fast as possible?
I am not sure how the campaign can end early, when there's the "long haul" options available, surely they wouldn't end the campaign just because the first 1000 cases sell out, when they've got thousands more available for later delivery? - They won't get the money until the campaign ends I assume, so we all have to wait 30 days for that to end?
tbh this is also our curse. We are engineers, and if someone asks, we are taught that we have to always answer in the best way we can, so the other side will get the best information to make the objective decision. This is also why we are so nerdy-talkative... did you see how long is the campaign page? Sorry for that :/
Those are both gigabyte windforce 3X based cards with TDP up to 180W just like the R9-270X windforce 3X that was extensively tested.
But that's a good point - as reference build we should promote blower units here at this TDP range. I have replaced those cards with asus blower lineup.
Thanks!
Do It. You won't regret it.
If you go back a couple pages, I was toying around with this question... I personally strongly suggest a GTX 1070 with a GTX 1080 reference cooler attached. When I can afford my new rig, I'll do a writeup of changing the cooler, but it should be no different than putting a waterblock on, and should give you wonderfully quiet, cool graphics without worrying about it.
Hate to bring back up the blower vs open GPU cooler discussion, but on the indiegogo page you have a pcpartpicker list that has both a 1070 and 1080 with non blower GPU's. I'm just checking if the temps on these will be ok, and if not I'm going to get a blower style.
Am I missing something? The 1080 FE is different than the 1070 FE?
Hi! I bought the product! I wanted to ask if the ram G.Skill trident with 4,4cm height there is?
More than 500 pcs of SENTRY sold out in less than 24 hours of campaign! DAMN, THAT'S GOOD! (22 hours and a half actually, not counting longrun version)It looks like something that will collide with hard drive bracket.
You may use such ram if you don't need drives installed in the central mounts, like for example if you only want M.2 SSD and you can mount your 2.5" inside GPU compartment.
Generally tall memory radiators will obstruct that detachable arm that holds 2.5" drives over the motherboard. That's why there is memory info added to the specification on campaign page.
Hello, I been watching the Sentry case for a long time now and I have always being interested in buying it, but I am worried that it might not perform well with the specs I am aiming for. I do programming and scientific visualization using game engines like Unreal and Unity and often times the graphic and computing power required is huge. My question to the people in this community is if they think a very high end build can work in this small case without hindering performance. I do not care about high temps or loud noise as long as the high temps do not affect the components (short term) I do not care if they will get burned and worn after 6 years of use but I do need to ensure that whatever build I get can be stable for at least 3 years.
Here is a list to the components I will need to have in my build https://pcpartpicker.com/user/fieldmarshall/saved/#view=RxnGXL
I am not planning on overclocking. I know that the graphic card is included in the spreadsheet as a graphic card that will fit.
While I have never built my own computer before I do have knowledge of how the process works and I have been maintaining and working with very high end computers. I have watched some of the reviews like linus tech tips with his titan x and the only reason I am asking for further advise is because I am uncertain weather the high temperatures could reduce the lifetime of the parts to shorter than 3 years (or cause any foreseeable failure in hardware on the short-term) I have no experience with overheat on a machine since most of the machines I deal with are either room size or large desktop cases in low temperature rooms.
Hello, I been watching the Sentry case for a long time now and I have always being interested in buying it, but I am worried that it might not perform well with the specs I am aiming for. I do programming and scientific visualization using game engines like Unreal and Unity and often times the graphic and computing power required is huge. My question to the people in this community is if they think a very high end build can work in this small case without hindering performance. I do not care about high temps or loud noise as long as the high temps do not affect the components (short term) I do not care if they will get burned and worn after 6 years of use but I do need to ensure that whatever build I get can be stable for at least 3 years.
Here is a list to the components I will need to have in my build https://pcpartpicker.com/user/fieldmarshall/saved/#view=RxnGXL
I am not planning on overclocking. I know that the graphic card is included in the spreadsheet as a graphic card that will fit.
While I have never built my own computer before I do have knowledge of how the process works and I have been maintaining and working with very high end computers. I have watched some of the reviews like linus tech tips with his titan x and the only reason I am asking for further advise is because I am uncertain weather the high temperatures could reduce the lifetime of the parts to shorter than 3 years (or cause any foreseeable failure in hardware on the short-term) I have no experience with overheat on a machine since most of the machines I deal with are either room size or large desktop cases in low temperature rooms.
Yes, 1080 FE got the vapor chamber cooler and the 1070 FE did not.
Hello, I been watching the Sentry case for a long time now and I have always being interested in buying it, but I am worried that it might not perform well with the specs I am aiming for. I do programming and scientific visualization using game engines like Unreal and Unity and often times the graphic and computing power required is huge. My question to the people in this community is if they think a very high end build can work in this small case without hindering performance. I do not care about high temps or loud noise as long as the high temps do not affect the components (short term) I do not care if they will get burned and worn after 6 years of use but I do need to ensure that whatever build I get can be stable for at least 3 years.
Here is a list to the components I will need to have in my build https://pcpartpicker.com/user/fieldmarshall/saved/#view=RxnGXL
I am not planning on overclocking. I know that the graphic card is included in the spreadsheet as a graphic card that will fit.
While I have never built my own computer before I do have knowledge of how the process works and I have been maintaining and working with very high end computers. I have watched some of the reviews like linus tech tips with his titan x and the only reason I am asking for further advise is because I am uncertain weather the high temperatures could reduce the lifetime of the parts to shorter than 3 years (or cause any foreseeable failure in hardware on the short-term) I have no experience with overheat on a machine since most of the machines I deal with are either room size or large desktop cases in low temperature rooms.
Those specs are totally fine, have pretty same specs, and no - high temps won't "degrade" your hardware, only high voltage can.
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It looks like something that will collide with hard drive bracket.
You may use such ram if you don't need drives installed in the central mounts, like for example if you only want M.2 SSD and you can mount your 2.5" inside GPU compartment.
Generally tall memory radiators will obstruct that detachable arm that holds 2.5" drives over the motherboard. That's why there is memory info added to the specification on campaign page.
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I had to triple-check via google but you are absolutely right.
In any case, there is no need for a vapor chamber, and even less if you have to source a 1080 FE to swap yours. The heat-pipe based 1070 FE will work just as good.
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I had to triple-check via google but you are absolutely right.
In any case, there is no need for a vapor chamber, and even less if you have to source a 1080 FE to swap yours. The heat-pipe based 1070 FE will work just as good.
To be honest, the Sentry isn't a proper case for what you plan to accomplish. For your usage you require:
a) Components to be working non-stop at full power.
b) Components to do the job in the least amount of time.
Nowadays clocks are dynamic and are based on temperatures. So, you will never get the same clocks in a Sentry than you would in a case with forced ventilation, so I would not consider this case for your specific usage. For your usage you require a case with active ventilation because you want your components to be able to work at their maximum clockspeeds non-stop. A case without fans can't get you what you need. That is a fact.
This image was shown by "Linustechtips" with a VERY high-end computer. It included a Titan XP and a server-like cpu. Still, I do not think this was a "long-term" test, and thus the reality might be even worse if your computer sits at 100% usage for hours.
There is a 177 mhz gpu clock difference, of 15% less performance, whilst being noisier. Yes, the Titan XP is probably the most extreme scenario you can find, but it is representative, and it is a blower card.
So, because you need the highest performance I wouldn't get a case that will hinder your professional work "just because". Unless you absolutely need the size it offers, that is.
No, but high temperatures will lower your clocks, and that will lower your performance.
Please let me know how that goes, I'm out of the country for the next month or so and was thinking about doing that after you said it. I'm very interested in some tests/results.
Hoping the 1080 FE Vapor Chamber is legit or not. (I say this because the ID-Cooling LGA1155 vapor chamber CPU cooler was a tiny bit better than stock cooler).
Still haven't really found anything about someone else doings said GPU cooler swap.
I did it, couldn't go to bed knowing it might sell out by the time I woke up. It's a lot of money for 2 PC cases in just half a year, but it'll be worth it (or so I keep telling myself. I spent £200 on my last PC case too, a Corsair Obsidian 800D, that I modded to hold 2 big radiators for watercooling - and now I can't find anybody who wants to buy any of my old WC parts/case that I spent £600 on )
Sorry mate, but that's just straight up wrong.
The GTX 1070 FE is known for running hot; it will very frequently throttle due to temps. Most people's solution to this is a drastically more aggressive fan curve, which is distasteful for many SFF users, due to the closer proximity of our computers to our heads. The heatpipe cooler in the 1070 struggles with a 150W TDP graphics card.
The GTX 1080 FE uses the same cooler as the Titan XP - a 250W TDP card. Thus it's capable of handling more than the 180W 1080, and as shown by the positive reviews of the 1080FE, should handle the 30W cooler GTX 1070 without breaking a sweat. This means lower temperatures, slower fan speeds, and less noise.
I haven't checked alibaba yet, but I bought a gtx 1080 cooler for about $40 on ebay, and there were a bunch of them.
Actually, a case without fans can often get what you need, provided that it's a case like this one where the components have close to unrestricted access to airflow. Is it going to be 100% totally optimal? No. A larger case with a full tower heatsink is going to perform marginally better... but bear in mind that the person asking the question might have needs other than just on-paper optimization, which is why he's asking about something like the Sentry.
Did you look at the components that are under question, though? It's an i7-7700K and a gtx 1080. Way, way less extreme than what Linus did. Now, overclocking will be off the table, but a gtx 1080 should have no problem with this case.
You're talking about how awful high temperatures are and how it will lower your performance, but JUST ABOVE in the same post you said that there was no reason to put a better cooler on the heat-restricted 1070. It's either one or the other.
The build the guy listed will work just fine in a Sentry, and he's clearly looking for something small-form-factor... this case is one of the best among them.
No, but high temperatures will lower your clocks, and that will lower your performance.