SHIELD-box concept

[matman]

It's an irregularly shaped compact ITX pc which would perfectly fit an Nvidia SHIELD in the area at the front above the graphics card. All on display and stuff. Charging while it's there even.

I've been toying with new design variations on my now finished exfinium-6 design. After putting this config together it struck me that a SHIELD would fit nicely on the front and the spec of the box would make it a perfect GameStream companion. With a 450W SFX PSU it would comfortably handle an i5 and GTX 770.

My modelling skills are pathetic so please just imagine a SHIELD sitting on the front of the box - sideways.

I doubt I'll actually build this one unless someone's keen to finance it but thought it was cool enough to share.

disclaimer: I have no relationship of any kind with Nvidia. I don't consider myself a fanboy but do prefer their cards lately.

 

[liangr]

That's pretty much the layout of many Lian li cases.

 

[matman]

orly?

I don't think there are any Lian li cases anywhere close to this small (5 litres) with full size graphics and an Nvidia SHIELD on the front.

:-P

Of course PSU-over-motherboard is hardly a new concept. It's been around since long before Lian li.

My unique design contribution is what I call exfinium graphics cooling.

• Using a barrier beside the PCIe slot the graphics card airflow is kept outside of the box containing the remainder of the components.
• The graphics card receives as close as possible to free ambient air, there may be a protective box or filtering but it should be as unrestrictive as possible.

So many small PC designs fail to give the graphics card enough ventilation. In the days of thermally controlled GPU fans and now thermally controlled GPU clocks the best way to max their performance and quiet them down is to give them plenty of fresh air to breathe.

 

[siRtobey]

That's pretty much the layout of many Lian li cases.

Not really.
Well, the PSU of course is more or less at the same spot, but else that's the case in erery case. But I have yet to see a LianLi case with that none single-cube design..


@ Design:
I think you'd have massive problems with heat, because there isn't much room for decent fans..

 

[matman]

I think you'd have massive problems with heat, because there isn't much room for decent fans..

The graphics card will definitely be very well cooled unless its integrated cooler is a complete dud.

Regarding CPU cooling, the intent of this design is to only support up to 65W CPUs (e.g. i5 4570S). That's more than enough CPU grunt to keep a single GTX 770 happy. I'm not sure but I think a good low profile cooler with fan pulling directly into the PSU would be plenty to cool 65W. Intake would be a large filtered vent at the front. If that won't cut it a 120mm fan could be placed at the front and a SHIELD would still fit in the space left over.