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Valve's Steam Machine prototype

I love the design, seriously. Also, lol @ Silverstone SFX 450W 2.0 psu hahahaha.
 
Boy do I love steam...always hoped someone made this kind of itx case.
 
Thread needs more pictures.

All pulled from engadget.

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Yeah, I want the case. In the past they've said they'll make the designs available for anyone to use too, so I'm really hoping we get a ton more of this style thing too. That LED on the front of it looks way too bright for my liking though.
 
Is this why the M3A2 got cancelled lol.... Looks like cmadki4's design.
 
See now, this is exactly what this kind of form factor should look like. Not those ridiculously gaudy alternatives like the X51 or the M8, just a sleek AV unit style. I'm not so sure about that big LED on the front, maybe you can turn it down or off though.
 
RiZnO said:
Is this why the M3A2 got cancelled lol.... Looks like cmadki4's design.
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Yeah, it does, sorta, but it's not far from the Falcon Northwest Tiki either. I think the trend of riser pci cards and front mounted psus is going to be around for a while as everyone tries to find the smallest possible volume mini-itx case.
 
Wired has a better look of the custom-looking CPU cooler shroud or whatever it is:

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Asrock Z87E-ITX
Zalman CNPS2X
Silverstone ST45SF-G
Custom (3D-printed?) CPU fan shroud
Custom GPU bracket (the stock bracket would bump against the mobo audio port cluster)

One or two 2.5" bay above the CPU fan shroud
One 2.5" bay below the GPU

None of the pictures show it with all the cables in place.
 
There are a couple things I don't get about the design:
- Why are the HDD's located above the mobo "shroud" if there is what looks like a hot-swapable space below the video card?
- I don't know that the "toilet bowl" on top of the motherboard is going to do much in the way of improving airflow as the sprial is broken by the HDD's. Subsequently, if the flow spiral is broken, they might as well have just taken the mains power cable from the ST45SF-G straight to the back of the case rather than having a complicated route under the video card.
- All of that would have given them the ability to make the case a fair bit shorter.
- I wonder what southbridge (and other mobo components on the "south side") temperature is going to look like... I imagine the mobo shroud creating a hot air purgatory in that region.

I really like the way they've used printed parts to compartmentalize / direct the airflow. If my R2 was up and running I'd be doing the same for my next super tiny case.

All in all, a good first effort!
 
They probably want to keep the space below the video card open in case a different card uses more space.
 
It seems like they added more HDD bays because they can, without dramatically hurting airflow. One bay isn't enough for Steam games and you can't always count on the mobo supporting mSATA or M2.

I think the "toilet bowl" is only there to isolate the CPU fan intake and exhaust.

I'm not certain which dimension you mean when you say they could have made the case shorter, but if you mean the space to the left of the video card on the first picture, keep the PCIe power cables in mind.

If you look at the back of the case there is no room for the power plug other than underneath the video card - the only thing it could have swapped position with is the removable bay.
 
Tute said:
Surely an i7/titan is asking far too much of the ST45SF?
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Total system load for 3960X Overlocked @ 4.3 + Titan on furmark is 420watts [from anandtech]. It will not be overlocked looking at that heatsink and you won't be benchmarking it. That little thing is more than enough.
 
Specs

MOBO - ASRock Z87E-ITX
CPU Cooler - ZALMAN CNPS2X 80mm
SSD HD - OEM Seagate ST1000LM014 1TB
RAM - Crucial's Ballistix Sport 16BG (2x8GB) LP
GPU - Nvidia GTX Titan
PSU - Silverstone ST45SF-G 450W Modular 80 PLUS Gold
CASE - Custom + 3 separate compartments. GPU, PSU, and CPU/Mobo.

Do any of you know any similar case/cases that could be compared to this one's setup?
 
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PSU - FSP SFX 450W Modular 80 PLUS Gold
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FSP don't make a gold modular PSU. Silverstone dropped them as OEM after the bronze model ST45SF.

The ST45SF-G is designed by Silverstone themselves and fabricated at Enhance Electronics factory.
 
WiSK said:
FSP don't make a gold modular PSU. Silverstone dropped them as OEM after the bronze model ST45SF.

The ST45SF-G is designed by Silverstone themselves and fabricated at Enhance Electronics factory.
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Woops my bad, dont know why i wrote that, probably was thinking on the first sg05 300W psu had.
 
Seen this layout before...

Can't they make a longer PCI-e extension cable that wraps around to the other side of the case, and have the graphics card face up? Then put the unsightly 2.5 inc below the graphics card. Add some fine mesh and tasteful LEDs below and you get a much better looking showpiece. (Maybe this doesn't matter to their target audience).
 
blood said:
Seen this layout before...

Can't they make a longer PCI-e extension cable that wraps around to the other side of the case, and have the graphics card face up? Then put the unsightly 2.5 inc below the graphics card. Add some fine mesh and tasteful LEDs below and you get a much better looking showpiece. (Maybe this doesn't matter to their target audience).
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Long, flexible PCIe extenders that are reliable are much more expensive than risers.
 
jesus, even the packaging is great.

i have to confess that it makes me feel soo bad that a pre-built owns my custom SG05 gaming toy.. kinda feel humiliated. :p
 
I haven't had the chance to test it.

I'm traveling, will do some test after I have time in Apr.
 
Someone needs to start selling this case.

I'd also be interested in a version that is about 5 inches shallower for use with a pico psu.
 
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