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Looks awesome! Does the fake cat keep the real ones at bay?

I feel the same way about my SM580's (I got a 2nd one after my wife was jelly at how much power I could cram into the first one, and we retired a Fractal R5), I'll probably keep them as my main chassis until reasonable GPUs can no longer fit. The SM550 is a great size though, I was tempted but...

I nearly went with the same minisforum board for an ITX server build in a Jonsbo N3, but their shipping time was nearly 3mo, so I went with a standard Gigabyte board and some fun adapters to maximize storage instead (PCIE 16x -> 8x + 2 m.2s and m.2 -> 6x Sata).

It sounded to me like it was what he had on hand that would fit the package, and he specifically wanted to show that in his case he could fit a taller cooler than the dimensional spec. I'm sure that there is a difference: thermal mass, thermal resistance, fin pitch induced impedance, etc will...

Top and bottom exhaust is the ideal configuration on similar chassis like the SM570/580, as it helps dissipate the GPU heat that exits along the "long edges" and forces all intake to be through the side panels. Did bottom intake not lead to significant heat re-circulation in your testing...

Congrats on the launch!

Looks awesome! Really happy about the larger vents on the bottom, 75mm CPU cooler clearance, and top/bottom 15mm fans! While my Mjolnir looks pretty, since moving my HTPC from my V1.1 Steck to it, its been a hotbox during couch gaming sessions; excited to move on to a V2 once I can get my hands...

Looks like the card itself fits, but are you able to get stock power cables plugged in or are 140mm cards going to require low profile connectors to maintain use of the top fans?

Haha is there an SFF case where cabling isn't a tight fit? I look forward to the picture and hopefully getting my rig downsized for more easy travel with less than 100% work-from-home likely starting in the not too distant future.

I really like the Trego and have a rather unique use-case question. My workstation is currently utilizing the TRX40 Aorus Xtreme and its included single-slot NVMe PCI-E riser card; is it possible to fit 2 risers to utilize said expansion card with a dual-slot GPU?

I only asked because in the 1.1 the button was a cloudy semi-opaque white with a dimmer LED, but this button looked more like the 1.0; so I just wanted to confirm that the LED was still similar to the 1.1 😊

Looks like a great list of improvements to me. I particularly like the hollow mobo/PSU spine for easy access to rear mounted M.2s and breathability with the pass through GPUs this gen. 3 questions: Have there been any improvements to the tolerances in the V2? It was one area that the V1 lacked...

Certainly could be helpful to go the hybrid GPU route as air cooled graphics cards seem to get fatter fin stacks every year.

I have a pair of Arctic BioniX in the bottom of my SM580, and I think the bottom section is the same as the 560 dimensionally. In case it helps anyone else, I also have a pair of 140mm Noiseblocker eLoops on a CM CLC280 at the top which are snug but do fit (28mm at the damping pads). However...

Looking awesome! The copper really makes the build pop.