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You "can" fit an SFX-L but it gets pretty cramped. Doing so you could get a 1200W Asus Loki for probably max power. On the SFX side you can easily fit either the Corsair 1000W or Coolermaster 1000W. No matter which option you roll with, you'll probably want to opt into custom length sleeveless...

I wonder if you 3D printed some ducting to connect the bottom fans to the GPU shroud, and prevent re-circulation of any side ejected hot air, how much better yet it could be! I do find it amusing how much the SFF space has come full circle back to the Cerberus and nCASE M1 with cutting edge gear.

I dont think you can stack the hats easily. I wanted the opposite on the 1.1 versions, and 3d printed thinner ones for 15mm fans. The V2 might be different though. I'm not sure how much Nouvolo monitors these boards anymore; you'll likely get a faster answer if you ping him on his vendor page.

Definitely, GPU compatibility is the new bottleneck. I'm in the camp of waiting to see if I can hold onto my SM580 for another generation, or if sandwich builds are no longer practical. Also, If you haven't seen, you can get M.2 to 10Gb ethernet adapters on AliExpress (or more expensive on...

I trashed my Athlon X2 way back when with some janky semi-homebrew water cooling. Who would have guessed that water is bad for electronics? On the bright side, now you have an excuse for new gear!

Sad way to deprecate a platform. I did the same thing to my 3800x when I first got it, thankfully I managed to right them without breaking any, but it was extremely stressful.

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.