Recent content by archagon

Ah! That's what those are for. I totally skimmed over "put a washer under the bolt head in necessary" in the manual.

Yeah, the Vision D is a great fit for this case. Similar build to Hardware Canucks, but I can't really do much about cable management with the PSU I've currently got... waiting for the Cooler Master V850 SFX Gold White Edition ATX 3.0 (12VHPWR) version to actually be sold somewhere so I can...

Heads up for anyone looking for a CPU cooler for this case. I've been trying to find a place to buy the full-copper Thermalright AXP90-X53 Full Black for a while, since it seems to have even better cooling performance than the IS-55, but nobody was selling it, even on AliExpress. Recently...

Thanks! It's not really that important, I just happened to find an ATX board that's perfect for the white version of the case (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z590-VISION-D-rev-10) and thinking about GPU upgrade options a year or two down the line. There is at least one 4080 that's 2.5 wide...

Out of sheer morbid curiosity, has anyone managed to cram a 3-slot video card into a P-ATX case with an ATX motherboard installed? GPU compatibility is listed as "with ATX, m-ATX or m-DTX board - max dual slot (~42mm) or 2.5 slot (~52mm) if height is under 120mm". What does "height" refer to...

Yeah, looking into it further, I suspect this is a proprietary header designed to support this Asus expansion card: https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/accessories/thunderboltex-4/techspec/

I'm looking at the "ROG Strix Z590-A Gaming". The header looks like this: Maybe it's proprietary? Not sure.

Hey @riba2233, I'm replacing my motherboard since my old one broke. One of the ones I'm looking at has a Thunderbolt 4 header. Any chance there's a part available somewhere to turn the front USB-C port on the P-ATX into a USB4/TB4 port?

Oh yeah, I'm aware of that one. Anything interesting being released since then? Technically, I think the x53 Full Black (full copper) might be a better performer... if I can ever get my hands on it.

Any new CPU coolers that fit this case available recently or on the horizon? I still can't seem to find a shop that will sell me an x53 Full Black.

Spent a few hours putting together my new P-ATX V3 this evening. WOW, the attention to detail in this case is just insane! Every part fits together perfectly. Every edge is properly aligned. Every little hole, gap, and ridge has some purpose. Even the packaging is an elaborate little puzzle...

I decided to take a slight risk and order an X53 Full Black from China, since it briefly became available on https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804130243751.html. Different folks seem to have wildly different results with the IS-55 for some reason, but the X53 at least seems to be universally...

Very nice case! Is it possible to preorder SLM3 7.5L rev.5 with custom colors? If yes, how much more does it cost? Also, is there room for USB ports on the front? Or is it too small for that?

And then there's this post from @Neathdrawls, which finds the x47 (with fan swap) performing a bit better than the IS-55, and the AXP-100 producing too much turbulence (again with a fan swap): https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/neaths-rigs-too-many-different-builds.16758/page-3#post-269079

Notably, though, that video does not include either the x47 or the x53 copper versions. (It does include the 100, which performs a bit better than the IS-55.) Also, this person did not see the same results as the video, and found that the AXP90 performed better on average: