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Apologies, I confused 4.1 with v1. Just confirming that with v2 (mine) the clearance below the motherboard is too tight to fit a slim fan.

I don’t think the v4.1 cases were deigned to accommodate fans under the motherboard; that feature only came in later versions.

I run an Inno3D 3070ti in my A4 and it runs cool and quiet, assisted by a bottom intake fan, riser standoffs, and a conservative undervolt. That’s a 290W card, so I‘d think the 4070ti (285W) would be at home in the A4 too.

I think that build makes perfect sense for the A4. A few thoughts: - I set my front case fan to intake per Dan’s advice. Combine this with 5mm standoff on the PCIe riser mount to create a bit of space between the PSU and card backplate, enabling greater airflow from said fan. - Consider a...

Unless the ports can be flipped to either left or right.

Been really liking the flat, ‘single plane’ front panel designs. I wonder how the concept above looks with ventilation holes running cleanly up to the front edge.

Understand that it’s out of the running, but still curious how this design would have worked. Answer please, @dondan?

In the option A design, is the black portion a single piece, top+sides, or is there a seam? If the former, how does it flat pack?

Intel's 'K' variants buy you overclocking. So yes, you would be paying more for presumably unused performance.

One can insert standoffs behind the PCIe slot board that offset the GPU by a few mm and provide for a larger gap between PSU. Combined with an intake fan below the PSU (all per @dondan’s recommendations) my 3080 breathes fine.

Wow... that sounds incredible. Apologies in advance if you don't wish to devulge at this time, but please allow me to ask... The white surrounding shell would be the 4mm aluminum, yes? In the design is that a single, continuous piece? What would comprise the internal frame – steel elements...

That'a a beautiful concept. What are you thinking for materials – are the black sides similar to the feet on the C4?

Much praise in that review. Congratulations, @dondan!

Hi, Dan. Some thoughts / ideas / feedback: 1. This is a very attractive design – nice work. 2. Thank you for placing mesh on the top and providing an optimal path for exhaust. That is arguably where mesh is needed most! Many other mesh-heavy designs fail to get this right. 3. Regarding top or...

Can you share your objectives for this new design?