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I've been trying to figure out what to do with that connector on the PCB protrusion intruding into IEC C14 area. For those who don't get it, here's how it looks: The cutout is where the connectors can be for the low profile card if they are properly within the main part of PCB and that HDMI...

Seems like Vastarmor is actually doing the low profile card: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/2073408678129053760

We've got some info about 9060XT Low Profile from Minisforum: https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-895d7-mini-pc The DisplayPort 2.1 is on the PCB protrusion meaning it would be colliding with the IEC C14 connector...

Thanks for feedback @BeauchN ! I'm still tinkering with this idea, just B50 being the only still available card for SteamOS isn't perfect target for this. If there was a two slot B380 Low profile with just HDMI and DP port, it's be nice. With the restriction I explained in my previous post, we...

Small update on the project: The generic common PCB riser We have decided to use the generic / common, not to say fairly standard, 40mm tall PCB rack riser because those started coming out with stated pci-e 4.0 version compatibility: The main advantage of this riser is that whatever happens...

I missed this topic, but here's some good info about the price and performance: Aside from the fact that ram and storage raised the prices, note that some people are willing to pay more for the PC to be quiet and we have our own example of people buying 600W Flex ATX PSUs for 300W systems to...

We're very close to finishing the designs of the functional part for the 2nd prototype, there's two spots that we're considering whether they need to be improved, which will complicate it a bit or not. But after that we have to update the drawings for the prototype and it'll take a bit. My hope...

@GucksTV Thanks for the feedback and wishes :D This one is a concept still. It has a custom card hold matching exactly the gigabyte 5060 low profile and holds it by the bracket screws which isn't universal. And on top of that, 5060 is not a radeon, so I had to test this on Bazzite and CachyOS...

Overheating how? CPU throttling significantly or simply running high temperature like 95 degrees? Because it will just go there with NH-L9a because it can. We weren't investigating this approach for the simple reason - we want to use basic / generic 90 degree 40mm PCB risers that can be cheaply...

@Lextheimpaler Thanks for feedback. Yes, Sentry weight is significant because the panels were welded so we used steel for that. That's an interesting take - yes, Sentry is filling up the backpack, but Velka 3 supports only ITX sized gpus and also is thicker. Actually a good comparison would...

@Fueled By Yams Thanks for the feedback This is exactly why we want to target enthusiasts first to show that this is a concept that enthusiasts can get into. There will be go-to cards picked by those enthusiasts and these card can be recommended to casuals getting into it later on, so maybe...

@garou81 thanks for feedback! The point is not to replace the bracket, but to remove it and mount the card to the case without the bracket in some way. Ideally we would do it like XiKii FF04 or Lenovo mini PC in a way there are dedicated screw holes fitting the graphics card layout, but for it...

@Khio thanks for responses That's understandable. But the cards going larger and larger is exactly why it kept being a never ending chase to grow slightly bigger simply because you won't cross that threshold of the amount of the cards fitting the case if you want to keep the size, especially...

Long time no see @Octagoncow :D They don't. There was a brief moment when we had the RTX 2000 and RTX 3000 series cards share the same hole layout for the PCI bracket mount on the reference cards, but that's it. Right now it's that even vendors don't keep standardised mounting methods between...

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