Recent content by Sparkles

I love the console-style form factor and had the first build to jump on the S401 bandwagon. I'm always looking to go smaller with different options and this looks pretty neat, especially with being able to flip the power button around. I usually mod all my cases with a 24mm (~32mm deep for the...

These suckers! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BD8HQLE/?tag=theminutiae-20 I did a few weeks of research before the case released to find something that was PWM, "quiet" and moves a decent amount of air. I'm pretty particular about loud fans, hence all the Noctua. I keep them around...

Color me super interested! I've always seemed a bit iffy on my C7 Cu with the darn heatsink in the way. Having something to better pull the heat directly away from it would be awesome though maybe that one cable run at the top isn't helping my case. Would the shroud be something you would be...

What's the black piece on the top? Fan shroud?

I'll agree with @annasoh323 in that it's mainly for aesthetics for myself having the CPU on top and GPU on bottom. I'm pretty sure it's the weight of a reference 2080 Ti helping this, but it's extremely bottom heavy and very stable when standing up. In terms of fans, I'm using "Evercool...

I can say for a couple of buddies of mine, have 0 issues running several SSDs behind their GPUs(1080 and 2080 respectively). I guess a benefit would be you only have 1 fan pulling in dust by the case being horizontal.

I'd be curious to see what a S401 revision might look like. Personally the case is *almost* perfect, with the only changes I would like is the motherboard pushed down to fit NF-A6x25 fans on the top (without extending the case because there's plenty of room between board and GPU as is) AND a way...

Oh my buddy's panels made it on here! Haha, we've added more and more LEDs to his case, so should be awesome when put on! I'll add some pics once he gets them in and lit up to give Christmas trees a run for their money. Funny contrast from my anti-led one. Such awesome work on the etching!

Right! I happy to help too and pics would help! I have a feeling you just need to bend the blue USB cable back down at more of an angle? If you flip back to one of my earlier pics, I was able to keep it down by zip tie-ing it to the nearest mount. Let's us know to get ya sorted!!

I've had a couple of questions from friends about console size comparison. I'd figure I'd throw them up on here for anyone needing that for a size idea.

Surprise! And it's finally done!!

And time for another update/build! Buddy of mine that got my GTX 1080 for his new rig! Quick specs: ASUS Z370i motherboard Intel i5 8600K Cryorig C7 CPU cooler 16GB RAM Corsair SF 450 PSU GTX 1080 Founder's Edition Gelid case fans Last of the three of us is getting his parts in for us to...

That sounds like that's pretty good. On my C7 cu and i7 7700K I'm getting around 46-52 idle/basic usage and 60+ while gaming. Kinda wonk that the ASUS Z270i board has MASSIVE mosfet and VRM heatsinks that box it completely in. I tried running without the top heatsink to allow a direct airflow...

I should have posted a picture of it, but the 2080 FE was able to use it's top port. It technically overlapped the last bit of the hole, but I was still able to plug in the cable as it fits on the inside of the port. Might be a bit of a moot point between visual and functional.

Haha that darn DP port on the top strikes again! Are you able to get a cable into it though?