cpu use i7 6700k non oc..
Ok, I've run Prime95 on my stock 5930K with a C14S and the fan at 500 RPM and temps were acceptable so a stock 6700K in your proposed setup should be ok.
Rear mounted power button would result in a new top panel than?
Do these options affect the base config in anyway, as in more complicated logistics?
Or are all these options (rear power button, windowed sidepanel), additions, meaning you have to buy the base config + an extra windowed side panel for example? Or can you get a optional configuration directly?
Yes, that setup would have a top panel with no front IO. The options would typically replace base parts. So a window panel would replace the base vented panel.
I'm not 100% sure how/if this rear SFX with IO option would be offered, it's been developed for a business customer who is interested in buying a lot of cases so I was just asking if anyone else is interested.
1) Does this re-positioning require specially cut cables to reach their relevant motherboard connectors, versus easily obtainable "stock" options (additional cost variables)?
2) I have a slightly insane desire to put a slot-load drive under the front panel, would this panel's spacing change/would the cutout which formerly allowed the power/usb cables to pass inside the case be removed?
Most motherboards have the USB 3.0 header by the 24-pin ATX connector so rear USB 3.0 ports shouldn't be an issue, the stock cable will be long enough to reach from the top front to a 3.0 header on the bottom edge of the board.
The only thing that would be different with this option would be the rear plate and the top panel, so the cutouts in the frame would still be there for front IO.
Rear USB (especially USB 3.0) and power seems like a cable routing nightmare. I've never seen a motherboard with USB 3.0 headers even close to the rear and the front panel connectors are almost always at the bottom.
Most USB 3.0 are by the 24-pin, so the cable would just go across the top of the motherboard and down a bit.
I don't see any problems with a rear mounted power button, but USB's? I already have plenty of those on my motherboard.
To be clear, this is a proposed
option, the base model would still have front IO. It's primarily of interest to VR developers who have their computer turned around for easy access to the rear connectors, since if you have both a Rift and Vive plugged into the same system plus peripherals it's pretty easy to start running out of USB ports.
Since there's room for a rear 92mm, and 3 140mm fans in the case, I personally think that would be ample room for almost any rig.
Yes, but if you have a front-mounted PSU then the rear 92mm is the only fan bringing direct airflow to the CPU heatsink. And if you have a rear-mounted PSU then you're limited to either a water cooler (and thus a pump) or a low-profile heatsink which kinda defeats the purpose of a low-noise panel configuration. That's why I'm curious exactly what kind of setup those asking for solid panels plan to build.
I don't see where it isn't room for dampening?
I'm thinking of the thicker foam that's actually useful for absorbing noise, with a Cryorig H7 for instance the foam would have to be cut around it since it almost touches the side panel.