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That's true. The main reason I'm looking at thin ITX at all, despite its shortcomings, is that it allows me to knock quite a lot off the volume while still meeting my other requirements (for airflow and dust filtration). The fixed socket location and Intel's standardized cooler design go a long way toward allowing the design to be space-optimized in a way that regular mini-ITX doesn't, since there's less concern about variation in components. On the other hand, the intel cooler is about the size of a 1U cooler, which is going to put a pretty strict upper limit on the kind of performance we could expect from the CPU. At the end of the day, not sure it's worth it.Then again, looking at for example the DAN A4, the CPU coolers that will fit in that are fairly comparable in size to the intel thin ITX cooler. Personally, I think the CPU cooler limitation there is a bit too strict, and will hold back its potential. For thin ITX, though, it might actually make more sense.
That's true. The main reason I'm looking at thin ITX at all, despite its shortcomings, is that it allows me to knock quite a lot off the volume while still meeting my other requirements (for airflow and dust filtration). The fixed socket location and Intel's standardized cooler design go a long way toward allowing the design to be space-optimized in a way that regular mini-ITX doesn't, since there's less concern about variation in components. On the other hand, the intel cooler is about the size of a 1U cooler, which is going to put a pretty strict upper limit on the kind of performance we could expect from the CPU. At the end of the day, not sure it's worth it.
Then again, looking at for example the DAN A4, the CPU coolers that will fit in that are fairly comparable in size to the intel thin ITX cooler. Personally, I think the CPU cooler limitation there is a bit too strict, and will hold back its potential. For thin ITX, though, it might actually make more sense.
