Today I had an idea how to integrate the I/O at the front. It is just an idea what do you think?
I rather no IO than front IO. Front IO looks dated, side IO looks nice though.
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I rather no IO than front IO. Front IO looks dated, side IO looks nice though.
I agree with @schn1tt3r , and much prefer no front I/O at all... even top I/Os look bad imo. The single port on the front of the A4 is the reason I've never purchased one... it just completely takes away from the beauty of that case. I'm glad the C4 is moving away from that, and I hope we can get a relatively I/O-less finalized design.
side is much better, why can we have both options ??Here are some pictures so you can see how pluged in top i/o and side i/o will look like:
Alright @dondan , thanks for the clarification, things do make sense.
Actually, I was wondering if the (inevitable) size increase could possibly bring back some of the original ideas. As you may know, I've never been a huge fan of top I/O, if the flexible layout could mean the return of side I/O, it would also make many people happy I think. Wouldn't it be an acceptable compromize?
As you can see, I asked many times about Side I/O but @dondan continues to ignore the questions.
Maybe with the recent size increase Side I/O can be viable. If you prefer I/O on the Side definitely let him hear your voice!
Am I missing something? This rendering is a very old one. If I am correct the current plans won't look anything like this. Also side i/o is out of question already.
My 2 cents: The 10L version may be just too small to do side IO. Personally I would rather no IO than front or top.
If we settle on 11L version, @dondan please make side IO happen!
If we settle on 11L version, @dondan please make side IO happen!
Hi Dan, I am so happy to see this perfect case, many of us just want A4-SFX v3 + 240mm AIO =C4-SFX, try not to design so big, same as or smaller and beauti than NCASE M1 just ok，thanks
Woah, all this talk about it orientation really brings me back.
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I'd very much prefer Side-I/O aswell. while top is kinda meh (but, without increasing the cases size the only way if I remember correctly), I might still buy it - front would be a no-go for me tho, I hate that front-I/O on my A4 already.
As Metroversal said, with the size increase dan is so keen on pushing, side might be viable again.
I do still prefer the <10l over 10l and 10l over 11l - knowing that we can't have side-I/O AND the smallest case, I'd go with side I/O as long as it doesn't mean the case has to go to 11l (which would be just too big for my needs)
As Metroversal said, with the size increase dan is so keen on pushing, side might be viable again.
I do still prefer the <10l over 10l and 10l over 11l - knowing that we can't have side-I/O AND the smallest case, I'd go with side I/O as long as it doesn't mean the case has to go to 11l (which would be just too big for my needs)
Yea front io seems dated, plus one vote for side io, like we had all agreed before lol.
Because we want the case to look good and a lot of us think that side I/O is the best looking option out of the three provided.
One 2.5 drive should be more than enough. I plan on using zero because many mini ITX boards come with two m.2 slots. If someone is willing to pay $250 for a case, they should be willing to pay the same for an M.2 drive anyway. Plus, I've used double sided tape to put 2.5 SSD's directly on the case no need for mounting locations.
This is one point of view.
I also use only M.2 drives, but there are many customers that use more than one 2.5" drive because they are very well priced.
Furthermore many tech review will say: "Negative: This case is bigger as the A4 and only supports 1 x 2.5" drive"
I also use only M.2 drives, but there are many customers that use more than one 2.5" drive because they are very well priced.
Furthermore many tech review will say: "Negative: This case is bigger as the A4 and only supports 1 x 2.5" drive"
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