DAN C4-SFX

[Dampfbox]

When depicting the fans, CPU cooler, AIO, and even the GPU assembling into the C4, use that page to illustrate the maximum allowed dimensions of each

Yes please! Or just a separate "max. component dimensions" page for quick reference.

 

[dondan]

Today i got the black version of the 14.7L prototype. Tomorrow I will get the silver one. Here are some pictures. Sry for the bad quality the light wasn't good:

Regards
Daniel

 

[incunabula]

While I'm still firmly in the 13.37 camp, I'll take either going into production. I will say that the proportions of the 14.7 are starting to make it look too tall for my taste.

 

[Nicaluck]

The C4-SFX manual is ready!

Please review it and let me know if you are happy with the color shema and plz let me know if there are any mistakes:

Link: https://dan-cases.com/downloads/c4sfx_manual1.0.pdf


Regards
Daniel

The page numbers below are shown as the actual page numbers in the pdf.
I understand enough already, but please forgive me if I am a little nervous.

Page 17: No order is shown (1., 2., etc.).
Page 18: The purple arrow in the psu bracket is missing and the order is not shown. Also, I would like the symbols of the parts to be lined up vertically.
Page 21: It is not clear that the purple arrow indicates cpu cooler.
Page 22: The glyph for "3." is missing.
Page 25: It is difficult to convey that the purple arrow indicates fan. Or, if it indicates aio bracket, it should be a downward arrow on the top of the bracket.
Page 26: The direction and position of the purple arrow (2.) is different from Page 33.
Page 31: There are no purple arrows on the fan and aio bracket, and the order is not indicated. And accordingly, the screw to fix the bracket seems to be 4.

Sorry for the bad English.

 

[cure]

Today i got the black version of the 14.7L prototype. Tomorrow I will get the silver one. Here are some pictures. Sry for the bad quality the light wasn't good:

Regards
Daniel

wow look really nice

 

[ignsvn]

The page numbers below are shown as the actual page numbers in the pdf.
I understand enough already, but please forgive me if I am a little nervous.

Page 17: No order is shown (1., 2., etc.).
Page 18: The purple arrow in the psu bracket is missing and the order is not shown. Also, I would like the symbols of the parts to be lined up vertically.
Page 21: It is not clear that the purple arrow indicates cpu cooler.
Page 22: The glyph for "3." is missing.
Page 25: It is difficult to convey that the purple arrow indicates fan. Or, if it indicates aio bracket, it should be a downward arrow on the top of the bracket.
Page 26: The direction and position of the purple arrow (2.) is different from Page 33.
Page 31: There are no purple arrows on the fan and aio bracket, and the order is not indicated. And accordingly, the screw to fix the bracket seems to be 4.

Sorry for the bad English.

Epic proofreading

 

[Brude27]

As one who has been quietly following this thread and the original thread for years at this point, I had been in the smaller version camp since it was brought up. Seeing the side by side comparison, I actually like the ratio of the larger version better! Well done, @dondan! I’m excited to see this one brought to life, finally!

 

[dondan]

Yes please! Or just a separate "max. component dimensions" page for quick reference.

If I add new pages to the manual i can only increase in +4 page steps. I will add two new pages for compatibility, one page for how to remove the middle part of the feets and one page is still unused for possible content. Any ideas?

 

[Dampfbox]

one page is still unused for possible content. Any ideas?

Maybe explain the whole Founders Edition GPU air duct thing there?
Or something about dual radiator builds?

Also dont't forget that you have 2 unused pages at the end of the manual already

Edit: another little thing I noticed on page 18: "PW-Switch" should be "PWR-Switch" or "PWR-BTN" since that is what it's labelled on most of the mainboards.

 

[ignsvn]

... one page is still unused for possible content. Any ideas?

> For community support, build logs & mods, visit smallformfactor.net/forum & search for "Dan C4 SFX"

Logo can be found here SFFN-Logotype.png (4062×1149) (smallformfactor.net)

 

[Dampfbox]

> For community support, build logs & mods, visit smallformfactor.net/forum & search for "Dan C4 SFX"

+ QR-Code containing a link to the first post of this thread (click for full resolution picture):

 

[Lecan]

Today i got the black version of the 14.7L prototype. Tomorrow I will get the silver one. Here are some pictures. Sry for the bad quality the light wasn't good:

Regards
Daniel

13.37 is perfect, 14.7 looks too big.

 

[xil22]

13.37 is perfect, 14.7 looks too big.

It would've been perfect if video card sizes weren't trending bigger. Seems like AMD/NVIDIA aren't too interested in making energy efficient cards anymore because having bigger power draw will net the most performance gain.

 

[dondan]

BIG UPDATE: C4-SFX 14.7L will make it into production!​

Because of the GPU market I had to make the decision to release the 14.7L version. The GPU compatibility is so much superior to the 13.37L version. Furthermore it will have much better dual radiator compatibility for custom loops! Also the diff between the smaller and big version is from the visual aspect very low.

Here are all compatible RTX 40x0 and RX 7900 cards:

Spoiler

	Dimension	C4-SFX 13.37L	C4-SFX 14.7L
AMD RX 7900 XT	L=276 W=113 2.5 Slot	fit	fit
AMD RX 7900 XTX	L=287 W=123 2.5 Slot	fit	fit
AsRock RX 7900 XTX Taichi 24GB OC	L=345 W=140 3 Slot	not fit	not fit
AsRock RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming 24GB OC	L=330 W=140 2.8-slot	not fit	fit
Asus RX 7900 XTX TUF	L=352.9 W=158.2 3.6 Slot	not fit	not fit
Gigabyte AORUS RX 7900 XTX ELITE	L=335 W=137 3.5 Slot	not fit	fit
Gigabyte RX 7900 XT GAMING OC	L=331 W=138 2.5 Slot	not fit	fit
PowerColor RX 7900 XTX Hellhound	L=320 W=130 3 Slot	fit	fit
PowerColor RX 7900 XTX Red Devil	L=335 W=135 3.5 Slot	not fit	fit
Sapphire RX 7900 XTX NITRO	L=320 W=137 3.5 Slot	not fit	fit
Sapphire RX 7900 XTX Pulse	L=313 W=134 2,7 Slot	fit	fit
XFX RX 7900 Merc 310	~L=340 W=139 3 Slot	not fit	maybe fit

	Dimension	C4-SFX 13.37L	C4-SFX 14.7L
Asus RTX 4080/4090 ROG Strix	L=357 W=150 3,5 Slot	not fit	not fit
Asus RTX 4080/4090 TUF	L=348 W=152 3,65 Slot	not fit	not fit
ColorFul RTX 4080/4090 BattleAx	L=326 W=140 3 Slot	not fit	fit
ColorFul RTX 4080/4090 iGame Vulcan	L=340 W=145 3,25 Slot	not fit	not fit
Gainward RTX 4080/4090 Phantom	L=329 W=141,5 3,75 Slot	not fit	fit
Gainward RTX 4080/4090 Phoenix	L=329 W=131 3,1 Slot	not fit	fit
GIGABYTE RTX 4080/4090 AORUS MASTER	L=358,5 W=162,8 3,75 Slot	not fit	not fit
GIGABYTE RTX 4080/4090 GAMING OC	L=340 W=150 3,75 Slot	not fit	not fit
GIGABYTE RTX 4080/4090 WINDFORCE	L=331 W=146 3,5 Slot	not fit	fit
INNO3D RTX 4080/4090 iChill X3	L=336 W=146 3,25 Slot	not fit	fit
INNO3D RTX 4080/4090 X3 OC	L=336 W=145 3 Slot	not fit	fit
KFA2/Galax RTX 4080/4090 Serious Gaming	L=336 W=138 3,5 Slot	not fit	fit
MSI RTX 4080/4090 Ventus X3	L=322 W=136 3 Slot	fit	fit
MSI RTX 4080/4090 Gaming Trio	L=336 W=140 3,25 Slot	not fit	fit
MSI RTX 4080/4090 Suprim	L=336 W=142 3,75 Slot	not fit	not fit
Nvidia 4080/4090 Founders Edition	L=305 W=137 3 Slot	fit	fit
Palit RTX 4080/4090 GameRock	L=329 W=137 3,5 Slot	not fit	fit
PNY RTX 4080/4090 XLR8	L=332 W=137 3,5 Slot	not fit	fit
Zotac RTX 4080/4090 Trinity	L=356 W=165 3,5 Slot	not fit	not fit
Zotac RTX 4080/4090 EMp Extreme	L=356 W=165 3,5 Slot	not fit	not fit

Next steps:

• Finish the manual
• Taking orders from Resellers
• Start production
• making fotos for the website
• Sending Review samples

Regards
Daniel Hansen

 

[Dampfbox]

BIG UPDATE: C4-SFX 14.7L will make it into production!

Finally! Maybe that is actually the most future-proof decision you could make...considering the current GPU situation.

Finish the manual

I'm happy to further help you with the manual (gern auch auf deutsch), just PM me

 

[SIIIII]

Hey Dan, can you please give us a comparison picture between 13,37L and 14,7L Version in Silver?

 

[Arboreal]

Dan, thanks yet again for your endless hard work & dedication to getting the C4 produced.

I have had a quick look at the instruction book and have the following petty comments.

On actual P37 (P39 in inset table) 08 would look better as GPU as you have used it capitalised elsewhere
Same for
07 AIO and
09 PSU...

 

[Nicaluck]

The page numbers below are shown as the actual page numbers in the pdf.
I understand enough already, but please forgive me if I am a little nervous.

Page 17: No order is shown (1., 2., etc.).
Page 18: The purple arrow in the psu bracket is missing and the order is not shown. Also, I would like the symbols of the parts to be lined up vertically.
Page 21: It is not clear that the purple arrow indicates cpu cooler.
Page 22: The glyph for "3." is missing.
Page 25: It is difficult to convey that the purple arrow indicates fan. Or, if it indicates aio bracket, it should be a downward arrow on the top of the bracket.
Page 26: The direction and position of the purple arrow (2.) is different from Page 33.
Page 31: There are no purple arrows on the fan and aio bracket, and the order is not indicated. And accordingly, the screw to fix the bracket seems to be 4.

Sorry for the bad English.

I am sorry for the additional comments.
(The page numbers below are listed by the actual page numbers in the pdf.)

Page 23: I think it would be intuitive to swap the position of the symbols for the two types of screws among the four symbols lined up vertically on the right side of the page.

Sorry for my poor English.

 

[Hudbox]

Great news! It's been a long wait. I would have preferered the 13.37l version, but something tells me I'll be very glad you went with the larger case in a year or two. Just one final missing piece of the puzzle is that Artic White version!

 

[dondan]

If the next GPU generation 2024 will be smaller the 13.37L version is rdy.