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DAN C4-SFX
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Agreed, waiting not so patiently for mine to ship to the US so this and other threads are keeping me sane haha.I need more pics to anyone with one haha
Good point. Will do that. Did consider routing the 12VHPWR over the back as well as was shown on the Founders Edition build you did, but that interferes with the center fan on the 4090 I have.Great build
Absolutely love the case. Great design, just as the A4-SFX v4.1 which holds my other system
I noticed Linus used the NZXT x63 280 AIO. Does the Arctic LF 2 280 AIO have any chance of fitting in this case? I'm thinking no considering it's a very tight and uncomfortable fit in the NR200 and that's a wider case with essentially the same mounting setup.
@dondan thanks for finally releasing this, been following this project for a while and have been enjoying my A4.
I wanted to ask what are internal measurements of the case? The manual only states external dimensions (https://www.dan-cases.com/downloads/c4sfx_manual1.0.pdf) and I'm not able to understand how thick of a fan I can fit in the side with an SF750 PSU as well.
If I had exact internal measurements in the manual, I would be able to do these calculations myself. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
I wanted to ask what are internal measurements of the case? The manual only states external dimensions (https://www.dan-cases.com/downloads/c4sfx_manual1.0.pdf) and I'm not able to understand how thick of a fan I can fit in the side with an SF750 PSU as well.
If I had exact internal measurements in the manual, I would be able to do these calculations myself. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
I've also received my cases on Friday (both, a silver and a black - will be doing 2 builds). As i started taking my "desk-build" apart on the weekend and tried to do some "dry-fits" i realized that both of my alpha-cool rads don't fit (they're too wide). So either i put the fans on the "outside" or i go and get some other rads (cause with fans on the outside i would blow the hot air inside the case and also wouldn't have much space for the fittings. I think i could also take off 1mm on each corner of the rad (cause it's really not much). On top it just bends the push-pin holders a bit to the side (havent tried closing the case with that).
@dondan: which radiators did you use/test with?
mine are the AlphaCoolNexXxoS HPE-30 and NexXxoS HPE-45
Also: Now that its inside the case i could see that - as with the AMD board previously, also on the Intel board (Asus Z790-I) the GPU Backplate collides with the Chipset/VRM Cooler Block. It fits, but the GPU is not perfectly lined up straight. Positive fact: From the height perspective the 30mm radiator with the full-size 25mm fans on top fits perfectly above the GPU on the top of the case (even some space to get some air :-)).
@dondan: which radiators did you use/test with?
mine are the AlphaCoolNexXxoS HPE-30 and NexXxoS HPE-45
Also: Now that its inside the case i could see that - as with the AMD board previously, also on the Intel board (Asus Z790-I) the GPU Backplate collides with the Chipset/VRM Cooler Block. It fits, but the GPU is not perfectly lined up straight. Positive fact: From the height perspective the 30mm radiator with the full-size 25mm fans on top fits perfectly above the GPU on the top of the case (even some space to get some air :-)).
Just do fans first and than radiator. The bracket allowes for 141mm wide ones. Some radiators are 143/144mm and will not fit.
How do you fit 30mm rad + 25mm fans at the top? Do you have a single slot waterblock gpu? I recommend to use 140mm slim fans on the 30mm rad to get more air in
How do you fit 30mm rad + 25mm fans at the top? Do you have a single slot waterblock gpu? I recommend to use 140mm slim fans on the 30mm rad to get more air in
Ok, i'll try that, would you recommend pulling air from inside through the rad and blow the hot air outside then or pulling fresh from the outside and pushing it through the rad inside the case? (or one rad pushing and the other pulling?)
Yeah i'm using the Alphacool ES RTX 4090 Block (https://www.alphacool.com/shop/graf...force-rtx-4090-reference-design-mit-backplate) - haven't measured it, but i think it's still 6-10mm space between GPU block and rad/fans, i'll make some pics tonight (but finalized build will take some time - it should be perfect and i need to order some new fittings, thinner tubes, shorter PSU cables etc. :-) )
Sidenote: also both of my delidded 13900k's are back to life again, ram issues were simply due to some liquid metal/dirt on some contacts on the bottom of the cpus
(haven't cleaned the bottom after delidding...)
Yeah i'm using the Alphacool ES RTX 4090 Block (https://www.alphacool.com/shop/graf...force-rtx-4090-reference-design-mit-backplate) - haven't measured it, but i think it's still 6-10mm space between GPU block and rad/fans, i'll make some pics tonight (but finalized build will take some time - it should be perfect and i need to order some new fittings, thinner tubes, shorter PSU cables etc. :-) )
Sidenote: also both of my delidded 13900k's are back to life again, ram issues were simply due to some liquid metal/dirt on some contacts on the bottom of the cpus
(haven't cleaned the bottom after delidding...)
I would setup it with all fans pulling air from the inside of the case and push it out. This should be best for overall temps. Also if you put the fans before rad it will result in less noise
What a luck with the liquid metal
What a luck with the liquid metal
I believe the top fans can be 140mm or 120mm with thickness depending on how thick your GPU is, you have a maximum thickness of 80mm to work with GPU + fans. I have a 2.2 slot Evga 3080ti so I aim to place two 140x25 fans there.
And if you are air cooling the CPU then yes its a single 140mm on the side.
