Gorgeous!I made a quick rendering - I love it
We could also consider one fan as intake (over cpu) one fan as exhaust (over GPU)...
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DAN C4-SFX
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We could also consider one fan as intake (over cpu) one fan as exhaust (over GPU)...
I’m not sure if I’ve seen a picture/render with the psu oriented so that its fan faces the back or front of the case, but I thought I saw a reference to that as a feature. In that position, is there room on the side of the case (next to the motherboard) for a 120mm fan? Since exhausting hot air to avoid recycling is one of the thermal considerations, it might be a nice feature to add some mounting holes there if it can fit a slim fan.
Wouldn't the intake fan then just be pulling in the hot exhaust from the other fan? Not entirely, obviously, but roughly half of its air would come from that area.Gorgeous!
We could also consider one fan as intake (over cpu) one fan as exhaust (over GPU)...
@dondan Would this design be compatible with other cases, like the CM NR200? Not that I have one, but I would imagine there's a bigger chance of this getting made if it fits more cases.
And most probably it should fit also on Sliger S610/620 I suppose
That's true, but that's more of an argument for setting both fans as exhaust, rather than one of each. If one fan is exhausting not only the CPU's heat but the GPU's as well, there's even more heat that's going to get sucked back into the adjacent intake fan after all. Intakes need to be usefully separated from exhausts, otherwise you're just creating a partial airflow loop recycling hot air.
You'd need to build a duct outside of your case to avoid this. Which kind of ruins the point of an SFF case, no? A huge plate of ... something sticking out perpendicular of your side panel would probably do the trick, but who would want that?
This would be sick! Would a version designed more like the BRv2 be of interest? I only suggest that b/c of potential turbulence. Even if only a 92mm fan could be directly above the CPU block like BRv2, a 120 should be able to easily squeeze under the front section. That could be some pretty spicy thermals for an air cooler!I made a quick rendering - I love it
I'm going to post the renders on my Instagram and tag Noctua.Should we make a petition for Noctua to make a dual C14S for the C4-SFX? It must be 10mm lower in height.
If they can make a L12 Ghost S1 edition, then I don't see why there can't be a C14S Dan edition! I'll take mine in chromax black!
Here is a rendering on the AsrockRack ROMED4ID-2T (Epyc deep-ITX)
I made the decision to not test a custom loop. I am a bit afraid of disassembly my FE cards. I think this is something for a Optimum Tech video.
Especially as watercooling benefits on RTX ampere cards are very low...I really consider GPU watercooling almost useless since Pascal series...
Even with Zen CPU, watercooling was not as useful as for Intel "hot" cpu..
But CPU AIO can be easier to use compared to beefy air cooler...especially on mini ITX motherboard..Thus I really appreciate your focus on air cooling or CPU AIO represent more then 95% of audience..
By the way, in sandwich layout, is it similar layout compared to A4? It seems there is some differences..
Do you have cpu cooler height please?
If Noctua won't do it, maybe you should contact Alpenfohn like you did with the Black Ridge
Regardless of who, I would buy that in a heartbeat. It seems like it would have the cooling capacity of a D15, if not better.
Regardless of who, I would buy that in a heartbeat. It seems like it would have the cooling capacity of a D15, if not better.
