From what I understood from the old C4 thread, the concept was to enable the smallest 240mm AIO/ full custom water cooled case possible.
In comment #79 , this appears to be a better compatibility version of the A4.
Whatever the configuration there seems to be a compromise:
120mm height limit for a GPU means that my card (rtx 2070 Zotac mini) doesn't fit in the classical layout (Besides the M1 layout appears to not favor GPU cooling as well as a sandwich layout.). The same for the sapphire versions of the rx5700 and 5700xt, or vega 56, or a lot of GPUs.
If you have one of these GPU in sandwich layout they are 2 slots, meaning, there will be a space between the side panel and the card, and therefor turbulence.
If you go for a custom loop, there are no GPU blocks (that I'm aware) that are both lesser than 120mm in height and 300mm in length.
Continuing with the custom loop I think there will be difficult to align the gpu and cpu water inlets, so that the tubing goes straight and doesn't waste space (besides there is only one radiator exhausting from the bottom).
I read all of the old thread. I impulsively bought a a GPU waterblock when the last layout was revealed. I'm underwhelmed.
I understand how sick of all of this Dan must be.
Conclusion:
I love the new case from the outside (with the power button on the front ), the open space beneath the motherboard tray aligned for GPU exhaust seems like a great idea.
The first batch will probably be sold out, just due to Dan's reputation, but it doesn't solve any specific problem, so I doubt it will be regarded as one of the great.
I speak for myself, but at this point It would be preferable one of those radical experimental concepts of double radiators cases, or something new.
A project like this is must be extremely complicated to coordinate and Dan doesn't need to prove anything. So why compromise?
I don't think this project is for me.
Best wishes, maybe the next one will.
