Your response is much appreciated. I hope your campaign continues to be a huge success and you guys keep working on the sentries for a long time. I will pray for the ease of white paint's accessibility meanwhile
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Production Dr Zaber Sentry - Console-sized gaming PC case project
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Hello again, I just have a quick question about possibly downgrading my CPU to a lower TDP. I currently have an i5 6600k and a Gigabyte Z170n gaming 5 mobo. Is there a CPU that will fit in this mobo, that won't bottleneck my GTX 1070, that is also either 65w or 35w?
Check this thread for some good info on the subject: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/low-tdp-cpus-and-gaming.1481/#post-30269
How about a silver/grey sand texture instead of white? I have a sample called "switch silver", but I haven't been able to figure out who makes it.
We will consider it, but our current priority is to manufacture Sentry cases for our supporters from the indiegogo campaign. Adding another color will make whole logistics more complex and at this point would delay the whole sending process. We do not want that. Maybe when everyone will get their Sentry cases, we will find some time to make some silver prototypes. Right now this is a melody of the future
We will consider it, but our current priority is to manufacture Sentry cases for our supporters from the indiegogo campaign. Adding another color will make whole logistics more complex and at this point would delay the whole sending process. We do not want that. Maybe when everyone will get their Sentry cases, we will find some time to make some silver prototypes. Right now this is a melody of the future
But when are you going to release a Hyper Beast version?? Sick!!
Now to serious business. I've been thinking about getting the new Gigabyte GA-Z270N-WIFI, but it seems to me that the USB3 socket will interfere with the Noctua cooler... What do you guys think?
But when are you going to release a Hyper Beast version?? Sick!!
Now to serious business. I've been thinking about getting the new Gigabyte GA-Z270N-WIFI, but it seems to me that the USB3 socket will interfere with the Noctua cooler... What do you guys think?
It will be tight, but it should fit.
Quick question about some RGB strips, will magnetic strips stick to the inside of the sentry? or will only adhesive work?
I'm actually thinking of bead blasting the paint off my black one when it arrives and getting it repainted in candy metallic blue!
If you want to do such thing, then use aircraft paint remover. It will remove powdercoating but also it will leave galvanized anti-rust zinc cover undamaged.
Thanks for the heads up! That sounds great. And toxic too! Haha
Please define "soon"
We will go into retail only when all packages will be sent to our backers. End of May is a possible date.
Cool, by soon i meant within months, so that is good to hear. Will you be selling off your own site or through external retailers?Please define "soon"
We are talking with several retail companies, and some of them wants exclusive agreements for some regions. Maybe we won't be selling directly from our website, but just redirecting to the retailers sites. I can't say anything more right now, because we are not sure what will happen. We are concentrated on delivering Sentry units to the indiegogo supporters and this is our main target at the moment.
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We just made an update through the indiegogo newsletter system, so i'm also posting it here:
It's time for the first update about current state
It looks like everything is going in the right direction. Even considering the long waiting time for the bank transfer from Indiegogo, we still think we will be able to start the shipment process in the April (so according to the plan).
Meanwhile, as many of you know, in Poland we had Intel Extreme Masters 2017 event. We were asked by Intel to send them some of our prototypes for their exhibition made in press showroom. Some of the photos can be found below:
It's time for the first update about current state
of Sentry manufacturing process.
After long wait, this week we received your contributions from Indiegogo. Immediately we started making orders for Sentry components. At this moment we ordered parts which need the most time to be manufactured and delivered:
- Steel body of Sentry,
- PCI-E riser,
- USB 3.0 extension cable.
Thanks to the bigger order, we could talk with our suppliers to make some improvements that contributors asked about:
- USB 3.0 cable will be manufactured in the black colour (previous one was blue), with only USB sockets in blue, which will make the cable less visible through the vents and hopefully will match aesthetic of other black cables inside your case.
- Steel body of Sentry,
- PCI-E riser,
- USB 3.0 extension cable.
Thanks to the bigger order, we could talk with our suppliers to make some improvements that contributors asked about:
- USB 3.0 cable will be manufactured in the black colour (previous one was blue), with only USB sockets in blue, which will make the cable less visible through the vents and hopefully will match aesthetic of other black cables inside your case.
- Power button cables will be manufactured with additional cable sleeving. Also power and led connectors will have printed descriptions instead of paper labels.
During the waiting time for first parts to come, we are improving some other elements, which will be needed in the later production stage. For example, we have decided to switch the idea of using bubble wrap or packing peanuts to the newly designed transport foams. As you know, Sentry will be packed in the foil bag and its own carton box. We will put this whole box in the transport foam and this construction will be inserted in another, bigger transport box.
During the waiting time for first parts to come, we are improving some other elements, which will be needed in the later production stage. For example, we have decided to switch the idea of using bubble wrap or packing peanuts to the newly designed transport foams. As you know, Sentry will be packed in the foil bag and its own carton box. We will put this whole box in the transport foam and this construction will be inserted in another, bigger transport box.
We are thinking about making additional package protection against water and all kinds of moisture, but we will see if we will be able to get the special foiling machine on time. This is not a must, but we think, if there is a time and possibility to improve something, we can check it.
What is more, we designed the internal transportation process using euro paletes and cargo boxes, so we will be able to transport Sentry steel parts safely without harm from our manufacturer to our assembling facility.
What is more, we designed the internal transportation process using euro paletes and cargo boxes, so we will be able to transport Sentry steel parts safely without harm from our manufacturer to our assembling facility.
It looks like everything is going in the right direction. Even considering the long waiting time for the bank transfer from Indiegogo, we still think we will be able to start the shipment process in the April (so according to the plan).
Meanwhile, as many of you know, in Poland we had Intel Extreme Masters 2017 event. We were asked by Intel to send them some of our prototypes for their exhibition made in press showroom. Some of the photos can be found below:
We will try to make more frequent updates, so stay tuned.
Wow, impressive news ! The packaging seems to be very well done ! Congrats on the presence at the Intel event, that must have felt good having your cases sit alongside the Asus GR8 (?), able to play games just as easily as the "big boys" !
Can't wait to try my 1080ti and 7700k in the case.We just made an update through the indiegogo newsletter system, so i'm also posting it here:
It's time for the first update about current state
of Sentry manufacturing process.
After long wait, this week we received your contributions from Indiegogo. Immediately we started making orders for Sentry components. At this moment we ordered parts which need the most time to be manufactured and delivered:
- Steel body of Sentry,
- PCI-E riser,
- USB 3.0 extension cable.
Thanks to the bigger order, we could talk with our suppliers to make some improvements that contributors asked about:
- USB 3.0 cable will be manufactured in the black colour (previous one was blue), with only USB sockets in blue, which will make the cable less visible through the vents and hopefully will match aesthetic of other black cables inside your case.
- Power button cables will be manufactured with additional cable sleeving. Also power and led connectors will have printed descriptions instead of paper labels.
During the waiting time for first parts to come, we are improving some other elements, which will be needed in the later production stage. For example, we have decided to switch the idea of using bubble wrap or packing peanuts to the newly designed transport foams. As you know, Sentry will be packed in the foil bag and its own carton box. We will put this whole box in the transport foam and this construction will be inserted in another, bigger transport box.
We are thinking about making additional package protection against water and all kinds of moisture, but we will see if we will be able to get the special foiling machine on time. This is not a must, but we think, if there is a time and possibility to improve something, we can check it.
What is more, we designed the internal transportation process using euro paletes and cargo boxes, so we will be able to transport Sentry steel parts safely without harm from our manufacturer to our assembling facility.
It looks like everything is going in the right direction. Even considering the long waiting time for the bank transfer from Indiegogo, we still think we will be able to start the shipment process in the April (so according to the plan).
Meanwhile, as many of you know, in Poland we had Intel Extreme Masters 2017 event. We were asked by Intel to send them some of our prototypes for their exhibition made in press showroom. Some of the photos can be found below:
We will try to make more frequent updates, so stay tuned.
Great news, it's been incredibly exciting seeing the progress on the Sentry. Great work.We just made an update through the indiegogo newsletter system, so i'm also posting it here:
It's time for the first update about current state
of Sentry manufacturing process.
After long wait, this week we received your contributions from Indiegogo. Immediately we started making orders for Sentry components. At this moment we ordered parts which need the most time to be manufactured and delivered:
- Steel body of Sentry,
- PCI-E riser,
- USB 3.0 extension cable.
Thanks to the bigger order, we could talk with our suppliers to make some improvements that contributors asked about:
- USB 3.0 cable will be manufactured in the black colour (previous one was blue), with only USB sockets in blue, which will make the cable less visible through the vents and hopefully will match aesthetic of other black cables inside your case.
- Power button cables will be manufactured with additional cable sleeving. Also power and led connectors will have printed descriptions instead of paper labels.
During the waiting time for first parts to come, we are improving some other elements, which will be needed in the later production stage. For example, we have decided to switch the idea of using bubble wrap or packing peanuts to the newly designed transport foams. As you know, Sentry will be packed in the foil bag and its own carton box. We will put this whole box in the transport foam and this construction will be inserted in another, bigger transport box.
We are thinking about making additional package protection against water and all kinds of moisture, but we will see if we will be able to get the special foiling machine on time. This is not a must, but we think, if there is a time and possibility to improve something, we can check it.
What is more, we designed the internal transportation process using euro paletes and cargo boxes, so we will be able to transport Sentry steel parts safely without harm from our manufacturer to our assembling facility.
It looks like everything is going in the right direction. Even considering the long waiting time for the bank transfer from Indiegogo, we still think we will be able to start the shipment process in the April (so according to the plan).
Meanwhile, as many of you know, in Poland we had Intel Extreme Masters 2017 event. We were asked by Intel to send them some of our prototypes for their exhibition made in press showroom. Some of the photos can be found below:
We will try to make more frequent updates, so stay tuned.
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