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Spent Saturday going all "Inspector 12" on the Chameleon. Everything fits quite well. I'll let the pics speak for themselves:





Wierd to describe a SFF case as spacious. It should swallow a 45mm radiator easily. Not much in the way of "available" cable management.





The last pic I tried to capture the available cooler height but failed misserably. Since I'm good at measuring, let's review the math instead:

  • Width of case is 175mm (internally)
  • Subtract 14mm for space behind MB for OD + 2mm for MB Tray metal thickness = 159mm
  • Subtract 63.5mm for Height of PSU + 1mm for distance of PSU from edge of case = 94.5mm
  • Subtract 8mm for standoffs + 10mm for distance from MB to top of CPU and you get:

76.5mm max cooler height. Plenty of room for a Thermaltake Engine. A tight squeeze for my planned Eisbaer Solo.

So the major construction of Chameleon is done. I've reached the end of the road for my old equipment. To do now is the finishing on the shell, all the little details to prepare for possible production, and get new equipment for a proper build. I've had my eye on an ASUS ROG B150I Pro, an Intel I3-6100, and Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB memory. But I may wait until ZEN drops and do an all AMD build. (May do BOTH). Either way I will replace my GTX 750 with an RX 480 and Alphacool waterblock.

Getting closer, but still a ways to go.


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