Kimera Industries Project Nova: 17 liters of 5-slot mATX goodness
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The smaller slots are for right-angle SATA power plugs, so they don't press against the motherboard tray when a 2.5" drive is mounted there. The larger hole above them is to get access to the space behind the SFX PSU for cable management.
The smaller slots are for right-angle SATA power plugs, so they don't press against the motherboard tray when a 2.5" drive is mounted there. The larger hole above them is to get access to the space behind the SFX PSU for cable management.
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The smaller slots are for right-angle SATA power plugs, so they don't press against the motherboard tray when a 2.5" drive is mounted there. The larger hole above them is to get access to the space behind the SFX PSU for cable management.
Neat! (see what I did there) The lower of the two in that picture is presumably for SFX-L cable management and the upper SFX?
The large hole is for cable management, though I'm not sure how useful it'll actually be. The idea is when the SFX/SFX-L PSU is installed there's a space between it and the motherboard tray that's good for stuffing cables but it's inaccessible with the power supply installed. So the cutout gives a bit of access to it for getting a zip-tie in there or something.
The two smaller slots are for each drive mount, if you notice the sets of holes, one drive can be mounted up top behind the PSU and the other can be mounted down low under the GPU, though right-angle SATA ports may make the bottom mount difficult to use.
The two smaller slots are for each drive mount, if you notice the sets of holes, one drive can be mounted up top behind the PSU and the other can be mounted down low under the GPU, though right-angle SATA ports may make the bottom mount difficult to use.
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Forgot to answer this, the EK Predator 240mm should fit fine on the bottom though that limits it to a single GPU since it's so tall.
On the front it may fit, but it'll be really close due to the length of the unit. The thickness of it will limit card length, not sure how much offhand.
On the front it may fit, but it'll be really close due to the length of the unit. The thickness of it will limit card length, not sure how much offhand.
The Predator on the front with dual ITX cards - or on the bottom with a water blocked dual-GPU card - would be fantastic.
I can only say good things about the GALAX/KFA² GTX 970 Gamer OC. Is ~178mm long, reference PCB, standard PCIe height, so no problems with the PEG connectors and good thermal design.
Well it would be nice if it had single slot I/O, but that's about it.
Well it would be nice if it had single slot I/O, but that's about it.
How high is the maximun cpu cooler heigt, did it chance or is it still the same as on the website?
I can only say good things about the GALAX/KFA² GTX 970 Gamer OC. Is ~178mm long, reference PCB, standard PCIe height, so no problems with the PEG connectors and good thermal design.
Well it would be nice if it had single slot I/O, but that's about it.
I really like the small 970s, but surprisingly the small PCB from the 670/760 is not actually the reference PCB for the 970. It just happens to be suitable enough that some manufacturers carried it over. The official reference card is actually full length, albeit rarely used, as the AIBs were free to go with their own designs from day 1.
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970/specifications
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814132038
I hope that with Pascal, Nvidia makes an effort to utilize HBM2 to make several small but powerful cards, including the top end.
Where do you see that? Neither of the two links actually show or specify the lenght of the PCB, and all reference 970 designs I can find use the short PCB.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-...-card-silver-black/9855169.p?id=1219441201895
Above was product BestBuy was allowed to sell, similar to the Newegg link. Some reviews:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/09/19/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-review/1
http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...rce-gtx-970-nvidia-970-cooler-edition-review/
Above was product BestBuy was allowed to sell, similar to the Newegg link. Some reviews:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/09/19/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-review/1
http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...rce-gtx-970-nvidia-970-cooler-edition-review/
Nvidia didn't actually produce a reference design for the 970. They provided the chips to OEMs, who decided themselves what PCBs to put them onto. Most chose to reuse 670/760 PCBs, which had adequate power delivery and adequate cooling. Manli was the only OEM that put 970 chips onto 980 PCBs and to stamp out NVTTM shrouds with '970' on them (which is where OCUK and Best Buy got theirs).
That Nvidia distributed review 970 cards on 980 PCBs (because that's what Nvidia had to hand internally) just added further confusion.
That Nvidia distributed review 970 cards on 980 PCBs (because that's what Nvidia had to hand internally) just added further confusion.
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