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Production Lazer3D LZ7 - Quiet Gaming Cube PC Case

Kdrs0122

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Aug 28, 2018
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I have my NH-U9S rotated 90°C but how it fits will severely depend on your socket placement and possibly board components that interfere with the orientation. I tried using it without the CPU heatsink fans, it was less than ideal: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/t...et-gaming-cube-pc-case.596/page-73#post-90236

FYI I was able to fit the nh-u9s rotated 90° but I couldn't fit both fans for a push pull without the psu cords getting in the way. Thanks again for your help.

 

Nosuchthing

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Feb 27, 2017
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First off, love this case, have followed it for a while, and am finally plucking up the courage to move my build into it.

However, is it worth picking up now? Or am I going to have some serious buyers regret in a months time when the price drops?

Also, is the fan aperture in the open panel 140mm or 120mm? As I want to buy the demciflex round filters.
 
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K888D

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First off, love this case, have followed it for a while, and am finally plucking up the courage to move my build into it.

However, is it worth picking up now? Or am I going to have some serious buyers regret in a months time when the price drops?

I can't give specifics as I'm still talking it through with OcUK, but I wouldn't initially expect any big drops in price for the LZ7 in the next few months. We do have some developments in the pipeline that will have a greater affect on the price, but they take time to bring to market and will not likely be seen until at least Q3 of this year.

Wish I could give more information, but right now I just can't!

Also, is the fan aperture in the open panel 140mm or 120mm? As I want to buy the demciflex round filters.

The opening is 135mm, there are fan mounting holes for both 120mm and 140mm fans up to 15mm thick.
 
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lasek

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Feb 22, 2017
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What'd be the best option to upgrade from an evga 1060 mini ?

Seems their RTX 2060 "minis" are 2.75 slots, which wouldn't fit in.
I've also seen MSI 2070 is already available, and Gigabyte one soon ; both look they'd fit in.
 
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K888D

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What'd be the best option to upgrade from an evga 1060 mini ?

Seems their RTX 2060 "minis" are 2.75 slots, which wouldn't fit in.
I've also seen MSI 2070 is already available, and Gigabyte one soon ; both look they'd fit in.

Damn, your right, I can't believe EVGA have chosen to do this. Their RTX short length cards are 2.75 slots and the bracket is triple slot:





Such a shame because I love the EVGA short length cards and would have picked one of these RTX 2060s otherwise. Personally I feel like they've shot themselves in the foot on this one, their are allot of cases that only have 2 rear PCI slots/openings.

This is the article that mentions the 2.75:

https://www.evga.com/articles/01294/evga-geforce-rtx-2060/

Luckily though Gigabyte and MSI are releasing Dual slot ITX versions of both the RTX 2060 and RTX 2070 which according to their specs should fit fine in the LZ7.

MSI

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-RTX-2060-AERO-ITX-6G-OC/Overview

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-RTX-2070-AERO-ITX-8G/Gallery

GIGABYTE

https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N2060IXOC-6GD#



https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N2070IX-8GC#sp

 

lasek

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Feb 22, 2017
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yes, that summarizes my findings.
I guess they went 2.75 slots because they went for a thicker radiator to dissipate +33% watts compared to the 1060.
However that's a questionable choice since other constructors do 2 slots for up to 1080 / 2070.
Very happy of the EVGA 1060 for 2 years, I dreamt of a EVGA 2070/2080 to replace it, looks like that won't happen.
 

Kdrs0122

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Aug 28, 2018
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I'm really hoping the new beQuiet! Dark Rock Slim will fit. Those black heatsinks are just beautiful and I've already switched out the ugly Noctua brown on my u9s for a Pure Wings 2 anyway.
 
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