Completed MJOLNIR: The minimalistic – but not boring – 9.7L Case

[AlexTzone]

What the backstory for naming your new case polar bear

HAHA, finally somebody said it.

Conversation went like this:

Alex: So should be just call it MJOLNIR 2 or MJOLNIR X or something…?

Denize: Naah, getting old with norse name, Icelandic sounds cool, like polar bear or something…

Alex: Okay so what’s polar bear in Icelandic?

Denize: Nanok

It all took place in 1 minutes Thinking about it afterwards it made so much sense: polar bears are freaking cool, also fits the theme that these cases will be well ventilated (like the arctic where the freaking cool polar bears live) and even sounds cool and fitting for those who called it NANO•Q instead of NA•NOK.

 

[steelfractal]

HAHA, finally somebody said it.

Conversation went like this:

Alex: So should be just call it MJOLNIR 2 or MJOLNIR X or something…?

Denize: Naah, getting old with norse name, Icelandic sounds cool, like polar bear or something…

Alex: Okay so what’s polar bear in Icelandic?

Denize: Nanok

It all took place in 1 minutes Thinking about it afterwards it made so much sense: polar bears are freaking cool, also fits the theme that these cases will be well ventilated (like the arctic where the freaking cool polar bears live) and even sounds cool and fitting for those who called it NANO•Q instead of NA•NOK.

But the Icelandic word for polar bear is isbjörn and nanoq is the word for it in Greenlandic but other than that

 

[AlexTzone]

But the Icelandic word for polar bear is isbjörn and nanoq is the word for it in Greenlandic but other than that

Ahh yeah, you’re absolutely right, I meant Greenlandic. It’s Isbjörn in Swedish as well.

 

[turboleak]

quick question, why doesn't Thor have it's own thread on the sff discord?

 

[AlexTzone]

quick question, why doesn't Thor have it's own thread on the sff discord?

I've completely missed the whole Discord era (and a lot of other things) since MJOLNIR has pretty been my only interest (apart from disc golf and snowboarding) the past 4 years, is it like this forum but on the discord platform? Are there other benefits on being on Discord? I'm obviously a total noob with regards to this

 

[steelfractal]

I've completely missed the whole Discord era (and a lot of other things) since MJOLNIR has pretty been my only interest (apart from disc golf and snowboarding) the past 4 years, is it like this forum but on the discord platform? Are there other benefits on being on Discord? I'm obviously a total noob with regards to this

Others being able to get notifikation if you are not on your pc or home or have a broken pc caused you unalived pc hardware a stupid amount of times this year (10+ items)

 

[turboleak]

you don't know about the sff discord server?

Join the SFF Gurus Discord Server!

Created by and for optimization enthusiasts. A home for Small Form Factor (SFF) hardware and desk setup discussions. | 16502 members

discord.gg

it's where all the mentaly hill sff people hang out, bashing designers for making cases too big or too small, and where builders showcase how much shit they where able to fit in such small cases.

think of it as what'sapp but even worst. give it a try.

 

[turboleak]

you need to get the Thor name in that list. The reason why I spent hundreds of euros in two shitty cases ( when compared to the NanoQ ) and now not needed wc stuff that wont fit the NanoQ is because your name is not there.

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[steelfractal]

you don't know about the sff discord server?

Join the SFF Gurus Discord Server!

Created by and for optimization enthusiasts. A home for Small Form Factor (SFF) hardware and desk setup discussions. | 16502 members

discord.gg

it's where all the mentaly hill sff people hang out, bashing designers for making cases too big or too small, and where builders showcase how much shit they where able to fit in such small cases.

think of it as what'sapp but even worst. give it a try.

Well aware of it but in my opinion its about just as toxic as sffpc on reddit so mainly just lurk on there also feel we are getting slightly off topic so i am stopping here

 

[AlexTzone]

Others being able to get notifikation if you are not on your pc or home or have a broken pc caused you unalived pc hardware a stupid amount of times this year (10+ items)

Ah yeah the gentleman’s habit of unaliving PCs Never actually done it yet, but probably been close since we make our own custom cables for our testing builds, in the name of science and case design.

 

[turboleak]

on a serious note, I think being on that discord server is advantageous for manufacturers.
- You have a pulse on what others are doing
- You have an interactive way of interacting with people that are passionate about it, be it other case designers or users.
- This interaction can lead you to improved iterations of whatever you are doing or ideas for future stuff.
- You increase your reach, and you do it within a very very select audience. The people that are there are looking for things similar to the work you are doing.

Discord is simply a better, more streamlined way of communication, in my opinion.

I didn't know about you until I saw some comment on a thread in this forum and I almost never come here, so it was really luck. I would argue that there are people on the sff discord that have no idea of your work. If this assumption is correct, then you being part of it would defenitely be positive.

 

[Kokos]

Looking for a BORG

Hello everyone,
I recently acquired a mjornir tower and I am looking for a BORG (Stealth or Dark fo) Vertical MJOLNIR.
Dark) for Vertical MJOLNIR anyone from this forum who wants to sell it?
Or alternatively if you guys from thorzone have replacement BORG parts?

Thank you very much and I hope to have suete. Thanks

 

[AlexTzone]

Looking for a BORG

Hello everyone,
I recently acquired a mjornir tower and I am looking for a BORG (Stealth or Dark fo) Vertical MJOLNIR.
Dark) for Vertical MJOLNIR anyone from this forum who wants to sell it?
Or alternatively if you guys from thorzone have replacement BORG parts?

Thank you very much and I hope to have suete. Thanks

Don’t have any more BORGs unfortunately, but maybe somebody here is willing to sell theirs

 

[Kokos]

Don’t have any more BORGs unfortunately, but maybe somebody here is willing to sell theirs

Ohh, what bad luck¡¡¡¡
So if anyone has a BORG that they don't use or don't want I'm interested. Send me a message. Thanks

 

[turboleak]

@AlexTzone

Can you help me with some info for my planning while I wait for the NanoQ S release?

If I fit my 4090FE with this cooler:

13470 Alphacool Core Geforce RTX 4090 Founders Edition with Backplate

Core copper fullcover water cooler for Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics cards, with aRGB illumination

shop.alphacool.com

will there be space on the lateral for a slim 240rad like this one:

TX240 Ultrathin Radiator — XSPC - Performance PC Water Cooling

SKU: 5060596650015 The XSPC TX is the worlds thinnest PC radiator. At just over 20mm thick, it's 20% thinner than a standard 120mm fan and over 40% thinner than our EX series radiators. Despite its size, the TX series offers both excellent performance and low flow restriction. This comes from the

www.xs-pc.com

plus some slim fans ( 12mm or 15mm height ).

I think that rad plus fans will fit at the bottom but I don't think it's enough for the cpu and 4090. I'm almost sure I will need more rad area.

 

[AlexTzone]

@AlexTzone

Can you help me with some info for my planning while I wait for the NanoQ S release?

If I fit my 4090FE with this cooler:

13470 Alphacool Core Geforce RTX 4090 Founders Edition with Backplate

Core copper fullcover water cooler for Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics cards, with aRGB illumination

shop.alphacool.com

will there be space on the lateral for a slim 240rad like this one:

TX240 Ultrathin Radiator — XSPC - Performance PC Water Cooling

SKU: 5060596650015 The XSPC TX is the worlds thinnest PC radiator. At just over 20mm thick, it's 20% thinner than a standard 120mm fan and over 40% thinner than our EX series radiators. Despite its size, the TX series offers both excellent performance and low flow restriction. This comes from the

www.xs-pc.com

plus some slim fans ( 12mm or 15mm height ).

I think that rad plus fans will fit at the bottom but I don't think it's enough for the cpu and 4090. I'm almost sure I will need more rad area.

I will check that GPU block, I know it definitely fits in NANOQ R since it’s the one we use in this render (Instagram post). NANOQ S has 7mm less space for GPU height than NANOQ R, but it looks like there’s enough, but please let me verify.

Regarding radiator, I’d recommend going with Hanjiang radiators, 240mm 17mm thick. I’ve measure the internal width and it’s 13.4mm while a standard 27mm thick radiator has internal thickness of 15.8mm, because they waste a lot of space while Hanjiang is CNCd and more efficiently spaced. I have no idea what the internal thickness of the 20mm thick radiator is but I think they should be on par with each other. If you use the 17mm rad you can fit 2 x 120x25mm fans on the bottom rad. Also you can fit the 240x17mm rad + 2 x 120x15 slim fans next to the GPU. So all in all a dual rad setup, we are currently modeling it to verify some good tube routing. Soft tubing will not be an issue, hard tubing also looks possible but we are still testing.

 

[turboleak]

That rad looks slick. I ordered two just in case, I have use for them if not on this build, so nothing wasted.
But I will still appreciate the input on the measures with that alphacool block. what is worring me a bit are the fittings, I'm assuming that I will be able to place the lateral rad bellow them ( if it even fits ).

 

[L91]

Well aware of it but in my opinion its about just as toxic as sffpc on reddit so mainly just lurk on there also feel we are getting slightly off topic so i am stopping here

You must be mistaken SFF Gurus for SFFPC discord... SFFN discord is no picnic either.

 

[L91]

I will check that GPU block, I know it definitely fits in NANOQ R since it’s the one we use in this render (Instagram post). NANOQ S has 7mm less space for GPU height than NANOQ R, but it looks like there’s enough, but please let me verify.

Regarding radiator, I’d recommend going with Hanjiang radiators, 240mm 17mm thick. I’ve measure the internal width and it’s 13.4mm while a standard 27mm thick radiator has internal thickness of 15.8mm, because they waste a lot of space while Hanjiang is CNCd and more efficiently spaced. I have no idea what the internal thickness of the 20mm thick radiator is but I think they should be on par with each other. If you use the 17mm rad you can fit 2 x 120x25mm fans on the bottom rad. Also you can fit the 240x17mm rad + 2 x 120x15 slim fans next to the GPU. So all in all a dual rad setup, we are currently modeling it to verify some good tube routing. Soft tubing will not be an issue, hard tubing also looks possible but we are still testing.

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Does 20mm thick rad + 25mm thick fans not work with NANOQ S? Hanjiang rads you're recommending aren't widely available. Thanks.

 

[AlexTzone]

Does 20mm thick rad + 25mm thick fans not work with NANOQ S? Hanjiang rads you're recommending aren't widely available. Thanks.

If you use a 20mm thick rad than you can use a 120x25mm fan on side and a slim 120mm fan on the other. The same is true of 27mm thick radiators. However, if you want to use 2 120x25 fans then 17mm rad from Hanjiang is the way to go.