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S4 MINI Classic (S4M-C)
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For anyone who is interested, zotac 1070 mini will fit in the S4 if you remove the stock fans and use a 120mm slim fan instead:
...and the S4 just got a lot more powerful. Nice find @1461748123.
How long is the PCB itself?
Could the end of the heatsink be cut down from ~200mm to the 186mm required to fit in the LZ7?
Between this and the G-Unique 400w Slim, I'm excited to see your build thread
How long is the PCB itself?
Could the end of the heatsink be cut down from ~200mm to the 186mm required to fit in the LZ7?
Between this and the G-Unique 400w Slim, I'm excited to see your build thread
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...and the S4 just got a lot more powerful. Nice find @1461748123.
How long is the PCB itself?
Could the end of the heatsink be cut down from ~200mm to the 186mm required to fit in the LZ7?
Between this and the G-Unique 400w Slim, I'm excited to see your build thread
I can't wait to start my builds as well, waiting on Josh's S4 and hoping I can get them by Chrismas, it will be the best presents I can get
And yes, the PCB is even smaller at less than 7 inch, which means if you saw off the excess heatsink it will fit in the LZ7 nicely!
Awesome. I wanted to get a 1070 but the Gigabyte cards are notorious for being loud. Given the MUCH larger heatsinks of the zotac, this is a great relief.For anyone who is interested, zotac 1070 mini will fit in the S4 if you remove the stock fans and use a 120mm slim fan instead:
I just cut the end of the GPU side to the length I want (usually 8" total") and then repin them.
Nice! Just curious, though how do you know if the the de-shrouded GPU will fit in the case with the added fan? Is their a standardized max width for GPUs?For anyone who is interested, zotac 1070 mini will fit in the S4 if you remove the stock fans and use a 120mm slim fan instead:
No, but it is a pretty good bet it will fit with a 12mm Scythe. Heck, a 15mm might even fit.
This is SFF afterall, so absolutes should never be used.
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Isn't there a little leeway up and down with GPU's anyway?
I imagine with the flexible riser and some careful shimmy-ing you could get an extra .5mm or so if you tried.
I imagine with the flexible riser and some careful shimmy-ing you could get an extra .5mm or so if you tried.
95W TDP might be bit toasty. That being said, a quad or even hexa core version of Ryzen could be a possibility. Vega is looking decent as well if present speculation is anywhere near accurate.
I don't believe that a 95 watt TDP would mean that the CPU would get toasty. Intel's Broadwell-E 6900K consumes 140 watts at stock, and I would assume that the amount of cooling required for RYZEN would be less than the 6900K. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm hoping that AMD's solution brings about greater technologies for us PC enthusiasts to tinker with; more specifically, greater power in small form factors.
We'll have to wait for actual testing of Zen outside vendor-run benchmarks. How well it can throttle-down and power-gate during idle probably will play more of a role in effective thermal output in normal use than the maximum power draw under full load does.
OK So yesterday afternoon I got the MINIs in.
However the finish on the bezel turned out different than the prototypes. Naturally the last thing in the world I would ever want to do is sell something different than what I promised. So I am thinking about what to do. Everyone I have shown so far in person doesn't really know, and I am so close to the project its hard for me to be objective.
So I'm asking you, my friends, first. What do you think?
As a side note, I know people will ask...I used my Fuji for this so it looks super edited, but its pretty much out of camera. A couple shots I had to darken the silver S4 a bit so you can see the detail more, but nothing fancy. I want to be accurate.
However the finish on the bezel turned out different than the prototypes. Naturally the last thing in the world I would ever want to do is sell something different than what I promised. So I am thinking about what to do. Everyone I have shown so far in person doesn't really know, and I am so close to the project its hard for me to be objective.
So I'm asking you, my friends, first. What do you think?
As a side note, I know people will ask...I used my Fuji for this so it looks super edited, but its pretty much out of camera. A couple shots I had to darken the silver S4 a bit so you can see the detail more, but nothing fancy. I want to be accurate.
OK So yesterday afternoon I got the MINIs in.
However the finish on the bezel turned out different than the prototypes. Naturally the last thing in the world I would ever want to do is sell something different than what I promised. So I am thinking about what to do. Everyone I have shown so far in person doesn't really know, and I am so close to the project its hard for me to be objective.
So I'm asking you, my friends, first. What do you think?
As a side note, I know people will ask...I used my Fuji for this so it looks super edited, but its pretty much out of camera. A couple shots I had to darken the silver S4 a bit so you can see the detail more, but nothing fancy. I want to be accurate.
THEY ARE FUCKING SEXY
It is kind of hard to see the different with all the water droplet on them though
THEY ARE FUCKING SEXY
Yeah I immediately regretted it. It is just a 130 dollar camera and I didnt see them on the tiny little screen until I got to the PC. Keep hunting and see if you don't like anything. Mechanically they are fine and they aren't damaged, but the bezel was finished differently than spec.
What's the difference between what you promised and what you got? I'm having a hard time finding a flaw with the case in the photos you've provided. Is the brushing on the front bezel a bit deeper than on the original mini or something? That's the only thing I can think of after looking at the photos.
