Might as well post a photo of my new MINImalist setup:
Big thanks to Josh for hooking me up with literally the LAST S4M-C in the shop.
Big thanks to Josh for hooking me up with literally the LAST S4M-C in the shop.
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S4 MINI Classic (S4M-C)
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Dude that was my FIRST LCD monitor I purchased. Brings back memories and matches beautifully.
I still have one of those cinema displays in my closet and they're wonderful. Planning to give it to my kids when they start needing a computer for school paired with a repurposed Mac mini (current generation Hackintosh NuC).
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A little off topic i apologize, but i was wondering if your 1 Jan shipment of Skywire cables have been sent out? I didn't get an email confirmation about it, so i was curious. Just got the Asus B350i motherboard ordered from newegg and it should be here by 10 Jan.
A little off topic i apologize, but i was wondering if your 1 Jan shipment of Skywire cables have been sent out? I didn't get an email confirmation about it, so i was curious. Just got the Asus B350i motherboard ordered from newegg and it should be here by 10 Jan.
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Don't worry, Josh, I am! It's just that I didn't know you had posted a new one until this afternoon.
Also, is it already April 1?! A water-cooled S4M? This is have to see. Is it a custom-loop or an AIO?
Not quite yet...they should be done soon. Sorry for the delay--the Christmas season always wrecks getting materials in. Thank you for your patience and your support!
It is...very...custom.
Congrats! It's a collector's item now! What Chassis # did you get?
Yeah i second this.
Yeah i second this.
I think it would be cool to have the GPU flipped, and a TG top plate so you can see both the GPU and CPU waterblocks, and then mount the radiator on the opposite side of the case.
Ditto.
I'm scratching my head trying to get front panel audio module that can be mounted in the back somewhere, and also an sd card reader... I don't ever want to ruin that bezel.
e.g. the IO cover of Asrock AB350 has space for some extra connectors. so depending on your mobo, that can be an option.
e.g. the IO cover of Asrock AB350 has space for some extra connectors. so depending on your mobo, that can be an option.
Im trying to impelement just this with my budget MSI B250i Pro board that has alot of room on the IO. I have the obese Gigabyte 1080 mini and don't want to dike the case just yet nor re-solder and hack the DC-input board.
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Trying to implement the DC-input that is...
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#524! Where's #525?
The problem isn't where at the back to mount them, but the availability of panel mount connectors. All sd card reader I found are pcb mount, and it makes sense cause you need that horizontal leverage. Now 3,5mm panel mount jack are available, but they are not jack sensing type that you need for hdaudio. I'm not sure if they work with jack extender (with the pcb somewhere else)
The problem isn't where at the back to mount them, but the availability of panel mount connectors. All sd card reader I found are pcb mount, and it makes sense cause you need that horizontal leverage. Now 3,5mm panel mount jack are available, but they are not jack sensing type that you need for hdaudio. I'm not sure if they work with jack extender (with the pcb somewhere else)
there are a few tiny USB SD card readers. maybe they are good candidates, if you just create a bracket for that behind the io-shield?
not to mention a skyslot
if you find some space in your Mini where you can clamp a card reader behind the side panel and insert the SD card through one of the skyslots... depending on the size of the jacks you want to use, they can fit, too.
Yeah I was thinking of slipping one of those thin and tiny ones between the bottom bezel and the inner frame. Didn't think of skyslots, thank you, but I don't have 3d printer to make brackets or clamp.
3.5 mm panel mount jack is available, with threaded inlet which you bolt outside. They are tiny enough and should be fine mounted on the i/o plate. But I'm still researching if they will work with hdaudio.
3.5 mm panel mount jack is available, with threaded inlet which you bolt outside. They are tiny enough and should be fine mounted on the i/o plate. But I'm still researching if they will work with hdaudio.
Dude I'm not cutting into my FRONT panel wrap-around bezel, but the bottom side of my wrap-around SIDE panel. The side that sits down FLAT on the table... when you place the S4M-C verrtically with the CPU down and GPU on top.
oi agree.
try the REAR I/O area between the mobo IO and GPU io? Arent there some inner chassis grates you can cut to fit USB and other connectors back there from the inside of the case to the outside?
nice! Wow Josh you made 527 of those? Congratulations @Josh | NFC
I'm so honored to have been #193. 
