S4 MINI Classic (S4M-C)

[jeshikat]

Woah, the lens distortion on those pictures is baaaad.

 

[jeshikat]

PCWorld visited Zotac's booth. Apparently the 1080 mini will be around 8.3"

Yup, I'm estimating 213mm: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/t...-1080-be-even-possible.1116/page-3#post-26152

 

[mtl171]

I mean, if the PCB is no longer than 6.7 inches to fit the Mini-ITX spec, couldn't someone just dremel off the one heatpipe and heatsink piece that's hanging off to the side? I'll still hold out for a legit review of the card from a site that actually measures it out, it might still be possible to fit this in an S4 mini.

Possibly. But im not courageous enough to mod such an expense card permanently hopefully it'll fit with just the shroud removed

 

[Curiosity]

Guess we'd need to trim the heatsink, remove the shroud, and maybe end up doing some mods to the S4 if we want it to fit.
Personally I'm not entirely opposed to this.
I'm gonna keep being excited : )

Edit:
Just saw the heatsink video Josh, great video, sold me on the L9i!
And the silver S4 looks great

 

[CubanLegend]

Yup, I'm estimating 213mm: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/t...-1080-be-even-possible.1116/page-3#post-26152

he Bezel is about 5mm thick, and it is 203mm to the bezel. I'll let you guys figure the rest out.

Okay, so it's totally doable. 213mm card, 203mm to the S4-mini Bezel... Just shave 10mm off the heatsink and plastic shroud, and maybe a little off the edge of the right fan blades, so it sits at 203mm! Right guys? And while you're shaving that stuff off (probably with the HSF off), you can reapply new Thermal paste, and file away the remaining heatsink to not be too sharp, right guys? But as long as the PCB isn't touched we should be A-okay. Only con would be maybe less thermal dissipation ability as a result of the 10mm heatsink loss.

I don't have the tools or the know how to properly shave a GPU heatsink, though...

Josh...? If I sent you that 1080-mini, would you do it, for a custom-job price? Please?, serious question. I don't care if the remaining end of the heatsink isn't perfect or looks ugly. You could even make a video out of it if you like! I'd encourage a video, as it could inspire the DIY community (that has the skills and tools) to embrace DIYing that 1080 GPU and use in your amazing case.

 

[Curiosity]

well, the video states it's 8.3in long, which is ~211mm.
so if we've got 203+5mm, that's 208
It looks to me like we can take 2-4mm off the shroud without impacting the fan, though the far end would be unguarded
so 210 minus an optimistic 4mm puts us at 207mm, which is just under our 208 max
So it miiiight be possible to cut a relief in the front panel, but I figure it'll be possible with a hole cut in it if someone is willing to cut the shroud and modify the front panel

*assuming the card does end up being 211mm/ 8.3in long

 

[Sean Crees]

Well remember those 5mm was if you wanted to cut into the front of the S4 mini's bezel. So if you cut the whole 5mm bezel thickness, you'd have a gaping hole and you could just slide the end of the graphics card out the front of the case at that point without modifying it at all.

You could probably take the stock fans/shroud off the card, and trim some of the aluminum fins to make it fit. You can bend the heatpipes but you can't cut them. It would allow the fluid in them to leak out and then that entire heatpipe doesn't work anymore. But heatpipes are really bendable, so you could just bend it up a little after cutting the aluminum fins to make it fit.

 

[Kmpkt]

Part of me wonders if you couldn't use an aftermarket cooler like the Arctic Accelero III on this instead of chopping it apart.

 

[cmyk78]

Part of me wonders if you couldn't use an aftermarket cooler like the Arctic Accelero III on this instead of chopping it apart.

The Arctic Accelero Mono looks promising, but it is 51mm thick. It also doesn't list comparability with the 1080, even though it has a claimed 200 watts of cooling capacity.
https://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-mono-plus.html

 

[Curiosity]

@Sean Crees
I was thinking more along the lines of cutting as little as possible out of the bezel, kind of like in that SG05 posted a page back
@ilovelampshade
The AC Accellero is very long + has heapipes running the full length of it.
+ an issue with a lot of aftermarket GPU coolers is that they're very tall and extend to the edge of the second PCIE slot, leaving no room for fans. I had issues with this when I was trying to fit a heatsink in my Ncase 2 years ago
There might be a cooler that works but I'm not sure what it is, anyone have one in mind?
Sort of extreme example, but here's what I mean with an Alpenfohn peter II as the example:

 

[Sean Crees]

Yea the generic GPU coolers that fit a wide array of products have a ton of wasted space. Probably the best way to do it is to get a different card with the cooler you want that fits the same mounting as your current card, rip it off the old card and mount it on the new card. You might be able to find a dead GPU on ebay and salvage the cooler off of it. One of the short 1060 heatpipe coolers may work.

 

[CubanLegend]

I don't know if we could find another set of heatpipe/fan/shroud from another card to fit this 1080-mini, it's got a custom PCB so mounting probably wouldn't work.

Well remember those 5mm was if you wanted to cut into the front of the S4 mini's bezel. So if you cut the whole 5mm bezel thickness, you'd have a gaping hole and you could just slide the end of the graphics card out the front of the case at that point without modifying it at all.

You could probably take the stock fans/shroud off the card, and trim some of the aluminum fins to make it fit. You can bend the heatpipes but you can't cut them. It would allow the fluid in them to leak out and then that entire heatpipe doesn't work anymore. But heatpipes are really bendable, so you could just bend it up a little after cutting the aluminum fins to make it fit.

I like this line of thought. Taking the fans and the shroud off to trim the aluminum fins could do it, and if the heatpipes are whats left, we could just bend it. If the fan turns out to be what's left, we could easily trim that right 100mm fan's edges a bit without having to compromise cooling and remove it.

If we had to remove the fan we could always try swapping it with a scythe 12mm slim fan mounted to that fan mount by the GPU, or mount the slim fan to the case's side panel itself.

EDIT: LTT did a video on the 1080-mini where they mentioned the shroud was metal? So a little harder to cut it, if it's not plastic. :/ Still possible though!

 

[Curiosity]

Nevermind, I misread!

edit:
Here's a japanese site claiming 211mm
Custompcreview says 8.31"
Professionalreview says:
Zotac GTX 1080 mini has 210 mm in length and a height of 122 mm , the width would be 41 mm,

 

[vioscity]

hi josh,
how did you stack the Zalman CNPS2x with the scythe fan? also is it ok to use the 4pin power connector to power the asus z170 mobo instead of using a 8pin adapter?

 

[BrainTaste]

hi josh,
how did you stack the Zalman CNPS2x with the scythe fan? also is it ok to use the 4pin power connector to power the asus z170 mobo instead of using a 8pin adapter?

There is an included bracket-mount for a thin 120mm fan that you can mount above the CPU or under the GPU

 

[hat1324]

Super pumped about that Zalman 1080 Mini

 

[Sean Crees]

One thing Josh's new video didn't test was a Noctua heatsink with a 120mm fan instead of the stock noctua 92mm fan. Will a 25mm thick fan fit if you take the stock noctua fan off, and are the temps better that way instead of the normal way?

 

[1461748123]

Asked my friend to make a backplate for the Zotac 1070 mini:

the original backplate is too long so I have to make a custom one, on the way to me now!

Update: cad drawing for those wanna make one for themselves:

units in mm

 

[Phuncz]

Wow nice, can't wait to see it mounted !

 

[vioscity]

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i cant see and bracket. planning on using this setup also.