So an update! I got the ZOTAC 1080 MINI when I got home today. Here's a video (both videos shot in a rushed manner with an iPhone6s, sorry) of me unboxing the 1080mini, and here's a video of a close up look at the 1080mini itself (especially close look at the rear heatsink). It's been shipped off to @Josh | NFC and should arrive in his hands by next Wednesday, so he can play with it and make a more detailed fitment test on it with his S4 mini chassis, expect more in-depth fitment info in written and/or video form from him at some point in the near future.
Here's some pics I took of the card next to my old ASUS GTX 770 DCU2 and a 3.5inch HDD:
Here's the end of the card's heatsink up close, tried to get a pic as square as possible (i get a better look in my second video):
Here's the card sitting inside my current (and superold) gaming PC listed in my sig, for DOA testing:
And here's the packaging of the card after I packed the HDPLEX-300 and all it's wiring into the 1080mini's packaging open space to ship to Josh:
So while it's on it's way to Josh now, lets hope it makes it there in one peice. AND LET US ALL PRAY THE FITMENT GODS look down upon us favorably!
So here's what I gathered from looking at it up close...that heatsink has very thin connections on the corners of it along it's width, so it's probably super easy to cut and trim the aluminum fins to fit inside the wrap-around in addition to removing the card's shroud. That leaves the fans, as the 2 fans certainly seem to be able to fit over the card's heatsink, they could benefit to slide over to the left a few mm in order for the right fan to fit and not overhang the heatsink (maybe only the right one needs to be moved, idk). Lots of options could be tested regarding fan placement/mods. Heck, even removing the shroud and fans and connecting a 120x12mm scythe slim fan to the GPU with that GELID gpu fan connector adapter, while it's mounted on the case's fan bracket might work.
Although... I'd prefer it if the stock card could fit inside the S4mini with the wrap around bezel ON, I'd prefer modding my case than the card for fitment, if possible. And if that means I leave the card stock and I have to carefully shave the inside of the wrap around's aluminum to fit the last few mm of the card into a recess in the bezel, so be it. Hell, I'd pay for that service on my S4's bezel if it meant the card could remain stock. Maybe it can be fitted via design in the next round of S4 mini's, by adding a slightly shaved recess inside the wrap-around bezel to fit the 1080mini, completely stock! But, I'm just thinking out loud here guys!
Last I remember that wrap-around bezel's aluminum is SUPER STRONG so shaving it isn't an easy task that just anyone can do, i'd probably have to take it to a special place of some sort.
Here's some pics I took of the card next to my old ASUS GTX 770 DCU2 and a 3.5inch HDD:
Here's the end of the card's heatsink up close, tried to get a pic as square as possible (i get a better look in my second video):
Here's the card sitting inside my current (and superold) gaming PC listed in my sig, for DOA testing:
And here's the packaging of the card after I packed the HDPLEX-300 and all it's wiring into the 1080mini's packaging open space to ship to Josh:
So while it's on it's way to Josh now, lets hope it makes it there in one peice. AND LET US ALL PRAY THE FITMENT GODS look down upon us favorably!
So here's what I gathered from looking at it up close...that heatsink has very thin connections on the corners of it along it's width, so it's probably super easy to cut and trim the aluminum fins to fit inside the wrap-around in addition to removing the card's shroud. That leaves the fans, as the 2 fans certainly seem to be able to fit over the card's heatsink, they could benefit to slide over to the left a few mm in order for the right fan to fit and not overhang the heatsink (maybe only the right one needs to be moved, idk). Lots of options could be tested regarding fan placement/mods. Heck, even removing the shroud and fans and connecting a 120x12mm scythe slim fan to the GPU with that GELID gpu fan connector adapter, while it's mounted on the case's fan bracket might work.
Although... I'd prefer it if the stock card could fit inside the S4mini with the wrap around bezel ON, I'd prefer modding my case than the card for fitment, if possible. And if that means I leave the card stock and I have to carefully shave the inside of the wrap around's aluminum to fit the last few mm of the card into a recess in the bezel, so be it. Hell, I'd pay for that service on my S4's bezel if it meant the card could remain stock. Maybe it can be fitted via design in the next round of S4 mini's, by adding a slightly shaved recess inside the wrap-around bezel to fit the 1080mini, completely stock! But, I'm just thinking out loud here guys!
Last I remember that wrap-around bezel's aluminum is SUPER STRONG so shaving it isn't an easy task that just anyone can do, i'd probably have to take it to a special place of some sort.
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