Hi everyone,
I am very excited to show you my new design I have been working on for a very long time. It is a 14 L case that shares same design language as P-ATX case, but with slightly larger dimensions and a lot of extra possibilities.
One of the design goals for this case is that it should be a great choice for downsizing from standard ATX builds, since there is a big chance that you will be able to keep your motherboard, psu and GPU.
Awesome review by Hardware Canucks:
You can download the manual here.
Here are some pictures of my watercooled build in N-ATX prototype:
Rest of the pictures:
Here are some pictures, and yes, those are 360mm rad and 160mm long ATX psu in 14 L case!
Link to album:
I will add more pictures later, still have to test fit some components.
I will start with some renders, as you can see it looks similar to P-ATX v2:
But it's slightly larger in all three dimensions:
Link to album:
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Now let's talk about some specifications and hardware compatibility.
Basic specs are:
- 14 L volume with 406 x 354 x 98 mm outer dimensions
- console/"pizza box" style case with CPU and GPU fans in the same orientation for optimal airflow
- ATX power supply up to 160 mm
- vertically mounted GPU with option for additional, 2-slot gpu
- support for following motherboard sizes:
-mini-ITX
-mini-DTX
-micro-ATX
-ATX
-"e-ATX"
- support for full length triple slot graphic card, or 4-slot if using ITX sized motherboard
- support for up to 360 mm water-cooling radiator
- CPU coolers up to 79 mm in height
- support for up to three 3.5" drives, and up to eleven 2.5" drives
- back of motherboard accessible for cooler and M.2 installation
- 2 front USB 3.0 ports
- included ADT PCI-e x16 3.0 GPU riser cable
- sturdy powder-coated steel construction - 1/1.2 mm frame with 0.8 mm side panels and 2.5 mm aluminum front/top face
- narrow footprint - only 397 cm2 or 471 cm2 with included stand – ideal for desktop installation
There are many possible HW configurations, so I will show renders of possible configurations and list max component sizes for each:
1. Basic air cooled configuration:
Here we have:
-ATX motherboard (or e-ATX up to 275 mm long if using SFX psu)
-ATX psu up to 160 mm
-3-slot GPU up to 140 mm tall and 400 mm long
-air cooler for CPU up to 79 mm tall
-HDD support as follows:
-if gpu is less than 298 mm - three 3.5" drives or nine 2.5" drives
-if gpu is less than 330 mm - one 3.5" drive and six 2.5" drives
-if gpu is over 330 mm - one 3.5" drive
-notes: if using 3.5" HDD's, psu length is limited to 140mm. Additional 2.5" drives can be mounted to PCI brackets
-radiators up to 120mm if the gpu is less than 275 mm long, up to 60 mm thick
-radiators up to 140mm if the gpu is less then 245 mm long, up to 60mm thick (this limits psu to SFX units)
-case fans - 80mm on top of the case, and up to 140 mm rear if not using all HDD positions or radiators
2. When using ITX motherboard:
If you use ITX motherboard, you open up the lower part of the case for either:
-4-slot GPU up to 140mm tall and 400 mm long
Or:
-360 mm or 240 mm radiator, with rad + fan thickness depending on GPU width:
-with 1-slot gpu - 30 mm rad + 25 mm fan
-with 2-slot gpu - 30 mm rad + 15 mm fan
-with gpu in upper position - 60 mm rad + 25 mm fan
HDD support is limited in this configuration, depending on gpu and radiator size.
-there is 80 mm of space between ITX motherboard and ATX psu, so there is a space for D5 pump (mounting holes not provided). There is 105 mm of space if using SFX psu.
3. With GPU in upper position:
With additional bracket and short riser, you can mount GPU in upper position. Note that this severely limits CPU cooler clearance, as follows:
- 35 mm or up to the top of IO shield with 2-slot gpu
- 55 mm with 1-slot gpu
This means that this configuration is heavily oriented toward water cooling, and you will have to use some very low profile blocks and RAM if you have 2-slot gpu in this position.
But with single slot water-cooled gpu you can use standard block with standard fittings.
You can use ATX motherboard in this configuration.
There is also alternative mount for SFX and SFX-L psu in the bottom, and with that you can use 240mm radiator (with gpu length up to 270mm) or 280mm radiator with gpu up to 245 mm long. (note - if you use slim radiator, up to 30 mm, with slim 15 mm fans, you can install longer GPU).
I think that this will allow for some interesting configurations with new RTX cards since they have short PCB's and some waterblocks will be single slot. And also you can use very thick radiator, up to 60 mm.
As you have noticed I have not written compatibility in detail for all configuration, because there are just to many options. I will try to make some interactive guide to simplify things, but until then the compatibility list is not official and not final!
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Thank you for reading, I know that you will have a lot of questions, and I can't wait to answer all of them
I am very excited to show you my new design I have been working on for a very long time. It is a 14 L case that shares same design language as P-ATX case, but with slightly larger dimensions and a lot of extra possibilities.
One of the design goals for this case is that it should be a great choice for downsizing from standard ATX builds, since there is a big chance that you will be able to keep your motherboard, psu and GPU.
Awesome review by Hardware Canucks:
You can download the manual here.
Here are some pictures of my watercooled build in N-ATX prototype:
Rest of the pictures:
Here are some pictures, and yes, those are 360mm rad and 160mm long ATX psu in 14 L case!
Link to album:
I will add more pictures later, still have to test fit some components.
I will start with some renders, as you can see it looks similar to P-ATX v2:
But it's slightly larger in all three dimensions:
Link to album:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now let's talk about some specifications and hardware compatibility.
Basic specs are:
- 14 L volume with 406 x 354 x 98 mm outer dimensions
- console/"pizza box" style case with CPU and GPU fans in the same orientation for optimal airflow
- ATX power supply up to 160 mm
- vertically mounted GPU with option for additional, 2-slot gpu
- support for following motherboard sizes:
-mini-ITX
-mini-DTX
-micro-ATX
-ATX
-"e-ATX"
- support for full length triple slot graphic card, or 4-slot if using ITX sized motherboard
- support for up to 360 mm water-cooling radiator
- CPU coolers up to 79 mm in height
- support for up to three 3.5" drives, and up to eleven 2.5" drives
- back of motherboard accessible for cooler and M.2 installation
- 2 front USB 3.0 ports
- included ADT PCI-e x16 3.0 GPU riser cable
- sturdy powder-coated steel construction - 1/1.2 mm frame with 0.8 mm side panels and 2.5 mm aluminum front/top face
- narrow footprint - only 397 cm2 or 471 cm2 with included stand – ideal for desktop installation
There are many possible HW configurations, so I will show renders of possible configurations and list max component sizes for each:
1. Basic air cooled configuration:
Here we have:
-ATX motherboard (or e-ATX up to 275 mm long if using SFX psu)
-ATX psu up to 160 mm
-3-slot GPU up to 140 mm tall and 400 mm long
-air cooler for CPU up to 79 mm tall
-HDD support as follows:
-if gpu is less than 298 mm - three 3.5" drives or nine 2.5" drives
-if gpu is less than 330 mm - one 3.5" drive and six 2.5" drives
-if gpu is over 330 mm - one 3.5" drive
-notes: if using 3.5" HDD's, psu length is limited to 140mm. Additional 2.5" drives can be mounted to PCI brackets
-radiators up to 120mm if the gpu is less than 275 mm long, up to 60 mm thick
-radiators up to 140mm if the gpu is less then 245 mm long, up to 60mm thick (this limits psu to SFX units)
-case fans - 80mm on top of the case, and up to 140 mm rear if not using all HDD positions or radiators
2. When using ITX motherboard:
If you use ITX motherboard, you open up the lower part of the case for either:
-4-slot GPU up to 140mm tall and 400 mm long
Or:
-360 mm or 240 mm radiator, with rad + fan thickness depending on GPU width:
-with 1-slot gpu - 30 mm rad + 25 mm fan
-with 2-slot gpu - 30 mm rad + 15 mm fan
-with gpu in upper position - 60 mm rad + 25 mm fan
HDD support is limited in this configuration, depending on gpu and radiator size.
-there is 80 mm of space between ITX motherboard and ATX psu, so there is a space for D5 pump (mounting holes not provided). There is 105 mm of space if using SFX psu.
3. With GPU in upper position:
With additional bracket and short riser, you can mount GPU in upper position. Note that this severely limits CPU cooler clearance, as follows:
- 35 mm or up to the top of IO shield with 2-slot gpu
- 55 mm with 1-slot gpu
This means that this configuration is heavily oriented toward water cooling, and you will have to use some very low profile blocks and RAM if you have 2-slot gpu in this position.
But with single slot water-cooled gpu you can use standard block with standard fittings.
You can use ATX motherboard in this configuration.
There is also alternative mount for SFX and SFX-L psu in the bottom, and with that you can use 240mm radiator (with gpu length up to 270mm) or 280mm radiator with gpu up to 245 mm long. (note - if you use slim radiator, up to 30 mm, with slim 15 mm fans, you can install longer GPU).
I think that this will allow for some interesting configurations with new RTX cards since they have short PCB's and some waterblocks will be single slot. And also you can use very thick radiator, up to 60 mm.
As you have noticed I have not written compatibility in detail for all configuration, because there are just to many options. I will try to make some interactive guide to simplify things, but until then the compatibility list is not official and not final!
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Thank you for reading, I know that you will have a lot of questions, and I can't wait to answer all of them
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