Looks great! The combination of the silver and black is aesthetically pleasing to look at. If you could clarify if there is a ever small gap allowing light to pass through between where the glass meets the metal at the top(2nd photo). I like the power button concept, but would love to see some USB ports, mic, headphone jacks included. I understand that would probably come at more of a cost and with your targeted price point I would completely understand. Is that a 280 rad with a push pull configuration? I might have missed the post on fan layout. Is there also two 140mm fans mounted at the front? I can slightly make out some circular shapes.
Hey Zafo,
Thanks for the feedback! Currently there is a little gap of light bleed, but in the Design for Manufacturing (DFM), I will be addressing that so there is no light bleed. The flange behind the glass and cap just needs to be extended a few mm. This config has two case fans and two fans on the radiator, 280mm radiator. The performance I get from having this unidirection airflow its a huge performance increase from when the PC was inside my Phanteks Evolv Shift X. Even though I had more radiator surface area per component, the difference in airflow changes everything. Under load my fans would be at around 1600 RPM (GPU 60 and CPU 50, 1080ti with 8700K). Now with the 280mm radiator (45mm thick) I get even slightly better performance with the fans 750-800 RPM. I realize the Evolv Shift has rather poor airflow, but still that is a significant validation for me, especially with a much smaller case.
What I was saying about the push pull possibility: I am thinking about changing the joints between the motherboard bracket and the frame to slider joints, instead of static screw fastening, so the user could opt to take out the case fans and slide the motherboard bracket forward. This would reallocate the space for the case fans to the radiator for a push pull config (now with negative pressure). I haven't tested this to see if it has any performance advantages but it might appeal to some. (I will include reference images in a later post).
As for additional audio and usb jacks, Yes there is room in the front. Currently there is 2 usb ports in the rear with video and power. It is enough for me but it may not be for others. Adding the audio jacks and more usb is a matter of changing a very small part. I may just have both as an option. I will know more for this as we get closer to funding when I can get more overall feedback.