Thrilled about triple slot support for 540!
Might have missed these answers in the thread, apologies if so:
1. Is there any support for case fans in the 540 to get more airflow throughout? Mainly thinking of my m.2 drive, which heats up a lot.
2. What’s the current vent design looking like? I’m a huge fan of the large vent gaps on the SM series. Lots of airflow and still gives you a peek inside at components.
1. There is no plans for additional fans. I would recommend flipping the SFX PSU around so that it pulls air from middle of case / back of motherboard. This will help the airflow for any back of board M.2 drives.
2. Same as in renders, spent way too long working on patterns and this one is the only one that didn't feel overly generic or look like it was trying too hard.
Wouldn't the SV540 as a 3 Slot make it wider than the SV590? It's going to look chungus without any curved/angled edges on the front panel (SM5XX).
It'd be +170mm wide (due to the 75mm CPU cooler height + 3 Slot)?
I totally support 3-slot coupled with 70mm+ CPU cooler clearance. Allows very quiet components, which I think is ideal given the fact these cases are likely to be quite close to the user.
Design change is keeping it the same size, but the center spine will have 3 positions
55mm CPU cooler + 3-slot GPU
65mm CPU cooler + 2.5 slot GPU
75mm CPU cooler + 2 slot GPU
This should give excellent flexibility for maximizing space use for most builds.
Unfortunately anything that needs 3-slot and >75mm cooler would make more sense in an M1 due to the 170mm rule, as per
@Sashby's comment.