Prototype Slim console-style case from Velkase. Looking for tester and reader feedback.

[neiru37]

4090 FE Test Fit!

First impressions:

- Good build quality as always
- As a Velka 5 and 7 owner, lots of familiar design elements making it easier to take apart and disassemble
- Removable top and bottom panel (vs one giant C shaped outer shell from the Velka series) makes it easy to access those parts for like plugging/unplugging stuff from the mobo, for example
- Nice to have options on how to mount the C13 power plug
- Prefer the simpler design of the bar feet. The oval feet makes it feel like an old computer pheripheral.

Suggestions (sorry if I've repeated previous comments, haven't gone through the thread yet):
- Could add a second screw in the joint that connects top and bottom panels to rear panel. Should help with rigidity and perpendicularity.
- Just a tiny bit more GPU clearance to fit a 4090 (I see that the final version might extend the supported length to 320mm)
- Bring back the expanding side panel mounting system found on the Velka series

Overall the case is how I expected it to be. The Velka 5 and 7 are basically min-maxed sandwich style cases for Flex and SFX psus respectively. This is basically the min-maxed version of a console style case. Overall pretty good job with the design. This is already a pretty usable case for a prototype. Currently the Asus 4080 Pro Art would be the fastest card I can plug in as is but with just a few mm more expansion a 4090 is surely doable. Patiently waiting for the production version to come out!

Photo Dump:

 

[neiru37]

EDIT: Double post sorry

 

[fantomx42]

Is this project still going on? ive been waiting for a replacement for my sentry with better gpu compatibility.

 

[VELKASE Michael]

Is this project still going on? ive been waiting for a replacement for my sentry with better gpu compatibility.

It is still going on and will be finished but I cannot estimate when, as there is a lot of other work that needs to get done before I can dedicate my full attention back to this.

 

[fantomx42]

All good, I’m not in any rush just was wondering. I have a feeling all the cases I want are gonna drop within months of each other at this point lol

 

[fantomx42]

All good, I’m not in any rush just was wondering. I have a feeling all the cases I want are gonna drop within months of each other at this point lo

It is still going on and will be finished but I cannot estimate when, as there is a lot of other work that needs to get done before I can dedicate my full attention back to this.

Also can I ask why the power cable wasn’t put under the GPU like in the sentry?

 

[VELKASE Michael]

Also can I ask why the power cable wasn’t put under the GPU like in the sentry?

To increase the graphics card clearance

 

[Atlas]

Michael, the Black Ridge cooler is not compatible with your prototype, right?
But there is this Asrock board, which has its socket notable higher than the rest.

Do you think the Black Ridge would work on this board in the Velka console? It seems to be the only Z790 ITX board which is compatible with this cooler.

 

[GucksTV]

Michael, the Black Ridge cooler is not compatible with your prototype, right?
But there is this Asrock board, which has its socket notable higher than the rest.

Do you think the Black Ridge would work on this board in the Velka console? It seems to be the only Z790 ITX board which is compatible with this cooler.

The problem is not the case or cooler itself, its the PCIe Slot that gets covered by the cooler and therefore the GPU can't be installed without a Riser Cable!

 

[Atlas]

The problem is not the case or cooler itself, its the PCIe Slot that gets covered by the cooler and therefore the GPU can't be installed without a Riser Cable!

Yes, I got that. But this combo should work, right?

...and a GPU can't be installed in the case without a Riser Cable anyway!

 

[VELKASE Michael]

Michael, the Black Ridge cooler is not compatible with your prototype, right?
But there is this Asrock board, which has its socket notable higher than the rest.

Do you think the Black Ridge would work on this board in the Velka console? It seems to be the only Z790 ITX board which is compatible with this cooler.

I'm sorry but I cannot say with certainty that the Black Ridge would be compatible with a higher CPU socket position. There is a possibility of it being compatible if the area above the PCIe slot on the motherboard is clear (15 mm from the left edge of the board as shown in your second attached image).

 

[Apple713]

any more details on what the final model might look like or if it will have different dimensions or clearance than the prototype?

 

[VELKASE Michael]

any more details on what the final model might look like or if it will have different dimensions or clearance than the prototype?

Not yet, sorry

 

[wipefox]

I upgraded to a 4070 FE. It fits nicely with a 90 degree angled 12VHPWR adapter cable.
This avoid bending the power cables too much which I showed in my initial post on this thread.

But now the case almost seems to big.

 

[wipefox]

I upgraded to a 4070 FE. It fits nicely with a 90 degree angled 12VHPWR adapter cable.
This avoid bending the power cables too much which I showed in my initial post on this thread.

But now the case almost seems to big.