In fact you improved dan A4 SFX design with 360 gpu cooling like LZ1 (ie front vents)..
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Completed STX160.0 - The most powerful ATX unit, in the world!
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It lives!
The wiring is a total mess, I have to use the Corsair SF600 to power the GTX 1060 for now, I still need to figure out where in the world I'm going to put the SSD, and I seem to have misplaced my 16mm power switch, but it works!
STX160.0 is all about dat space efficiency, there is no room to spare.
Turns out the Adex Elec extender is not nearly as flexible as the HDPLEX one even though they look similar in the pictures. So I had to carefully fold it over and it just barely fits.
My initial measurements indicated the top of the RAM would be touching the case but it turns out there's about 1-2mm to spare. Heatsink clears with a bit of room to spare too so that's nice.
I forgot to take a picture of it, but the VRM heatsink backplate on the H110M-STX interferes with the backplate for the SilverStone NT07 low-profile heatsink. I had to cut out a section of the NT07's backplate to clear it.
It's beautiful! Looks like your project is coming along fantastically!
Excellent, it deserves an 80+ Titanium rating for volume efficiency.
Wow, I get that you're building it in a PSU chassis as a challenge, but even otherwise, this is a very practical design. (notwithstanding the fact that it's an STX mobo rather than ITX) Mini DAN case is right. And you're not giving up much compared to it in terms of GPU power.
The "useable" version is the Hutsy XS, I suppose.It is a fairly practical for what it is, but for just 1-2 more liters of volume it becomes much more useable and upgradeable. But then it's not that much smaller than the A4-SFX.
So it's a fun project, but I don't think there's a market for it
Usability is a function of time when it comes to tech.
Where Dan A4-SFX is at its peak usability right now, I see Hutzy XS in its infancy of being usable, with room to grow in the coming years.
Some day, we will no doubt see the same scenario happen where Hutzy XS will start declining as a new generation of even more compact, even more usable mixes of technology assemble -- something that might even look like STX160.0
Aibo's just ahead of our time
I guess that's a better way of putting it rather than "madman stuffs a GTX 1060 into the ATX PSU form factor for kicks and giggles"
Usability is a function of time when it comes to tech.
Where Dan A4-SFX is at its peak usability right now, I see Hutzy XS in its infancy of being usable, with room to grow in the coming years.
Some day, we will no doubt see the same scenario happen where Hutzy XS will start declining as a new generation of even more compact, even more usable mixes of technology assemble -- something that might even look like STX160.0
Aibo's just ahead of our time
Too true, and I'll take it one step further and actually disagree that the Dan A4 is at peak usability. It was conceived in 2013 and was perfect then. Current offerings make unnecessary sacrifices in order to accommodate full-size GPU's, and arguably even 2.5" drives. It's likely that full-size GPU's will themselves (slowly) decline in popularity. Today's GTX 1070 rivals yesterday's Titan with half the power draw and at 2/3rd the size. Today's 6700K rivals yesterday's 3960X, today's Samsung 950 Pro blows away even most RAID 0 arrays which precede it. Faster, smaller, lower power draw, all at the same time, is where we're headed.
I sure hope so but the "gamer" crowd sure seems to be pushing the manufacturers towards larger cards with moar fans, moar heatsink, moar LEDs, etc. despite the ever increasing perf/watt.
I mean sloooowwwwwlyyyyy...but cards like the mobile GTX 1080 are hopefully a sign of good things to come.
Don't forget the huge heatpipes that almost seem to mimick an exhaust manifold, but desperately need to extend beyond the PCB.
It is a fairly practical for what it is, but for just 1-2 more liters of volume it becomes much more useable and upgradeable. But then it's not that much smaller than the A4-SFX.
So it's a fun project, but I don't think there's a market for it
Wait, aren't you goint to sell it? I was hoping for it to be "buyable" at some point of your R&D job...
I've just reread your thread...and I just realized that min STX has no pci e slot.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H110M-STX/
How do you make the junction between motherboard and gtx1060?
Truly mini STX is killing somehow thin mini itx...that was already in a very bad shape..
Sorry in advance if there is an obvious answer..
PS : AMD, while presenting AM4 platform, spoke about a tiny platform...are you aware about it?
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H110M-STX/
How do you make the junction between motherboard and gtx1060?
Truly mini STX is killing somehow thin mini itx...that was already in a very bad shape..
Sorry in advance if there is an obvious answer..
PS : AMD, while presenting AM4 platform, spoke about a tiny platform...are you aware about it?
It's in the second post: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/t...owerful-atx-unit-in-the-world.934/#post-17953
M.2 to PCIe x4 slot
M.2 to PCIe x4 slot
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