The space inefficiency thread

[grumpyrobin]

My GOD this thread is so icky and disgusting.
I'll post a pic of my 15kg Lancool Dragonlord k62 once I am home.

 

[Phuncz]

At work we have ATX in full tower with a single HDD, 2 sticks of RAM and no dGPU. There isnt a single expansion board, it is just an empty box

Most offices are like this. That's why I started to switch to NUCs when I had the chance, since a single storage device, 2 sticks of RAM and no dGPU is basically what a NUC is made for.

 

[VegetableStu]

Isn't Nvidia only 2-way SLI now? So unless you're going to do 4x RX480s........wtf?

I've only seen one post elsewhere about some dude who had 4x GTX 1080ies because the program he uses harnesses CUDA. Other than that, yeah like you said, I can't think of anyone who would get that many GTX cards.

 

[3lfk1ng]

 

[TinyAudio]

All that space to work in and they cannot get the case fan wired up and working Tsk Tsk!

 

[Kwirek]

All that space to work in and they cannot get the case fan wired up and working Tsk Tsk!

Ah, but maybe it is a "semi-passive case" which have the fans spin down when there still is thermal head-room?

 

[jØrd]

120 liters or so

 

[VegetableStu]

from /r/PCMR:

What in the unholy fresh hell?? (no, that PSU is not sitting on an itx motherboard slot)

Prepost: okay apparently it's a server tower. maybe that OP got it for cheap?

 

[jeshikat]

Ah, I've worked on a few of those Chieftec cases. Big and heavy and poorly laid out.

 

[BirdofPrey]

That's pretty bad for a server case, all that space could have been used to support larger motherboard form factors.
and how do you wrangle the 3.5" bay?

 

[owliwar]

Linus just did a review on this monstruocity

its like, 38,3cm x 46,5cm x 14,7cm.. thats... 26,1 Liters

 

[Curiosity]

I didn't even notice how inefficient that is in the video, wow.
There's so much empty space, I can't think of a good reason to have what looks like 2" of space behind the motherboard/gpu.

 

[Kmpkt]

While it is huge and grossly space inefficient, I think they've done a really nice job with the look and the layout of the case.

 

[|||]

The Digital Storm Bolt 3 is based off of the Lian Li PC-O5S

The PC-O5S is a larger version that supports dual 120mm fans of the PC-O5

DS is coming out with a new version that is their own bespoke design (once again) with the Bolt X


It changes the airflow to be completely bottom to top, so they added a vented pedestal so people don't accidentally choke the intake of the system (they have to deal with people that don't know much about computers at all) and they moved from 120mm fans at the top to 140mm fans, and consequently can use the larger H240 X2 AIO from Swiftech, instead of the H220 X2.

I can understand why DS went with the Lian Li design:

1. Their customers want "bling" so a windowed case with everything facing out satisfies that quite well
2. They were having supply chain issues with their bespoke steel chassis' made from local machine shops, so they mitigated that by going with a large scale producer like Lian Li, and basing the design off a case already being produced allowed for cheap and quick production (they normally announce new designs at CES and launch it many months later; there was no mention of the Bolt 3 at CES and it just appeared not too long after a design revision of the Bolt II)
3. Their customers want high end systems, and it is relatively easy to water cool the GPU in this case. It is not so easy in the Bolt II and they never attempted it.

Here's a picture of my own Bolt II (17 liters):

The genesis of the Bolt series was actually quite small and more compact that any other pre-built using standard form factor components

However, there were issues with the clam shell cover being difficult to work with, and there was no space for water cooling support.

DS has also had a model they called Eclipse, which used the Silverstone RVZ01 case.

 

[owliwar]

Hi |||, no offense intended. linus really got to stop calling everything itx based 'mini'. I mean, its smaller than Evolv itx and manta...

The Digital Storm Bolt 3 is based off of the Lian Li PC-O5S

they made a good job then, it does look better

Here's a picture of my own Bolt II (17 liters):

now this, this was my favorite. its tat a 240 rad on its side? the flex atx too. very nice

 

[jeshikat]

its tat a 240 rad on its side?

Yup

 

[|||]

Hi |||, no offense intended. linus really got to stop calling everything itx based 'mini'. I mean, its smaller than Evolv itx and manta...

No offense taken. I think most of us on the forum are with you on the space inefficiencies and what we'd expect from a small form factor case. I was just explaining the design progression of an offering from a boutique vendor and why they made the decisions they did.

Edit: I should note that I have been trying to push DS to consider building systems using some of the cases in the Custom Cases & Projects section. Not sure if they will ever bite, though, especially considering some of the availability issues.

now this, this was my favorite. its tat a 240 rad on its side? the flex atx too. very nice

The PSU is actually a wider 1U unit, not a FlexATX. There weren't as many FlexATX offerings at the time, especially higher powered ones that could handle GPU's up to the Titan Z, but due to the radiator being right over the GPU, it couldn't be made any thinner, anyhow.

 

[AleksandarK]

I like the build, but it is just..... TO BIG.

 

[jeshikat]

At this rate you'll be able to build an entire gun replica from PC parts:

http://consumer.apacer.com/eng/content.php?sn=966

Best part is this is almost certainly just a M.2 drive on a PCIe card anyway

 

[Curiosity]

But dude, it's so tactical, bro!
Edit:
Reminds me of when NZ airport security did this.