Prototype The world most flexible SFF case? LOUQE Ghost S1
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Noooo. That's the reason so many of us like the ghost s1. It's clean. And these io should take away from that .Let me guess, USB A ports and minijacks on the front?
Only question on this is import duty liability. I almost bought a Ncase a few years back, but held off as in addition to $195+$40 postage (I think about £200 at the time), i would have been liable for import duties (+20% [£40]). I believe currently if you are in the EU ordering direct from Louqe through their website means that there's no import duty liability, as technically you are buying the case from inside the EU? Louqe pay the duty based on the manufacturing cost?
Probably thats the case. It's very kind/smart from Loque, Not many smaller companies does that.
Yeah no Tax for the Ghost s1 when buying it from them, at least the kickstarter backers.
Hi, and thanks for reply! Do you reckon the 'recipe' Dan from Dancase posted here would be of benefit if i was to cool the Ryzen woth an L12? Would I lose a lot of performance?
Which Ryzen? 2700X?
I have a Noctua L12 on i9-7900X to approximate cooling for the upcoming i9-9900K (95W-130W at load). I have *not delid because I don't want to void my warranty, I'm having issues hitting full turbo on single core, and having all sort of thermal issues even with side panel off.
You might be get better results with the Scythe Big Shuriken 2.
New CPU + GPU are 15% to 30% hotter / higher TDP. SFF air coolers have stayed the same. Not just the Ghost/A4/Thor, all sub 10L cases are going to be struggle in both thermals and noise. If you are ok with more volume, get a top hat and go for 240 AIO / Full Loop.
Hey! I posted this elsewhere in the forum but wondering what everyone plans on doing with WIFI antennas for their Ghosts? Is everyone using the included motherboard antenna or do you have any case specific solutions you are working out?
@[URL='https://smallformfactor.net/forum/members/soul_est.246/']Soul_Est [/URL]mentioned in a different thread the possibility of using an acrylic cover with an antenna from a router or old laptop. Wondering if anyone else is trying similar solutions?
Another solution is internal USB headers with USB dongles for Wifi and Bluetooth.
Thanks!
@[URL='https://smallformfactor.net/forum/members/soul_est.246/']Soul_Est [/URL]mentioned in a different thread the possibility of using an acrylic cover with an antenna from a router or old laptop. Wondering if anyone else is trying similar solutions?
Another solution is internal USB headers with USB dongles for Wifi and Bluetooth.
Thanks!
Is anyone planning on selling their Ghost S1? If so, I'd like to buy - willing to pay a bit extra for it (+ the shipping)!
Currently got parts in a Dan Case A4 v3, but to be honest I should have held out for the Ghost.
Currently got parts in a Dan Case A4 v3, but to be honest I should have held out for the Ghost.
Just so you know batch two is just around the corner. Around end of September to start taking orders. November should be a doable date for them to start shipment. But could be earlier or later. They will tell us in the end of September when they sent out first batch
They also said the number will be significantly smaller on the second batch. So, who knows.
That is fantastic news! I am deeply hoping for an order date in fall and a subsequent shipment date before Christmas.
Yeah I saw that too ... Is the thing ever gonna go into mass production or is it always gonna be this way?
Depends what you mean. Are the dan or Ncase in massproduction? I guess so becouse no wait time for production but they still don’t have warehouses so it sent from Asia. So I guess that also to expansive for ghost to do. I don’t know.
I don't have the precise numbers, but my math tells me it's more expensive for the end customers if the inventory is warehoused outside of Asia.
The price of the Ghost has factored in VAT since they are shipping from EU. If they warehoused in Asia, they can lower the product price. So the way I look at it, why increase the price for everyone else just to make it easier for EU customers.
That being said, they are a EU based company, there might be some legal and tax advantages to do so, but again, it's at an extra cost to customers outside of EU.
We were able to lower the cost for DAN A4 for customers outside of the EU, by warehousing in Asia. I suspect the same for Ghost.
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Let me guess, USB A ports and minijacks on the front?
I think they should make some changes for compatibility reasons, so maybe wait for them to ship first batch, and then jump in V2.
CPU Cooler you mean then ? Personally i wish did a XL version for air cooling , at least to 80mm cooler clearance but I would not mind up to 110mm dark rock TF. not sure 2;5 or 3 slots GPU is needed. But mainly CPU cooling need more space. And then can have a normal ghost one for less powerful aircooling or aio.
But i guess its hard to please everyone or to have two case sizes for a new company.
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80m cooler means ~ 22mm wider, then the width will be 160mm. At 162x188x322mm, it's 9.8L without Top Hats, the same width as the M1, but more boxy, uglier proportions. If you add top hat to that for 240 AIO, 12.8L, almost same size as the M1, but with less cooling and component compatibility and more expensive - what's the point then. Don't forget, the PCIe riser increase potential problem too.
Effectively, the back to back layout sacrifices CPU cooling and water cooling to be narrow (120-140mm) and to reach a smaller volume. You deviate from that, the portions are not attractive, and size vs performance no longer make sense.
