Production Velka series cases for ultra compact and portable desktops
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Just to set a realistic expectation, please refer to post #155 as compatibility with that cooler is workable, but not perfect.
Which of these two options sounds more appealing? A 3.6 liter case with support for an ITX graphics card, 37 mm cooler such as the Noctua NH-L9 and case fans, or a 3.8 liter case with support for an ITX graphics card, 47 mm cooler such as the Cryorig C7 and no case fans?
3.6 L is 5% smaller than 3.8 . The added cooler height will give more cooler options, but personally I prefer smaller case size with a fan .
From what I've read the c7 isn't really an upgrade to the noctua, that said the noctua still needs I think 6mm of space for best operating conditions?
It's the same case with L9A-AM4. Two of four screws flex the panel beyond what I saw comfortable. So I just drilled and cut some additional space in the MB retainer panel. Put some electrical tape on it. I don't think structural integrity is damaged and it's now straight. Something to improve in future designs.
Overall I'm happy with the case (got it just yesterday).
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The "Velka M" will be replaced by "Velka 3", which will be a more versatile case. As such, there will be no more batches of the former available for purchase. The latter will become available sometime this year; maybe this month, maybe several months from now.
1 more vote for some kind of SSD mounting on the GPU side to use the case as a file server build with APU/iGPU class processors
Not unless you can put multiple 3.5"s in there
The idea is to take advantage of the multiple sata ports and have many drives, the space/heat is too constrained for spinning drives
With support for case fans, heat should not be a problem for mechanical hard drives. Are 2.5" 5400 RPM mechanical drives ever used for this application, or only 2.5" solid state drives?
I would only use SSDs if I went to 2.5" form factor - 2.5 HDDs would be a rare use case
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Saw your 7 model thread and that would be a good candidate to do something similar but with multiple 3.5 HDDs instead
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This always kind of surprises me when I see this. I have a 2.5 Seagate 2TB 2.5 HDD with about 1.5TB of music on it. It cost $85 which is far cheaper than any 2TB SSD and I don't need the speed for reading music. I will continue to use 2.5 mechanical hard drives until the cost of SSDs can match.
And I use multiple 3.5" HDDs which are even cheaper & better performance wise w.r.t 2.5" HDDs
The argument here being to do either fastest or cheapest
Model 7 is going to have a very similar layout to 3, so yes, it may be a good idea to add support for 3.5" drives in the GPU chamber there.
Information regarding models 5 and 7 will be added into this post because of how similar all three of these cases will be.
Information regarding models 5 and 7 will be added into this post because of how similar all three of these cases will be.
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Some kind of bracket that secures against the pci slot cutout & a standoff on the other end (if needed)
Or maybe a plate which mounts on the reverse side of the MB plate with your current extension mechanism
If you would like me to draw it out pls let me know
MI-6 has something similar but for 2 SSDs only - can easily be expanded to 4 (I suggested that there as well)
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Cool
Some kind of bracket that secures against the pci slot cutout & a standoff on the other end (if needed)
Or maybe a plate which mounts on the reverse side of the MB plate with your current extension mechanism
If you would like me to draw it out pls let me know
Sure, let's see it. My idea would be to just add holes somewhere inside the frame to mount drives onto, but a bracket might work too.
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