Seems like a good alternative to the Ncase M1 with the separate chambers and expansion cabalities of the “tophat” configurations. I had heard they had a failed Kickstarter but that it was probably due to poor marketing and EU-only distribution (haven’t looked into it too far so not sure if that’s right).
I think this thing looks pretty cool and am looking into whether they can provide a basic CAD model for layout experimentation.
The more I look at all these tiny SFF cases the more I want one…
Simple, clean, compact… I think this is a very capable design… I would really like to get a good solid layout/diagram for it to run some airflow/thermal simulations as that could be the failure point for a compact chassis such as this.
They posted a photo recently on their Instagram with a (I think) 240mm radiator in the bottom. Add the medium Top Hat config and I think you can run two 240’s or a full loop. Really curious what’ll be possible with this, especially with the DIMM.2 stuff that Asus is making now with two m.2 slots on a riser.
Edit: I was wrong, it’s in the top expansion section. It just looks like the bottom since it’s upside-down:
idk, there is definately some type of Top Hat on the bottom with that 240mm installed. It might be possible to have a Top Hat on the bottom AND the top, which then, yeah, 2 AIOs would definitely seem possible.
Note that the TopHat has been installed in the bottom this time!
Yes, it is up to you if you use them in the bottom or the top, some ambitious builders are planning to use two M-TopHats (one in top and one in bottom) and separate rad from fans and make it under 10 Liters.
I bet you can totally install two top hats. That makes this VERY interesting indeed. CPU rad on the bottom, GPU rad on the top?
Wholly agreed there! In mass production this wouldn’t be terribly expensive, probably less than $150 US. Sweclockers lists it as 1990 SEK though which is going to be a hefty price tag if that carries over to the US market ($240).
Kickstarter starts tomorrow at 2pm my time so I’ll be keeping an eye out for it.
yeah, idk, i think NZXT’s h200i looks promising. I don’t think its out yet, but if the build quality is like its’ big brothers, and it can fits a 240mm and 120mm radiator, which it looks like it does. It looks pretty tempting for SFF.
The H200i looks nice enough but it’s not very SFF in my mind. Add on to that the garbage CAM datamining… I mean machine learning device, and I’m out completely, or at least until they offer it “dumb” as I wouldn’t buy it on sale with that thing in there, just on principle.
Otherwise the price isn’t bad. It’d be a great $100 case.
