DAN A4-SFX (Fanless mITX)

CivilDrone · 29 Sep 2015 at 14:44

Afternoon
As a big fan of mITX cases I just had to share this.
https://www.dan-cases.com/

Its one of the smallest mITX cases available, well, end of 2015 according to the manufacturer.

Makes great use of space available, latest gpu can be accommodated
Sadly no watercooling available

If I get my hands on this however I will try and mod it similar to evga hadron

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18692651

I'd assume OCUK staff would get this for us at a discount!

Another great case is NCASE M1 which Gibbo should start stocking

https://www.ncases.com/

baz_ · 29 Sep 2015 at 22:38

nice clean and simple case

Danny75 · 30 Sep 2015 at 08:05

Brilliant use of space. And I don't think they are joking about it cooling pretty well, with the direct cooling so near the vents. Although getting a good cooler for hot CPUs in there will be an issue.

I'm glad they didn't compromise size for water-cooling capability. It's nice to see all air instead of the usual hybrids and I'd like to see more micro-ATX all air too.

ZXSpectrum · 30 Sep 2015 at 10:43

It looks great but... £160+ for such a tiny case is silly really.

mjones1 · 30 Sep 2015 at 11:40

ZXSpectrum said:
It looks great but... £160+ for such a tiny case is silly really.

Not really when it's a well built, low production and clearly a lot of work with into the case.

ZXSpectrum · 30 Sep 2015 at 16:42

I don't have an issue with how well built it looks as there has been a lot of time and effort gone into it but its still not worth £160+ for about £20-30 of aluminium, tooling etc. There are lots of cases on the market that offer a low volume, ok maybe not as low as this product, but the differences are not worthy of this unit being such a high price.

I can see a Chinese company copying it and selling it for sub £50.

Obijuan · 21 Aug 2016 at 10:41

I note that Overclockers are lined up to stock this after the Kickstarter run. Any news on pricing or availability date?

ChugNorris · 22 Aug 2016 at 11:50

December is the date I've been given, no idea on pricing either at this time.

wywywywy · 22 Aug 2016 at 11:59

Obijuan said:
I note that Overclockers are lined up to stock this after the Kickstarter run. Any news on pricing or availability date?

FAQ on DAN's site says €230-250 + tax + shipping, which is quite a bit higher than the Kickstarter price of €230 including 19% VAT.

lude1962 · 22 Aug 2016 at 12:07

the most prominent design feature of this case, which is the location of the GPU behind the motherboard
which means heat from the gpu backplate will soak directly into tho mobo

Razor Time · 22 Aug 2016 at 12:38

Obijuan · 23 Aug 2016 at 16:20

wywywywy said:
FAQ on DAN's site says €230-250 + tax + shipping, which is quite a bit higher than the Kickstarter price of €230 including 19% VAT.

Ouch!

Might have to wait for Lian-Li to adjust the design slightly and release a knock-off.

Obijuan · 23 Aug 2016 at 16:24

lude1962 said:
the most prominent design feature of this case, which is the location of the GPU behind the motherboard
which means heat from the gpu backplate will soak directly into tho mobo

Fingers crossed the Kickstarter reviews (when they start coming in) will show this not to be a major issue. At least not for mainstream users like me who don't overclock significantly and run a pretty cool rig. I'm assuming that without the space for serious cooling (liquid or otherwise) most people using this case wouldn't be cranking their cards too hard. :confused:

wywywywy · 23 Aug 2016 at 16:27

Obijuan said:
Ouch! Might have to wait for Lian-Li to adjust the design slightly and release a knock-off.

Unlikely I think! Lian Li is not stupid and if they start copying, nobody will subcontract to them ever again

I mean they haven't copied the Ncase M1 (at least not directly!) even though they have everything they need to do so.

Burr · 23 Aug 2016 at 16:31

This case does look darned good though. If i was gonna build an m-itx system, this would be the case i'd get most likely.

Obijuan · 24 Aug 2016 at 01:41

wywywywy said:
Unlikely I think! Lian Li is not stupid and if they start copying, nobody will subcontract to them ever again

I mean they haven't copied the Ncase M1 (at least not directly!) even though they have everything they need to do so.

Whilst you're right (of course) I wouldn't be surprised to see Lian-Li taking some design cues from it. I see a few Ncase attributes in their PC-Q10.

Perhaps a "less reputable" manufacture may be more bold. In any case, as long as this spurs a few more (affordable) <10L designs all the better.

wywywywy · 24 Aug 2016 at 01:55

Another way that could bring down the cost is to get rid of the 3M PCIe riser cable, which is worth about US$100.

The only potential replacement is actually Lian Li's own, which surprisingly isn't available to buy on its own (bundled with new version of O5S, O6, etc), and even if it was it may not be the right length.

Sadly there's no other possible alternative as far as I know because there seems to be only two twin-axial PCIe risers on the market. The rest are ribbon.

Obijuan · 24 Aug 2016 at 08:56

wywywywy said:
Another way that could bring down the cost is to get rid of the 3M PCIe riser cable, which is worth about US$100.

That's criminal! But explains a lot. Hopefully this will trigger Lian-Li into making a suitable version that both they and Dan can use.

I must stop looking at this case as it's got me speccing the necessary parts for an ITX build I simply don't need!

wywywywy · 24 Aug 2016 at 09:23

After making that post last night, I did a google to see if Lian Li has started selling it on its own yet. And I managed to find it on a Japanese site.

And you know how much they are selling it for?

US$100 -_-

Obijuan · 25 Aug 2016 at 00:42

wywywywy said:
After making that post last night, I did a google to see if Lian Li has started selling it on its own yet. And I managed to find it on a Japanese site.

And you know how much they are selling it for?

US$100 -_-

Go on. Give us a hint. Even better, a link!