Anyone using a Node 804?

Tephnos

Tephnos

Tephnos

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After I built in the Define S a couple of months ago I've been feeling very meh about it - and after looking at some sweet mATX builds I've been really thinking that was a good way to go. Case is still gonna sit under the desk, but since I don't ever SLI or use any in PCI slots other than the GPU, I figure that a smaller case is probably what I should be going for.

Been eyeing up the Corsair 240 air for a while, but I'd need to consider GPU choices very carefully as there are quite a few design niggles with it.

Then I came across the Node 804, and it looks great. Sure, not having grommets on the part where the cables come out is a huge pain, but otherwise it looks perfect. Just wondering if anyone here has used it and can comment on it?

Would definitely like to mount a 280mm AIO in the back, thermally isolating the front to GPU cooling only sounds awesome.

What I'm mainly interested in is silence as well, heard a few people saying this case is virtually silent and with all the good airflow options it certainly seems to be the case.
 
Fair enough. I've heard that because the top chamber is mostly foam, it can be a pain for getting dust out of/airflow.

What's your experience with that? Also, where do you keep the case if you don't mind me asking?
 
Good stuff on there mate, and cheers for the foam question. I'm guessing you mean positive pressure then. :p

As for the AIO, it depends on the fan screw spacing I think. Is it 15mm or 20mm? The GT versions use 20mm, and the GTX use 15mm, so I think one of them would at least fit.

I don't really think you need to sacrifice cooling however - depending on how you used a bigger case, pushing almost the same cfm through a smaller volume will actually move air better and cause better temperatures. However, you did use the air 540 which does excel at that at the expense of other things.

As for removing the foam, is that possible without damaging it? I'd rather have dust protection on the top than nothing. It's a bloody nightmare when cases have big vents on them with nothing stopping dust getting in!
 
Ah, so whilst the H110GTX won't fit, the H110GT will.

Interesting about the tabs, though. Deciding on a new case really is bloody difficult, especially when you get to mATX size!
 
Well, even if I can only screw it with half the total screws, it should still hold up just fine. Currently doing that in my Define S anyway as the GTX didn't want to fit properly on the front. :p
 
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