DAN A4-SFX (Fanless mITX)

wywywywy · 25 Aug 2016 at 00:53

The link is here http://lianli-online.jp/shopdetail/000000000134 but I did give the answer in the last post. The answer is ~US$100... I guess maybe these are really hard to make?

Obijuan · 25 Aug 2016 at 12:20

wywywywy said:
The link is here http://lianli-online.jp/shopdetail/000000000134 but I did give the answer in the last post. The answer is ~US$100... I guess maybe these are really hard to make?

Apologies, totally misunderstood, thought you'd found a Lian-Li made alternative to the Dan Case for $100. Explains why I couldn't find the same! :rolleyes:

There could be a business opportunity here for someone to commission a company to produce a cheaper cable and broker a deal with Dan and other small case designers. I'm sure Dan has looked into this but may not have the manufacturing contacts some other well-placed enterprising spark may have. Sadly that wouldn't be me.

wywywywy · 25 Aug 2016 at 13:46

Re-reading what I wrote, I totally understand how you would misinterprete. Sorry for not making it clear. As for the riser, if Lian Li can't make it meaningfully cheaper with their volume, I don't think other companies can make it meaningfully cheaper either.

Obijuan · 25 Aug 2016 at 22:29

wywywywy said:
Re-reading what I wrote, I totally understand how you would misinterprete. Sorry for not making it clear. As for the riser, if Lian Li can't make it meaningfully cheaper with their volume, I don't think other companies can make it meaningfully cheaper either.

I may be misunderstanding the tech requirement (again, very probable) but a quick Google search identifies a number of companies (including reputable names like Thermaltek [sp?]) selling what appears to be similar PCI extensions for £40 or less. I'm probably missing something. Is an "extension" different to a "riser"? Perhaps. I hope so.

Thanks again for helping me understand all this design detail! V interesting, and will hopefully stop me from spending silly money on a chassis I don't need.

johnny sublime · 25 Aug 2016 at 23:02

Burr said:
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.

Its actually built by lian li

wywywywy · 26 Aug 2016 at 00:10

Obijuan said:
I may be misunderstanding the tech requirement (again, very probable) but a quick Google search identifies a number of companies (including reputable names like Thermaltek [sp?]) selling what appears to be similar PCI extensions for £40 or less. I'm probably missing something. Is an "extension" different to a "riser"? Perhaps. I hope so.

Thanks again for helping me understand all this design detail! V interesting, and will hopefully stop me from spending silly money on a chassis I don't need.

They are ribbon cables, not twin axial.

In short ribbon = very unreliable. Some users can get 16x PCIe speed, many can't even get them to work, including the ThermalTake.

It wasn't a problem back in the days. But 16x PCIe requires a lot of bandwidth and the slightest EMI interference will basically **** everything up.

kaiserc · 28 Jan 2017 at 23:49

Where can i buy thi s case from @Gibbo - and why don't you stock it!
guy with a cand case and rx 480 https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5qoixc/rx_480_mini_itx_build_xbox_controller_for/

More Info please!

ChugNorris · 30 Jan 2017 at 11:18

Soon.

b0rn2sk8 · 30 Jan 2017 at 20:18

Had an email about this today from Dan Case, the email made me chuckle as the release date is "1st Feb at 12:00 German time".

ChugNorris · 1 Feb 2017 at 11:24

Live now, 80% of stock already gone!