PARVUM FTW

[saayinla]

Jaw droppingly good!

 

[mods1965]

Wow! this has got me thinking about a R1.0 again!

 

[Brizzles]

Well i'm going to be brave and criticise it

First things i'm drawn to in the final pictures ;

Graphics card power cabling is not neat, looks wrong compared to the curve of the 24 pin, it almost looks like an after thought ( it'll fit though these holes, so we'll thread it through )

Non blanked PCI slots on the back of case ! A definate no-no, smacks of laziness.

Great photography though.

 

[JR23]

Well i'm going to be brave and criticise it

First things i'm drawn to in the final pictures ;

Graphics card power cabling is not neat, looks wrong compared to the curve of the 24 pin, it almost looks like an after thought ( it'll fit though these holes, so we'll thread it through )

Non blanked PCI slots on the back of case ! A definate no-no, smacks of laziness.

Great photography though.

I completely agree with your criticism, but disagree with the reasoning. The cards and cabling look strange because of the spacing, being close to the socket and directly next to each other. Had they been typical 115X or 20XX layout or on an mATX board then it would seem completely normal but being oddly in the center doesn't help. More graphics cards is the obvious solution! I did originally think that it might have 3 so it seemed logical to do it that way.

Unblanked slots are a way of life, just like no windows, no front USB, no front audio, no reset button, no power button, no power LED, no HDD LED, no optical bay, no front mounted fan controller.... Choosing not to find or make blanks isn't lazy, it's just a constant reminder that you do infact need more graphics cards.

Needs more graphics cards, or less ATX.

JR

 

[Brizzles]

I completely agree with your criticism, but disagree with the reasoning. The cards and cabling look strange because of the spacing, being close to the socket and directly next to each other. Had they been typical 115X or 20XX layout or on an mATX board then it would seem completely normal but being oddly in the center doesn't help. More graphics cards is the obvious solution! I did originally think that it might have 3 so it seemed logical to do it that way.

Unblanked slots are a way of life, just like no windows, no front USB, no front audio, no reset button, no power button, no power LED, no HDD LED, no optical bay, no front mounted fan controller.... Choosing not to find or make blanks isn't lazy, it's just a constant reminder that you do infact need more graphics cards.

Needs more graphics cards, or less ATX.

JR

Perhaps my reasoning was slightly 'off '

If it was a showcase for the specific model case, then fine. But the lead post said it was a build for a friend so i imagined it was a custom build ( that would be built around the hardware ).

That aside, your reasoning for not including blanking plates ?

just like no windows, no front USB, no front audio, no reset button, no power button, no power LED, no HDD LED, no optical bay, no front mounted fan controller....

There is a world of difference between a couple of generic size ( albeit custom made ones by yourself ) PCI covers that would fit any of your cases, to adding windows and holes for power buttons, leds, opti drives etc..............

So my point still stands, why leave the PCI slots open, when you could easily block/vent the unused ones ?

 

[JR23]

Perhaps my reasoning was slightly 'off '

If it was a showcase for the specific model case, then fine. But the lead post said it was a build for a friend so i imagined it was a custom build ( that would be built around the hardware ).

That aside, your reasoning for not including blanking plates ?

There is a world of difference between a couple of generic size ( albeit custom made ones by yourself ) PCI covers that would fit any of your cases, to adding windows and holes for power buttons, leds, opti drives etc..............

So my point still stands, why leave the PCI slots open, when you could easily block/vent the unused ones ?

It was both of those things simultaneously. A custom first of it's kind build for a friend but also a showcase of what that case would be if it were to be formally listed as a standard item. It's in no way specific to the hardware and the case was finished as a completely generic item. All the pass through's and specific mounting were drilled by hand rather than added to the original drawings. Just the same format as when I built my L1.0.

It could have easily been a bit more specific at that stage, but we wanted to leave it open for future hardware changes and also get some experience of what the standard iteration of the case would be like to build with.

Hypothetically had we chosen to be more specific at that moment in time and decided on this exact hardware then it would have had the 4-slot bracket from an mATX Parvum and 20mm+ taken off the height to bring it down to '7-slot' size. Which I think in hindsight would have made the GPU's look a bit more off center and balanced.


Well why block slots when you could easily leave them open , it's really just a matter of habit over function. If they were covered with traditional blanks that would still leave a significant hole down the front side and around the connectors on each GPU. The unused bracket looks neat and flat, doesn't rattle. Nothing would really make it drastically better. Flat aluminium plates would still be a discontinuity from the case.

It's not something i've ever overthought, each of my builds has every slot filled and when i've seen other people add them they always look silly. But yeah, I guess it's also unusual to have 4 next to each other.

JR

 

[JR23]

Some powered on pictures too...

JR​

 

[Dempsey22]

It's builds like these that make me want to sell my newly completed build and start all over again.

Awesome work !

 

[Squid Vicious]

Absolutely stunning

 

[harvey.l12]

I agree ^^ really nice PC