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R9 Nano Review thread

You can get much smaller cases that can fit a 980Ti though...

TBH I'm not sure why you wouldn't just get a Fury X with that case and the 120mm fan mount? not only would you have a better performing card but all of the heat would be getting exhausted straight out of the case instead of around the CPU.
 
Jono8 said:
You see this is the thing. That case will fit a 980Ti, and you can pick up a custom cooled 980Ti for £485 from OCUK right now. You would be mad to buy a Nano for £30 more.
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More space for airflow/to work around especially with 2 cards and a 240mm rad, don't disagree though its a hard sell over a 980ti at the money which is what I'd go for if I was buying now.
 
Rroff said:
More space for airflow/to work around especially with 2 cards and a 240mm rad, don't disagree though its a hard sell over a 980ti at the money which is what I'd go for if I was buying now.
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I built my sons a PC with the Corsair 240 and I put one of my old 670's in there and there is still plenty of airflow. It's stupidly overkill for a nano. In fact put a fury X in there if you are desperate for more space!
 
spikerules said:
I built my sons a PC with the Corsair 240 and I put one of my old 670's in there and there is still plenty of airflow. It's stupidly overkill for a nano. In fact put a fury X in there if you are desperate for more space!
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The perspective I was looking at it from was the idea of 2 of them in CF - for a single card in a 240 case then the 980ti would win all the way - though I guess with a heatsink on the CPU or 120mm AIO on it you could mount 2x FX in there.
 
Rroff said:
The perspective I was looking at it from was the idea of 2 of them in CF - for a single card in a 240 case then the 980ti would win all the way - though I guess with a heatsink on the CPU or 120mm AIO on it you could mount 2x FX in there.
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Is there enough space in the case for a motherboard that has enough spacing for 2 Nanos?
I'd guess that due to the cooler styling it would throttle if the cards were too close. The more traditional blower coolers would probably suffer too, but maybe less so?
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
Is there enough space in the case for a motherboard that has enough spacing for 2 Nanos?
I'd guess that due to the cooler styling it would throttle if the cards were too close. The more traditional blower coolers would probably suffer too, but maybe less so?
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Dunno as my original post haven't double checked compatibility of the setup just could see the attraction of it.
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
Is there enough space in the case for a motherboard that has enough spacing for 2 Nanos?
I'd guess that due to the cooler styling it would throttle if the cards were too close. The more traditional blower coolers would probably suffer too, but maybe less so?
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Rroff said:
Dunno as my original post haven't double checked compatibility of the setup just could see the attraction of it.
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That's the problem, You'd need an m-atx motherboard for a second card as an ITX board only has one pcie slot.
 
nashathedog said:
That's the problem, You'd need an m-atx motherboard for a second card as an ITX board only has one pcie slot.
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The motherboard will do Crossfire/SLI but I think the cards will be right next to each other, which I'd imagine would cause throttling?

On a side note, having now owned 2 Corsair cases, I don't think I'd buy the 240 AIR.
 
nashathedog said:
That's the problem, You'd need an m-atx motherboard for a second card as an ITX board only has one pcie slot.
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GoogalyMoogaly said:
The motherboard will do Crossfire/SLI but I think the cards will be right next to each other, which I'd imagine would cause throttling?
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The board I specced supports 2 GPUs in CF/SLI and has fairly generous spacing for them (though I've not actually checked 2x nano would fit) - should work fairly well assuming the rest of the case airflow isn't too bad - hence picking that case/setup for a pair of them.


GoogalyMoogaly said:
On a side note, having now owned 2 Corsair cases, I don't think I'd buy the 240 AIR.
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My main rig is in a 540 Air - had no problems with it other than the stock fans (quickly replaced) being whiny and the HDD offerings being a bit less well thought out than the rest of the case. Don't have a huge amount of experience with Corsair cases but done 2 other 540 builds and used another of their cases in a build a few years back without any real negatives.
 
Rroff said:
The board I specced supports 2 GPUs in CF/SLI and has fairly generous spacing for them (though I've not actually checked 2x nano would fit) - should work fairly well assuming the rest of the case airflow isn't too bad - hence picking that case/setup for a pair of them.
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Okay you mean in the Air 240 case. I still can't see why you'd choose Nano's instead of something faster and often cheaper. I was checking the 240 case out the other day to see if my Fury Tri-x would fit, It does but it won't take two of them (too thick) but it would take a pair of Fury X's or 980ti's without a problem.
 
Off-topic but going from the talk above: I had a look at the white 240 in MicroDirect when I was going to buy a white NZXT S340. I was immediately in love with it. Unfortunately it is a microATX case so I couldn't fit my A88X Pro Motherboard in there :( Bummer. The 540 is too big for my tastes at present so I went with my original plan of the S340.

I still hanker after the 240 case though, it looks really nice for such a small case. Really different style.

Back on topic: I do wonder how 980ti SLI would compare in heat/noise/perf compared to a nano Crossfire in a small case.
 
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nashathedog said:
Okay you mean in the Air 240 case. I still can't see why you'd choose Nano's instead of something faster and often cheaper. I was checking the 240 case out the other day to see if my Fury Tri-x would fit, It does but it won't take two of them (too thick) but it would take a pair of Fury X's or 980ti's without a problem.
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Well I wouldn't personally but I can see the attraction of that kind of setup if you wanted a pair of GPUs in a smaller sized case.

Scougar said:
I do wonder how 980ti SLI would compare in heat/noise/perf compared to a nano Crossfire in a small case.
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The reference 980tis are rear exhausting I believe which helps but the larger size would make air flow more of a consideration in a serious setup.
 
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Personally if you are desperate for SLI or Crossfire I Would either go ref 980Ti's in that case or 2xFuryX with aftermarket watercooling. That will make the FuryX a single slot card and be great for your airflow needs. The case is surprisingly spacious!
 
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CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
The Q33 is a lovely case:

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Cases-...sure-Review-Small-Aluminum-Case-Hinged-Constr

Its a shame only a few companies like Cubitek and Lian Li and doing aluminium mini-ITX cases still.
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It does look stunning.

Also to those who keep on saying you could have put a 980ti in. Personally I think it would make the build very ugly.... The nano is a perfect fit for that build and that case. As it was designed to be... Aesthetics are sometimes just as important as brute force. In this case (pun intended) the aesthetics are bang on. IMO
 
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