They could at least make it even thinner, being water-cooled and all. Then you could just hang it on the wall and don't worry about knocking it over and breaking it. From the looks of it, much is currently wasted space. If they have a custom psu in there they could have scrapped the casing so it doesn't add bulk. Then the whole unit could be like 2 inches thick.
The graphics card is obviously NOT perpendicular to the motherboard as it would be in a traditional setup, from the looks of it, it might be actually collinear, so its z profile should not be any taller than the mobo + cpu + water block and pipes. It is the psu and radiator that prevent it from being any thinner.
A horizontal radiator would make it even taller and thinner and more likely to tip over if stood on a desk; while as still being a 2+" thick brick it'd still be on the really chunky side for a wall mount. Aside from that, making it that thin would also require using something like a 1U rackmount PSU; the 40mm fans in those are obscenely loud and completely unacceptable for residential use.
2" is about the thickness of a classical (as in old school) painting frame. As for the cooling - sure tiny fans are garbage, but there is also the option to actually do something innovative and put a long cylindrical blower like the ones they put in ac units. That's gonna move a whole lot of air at very low noise.
Someone is being salty that with mITX having become suitable for single GPU gaming systems instead of just 'like a laptop but without built in peripherals or a battery' computing all the branding/marketing/etc from the latter is now being applied to the former as well.
It's certainly no Tiki, but looks to be half the width of a standard mATX midtower and maybe 75% of the depth. Still certainly SFF, even if it's on the larger side of SFF
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Sttm - Friday, January 13, 2017 - link
Why is it so narrow and tall? I like my towers not to tip over.ckbryant - Friday, January 13, 2017 - link
They named it Bolt-X so you have to Bolt-X down to the desk or floor to keep it from flipping over lolddriver - Friday, January 13, 2017 - link
Good point, but I don't see a bolting bracket with it. Back to the drawing board for this one.ddriver - Sunday, January 15, 2017 - link
They could at least make it even thinner, being water-cooled and all. Then you could just hang it on the wall and don't worry about knocking it over and breaking it. From the looks of it, much is currently wasted space. If they have a custom psu in there they could have scrapped the casing so it doesn't add bulk. Then the whole unit could be like 2 inches thick.trulyuncouth - Sunday, January 15, 2017 - link
It is meant to hold a graphics card. Did you even read the article?ddriver - Monday, January 16, 2017 - link
Your point being?The graphics card is obviously NOT perpendicular to the motherboard as it would be in a traditional setup, from the looks of it, it might be actually collinear, so its z profile should not be any taller than the mobo + cpu + water block and pipes. It is the psu and radiator that prevent it from being any thinner.
DanNeely - Monday, January 16, 2017 - link
A horizontal radiator would make it even taller and thinner and more likely to tip over if stood on a desk; while as still being a 2+" thick brick it'd still be on the really chunky side for a wall mount. Aside from that, making it that thin would also require using something like a 1U rackmount PSU; the 40mm fans in those are obscenely loud and completely unacceptable for residential use.ddriver - Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - link
2" is about the thickness of a classical (as in old school) painting frame. As for the cooling - sure tiny fans are garbage, but there is also the option to actually do something innovative and put a long cylindrical blower like the ones they put in ac units. That's gonna move a whole lot of air at very low noise.DavidBrees - Saturday, January 14, 2017 - link
So you can see the components. Short and wide would hide or at least compress the components.CrazyElf - Saturday, January 14, 2017 - link
Compounding the problem, the AIO with the reservoir and radiator are on top. Those can be heavy.The power supply looks pretty high up too.
Amandtec - Monday, January 16, 2017 - link
Because Usain.TEAMSWITCHER - Saturday, January 14, 2017 - link
That is....quite lovely. I like it.sleepeeg3 - Saturday, January 14, 2017 - link
Someone forgot the purpose of "SFF."Cygni - Saturday, January 14, 2017 - link
... what?DanNeely - Monday, January 16, 2017 - link
Someone is being salty that with mITX having become suitable for single GPU gaming systems instead of just 'like a laptop but without built in peripherals or a battery' computing all the branding/marketing/etc from the latter is now being applied to the former as well.basroil - Sunday, January 15, 2017 - link
It's certainly no Tiki, but looks to be half the width of a standard mATX midtower and maybe 75% of the depth. Still certainly SFF, even if it's on the larger side of SFFCSMR - Saturday, January 14, 2017 - link
S in SFF is supposed to stand for Small not Supersized.