Disappointing because the SFX power supply market has grown a lot: over 50+ models on PCPartPicker from Corsair, Seasonic, EVGA, Silverstone, Thermaltake, Enermax, be quiet!, Lian Li, FSP, etc.
300W to 800W available at pretty decent pricing. There was *no need* for a mini-ITX = single-GPU + 240mm max radiator system to use a bloody ATX power supply.
Bad call, ASUS. Try again next year.
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And Anandtech, please explain how so many SFX power supplies are still "a little lacklustre" for hardware compatibility.
I felt the same thing then I saw the thickness profile. Its thinner than an appreciable "tall" case. You gain a slightly less bulkier case for the size. Its interesting.
At 40L, it's larger than many full ATX cases! It's nearly double the size of the Cerberus-X, but manages to only be able to fit both fewer AND smaller radiators! If the extra wasted space was supposed to be dedicated to improved cooling, it's just a total joke.
Yeah I hate it when mainstream itx cases end up being huge like this. I had a Cerberus X with an eatx mobo, 9900k, 2080 ti, a slim 240mm rad, a thick 240mm rad and a 120mm rad. Only 360mm worth of radiator space is kind of pathetic for something this huge.
The standard budget small mITX case is the Fractal Design Node 202, which is 10 litres. I have one and while it’s no looker, it’s great to have a small case which can fit a full sized GPU. Exotic (expensive) cases can go much smaller, down to about 3 litres inc GPU.
This Asus ROG mITX case is 40 litres which is FOUR TIMES the size of the Node 202. WTF!
I have a similar case, the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Shift. It looks a bit smaller than this one. The reason I've chosen it was that I get a smaller footprint compared to other more conventional mini-ITX cases while having enough vertical space.
The main advantage I see for this case to the Evolv Shift is it does not require a riser cable (which has issues with PCIe 4.0)
This case was made for idiots like me who are attracted to anything that looks cool, it's marketing and it's kind of smart because there are a lot of people like me that would buy this case because "we" don't know any better.
I have a silverstone raven v3, thats mini itx done right. Temps are low and it's the size of a Xbox and support for full gpus. I have a 2070 super in mine.
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ToTTenTranz - Monday, January 13, 2020 - link
Isn't making a big case kind of defeating the purpose of implementing ITX in the first place?I've seen gaming mATX cases smaller than that..
DigitalFreak - Monday, January 13, 2020 - link
Everything is full size except the motherboard...ikjadoon - Monday, January 13, 2020 - link
Disappointing because the SFX power supply market has grown a lot: over 50+ models on PCPartPicker from Corsair, Seasonic, EVGA, Silverstone, Thermaltake, Enermax, be quiet!, Lian Li, FSP, etc.300W to 800W available at pretty decent pricing. There was *no need* for a mini-ITX = single-GPU + 240mm max radiator system to use a bloody ATX power supply.
Bad call, ASUS. Try again next year.
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And Anandtech, please explain how so many SFX power supplies are still "a little lacklustre" for hardware compatibility.
ikjadoon - Monday, January 13, 2020 - link
Source: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/power-supply/#t=...maus92 - Monday, January 13, 2020 - link
Yea, I don't get it. The idea of a Mini-ITX build it to make the machine as small as possible so it is easily portable - for gaming / LAN partiesBlaab1 - Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - link
I felt the same thing then I saw the thickness profile. Its thinner than an appreciable "tall" case. You gain a slightly less bulkier case for the size. Its interesting.edzieba - Monday, January 13, 2020 - link
At 40L, it's larger than many full ATX cases! It's nearly double the size of the Cerberus-X, but manages to only be able to fit both fewer AND smaller radiators! If the extra wasted space was supposed to be dedicated to improved cooling, it's just a total joke.12345 - Monday, January 13, 2020 - link
Yeah I hate it when mainstream itx cases end up being huge like this. I had a Cerberus X with an eatx mobo, 9900k, 2080 ti, a slim 240mm rad, a thick 240mm rad and a 120mm rad. Only 360mm worth of radiator space is kind of pathetic for something this huge.Dug - Monday, January 13, 2020 - link
20.91 inches!!! wtf?I'll gladly take the non innovative layout of other mitx cases.
Reflex - Monday, January 13, 2020 - link
The second photo at first glance made me think this was a case the size of a full size server rack...Tomatotech - Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - link
The standard budget small mITX case is the Fractal Design Node 202, which is 10 litres. I have one and while it’s no looker, it’s great to have a small case which can fit a full sized GPU. Exotic (expensive) cases can go much smaller, down to about 3 litres inc GPU.This Asus ROG mITX case is 40 litres which is FOUR TIMES the size of the Node 202. WTF!
This ROG case
Tomatotech - Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - link
Ignore the last three words and bemoan no edit hereAluveitie - Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - link
I have a similar case, the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Shift. It looks a bit smaller than this one.The reason I've chosen it was that I get a smaller footprint compared to other more conventional mini-ITX cases while having enough vertical space.
The main advantage I see for this case to the Evolv Shift is it does not require a riser cable (which has issues with PCIe 4.0)
Clonerobot17 - Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - link
This case was made for idiots like me who are attracted to anything that looks cool, it's marketing and it's kind of smart because there are a lot of people like me that would buy this case because "we" don't know any better.[email protected] - Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - link
I have a silverstone raven v3, thats mini itx done right. Temps are low and it's the size of a Xbox and support for full gpus. I have a 2070 super in mine.meacupla - Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - link
39.79L... That's massive for mITX.Also, at 20.91" on one side, this will never fit in a carry-on sized suitcase.