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So this card will be a great future upgrade for my 1080mini someday, once I move up to 4K gaming once those 4K projectors start dropping in price! Or maybe ZOTAC will continue the Mini-ITX card trend with the next generation of Nvidia cards, as 4K projector prices aren't dropping fast enough to warrant a 1080ti upgrade just yet. All I gotta do is figure out how and IF it will fit inside my NFC S4 Mini (which currently houses my 1080mini) and figure out when I can get a hold of an upcoming HDPLEX-400, and a custom G-Unique modded Dell-330W Power brick that's modded to 400W. Oh and then figure out how to power the dual-8-pin power on this card from my HDPLEX-400.

STAGE 3: CPU Temp Testing [Post-Delid] (Termolabs/Cooltech LP53 vs Delidded Temps) NHL9i vs NHL9i* vs LP53* vs LP53 w/i7-7700k Delidded* - RESULTS! (+bonus alternate "mini" VRM heatsinks installed!) [/B] PICS of the Delid process adventure, skip these and look at the results below if you like (theres a bonus video in there showing the ACTUAL delid moment, too!) So, how did the Delid go, you may wonder? .... ... Well, wonder NO MORE! PRE/POST DELID TEMP RESULTS DISCLAIMERS: 1) AMBIENT TEMP was 74F/23C at all times 2) * means my Z270i's VRM heatsinks were removed 3) Results were taken with the S4 Mini Side Panels On, in a vertical position (power button near the bottom) 4) Synthetic Benchmark temps taken after 10 minutes, or until i hit 99C (with timestamps included) 5) Gaming all done at 1080p in most CPU intensive area I could find, or using the game's built-in benchmark Here's how I gathered my temps: My temp numbers were taken from the hottest core (core0) noting the highest temp that core had hit during the 10 minutes of continuous load from said benchmark/game. If the benchmark/game was showing erratic spiking of temps up/down within a range, I would take the average hottest temp of that range (ex: if spiking from 75-80c I'd average that to 77c). averaged temps marked with a "~" RealBench, AIDA64,and Watch_Dogs 2 fluctuated within a Temp Range, and the temp noted is an average. the orange temp delta shows the difference between the LP53 and the LP53 with the delid the GREEN temp delta is used to show the difference between my "stock NHL9i" temps and my new "LP53 w/Delid" temps Synthetic Benchmarks: Prime95_v26.6____IDLE__________LOAD NHL9i Stock_______39c_________99c@5min (FAIL) on core0, cores1-3 averaged 93c NHL9i *___________39c_________97c on core0, cores1-3 averaged 91c LP53 *____________36c_________92c on core0, cores1-3 averaged 86cc LP53 & Delid*______35c_________79 on core0 , cores 1-3 were ALL at 77c (13c from pre-delid LP53) (-20c from "NHL9i Stock") Realbench Stress___LOAD NHL9i Stock_______~99c@2min (FAIL) NHL9i *___________~94c@ LP53 *____________~90c@ LP53 & Delid*______~76c@ (-14c from pre-delid LP53) (-23c from "NHL9i Stock") x264 Custom Load___LOAD NHL9i Stock______99c@2min (FAIL) NHL9i *__________97c@10min LP53 *___________ 95c@10min LP53 & Delid*_____ 78c@10min (-15c from pre-delid LP53) (-21c from "NHL9i Stock") Intel Burn Test (Standard) Hottest Core after 10 runs LP53 *___________99c@1min (FAIL) LP53 & Delid *____75c (-24c from pre-delid LP53) AIDA64 System Stress Test (15 minutes) LP53 *___________~92c LP53 & Delid *____~78c (-14c from pre-delid LP53) Thats an average 14c temp drop (on the hottest core) from from pre-delid LP53 to Delidding, ALONE. But let's look at where I started with the NHL9i w/VRM heatsinks on... then this becomes a total average of 20C temp drop (on the hottest core) on these synthetic benchmarks, going from an NHL9i, to an LP53 without VRM heatsinks, and then a CPU delid! Gaming Benchmarks Watch Dogs 2: LP53 *___________~83c LP53 & Delid *____~69c Mirror's Edge Catalyst: LP53 *___________77c LP53 & Delid *____63c Batman Arkham Knight: LP53 *___________70c LP53 & Delid *____57c Gears of War 4 Benchmark: LP53 *___________61c LP53 & Delid *____55c Rise of the Tomb Raider Benchmark: LP53 *___________64c LP53 & Delid *____59c That's an average 13c temp drop (on the hottest core) in these Real-world PC-game tests!BONUS Pics of adjustments to the Motherboard VRMs (which were bare after removing the stock VRM heatsink towers). You can buy them here Here's the little heatsinks I saw another user from the DanA4 Thread on [H]ardOCP use on this Z270i STRIX. I bought them and my order of 10 came in. They have a paper you peel with some black thermal glue on the back: BONUS pics of adjusting my rear M.2 mounting with the proper spacer: So... the delid was sucessful. I'm going to attempt to go for 5GHz now and see if I'm stable at a low enough vcore and temps. If not I'm fine with the 7700k at stock turboboost clocks (4.5GHz @ 1.2vcore) Thanks to all of you who helped me with this build. This brings the main phase of this build's progress to an end... FOR NOW! Things that might make me update this thread in the future: A new 1080ti Mini from ZOTAC that fits in the S4 mini ...? (praying for one at least, if not for me but so Josh can get more customers! and more can join the SFF or S4 Mini community!) The release of PC 4K/UHD Bluray PC Players, so I can drag all my 4K blurays that havent been ripped yet along with me when i take it with me for movie nights. This post took me WAY TOO LONG to do, so glad my long-format updates are over for this build... ... and now that the latest version of CEMU is relased, I'm off to play Zelda Breath of the Wild in Glorius 4K! and then take the S4 to a friends house for some Mario Kart 8 4-player couch-multiplayer in Glorious 4K on his projector!

Glad to know the CPU didn't throttle. Sucks that it'll get stripped down, but its great that everybody loves it. I wonder WHO might actually insist on a workstation in an SS4 over at your offices? It certainly will be an amazing art peice to have on the work desk. And YES RGB Trident RAM totally fits inside the S4 Mini, so it's totally possible.

So at this point I was still waiting and hadn't yet received my Thermolab LP53 CPU cooler yet... but in the meantime did 4 things to my S4 build: 1. I installed a dual USB 3.0 Internal header adapter and used some creative cabling and empty space inside the S4 to plug in some wireless USB adapters to minimize exterior USB plug use. 2. I was able to fit the z270i STRIX's wifi antenna inside the S4 Mini, while allowing the antenna wires to be plugged in to the rear I/O plugs. (no pics of that, but I fished the wires from the gap between the rear I/O and the interior of the case) I was able to fit the wifi adapter next to the CPU 8-pin power plug on the botherboard, where there was some empty space. 3. I swapped my boot drive (the intel 600p M.2 250GB SSD) from the top M.2 port to the rear M.2 port, I was able to install it into the rear M.2 WITHOUT having to remove the motherboard from the S4-mini! 4. Oh and I also received my order of 3/4 inch soft Sorbothane Rubber feet so I could sit my S4 Mini horizontally! with pics! and now for the main event of this post: CPU Temp Testing [Pre-Delid, PART2] (Thermolabs/Cooltech LP53 vs NH-L9i): My Thermolab LP53 came in yesterday afternoon, Pics: And I started work on temp benchmarking my current NHL9i this afternoon... Here's a preview of what I tested with my NT-H1 thermal compound on my 7700K at 4.5GHz turboboost @ stock vcore 1.24v: IDLE temp LOAD temp (after 10 minutes) or LOAD temp once I hit 99c/thermal throttle with a time-stamp AMBIENT temp. I'll be testing the following software: Prime95 26.6 (custom, run FFTs in place, & max FFT size of 8kb) ASUS ROG Realbench v2.43 Stresstest (set to use 8GB of RAM) a custom x264 load/stability test, on all 8 threads (custom test from the Overclockers.net Kaby Lake OC'ing thread) I'm testing both coolers with the fins parallel to the RAM in the following configurations (with the S4 Mini side panels CLOSED): NHL9i +NF-A9x14 - STOCK (with motherboard VRM heatsinks ON) NHL9i +NF-A9x14 - without mobo VRM heatsinks LP53 +NF-A9x14 - without mobo VRM heatsinks Right now, as I've just completed the benchmarks and am typing up the results.... the results are IMPRESSIVE. 1st, after removing the VRM heatsinks, I came across a decent temp drop that I will share in the results. 2nd The LP53, it WAS INDEED worth the 1 month wait after purchase to arrive, for sure, it has replaced my NHL9i going forward into my delid to occur next. NHL9i vs LP53 S4 Mini RESULTS (AMBIENT TEMP was 74F or 23C at all times): Prime95_v26.6____IDLE__________LOAD NHL9i Stock______39c_________99c@5min NHL9i no VRMs___39c____________97c LP53 no VRMs____36c____________92c Realbench Stress__IDLE__________LOAD NHL9i Stock______39c_________99c@2min NHL9i no VRMs___39c____________94c LP53 no VRMs____36c____________90c x264 Custom Load_IDLE__________LOAD NHL9i Stock______39c__________99c @ 2min NHL9i no VRMs___39c________(94c@2min) 97c LP53 no VRMs____36c________(92c@2min) 95c RESULTS ANALYSIS: Removing the VRM heatsinks gave me anywhere from a 2-4c improvement in load temps when using the NHL9i. this also allowed my load temps not to fail before the 10 minutes, where they were hitting 99c otherwise. The LP53 beat the NHL9i in the same configuration without the VRM heatsinks, it dropped my idle temps by 3c, and my load temps dropped between 2-5c. So here's the kicker! I went from... using the NHL9i with the VRM heatsinks (which I was using all this time), to the LP53 without the VRM heatstinks. This resulted in my CPU no longer throttling and failing my load tests, while dropping my load temps from reaching 99c in 2 & 5 minutes, to maintaining my load temps at a steady 90/92c after the full 10 minutes! That's an average of -9c on my load temps! on air! inside the S4 mini! Pics and LP53 fitment story "1 Small compromise, for a no-compromise All-copper CPU cooling solution!" : So my next post in this Build Log thread will be: STAGE 3: CPU Temp Testing of the Termolabs/Cooltech LP53 on an i7-7700k (Pre-delid vs Post-Delid Temps) Where I will be testing compiling and comparing temp numbers from all my previous configurations: NHL9i vs NHL9i* vs LP53* vs LP53 w/i7-7700k Delidded* - RESULTS! [*means my Z270i's VRM heatsinks were removed] (+a bonus alternate "mini" VRM heatsinks installation!) Also, any feedback or questions, feel free to share them.

That video was AMAZING. I've been waiting for you guys to finally review the NFS S4 Mini for weeks, ever since I heard that Josh from NFC had sent an S4 Mini to a "prominent Youtouber" (we all assumed and guess it was Linus) this was a shining review and a great way to showcase that it is, indeed the SFF king of Cases, and "BY FAR the Smallest Case for Custom Gaming PC Builders out there!". BUT I think you guys should have maybe done a little more research into the newest wave of S4 minis, you CAN fit a 1080 mini in there without even modding it at all. In fact my S4 Mini #193 (Build Log in my sig) was the first to have a 1080 mini fitted into it by Josh, with a custom 2D (non-wrap around) Acrylic front bezel from Josh that he handmade, to fit my ZOTAC 1080mini with only minimal cuts on the plastic fan shroud of the 1080. BUT: Heads up 1080 mini owners. Josh now offers a 7mm Acrylic Bezel on his S4 mini sale page, which will allow for the 1080 mini to fit into the S4 Mini, WITHOUT MODIFICATION of the GPU. I can't believe Josh overnighted you guys a custom-cut and designed sidepanel with a cutout for the supertall new DDR4 modules you used. WOW. That is baller. Josh is amazingly detail oriented and dedicated to doing the best to help custom orders for customers, he was always commnicating with me and answering my emails and questions and helping me to figure out how fulfill my build goals. Oh my god you guys used a sawzaw on the 1080mini heatsink to get it to fit with the original Aluminum warp around bezel, and you hit the heatpipe!? :CRINGE: AND you had another 1080 mini overnighted to you by Zotac!? WOWWWW I mean I see why you used a modded Slim 120fan on the GPU and were getting low 80's temps out of it. And it was way louder than the stock fans and didnt keep the GPU as cool. You shoulda just bought the 7mm 2D Bezel with the cutout for the GPU, I mean if you did that, then you wouldnt have an exciting video of yall's chopping up a GPU. And you couldve also rotated the NHL9i CPU cooler 90 degrees since the fins were right up against the Corsair RAM on one end.... probably limiting that 7700k's overclock... But, at least when it comes down to the important stuff "the numbers" the S4 Mini build you have here had outperformed even that Kaby Lake open test-bench. That should absolutely blow away any doubters about the use of the HDPLEX-300 and the Dell-300W power brick. I hope Larry from HDPLEX (is he on this forum?) gets a TON of new customers thanks to the S4 mini video. His DC-DC PSU is god-tier and can swing at and sometimes better than the big-boy SFX and ATX PSUs when powering a 1080mini and a 7700k Great to see the S4 Mini get recognized for it's amazing performance per liter, "at the top of the pack for what we've ever seen in terms of Performance Per Liter" that is a really shining praise, albeit totally factual and obvious to those of us who have been rocking 7700ks and 1080mini's in our S4 Mini already, lol. And Linus loved it, I'm glad. Is he or anyone in the office using that build or taken a liking to it? I'm curious.

Wall of text ahead! Pictures included sparingly to ease the reading. CPU Alt. HSF Temp Testing [Pre-Delid, PART1] (Zalman CNPS2X w/ Scythe 12x120 & Rosewill 15x120mm vs Noctua NH-L9i w/ NF-a9x14PWM & NF-B9 Redux PWM) Storytime: Okay, my Noctua NF-B9 Redux 1600 PWM came in & now that I had the NF-B9 I decided to test a combo of 4 cooling solutions...I tested the NH-L9i stock, with the NF-B9 fan against the Zalman CNPS2X w/Scythe's 12x120mm slim fan and with Rosewill's 15x120mm fan. Here's the Scythe and the Rosewill installed in the 120mm fan bracket included with the S4 Mini, with the Zalman CNPS2X below them: Fitting the NF-B9 Redux in the S4-Mini Chassis: Okay so I went to work on the NF-B9 because I didn't' want to give up on it just yet! And I found some household items to help! So here's my Nf-B9 Redux Fitment project detailed below: Temp/Sound Testing Methodology, Results, and Part 1 Conclusion: Temp Test Methodology: Results: (listed in order of loudest to most quiet) Sneak Peek at PART 2 of my upcoming Temp Testing Post: I will include the Thermolabs/Cooltech LP53 HSF, and ALL-COPPER HSF, and pit it against the NH-L9i! I will be using the stock NF-A9x14-PWM fan from the Noctua NH-L9i, and as a thread on [H]ardOCP has noted... with this HSF configuration, the LP53 is between 8-10c COOLER than the NH-L9i! Could I get the LP53 to fit inside my S4 mini? Will it fit on my z270i STRIX mobo, w/proper heatpipe/fin orientation? (fins parallel to RAM) Will it outperform the NH-L9i, inside the S4-Mini, and with the S4-mini's side-panel closed? If you're excited to find out,Stay tuned!

Final Pics: Final S4-Mini Build Pics So after it was all said and done and I was able to cram everything I wanted into a tiny 4.4L S4-Mini Chassis... I present to you, S4-Mini #193! Codenamed, "Ant-Man"! Remember that the RGB on the ASUS Motherboard can be controlled, tweaked and even turned OFF completely, great for movie nights when the LEDs can be a distraction. My next post will be an alternate CPU HSF Temp Test [Pre-Delid, PART1] of the: Zalman CNPS2X w/ Scythe 12x120 & Rosewill 15x120mm vs Noctua NH-L9i w/ NF-a9x14PWM & NF-B9 Redux PWM...:)

S4-Mini Chassis Build Progress, Pics/Notes [PART 2 - "Build Fitment"]: So once I got everything in the build. I realized my 1080's big fan would graze against the S4 mini's inner chassis front bezel if my case was sitting horizontally, and would not graze it when sitting vertically. Hmmm... This was a problem, as I wanted to ensure no fan impact or fitment issues in either orientation. So I ran a test: when I removed the 15mm 2.5in HDD from the SSD bracket, this was resolved and the card didn't graze the inner chassis. BUT I really wanted to be able to have that 5TB drive in my system at all times without it causing problems. So basically I had NO MORE ROOM inside the S4 and had to figure out what to do, I had to make some minor and creative fitment adjustments to get the GPU fan to not graze the case even with the FAT 15mm 2.5in 5TB HDD that was sitting on 1080's backplate, pushing the card OUT and causing the fan problem. SO I REMEMBERED SOMETHING from Josh's "Teeny Tiny 1080 Build" Video @ 10:25 about some Neoprene that he used to secure the GPU from being pushed OUT like this. And I realized that I remember REMOVING that Neoprene peice earlier, thinking it was an extra, or loose peice... So I re-cut another piece of Neoprene from my NH-L9i's packaging and I wedged it back into place where Josh mentioned in his video. It sits in-between the GPU's 6-pin power adapter and the inner chassis frame, pushing the GPU IN towards the case/SSD bracket, so it's level with the case, and prevents the 1080's larger GPU fan from impacting or grazing the inner chassis front panel. So my fitment was complete! The only sacrifice I had to make was a peice of Neoprene to push the 1080 mini IN towards the case's SSD bracket, so it wouldn't graze the inner chassis when the case was laying horizontally. My next post will detail the Final Build pics of the S4-mini build once all was in place and working.

S4-Mini Chassis Build Progress, Pics/Notes [PART 1 - "Building the PC"]: So I received my S4 mini last wednesday. I sadly have no pictures of it's packaging sooo, I'll just write about it below: It was an a large box, the S4 mini was suspended nicely with styrofoam in the center of the box. The S4 mini was very carefully wrapped in super heavy seran-wrap style clear plastic wrap, very sturdy. And on top of the centered mini was a small cardboard box fitted into the styrofoam which contained My HDPLEX and modded cables, and the S4's Riser, my alternate power button and the 120mm fan bracket. All well packaged and safely stored. (Josh held onto my case's original black 5mm aluminum wrap-around bezel for later... when he has time to maybe cut over the front panel GPU vent and put a Dinoc vented cover on it to fit my 1080mini.) So my next post will cover the 2nd part of the Build process, fitments of all the parts. After that I will post some of the final build pics. And then After that I will post a little more about my temperature discoveries from working outside on an open-test bench to now working inside the S4 mini, both stock and OCed.

Receiving my HDPLEX-300 DC-DC PSU and ZOTAC 1080 mini, before I sent them off to Josh @ NFC to mod them. OKAY so for real this time, My NEXT POST will detail me receiving the S4/HDPLEX/1080mini back from Josh and putting it all together.

Pre-S4-MINI Parts Testing Pics/Notes These are pics of me receiving/modding and testing my parts outside of the S4 mini (which is recommended by Josh before putting anything into the chassis): My next post will detail receiving my HDPLEX-300 and ZOTAC 1080 mini, before I sent them off to Josh @ NFC to mod them.

Preface: I'm sharing my build log from the SFF Forums, here on the LTT forums, welcomeing any feedback, suggestions, & constructive criticisms to better my build. So I got my S4 Mini April 22nd, 2017, It's #193! The build is Code-named "Ant-Man" by Josh from NFC himself. Here's an early pic of the build sent to me by Josh (check out the custom Frosted Acrylic Front Bezel), click it to see Josh's imgur of my S4-mini/1080mini: --------------------------------------------- Build Intro, Goals & Challenges --------------------------------------------- Build Intro: I've had the same Gaming PC based on an ASUS Crosshair Mobo from 2006, & an aging CPU/GPU, this Full-ATX PC lasted me 10 years, but no longer runs modern games at 1080p60fps or even 30fps. So, I recently came into some money & decided I was due for an upgrade... to an i7-7700k and a GTX 1080!!, but then, I watched a video by "Tek Everything" where I discovered Josh's "NFC S4 Mini Chassis", and I fell in love, and it became the catalyst for making a 7700k and a GTX 1080 mini fit into my SFF build idea. Goal/Use of my build: On top of using this PC at home and taking it to friend's houses for game/movie nights. I also take this build to work everyday and game during my lunch breaks, so I required: A no-compromise PORTABLE 4K gaming/4K media PC (w/ 4K UHD Bluray drive support). I wanted this build to use "the fastest performing parts, be quiet, be portable, and be wrapped in luxury" to paraphrase Josh's description of this build. I use this build for all my 1080p gaming on my Optoma GT1080 projector (most games I supersample to 4K using Nvidias DSR), (and for 4K gaming on my 4K tv) while I wait for 4K projectors to become more affordable. I also plan to hook up an external UHD/4K Bluray player once they're available, to enjoy my 4K Bluray Collection on from my PC on my 4K TV once I can rip my 4K UHD Blurays to take them along with me & this PC! Challenges: At first, NO GTX 1080 could fit inside the S4 mini until the ZOTAC 1080 mini was released, but even then no one had tried to fit it into the S4 mini yet (with the front panel in place)... So I volunteered & sent Josh my 1080mini so he could test fit & mod it to fit into my S4 mini. He ended up having to shave a bit off the card's plastic shroud and he cut me a custom Acrylic Front Bezel (2D/non-wrap around) that he frosted beautifully for extra GPU fan clearance, so that we wouldn't have to mod the stock fans/heatsink on the 1080 mini. AND IT WORKED! So although my 1080mini was modded to fit inside the S4-mini with a custom 5mm Acrylic Bezel: Going forward, all future S4 Mini customers (batch #3 and forward) will be able to purchase an alternate 7mm Front Bezel from Josh's S4 Mini site/shop page... that will allow fitment of the ZOTAC 1080 mini in the S4 Mini without ANY modding of the GPU. --------------------------------------------------------- PCPartPicker part list & Price Breakdown --------------------------------------------------------- Total: $2749.37 (ouch) I intended to max my costs at $2300, lol Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-06 20:32 EST-0500 ----------- MEDIA: ----------- Below are Josh's Twitter 1080mini video preview of my 1080 mini that I sent him to mod/review , and his youtube'd S4 Mini & 1080mini Fitment Project video for my build, & his imgur photo album of his project to fit my 1080mini into the NFC S4 mini chassis ------------------------------------------------------ Build Thread - TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------ STAGE1: Pre-S4-Mini "Open Test-Bench Testing": Pre-S4-Mini Open Test-Bench Testing (in post #3) HDPLEX-300 & ZOTAC-1080-Mini Modding (in post #4) STAGE2: S4-Mini Chassis "Build/Fitment" Progress, Final Pics: [PART 1] "Building the S4-Mini" (in post #5) [PART 2] "S4-Mini Build Fitment" (in post #6) Final S4-Mini Build Pics (in post #7) STAGE3: Pre&Post CPU Delid Temp Testing CPU Temp Testing [Pre-Delid, PART1] (Noctua Nf-B9 & Zalman CNPS2X) (in post #8) CPU Temp Testing [Pre-Delid, PART2] (Thermolabs/Cooltech LP53 vs NH-L9i) (in post #9) CPU Temp Testing [Post-Delid] (Termolabs/Cooltech LP53 vs Delidded Temps) (in post #10) ------------------------------- Performance RESULTS ------------------------------- Temps:(CPU Cooling used: Themolab LP53 & NF-A9-14xPWM) CPU: 4.5GHz, 35/36c idle, 70-78c +/- while gaming GPU: +200 Core (~2080MHz w/GPUBoost3) & +1GHZ Memory (11GHz effective) 120% power target, 35c idle, max 72c gaming Benchmarks Setup: i7-7700k stock we/Turboboost @ 4.5GHz & XMP 2x8GB DDR4-4000Mhz ZOTAC 1080mini (if OC'ed: 120% power target, +200MHz Core & 11GBps Memory) average 2080Mhz Core w/GPUboost3) 3DMark Timespy Scores: 6,733 - Stock CPU & Stock GPU 7,420 - Stock CPU & OC'ed GPU 3DMark Firestrike Scores: 17,605 - Stock CPU & Stock GPU 19,098 - Stock CPU & OC'ed GPU --------------------- Conclusion: --------------------- All in all, all the parts and accessories I ended up buying & the price premiums I paid on a few parts for buying them early-on, added up to a little bit more than I expected to pay originally (originally aimed at $2300 total using a GTX1070)... but for a build that I plan to keep for 10 years... Let's hope it's enough with a 1080! Thank you!: Thank you, to the LTT Community for any feedback you give me. And thanks to everyone in the S4 Mini thread over on the SFF forums, for helping me with finding custom parts and gathering ideas for this build. Thank you to Josh of NFC, for his infinite creativity, hard work, dedication, and skills with building and modding custom SFF Computer Cases that double as works of art in my book! Josh's communication during the process of this custom build was very quick and he was very upfront and thorough regarding all aspects of my build throughout the entire process, he was a pleasure to deal with in answering all my questions while offering practical options & solutions.

Good point, and I do realize this video was more than likely aimed at cases that fit stock, off the shelf components (like SFX PSUs). So i hope that this video is like a precursor to another upcoming SFF Case Video Review, hopefully including the NFC S4 mini!

Awesome work put into this set of 8 cases. Great starter cases for any looking to join the SFF community. Exactly how I feel regarding the "world's smallest computer case" line. My NFC S4 Mini is smaller than an OG Xbone and a PS4 as just 4.47L, portable as hell when I pop it and the power brick into my backpack to take to work each day. And I've got a 7700k/1080mini humming along almost dead silent in that thing. the 2x 2.5in drives are the loudest part of my system currently. And yes, I'm aware that the next Batch of NFC S4 Mini's arent going to be available until July, since Batch #3 just sold out last month. And according to this SFF Case spreadsheet, there's plenty smaller cases to look at when it comes to SFF enthusiast or even HTPC computers cases, Maybe take a gander at it for any future SFF case review videos? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dzRY3LLsXcDX5Qt5PvQOrAJhw0EK9Cy7UtQPdyRp6PY/edit Personally though, this is a great starting point for large-format LTT SFF Case reviews, as I was going to go for an RVZ01 or ML08B before I discovered the S4 mini, so those cases aren't BAD per se... but there ARE smaller options out there if customers are looking to fit the top-end of gaming PC CPU/GPU, have them be quiet, stay cool and, be wrapped in a luxury SFF case, too.