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Hey Guys! Been a while since I posted a new worklog. I guess time really flies when you are that busy. But anyway, I've got another project, and I wanted to give a huge shout out to EVGA, Thermaltake and Zadak for supporting this project again. Being a huge fan of Mini ITX systems, it's about time for me to start a new mITX project. Been a while since I did one, I think the last time that I did was a scratch build 4 years ago. Back then, when I built my very first mini ITX system, I was using a Bitfenix prodigy computer case. I was happy at first when I completed the build, but then I still wanted something smaller or slimmer than the prodigy. A few months after I finished my build, EVGA released they very first mITX case, the Hadron Air. After seeing a teaser video of it, I immediately grabbed one thinking that I'll try to chop it off and do a full, custom water loop system inside of it. I did started the project but ended up shoving it under the carpet for a little bit since my brain changed and wanted to do a scratch build first. So I had the Hadron Air computer case for quite a while now. The poor thing was collecting dust for years, so I decided it's time to get it done. First off, EVGA was kind enough to send me some awesome goodies that I will be using in this project. A year or two ago, EVGA sent me one of their Hadron Hydro computer case. When I got the case, that was the time when I remembered I still have my Hadron Air in the basement. I then decided to keep the Hydro and continue the work on the Air. One of the main reasons why I grabbed this computer case before was that it had a different power supply form factor included. My curiosity got tickled more since I was only used to seeing atx and sfx power supplies. Now, this was the Hadron Air computer case that I was talking about. I kinda dismantled it years ago and just left it like that. So after taking some dimensions for the case, I then proceeded on making a render drawing for it. I ended up coming up with an of tearing the front and back panel out, make a new one and completely changer the internal layout of the case to accommodate a full custom water loop inside. Original plan was to use the included power supply but it'll not work as I have originally thought. So I went back to the drawing board and altered some parts of the back panel to fit a sfx power supply. So after taking the dimensions, making a drawing out of it, time to throw some aluminum sheet and my not-so-leveled-bed CNC. Wasted a lot of sheet on this one, but it was all worth it in the end. Top (left) and bottom (right) panel. Front and back panel. Sometimes, since the bed is not leveled correctly, i'll end up murdering a cutting bit in the middle of the cutting job. Which means, i'll end up with a broken cutting bit and a wasted portion of the aluminum sheet. Sometimes, when the machine only needs to do 2 more passes to finish the cut, the cutting bit will break. Which means i'll need to cut out whatever I was cutting manually and hand filing the edges. Which is not that bad. Aaaaand, time to chop the Hadron Air off a little bit more. Test Fit time! That's all for this update for me right now. Next update, MORE chopping! See you on the next update! Ciao! P.S Here's a few of the photos that I was able to find when I was attempting to do a case mod for the Hadron Air years ago. Sleeved power supply Bending a piece of sheet metal to become the front panel Was trying to bend the metal sheet using a bed frame. Don't ask me why because I don't know either. Top panel attempt And for some reason, I ended up doing the top panel in acrylic. I think that was the time when I stopped and decided to shove the Hadron air somewhere in our basement.

So I have been researching and research and researching. I still have no idea if the products I have chosen are going to work well. I would like to build a cheapish system in a hadron Air case. I work for a company that uses AutoDesk Revit, Autocad and Navisworks and as Revit is incompatible with apples OSX and I hate boot camp, I want a separate system. This build will just be so I can practice and learn Revit at home and not for work load. But I will still need to be able to run 2 of the programs at once. There will be a max of 2 monitors connected. So my question is do you think that the parts I have picked are going to work well together. also if you guys have any input to make it better that would be great. I want to keep this build under £600. parts: evga handro air case intel core i5-4690k WD Blue 1tb desktop hard drive 16gb crucial ram Evga z170 stinger mini itx motherboard evga geforce gtx 960 6.8inch gpu Also the EVGA ACX mITX 46.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler thanks in advance hopefully i haven't missed anything off.

And ideas on what to put in it to make this a pretty good gaming rig? I want a i7-3770k in the build. You guys gimme your opinion. Thanks in advance.

I'm looking at building a new system soon using the EVGA Hadron Air, a small case with with apparently decent airflow. Does anyone have experience using ACX-style GPUs in small form factor builds? The only reason I'm considering it over the reference Titan fan is for the temps and quieter noise at load. Many suggest against using ACX fans in a small case, however I've also read there's little temperature increase within the case from them as well and it would be better to have a cooler GPU. There have been a couple of users who have used such cards, including EVGA themselves in a recent Hadron giveaway, so I was hoping it would be ok. Thoughts? The card I was looking at is the EVGA GTX 780 ACX, and will be using a Noctua U9B SE2 tower cooler.

Hi! I am currently in the process of building my first pc. My gpu just arrived and I started planning my build. I have decided to use the following components: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/xkpcGX I chose to use the hadron air as I need to move the pc at least once a week.However, looking over the 'quick start' guide on the xfx gpu, I discovered it didn't support 2 6-pin to 1 8-pin power connectors. The Hadron Air's built in psu has 2 6-pin + 2-pin connectors, and 4 molex, but no 8-pin. Despite saying that it wouldn't work, xfx had provided a 2 molex to 6-pin adapter and a 2 6-pin to 8-pin adapter.this meant that I could attatch the gpu. Except xfx says I can't. Is this the case or can I just use the provided adapters? Also, xfx says you need a 750w psu for the r9 280x. The Hadron only has a 500w psu. However, coolermaster says I only need 446w and pc partpicker says 394w. Should my psu be OK? Has anyone else done a similar build? Will I be ok with my psu and adapters? I would greatly appreciate all help and advice. Cheers!

Current Progress Parts EVGA Hadron (Purchased - $140AR) Core i5-4670K (Purchased - $165) Asus Z87E-ITX (Purchased - $105) Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 2x8GB DDR3 1866 (Purchased - $120) EVGA GTX 760 SC (Purchased - $215) Corsair H100i Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB (Purchased - $55) Toshiba 1TB (Already owned, removed from External Enclosure) Future Upgrades TT eSports Poseidon Keyboard Steelseries V2 or G430 or Corsair 1500 v2 or Kraken Pro Logitech G700s Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB to run Raid 0 3-4 TB 3.5" HDD (if I can find the space) Purpose 1) Running Linux and perhaps playing World of Warcraft and Starcraft 2 2) Getting my hands dirty and trying first modding. DREMEL TIME Why I Chose the EVGA Hadron