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[WhitetailAni]

Darn it - I thought it had a blender attached.

[sub68]

wasn't there a smol case linus reviewed a little whlie back

[SPARTAN VI]

@1:34 I'm 90% sure this chassis is derived from the Cougar QBX or QBX Kaze. It looks so similar in layout and design (especially the stamped cut-outs for the rear, the bottom rails, and AIO tray), but I suppose its still possible its an custom design. Built an ITX gaming rig for my sister with the QBX, definitely among my top 3 favorite ITX cases. 

[Asez23]

8 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Darn it - I thought it had a blender attached.

i was hoping for a lawn mower - my old one died

[Guest]

Seems more like a slightly extended shortcircuit video than an ltt one

[Theguywhobea]

Yeah, case looks very very similar to the Cougar QBX, looks like they just updates some things on it. 

[Neamow]

Do... do they not see the face?

[Luscious]

Hasn't it now become a compromise when you water cool the CPU but air cool the graphics? I get that it's a small case, but why not go the Corsair One approach and use an AIO for the GPU as well? If they're doing their own case designs anyway it would just be a matter of rearranging components and layout. They're a boutique builder - make it an option!!!

 

With regards to that GPU temperature, you might want to look into your ambient temps as well. Not everybody can sit in a controlled/comfortable 20C studio. Many spaces in the summer where there is no AC can hit as high as 34C inside, and at that point good airflow and quality TIM can make a huge difference (or none whatsoever) between a system that still runs versus something that just shuts off because it's cooling solution cannot keep up.

 

Reminds me of the three failure points of notebook cooling - bad fans, bad TIM, too high ambient temps. Get all three and you are SOL.

[SFFDesigns]

5 hours ago, SPARTAN VI said:

from the Cougar QBX

Yep, I believe this is where the case is derived. Based on the measurements on Origin's website (which are likely rounded to the nearest inch), this case is ~19.5L vs the QBX being 19.9. 

 

What baffles me tho is the GPU support. The NR200 is smaller (~18L) and can even fit a 3090 FE, what can this case do that the NR200/Ncase M1 design can't? (it may have a big advantage, I just don't know it). With the 3080 FE in the NR200, I can even fit two 120mm fans below the GPU, which would help temps here, as ~80-83° C in terms of temps feels like too much for a nearly 20L case.

[AlexTheGreatish]

14 minutes ago, Luscious said:

....why not go the Corsair One approach and use an AIO for the GPU as well?

Because that's a crapload of work for a company the size of Origin.  Not that it can't be done (i.e. Turemetal being one guy) but it would be v difficult.

 

As for the ambient temps you're definitely right, but it's hard to test.  Before we could occasionally do it in a small office, but now we can't put more than one person in those rooms i.e. can't film it.

[AlexTheGreatish]

1 hour ago, Hymenopus_Coronatus said:

What baffles me tho is the GPU support. My NR200 is smaller (~18L) and can even fit a 3090 FE, what can this case do that the NR200/Ncase M1 design can't? (it may have a big advantage, I just don't know it)

Pretty sure this case supports an ATX PSU while the NR200 only supports SFX-L

 

EDIT: I should have fact checked first.  There is no ATX support

Edited January 5, 2021 by AlexTheGreatish
I'm dumb

[SFFDesigns]

Just now, AlexTheGreatish said:

Pretty sure this case supports an ATX PSU while the NR200 only supports SFX-L

That definitely is a big advantage, I'd consider that a very worthy tradeoff. SFX/SFX-L power supplies are incredibly hard to find these days, especially ones that can power the latest 30 series/RX 6000 GPUs. They are quite expensive too.

 

Thanks for letting me know, the dimensions and GPU compatibility definitely make a lot more sense now. 

 

 

[SPARTAN VI]

16 minutes ago, AlexTheGreatish said:

Pretty sure this case supports an ATX PSU while the NR200 only supports SFX-L

Does the Origin QBX (heh) also support an internal slim optical drive like the QBX and QBX Kaze?

 

I also expect the ATX PSU compatibility to be a bit iffy if this was unchanged from the QBX:

 

[AlexTheGreatish]

1 hour ago, Hymenopus_Coronatus said:

~snip~

 

 

 

1 hour ago, SPARTAN VI said:

~snip~

NVMD I'm dumb it doesn't support ATX.