Hydra PC cases and Desk Cases Crowdfunding

[SLAYR]

The defcon one looks cool with the gpu's on the side, but will it include the pcie risers, and has it had a prototype made to test thermals because an aftermatket gpu cooler needs good airflow through the case to work correctly, and it seems that the gpus are pressed up right against the glass. 

[Thony]

Hail hydra !

 

I like how GPUs are displayed. Very neat.

[asim1999]

23 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

The defcon one looks cool with the gpu's on the side, but will it include the pcie risers, and has it had a prototype made to test thermals because an aftermatket gpu cooler needs good airflow through the case to work correctly, and it seems that the gpus are pressed up right against the glass. 

Also how are they gonna do SLI with 2 vertical GPUs?

[NicolaZanarini]

34 minutes ago, GeekJump said:

I like it! But I am not fancy with my PC building so I won't need a desk like that (would like one but it would be sitting half empty lol).

 

Those cases tho :3 

Yeah, I see what you mean, more of a case guy myself
Which is your favourite?

[SLAYR]

5 minutes ago, asim1999 said:

Also how are they gonna do SLI with 2 vertical GPUs?

They would have to have a custom SLI cable unless the next Nvidia gpus are moving to connecting the two over the pcie bus like amd does.

[asim1999]

1 minute ago, SLAYR said:

They would have to have a custom SLI cable unless the next Nvidia gpus are moving to connecting the two over the pcie bus like amd does.

Pascal won't do that since it will use NVLink 

[SLAYR]

Just now, asim1999 said:

Pascal won't do that since it will use NVLink 

Yeah then they must have a custom cable, or have the second gpu for just showing off, but even a custom cable might have issues due to signal loss over the length needed to connect the gpus like with pcie risers.

[NicolaZanarini]

 

34 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

The defcon one looks cool with the gpu's on the side, but will it include the pcie risers, and has it had a prototype made to test thermals because an aftermatket gpu cooler needs good airflow through the case to work correctly, and it seems that the gpus are pressed up right against the glass. 

We'll include one EMI and EMC shielded PCI-E 3.0 x16 40 cm riser cable with the case. And yup, we already did test thermals durign prototyping (we'll post more pics of the prototypes later on ) and they worked great! (there are cut-outs in the plexi panel

32 minutes ago, Thony said:

Hail hydra !

 

I like how GPUs are displayed. Very neat.

Thanks  and all hail!

10 minutes ago, asim1999 said:

Also how are they gonna do SLI with 2 vertical GPUs?

We use an extra long SLI cable

[NicolaZanarini]

3 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

Yeah then they must have a custom cable, or have the second gpu for just showing off, but even a custom cable might have issues due to signal loss over the length needed to connect the gpus like with pcie risers.

Not signal loss with the ones we use - they are rather expensive, but worth every penny in quality

[manikyath]

2 hours ago, patrickjp93 said:

Carbon fiber and a little resin. And the steel was paper-thin then.

1mm steel, it may have been a 90's cherry keyboard tho...

[patrickjp93]

5 minutes ago, manikyath said:

1mm steel, it may have been a 90's cherry keyboard tho...

Okay, there's a difference between dropping a logitech or Dell keyboard on a steel case vs. dropping the equivalent of a mortar brick.

[NicolaZanarini]

8 minutes ago, manikyath said:

1mm steel, it may have been a 90's cherry keyboard tho...

 

2 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

Okay, there's a difference between dropping a logitech or Dell keyboard on a steel case vs. dropping the equivalent of a mortar brick.

Lol, right - you'd need a safe, not a desk to resist that.

[manikyath]

4 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

Okay, there's a difference between dropping a logitech or Dell keyboard on a steel case vs. dropping the equivalent of a mortar brick.

eh, it was a plastic keyboard, may have been one of the heaviest plastic keyboards in existance tho

 

but well.. it's kinda on par with the modern enthousiast grade keyboards in terms of weight. (mind you, they didnt use PCBs back then, it was all those plastic film circuits)

[patrickjp93]

Just now, manikyath said:

eh, it was a plastic keyboard, may have been one of the heaviest plastic keyboards in existance tho

 

but well.. it's kinda on par with the modern enthousiast grade keyboards in terms of weight. (mind you, they didnt use PCBs back then, it was all those plastic film circuits)

90s cherries had aluminum frames even if the surfaces were plastic. That's like a 4 pound keyboard.

[manikyath]

6 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

90s cherries had aluminum frames even if the surfaces were plastic. That's like a 4 pound keyboard.

its a budget one, in fact, its the cheapest keyboard cherry has ever produced themselves afaik.

 

just plastic top, plastic bottom, semi-mechanical switches strapped to a keyboard controller, out with a cable.

[★ Coups ★]

Do Matx cases and Ill be happy

 

[NicolaZanarini]

2 minutes ago, ★ Coups ★ said:

Do Matx cases and Ill be happy

 

There are 2 of them in there  the Crystal and the Defcon One - they are both mATX and especially the Defcon One is pretty compact for what it holds

 

[★ Coups ★]

Just now, NicolaZanarini said:

There are 2 of them in there  the Crystal and the Defcon One - they are both mATX and especially the Defcon One is pretty compact for what it holds

 

How much are these cases going to be going for do you think? They look really clean and nice

 

[NicolaZanarini]

4 minutes ago, ★ Coups ★ said:

How much are these cases going to be going for do you think? They look really clean and nice

 

Price are on the crowdfunding campaign, but here is a short recap:

Defcon One, painted, with the riser cable, SLI bridge, 16mm power button and USBs - 205 euros
Defcon One, painted, no riser cable SLI bridge, 16mm power button and USBs  - 180 euros
Defcon One, unpaited, SLI and USBs only 150 euros.

Made of aluminum and panels of 3mm plexiglass.

Crystal is more expensive since it also uses tempered glass panels and has a 3mm thick strcture.

280 unpainted and 340 painted, with button and USBs.

[★ Coups ★]

Just now, NicolaZanarini said:

Price are on the crowdfunding campaign, but here is a short recap:

Defcon One, painted, with the riser cable, SLI bridge, 16mm power button and USBs - 205 euros
Defcon One, painted, no riser cable SLI bridge, 16mm power button and USBs  - 180 euros
Defcon One, unpaited, SLI and USBs only 150 euros.

Crystal is more expensive since it also uses tempered glass panels and has a 3mm thick strcture.

280 unpainted and 340 painted, with button and USBs.

Thank you! Ill think about these for my next case build

[NicolaZanarini]

2 minutes ago, ★ Coups ★ said:

Thank you! Ill think about these for my next case build

Great to hear!  

[GeekJump]

1 hour ago, NicolaZanarini said:

Yeah, I see what you mean, more of a case guy myself
Which is your favourite?

The tiny one, crystal? Not that many nice looking small cases; you either have a cube or a skinny tower think. You don't normally see cases that size with a panel that is all glass.

[NicolaZanarini]

6 hours ago, GeekJump said:

The tiny one, crystal? Not that many nice looking small cases; you either have a cube or a skinny tower think. You don't normally see cases that size with a panel that is all glass.

Yeah, the crystal is fairly compact (being just 300 and a bit mm in the front side) but very high quality - we aimed at a premium item

[MITK]

Do you ship to Canada?