An Australian makes what possibly is the smallest SLI PC case

[Castdeath97]

 

 

An Australian gamer might have created on of the smallest custom SLI cases through Protocase, around spending 3500.

 

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An Australian Gamer has created the world's smallest SLI ready PC case, spending over $4025CAD (approx $3500US) to create the custom chassis through Protocase. 

This system contains dual GTX 1080 GPUs which are connected to the system via PCIe risers and to each other using a custom SLI bridge. The chassis itself cost a lot more to manufacture than the $3500CAD that was used to purchase the PCs internal components.

 

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This chassis was designed for the Australian IT consultant Lukasz Dyjakon, who wanted a case that was small and had a beautifully simplistic design. The chassis is 30cm x 30cm x 10cm, making this chassis tiny when compared to most modern gaming PCs. 

 

The designer, Lukasz Dyjakon, plans to approach some manufacturers to raise interest in this design.

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Lukasz Dyjakon, the designer behind this custom chassis plans on approach a "number of high volume manufacturers" in order to gauge interest in this unique chassis design.

 

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I kinda like it! I just wish that SLI connector could be moved elsewhere, it does look awkward at its place.

 

Source 1: http://www.overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/australian_gamer_creates_the_world_s_smallest_sli_ready_pc_case/1

Source 2 (older): http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/07/this-is-the-smallest-most-powerful-4k-gaming-pc-youve-ever-seen/

[bughtoo]

3.5 GRAND FOR F -ing CASE?  Wow!!! But the design is epic i must say.

[Thony]

So bigger case can be done for $100 but this small shite has manufacturing cost of over $3500 ????

 

It must cure cancer while it makes a sandwich !

[Dredgy]

1 minute ago, Thony said:

So bigger case can be done for $100 but this small shite has manufacturing cost of over $3500 ????

 

It must cure cancer while it makes a sandwich !

 

'It's only because it's a one off. If it entered mass production it would be a lot cheaper.

[Castdeath97]

13 minutes ago, Thony said:

So bigger case can be done for $100 but this small shite has manufacturing cost of over $3500 ????

 

It must cure cancer while it makes a sandwich !

Pretty sure custom designs can get expensive, after all they aren't usually mass produced so fixed costs aren't spread. Don't think Linus's custom case was any cheaper.

[Magnetorheological]

10 minutes ago, Thony said:

So bigger case can be done for $100 but this small shite has manufacturing cost of over $3500 ????

 

It must cure cancer while it makes a sandwich !

Well, this case is bespoke, and we all know how much bespoke items cost lol

[laminutederire]

Does anyone know how it performs?

It could get very hot in there!

[MrDynamicMan]

Of course, how else are the convicts gonna smuggle it out? 

[TrigrH]

inb4 r/ayymd:

 

"Nvidiot spends over $4000 for a computer case to SLI overheating FE gtx 1080p cards"

[ttam]

The case itself doesn't cost that much to make. That's the accumulated cost of paying a company to take it from a CAD design to an actual product.

[rattacko123]

doesn't support standard power supplies tho, that looks like a server grade form factor

[Castdeath97]

2 hours ago, laminutederire said:

Does anyone know how it performs?

It could get very hot in there!

Well, the GPUs are in a isolated compartment and the case seems to have okay ventilation, so it looks good. I mean with the results Linus got form the Dan case I wouldn't expect anything bad or awful.

[laminutederire]

17 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

Well, the GPUs are in a isolated compartment and the case seems to have okay ventilation, so it looks good. I mean with the results Linus got form the Dan case I wouldn't expect anything bad or awful.

Sure, but the low profile cpu cooler could be an issue performance wise

[Thony]

3 hours ago, Castdeath97 said:

Pretty sure custom designs can get expensive, after all they aren't usually mass produced so fixed costs aren't spread. Don't think Linus's custom case was any cheaper.

Sounds like I should buy a factory and only do custom work. ChiChing $$$$$$

[VerticalDiscussions]

I have a dream of owning a case that small :/, that can have a dual 240mm fan AIO and support SLI gpu's.

[Misanthrope]

With that much cash you could put together a Raven rvz02 or a Dan case build with a Titan XP and basically be ok even for fucking 4k gaming. Plus it would be smaller, and you'd have a cool extra 1500 left on your bank account.

 

Just sayin'

[Silencer]

2 hours ago, rattacko123 said:

doesn't support standard power supplies tho, that looks like a server grade form factor

Could be but you'd have trouble finding a 1U(?) PSU that can power two 1080s, or if you did it'd be noisy as hell. Really wish they'd go into more detail with PSUs and mini cases

[Castdeath97]

10 minutes ago, laminutederire said:

Sure, but the low profile cpu cooler could be an issue performance wise

Well, it could. But, even with the dan case, it did fair well with limited airflow-it basically had no airflow! But, it all depends on the venting on the other side panel, which I can find an image of anywhere.

 

1 minute ago, Thony said:

Sounds like I should buy a factory and only do custom work. ChiChing $$$$$$

I'm no economist, but managing those fixed costs could be difficult.

[Castdeath97]

21 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

With that much cash you could put together a Raven rvz02 or a Dan case build with a Titan XP and basically be ok even for fucking 4k gaming. Plus it would be smaller, and you'd have a cool extra 1500 left on your bank account.

 

Just sayin'

One Titan XP is still not enough for 4K 60fps though, maybe we will finally get 4K 60fps with one card once Volta or even Vega comes out, who knows.

[Misanthrope]

20 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

One Titan XP is still not enough for 4K 60fps though, maybe we will finally get 4K 60fps with one card once Volta or even Vega comes out, who knows.

Witcher 3 Ultra, 4k:

 

 

One small hiccup but consistently over 60 FPS.  I think you're flatout wrong here. 1 is enough for 4k gaming.

[Castdeath97]

1 minute ago, Misanthrope said:

Witcher 3 Ultra, 4k:

 

 

One small hiccup but consistently over 60 FPS.  I think you're flatout wrong here. 1 is enough for 4k gaming.

With games like Crysis 3 and Tomb Raider probably not:

 

It still possible with many games, yes I guess you are right with that.

[suicidalfranco]

3500? i'll wait for thermaltake's version 

[Blackie Sheen]

On 20/09/2016 at 2:25 AM, Thony said:

So bigger case can be done for $100 but this small shite has manufacturing cost of over $3500 ????

 

It must cure cancer while it makes a sandwich !

 

On 20/09/2016 at 5:43 AM, Thony said:

Sounds like I should buy a factory and only do custom work. ChiChing $$$$$$

Well not as much as you might think. It involves prototyping, machining probably multiple revisions, interacting with the client to make changes for feasibility reasons,etc. So it is also costly for the the factory

[AHaskin14]

That's gorgeous

[Centurius]

Beautiful.