On Saturday I began designing a new custom cylindrical Mini-ITX case. I wanted a case that was unlike anything out there. This started after I rewatched Luke's Fallout Bomb case build on LTT YT. It is a semi-modular case which allows for the brushed aluminum shell to be slid off to reveal an internal support structure, to make upgrades and using it as a test bench easier. And YES it had built in supports to zip tie all wires to the side walls of the case to get them out of the way of airflow. (Case is highly airflow optimized)
It currently supports;
Any Mini-ITX MoBo (the backIO ports for which will be jumpered down to the bottom back side of the cylindrical case)
CPU cooler up to 70mm tall (60mm recommended for best air fow)
A GPU upto 10" long
2 laptop sized HDD's
2 SSD's
Any SFX power supply
Thin Slot load optical drive
2way Key switch for power/sleep
4 USB 3.0 ports + 2 thunderbolt ports + Headphone + mic (all on the top of the cylinder)
There will be RGB LED strip hidden under the vents, that will fade from Blue at idle temp, to red at high temps, and blink red if the CPU or GPU temps get dangerously high.
All of this in a cylinder 210mm diameter and 390mm tall
Case will have 2 Noctua 140mm fans (1 pulling air in from vents on the lower portion of case, and 1 pulling air out at the top. These fans produce enough airflow and pressure to replace all the air in the MoBo/GPU area of the case about 3 times a second). Will also have a single 60mm Noctua fan to move air through the drive/psu area.
I only plan to have a GTX 960 and an I5 6600k in mine and I won't being doing that much OC, so I didn't add any water cooling Rad support, but it can be added simply.
My main reason for this post is to ask if anyone has any ideas of features that I missed that you think I should add, as well as ask if adding Rad support is a must or not. I have a group of 4 friends that will be buying one of these from me, so I want them to get a good bang for their buck.
It currently supports;
Any Mini-ITX MoBo (the backIO ports for which will be jumpered down to the bottom back side of the cylindrical case)
CPU cooler up to 70mm tall (60mm recommended for best air fow)
A GPU upto 10" long
2 laptop sized HDD's
2 SSD's
Any SFX power supply
Thin Slot load optical drive
2way Key switch for power/sleep
4 USB 3.0 ports + 2 thunderbolt ports + Headphone + mic (all on the top of the cylinder)
There will be RGB LED strip hidden under the vents, that will fade from Blue at idle temp, to red at high temps, and blink red if the CPU or GPU temps get dangerously high.
All of this in a cylinder 210mm diameter and 390mm tall
Case will have 2 Noctua 140mm fans (1 pulling air in from vents on the lower portion of case, and 1 pulling air out at the top. These fans produce enough airflow and pressure to replace all the air in the MoBo/GPU area of the case about 3 times a second). Will also have a single 60mm Noctua fan to move air through the drive/psu area.
I only plan to have a GTX 960 and an I5 6600k in mine and I won't being doing that much OC, so I didn't add any water cooling Rad support, but it can be added simply.
My main reason for this post is to ask if anyone has any ideas of features that I missed that you think I should add, as well as ask if adding Rad support is a must or not. I have a group of 4 friends that will be buying one of these from me, so I want them to get a good bang for their buck.
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