New Case

[TheDaddy]

Hi everyone,

You might know me for designing and producing the Minimig cases and the 1541U cases for the Commodore 64 (more specifically for the 1541 Ultimate board for the C64, C128, Vic 20 and Plus 4).

http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

As you know I have been working on a new computer case for some time, on and off for about three maybe four years, and it’s only now that I have finally managed to reach a stage where a fully working prototype can be made.

Originally this case was going to be a dedicated case for the SAM and the Natami (when it becomes available) but with time it developed into something that, hopefully, will attract more buyers since it’s going to accommodate different motherboards standards.

Specifications:

Low Profile Case
Accepts Mini ITX, Flex ATX and Micro ATX motherboards
Space for one 5.25” drive (DVD-RW/Blueray)
Space for one maybe two 3.5” hard drives
Space for one maybe two 3.5” drives (floppy disk drive or card reader)
Space for one picoPSU (at the moment I think the most powerful is the picoPSU 150W by minibox)
Accepts ONLY Low Profile cards

I would like to get some input from you guys.

Could you please let me know what you think is the most powerful system that can run on a 150W-200W picoPSU?

Not just Amiga related (SAMs, A1s etc..etc…) but also x86 based.

So if you had 150W maybe 200W of power to play with what is the most powerful system you could build?

Consider:
CPU (any)
DVD-RW/Blueray
Low Profile Graphics Card (in PCI, AGP or PCI-Express form) I am particularly interested in this!
Two to four 3.5” Drives
Up to two PCI Expansion Cards

Once I have gathered enough data I’ll see if I can have a fully working prototype made, hopefully by the end of this year maybe January 2010.

PS: If you have a C64 with a “naked” 1541 Ultimate board please consider buying a case for it as this money will go towards this new project. :-)
amigarulez@hotmail.com

Thank you!

[TheDaddy]

That is great, thank you very much for that info.

What would be the most demanding (power wise) low profile graphics card (PCI, AGP or PCI-Express) we could use in such system (with a max. of 150-200W)?

I am interested as I might have to limit the depth of the case, very long cards might not fit.

Thanks again!

[TheDaddy]

@koshman


Excellent!

So basically I just need to check the length of the following:

HD 4650
GT220
NV6200
HD3450

to determine a maximum depth for the case. I really don't want to allow cards longer than 23cm or more as the case proportions would look strange! :-)

And they should all work with a fast CPU, DVD-RW, FDD, Card Reader with 150W...

Many thanks! :-)

[TheDaddy]

i have also been looking at maximum height of low profile cards, more specifically the bracket and I believe it's 79.2 mm, at least that is what it says here:

http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/conventional/conventional_pci/lowp_ecn.pdf

Page 4

can you confirm please?

[TheDaddy]

Brilliant!

Thank you :-)