Scorptec has Fractal Design Ridge on sale for $199 + surcharge/delivery (or free C&C). Usually at @249.
Both Black and white are available.
This is a min ITX case and no PSU.
Fractal Design Ridge PCIe 4.0 Black Mini ITX Case - $199 + Delivery ($0 C&C) + Surcharge @ Scorptec
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podilamaya on 05/12/2023 - 12:22 scorptec.com.au (985 clicks)
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Last edited 05/12/2023 - 12:28 by 1 other user
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You pay a few hundred dollars for plastic and glass on your phone.
It's a lot about design and engineering that goes into it rather than the cost of metal. This applies to literally anything where they would have spent money on r&d.
I don't. In my phone glass is special, and still not worth even $100. The majority of a modern phone cost usually is CPU. Non-existing in case of this case. And if you think that there's a lot of design efforts that worth this much, no again. Such a case can be designed by 1 person. So you actually pay for Brand, and a fraction of price for the steel and design .
Happy for you you bring your 1 person design to the show
The majority of a modern phone cost usually is CPU
So with your own reasoning, you're paying big bucks for.. Sand.
@Sleeqb7: CPU has many other components in price, where thousands of people have been involved. No matter how you try, piece of steel is incomparable to the edge of technology.
are you basing the value of consumer electronics completely on their weight and construction material???
Feathers or Steel
Of course, steel
any "electronics" inside the case?
This is not an electronics device by the way so he does have a point.
Looks like a nice case
Looks like it will have similar problems that the Skyreach 4 Mini had. Console style cases always compromise on CPU cooling.
Youtube reviews look good. You can't have a high TPD CPU there. The CPU cooler has to be less than 70mm
The Skyreach was universally praised for its cooling, despite its small form factor
Not helped by the cramped ITX motherboards nowadays. Coolers like the L12S that were ideal for this sort of height restriction now run into issues with boards having oversized I/O shrouds, VRM heatsinks and M.2 stacks, so compatible combinations are more limited. The AXP90-X53 is apparently being released in a full copper model which should be an interesting new option for good performance/compatibility, but I'm not a fan of top-down coolers as they blow hot air onto the M.2 drive(s) or RAM, depending on orientation.
i’d live an mini itx, but cost of PSU and the motherboard always feel expensive compared to a midi build ..though. midi is bigger
While nowhere near as small, I've found the NR200[p] to be entirely flexible. It takes up a decently small-sh footprint on my desk and fits a full sized RTX TI card.
Nr200 still requires an itx board though. It's easy to build in but you still have to pay the small-parts tax
This is true, the tax can be steep, particularly when trying to find a short or two slot GPU.
I've found the B550i boards were fairly well priced.
A good looking case, I love ITX builds… they're harder but the challenge is fun and the reward of a small footprint is worth it.
comes to $220 w delivery, Amazon also has a few of white for $232