The DB1 is right here to vary that with a case that delivers all the advantages of fanless/silent computing, however in an ultra-compact kind issue that after once more breaks the mould of typical fanless circumstances. With a complete quantity lower than 5 l (222 x 222 x 101 mm), the DB1 is our most compact fanless case however can nonetheless comfortably deal with 45 W of cooling, which is good for power-efficient methods primarily based on the brand new era of APU/iGPUs that ship wonderful efficiency/watt.
The DB1 is constructed from four mm thick aluminium panels, a 21 mm thick extruded warmth sink, stable aluminium pillars and is made utilizing CNC milling and completed with sandblasted/anodized floor therapy, however regardless of utilizing these premium supplies, processing and end, is extraordinarily competitively priced.
The great thing about the DB1 (other than its look) is the simplicity of its design that used four stable aluminium pillars to attach the warmth sink and aspect panel that in flip safe the entrance, rear, higher and decrease panels in place. This method vastly reduces complexity, combines performance (because the pillars additionally function the ft), and imply that your entire case could be absolutely disassembled with simply eight screws.
This design additionally permits for excellent flexibility in orientation and placement of the case, each panel could be rotated to permit for left or proper positioning and inverted orientations. The modularity additionally implies that necessities for personalisation are decrease, making this a superb platform for system integrators.
With our method to fanless, the cooling is finished by the case itself and the DB1 is not any exception. Using the identical copper CPU shim, adjustable CPU mount and warmth sink mount as our DB4, warmth is transferred from the CPU to the warmth sink (aspect panel) utilizing 6mm copper warmth pipes and dissipated into the surroundings alongside its floor and fins that are optimised for pure convection.
With the mix of the common CPU mount and absolutely place adjustable warmth sink mount, there are nearly no motherboard compatibility points because the socket location will not be a limiting issue and conflicts with board elements are minimised.
The inventory CPU mount is appropriate with all present desktop sockets and there’s additionally an non-obligatory compact CPU mount to develop that compatibility to much less widespread sockets reminiscent of FCBGA 1667 or much more specialist soldered CPUs.
It’s onerous to understand simply how small and tightly packed some our compact circumstances are, to the extent that we typically get requested if it is attainable to put in an SFX and even ATX PSU inside them.
For some context, the DB1 will not be a lot bigger than the ITX motherboard it holds, and this extremely small kind issue is simply made attainable by means of a NanoPSU that plugs straight into the motherboard.
Apart from lowering the area required, use of the Nano PSU has two different benefits,
- It reduces the quantity of warmth being dumped contained in the case because the AC to DC conversion is going on within the exterior AC adapter, and
- It is fanless, no have to develop on how essential that’s for a fanless system
With the goal TDP, energy draw and worth level that the DB1 was designed for, it was essential to have an appropriate matching energy answer, so we’re introducing a brand new NanoPSU that may match these standards. The Nano90 is our most compact and reasonably priced NanoPSU but, delivering 90 W of energy with zero noise and might be out there on the launch of the DB1.
Modularity and flexibility are rules we at all times attempt to incorporate into our designs, so with the DB1 we’ve…
