Easy Small Form Factor Build? No.

We went into this hoping the Jack of all Trades Small Form Factor, or JOAT SFF, would finally bring us a simple SFF build. Hoping.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - SFF is hard
0:20 - But is it??
0:40 - Ridge Wallet
0:52 - Intro
1:01 - The Spylabs JOAT (Jack of all Trades)
1:48 - Case Assembly
2:42 - Sketchy Power Cable
4:10 - Case Assembly, but it fights back
5:50 - PSU
8:03 - Linus building a computer
11:40 - Will the NH-P1 fit?
12:22 - The NH-P1 will not fit.
13:00 - NH-D15 is a good one
14:20 - The pain is over, if it boots
15:30 - It's friggin' awesome!
18:33 - Outro

[iLoveROTATIONS]

This is YJ from SpyLabs.
I have seen many comments in the past few hours and would like to explain a few decisions we made and some clarifications regarding QC and support.

1. Janky Power Cable.
I would like to clarify that we DO NOT ship modified power cables.
LTT bought the case from a reseller and to our knowledge, the power cable was modified by them.
We do not ship modified power cables or anything carrying lethal amounts of electricity.
There is also no stock issues regarding the power cable. Every case will come with a working, non-modified power cable.
There is also no need to modify the power cable to fit large air coolers, frankly, that is a bit ridiculous to expect anyone to do.
As such the case has various cutouts and tie-down points to run the power cable as a pigtail.
We note that the instruction manual is not clear about this and will improve on it for future batches.

2. QC issues.
We take full responsibility for the various build quality issues, namely, the untapped screw hole, broken screw, rusty screws and glued GPU Mount.

In any case, rusty screws, untapped components, glued together parts are definitely not what we aspire for.
However, due to a small team with not a lot of experience selling similar products, some issues does make it past us.
We are learning from the process via customer feedback, and we thank LTT for making this video and bringing some of the issues to light.

We remain committed as always to provide full support to customers facing any QC issues and will ship out the affected components FOC worldwide.

3. Why is the case flat-packed?

Simply, to reduce shipping costs. It costs 3-4X as much to ship the case fully assembled.
Next, the easiest way of doing a build in the JOAT is to assemble the case along with the PC components.
Do check out a video on my channel where this process is filmed.
We will improve this and make clearer instructions on the build process.

We welcome anyone who has any questions to email us and we will reply promptly.
Thanks for taking your time to read this.

-YJ

[flchalice]

Give a raise to whoever's nailed that dust effect from the compressed air

[ErikCPianoman]

I appreciate the succinctness of the title. 10/10 would read again.

[ericmoss]

My favorite part of this channel is when Linus says “Here’s a little tech tip for ya”

[zalorthethird]

It makes me feel so good about my PC building experiences to hear linus say "OK... I installed the front panel connectors on a USB header." Anyone can do shit like this this, regardless of the amount of building experience they have. If you are building for your first time, expect to make mistakes and just keep going. It happens to literally everyone. Also, the tape tip is genius. I can't believe he didn't point it out as a literal Linus Tech Tip, because that's exactly what it is and he just blew right over it. Missed opportunity for a joke even if it would have been too on the nose.

[zrotollranc]

Shout out to whomever was responsible for the dust effect on the case. A small touch, but I still noticed it.👍

[sholaspeaks]

"for its price, it's really not that practical..."
Yeah...yeah...I would think so...

[reepor]

That compressed air/dust particle effect was dope

[scarletspidernz]

1) Make a mesh filter versions using the metal frame with support bands down the middle to keep the mesh rigid
2) Coloured metals including a copper look would be awesome.

[LegendaryMarvin]

I appreciate that somebody took the time and effort to actually add in a dust effect at 15:47

[Timarice]

This case takes dust flow to a whole new level.

[HipyoTech]

When you're hoping they say that smaller is better :(

[misium]

"Any screw is a self-tapper if you press hard enough" - Linus Sebastian

[jordantwiss]

Linus did a really good job of picking a case to show how easy sff pcs can be

[morgan]

Linus: "One of the dumbest things I've done today"
No worries....the day is still young

[liafatcat]

The weird USB-C location is so you can use the case in 'portrait' mode, if that makes sense x)

[alistairblaire]

This case has potential honestly. Hope the weird QC issues get ironed out.

[Corgieg]

SFF builds are certainly more difficult and require more planning than your typical mid-tower build, but I've always found the end result to be far more satisfying. Although, I've never had a case come with so many oddities 😅

[spaceduck]

I have literally never installed motherboard standoffs at any tightness other than "finger"

[nkadyk]

"Any screw is a self-tapper if you press hard enough." -LinusComplianceTips