February 23, 20178 yr Hi everyone! We had some requests regarding a mini version of the Open Benchtable. The designers got to work and came up with a design that is significantly smaller than the original benchtable. It uses the same pushpins, thumbscrews and brackets so it's backwards compatible. It only supports SFX power supplies and mini ITX motherboards to make it as compact as possible. Currently this is just a proof of concept. Depending on the interest, we can consider doing a small production run. Let us know what you think! --------- Update June 2017 The prototype V1.0 is officially announced : A new Mini member of the family : OBT Mini --------- Update July 2017 As of now the prototype is 802Grams -------- Update July 2017 The 3 colors of the OBT Edited July 5, 20178 yr by Trouffman Add Prototype V1.0 weight
February 23, 20178 yr Author Price-wise it would probably be very similar to the existing OBT as the main restriction is on volume. Any costs we could save on material because of the size would be offset by lower production volume.
February 23, 20178 yr Crew Price-wise it would probably be very similar to the existing OBT as the main restriction is on volume. Any costs we could save on material because of the size would be offset by lower production volume. Yeah fair enough, make a double pack available both with hwbot logo etc and I'll probably grab it hah
February 23, 20178 yr Crew I would rather do a mATX one with proper PSU support. With reduced size I would position either the storage devices on the SATA side of the motherboard instead near the legs to have again full PSU support. Or put the supports at a 90° angle of their current position, but the latter would require a new support to secure the PSU...
February 24, 20178 yr Crew I would rather do a mATX one with proper PSU support. With reduced size I would position either the storage devices on the SATA side of the motherboard instead near the legs to have again full PSU support. Or put the supports at a 90° angle of their current position, but the latter would require a new support to secure the PSU... Legs will be shorter in height, no matter the length, a ATX PSU wouldn't fit under height wise.
February 24, 20178 yr Crew Legs will be shorter in height, no matter the length, a ATX PSU wouldn't fit under height wise. Nothing a nice spacer couldn't fix Tim
February 24, 20178 yr While it is cute, I voted no for the following reasons.... - There aren't that many ITX motherboards out there that are well built for overclocking (although Gigabyte is coming out with one this generation, the epic Asus Impact series is no more, replaced with the Strix which isn't built to quite the same lofty goal and standards) - SFX power supplies mean you're going to have to have a second power supply on the side if you want to do any kind of semi-serious 3D benching (they currently max out at what, 700-750 watts of power?) - Crossfire/SLI and ITX generally don't mix, and if you put a dual core card in, have fun with the previous point If it was a slightly smaller one that supported mATX and a full size power supply I'd consider it, but an ITX one that will be in the same price bracket as the original is something I wouldn't consider due to the power supply limitations and the lack of actual proper motherboard options in the ITX format.
February 25, 20178 yr ITX one would be great for benching when traveling, I'd buy one. 2d as well as legacy 3d should be fine with SFX PSU while saving a lot of bag space.
March 9, 20178 yr Thanks for the feedback everyone - very useful learnings! Any idea if/when it may be available? I am planning on picking up the full size OBT in the somewhat near future.
March 10, 20178 yr Crew Right now, we haven't reached a significant enough interrest to get the small size table produced. The larger one is already back for order on our website. It's in production now and we estimate shipping for early May.
March 19, 20178 yr I vote yes to to Mini Benchtable, yes, yes, yes!!! I am a huge Small Form Factor fanboy. Been loving the itx stuff for the last 5 years or so. I would go into debt to get a Mini Benchtable.
March 29, 20178 yr Tbh I was thinking the standard one is too small one that supports my z9pe d8 ws would be nice as that doesn't really fit my current test Bench I have to put it on the desk on foam and it takes up so much room.
April 22, 20178 yr Legs will be shorter in height, no matter the length, a ATX PSU wouldn't fit under height wise. Why not change the leg design and have them wrap around the board, not like adding 4 or 5cm would make it too large for travel. Might take away a bit of the charactor but it will free up a lot of space in the center allowing you to re-create something clever such as RGB's, haha that ones for you CN.
June 8, 20178 yr Official news Post about it with pictures : https://openbenchtable.com/news/obt-bc1-mini-new-member-family/
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