Friday, July 3rd 2020
Jonsbo Unveils the V8 Cuboidal Mini-ITX Case
Jonsbo today unveiled the V8, a cuboid-shaped Mini-ITX case featuring a 2-piece slide out chassis design. The internal steel chassis of the case slides out intact of the outer aluminium-magnesium alloy body that has a silver/gray matte finish. The outer body features a floating front intake that conceals the case's main fan vent; and additional vents along the sides and top. The front intake features a large 200 mm fan that maintains positive air pressure inside the case; and mounts for two 140 mm/120 mm fans along the top, and one 140 mm/120 mm rear exhaust.
The Jonsbo V8 offers room for a Mini-ITX motherboard with room for full-height graphics cards up to 33 cm in length, and CPU coolers up to 19.5 cm in height. There are two expansion slots, however, there's enough room for a graphics card that's slightly thicker than 2 slots. An internal SFX/SFX-L PSU bay is wired to an AC receptacle extension at the rear. Stroage areas include two 3.5-inch bays and a 2.5-inch mount. Front panel connectivity includes one each of USB 3.2 type-C, USB 3.2 type-A, and HD audio jacks. The case measures 249.5 mm (W) x 390 mm (D) x 260MM (H). The company didn't reveal pricing.
The Jonsbo V8 offers room for a Mini-ITX motherboard with room for full-height graphics cards up to 33 cm in length, and CPU coolers up to 19.5 cm in height. There are two expansion slots, however, there's enough room for a graphics card that's slightly thicker than 2 slots. An internal SFX/SFX-L PSU bay is wired to an AC receptacle extension at the rear. Stroage areas include two 3.5-inch bays and a 2.5-inch mount. Front panel connectivity includes one each of USB 3.2 type-C, USB 3.2 type-A, and HD audio jacks. The case measures 249.5 mm (W) x 390 mm (D) x 260MM (H). The company didn't reveal pricing.
42 Comments on Jonsbo Unveils the V8 Cuboidal Mini-ITX Case
Unfortunately two glaring faults ruin it for me:
2. Agree!
Besides all that, this isn't even real SFF. There are cases with only around 7 liters that house the same components like the DAN Cases A4-SFX V4.
Yes, in that there is some venting there, so airflow will happen and that fan isn't completely pointless
No, in that this case is larger than necessary, seemingly just to include a 200mm fan. Why go to that effort to fit such a big fan and then completely cripple it?Indeed. This is more for looks than space efficiency, I think. Trying to cram a 200mm fan into an SFF may be a marketing checkbox excercise that hampered this design.
I love the Dan A4 but it won't hold the full-sized components of this Jonsbo will. In saying that, the Silverstone SG13 will handle full-sized components and it's just 11.5L (as well as having a mesh front to cool them all properly!)
Apart from that issue, there is the restriction of the top vents.
The 200 mm intake fan is a good choice and if is well atached to the steel frame in order to prevent airflow gaps outside the fan should do the work.
Although I agree with some of the previous comments & disagree with others, I like the asthetics of this case very much, and will probably buy one just for it's looks alone (if the price is reasonable)...
As for the front I/O panel, at least it has a USB-C port, from which many hubs could be daisy chained to add a bunch of A-ports if needed... However, I would just mod the side or top panel to add some moar ports, but that's just me :) This was a pleasant surprise, compared to many of the other so-called "NEW" cases released in the last few years.
I would also probably dremel a few extra very small ventilation holes in the front, just to increase the overall airflow, but again, that's just me ....
Sounds like you just need to buy yourself a few strips of metal and put it together yourself ;)
I was not trying to say that anyone else should buy one of these and then proceed to mod it like I would..
I still like it alot even as it comes out of the box....
After having owned several ITX cases (ie Obsidian 250, Sugo 5B, Node 304) I can tell you that I am very excited about this case.
It is a semi-compact case but it seems it can house full size components other cases can't.
-a long GPU (like MSI Trio)
-top-end Air cooler like a Ninja 5 or NH-D15
In addition to the internal dimensions, I think it will also outperform the smaller Node 304 and the bigger 250D in the cooling and thermal department.
Sadly a passive PSU (atx 'only') doesn't fit, so that's a serious compromise.
It is possible that the 200mm intake is insufficient but that can be modded.
I wonder if it will fit a 2,5 a 2,9 Slot GPU, there looks to be a decent amount of space.
I used to be excited about smaller high-end cases like the DAN A4 and Ghost S1, DA2 or M1. But imho they are to much of a compromise in the cooling/noise department to use in an aircooled top-end game-pc. For like a mainstream i5/1660 build they can kick ass.
as for larger 3-fan GPUs, the bigger issue there is that those larger cards often exceed both the height and width (often 2.5 slots, not 2 slots wide). They're often tuned towards the performance end of the scale too and throw power-efficiency out of the pram to squeeze out those last couple of percentage points in the benchmarks. I'm not saying you shouldn't put one in a compact case, but the real problem you've got is that they're monstrously inefficient products - both in terms of performance-per-litre and also performance-per-Watt.