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I was recently asked by a customer to create a version of the infamous GTEK Tenuis case, its an absolutely gorgeous design.The proposed concept is influenced by the Tenuis, but at the same time it has its own unique features, construction, layout and aesthetics. I have been in touch with the Tenuis creator to run this design past him and he's since responded that he is happy for me to continue with the concept.The ST8 is a Slim Tower case with a parallel GPU layout. The PSU has been positioned next to the motherboard which exaggerates the height and slim nature of the case further. If this concept is taken forward the patented parallel GPU/motherboard layout will be properly licenced from Josh Sniffen (aka @Josh | NFC ) which has already been discussed and agreed.The main body of the case is supported by 10mm thick legs that lift the main body off the floor/desktop to give the perception of a floating case. This aspect of the case requires some further refinement to ensure a strong and fully stable design when stood up-right.In this configuration the case is around 8 litres in volume (not including the removable legs), it can fit an ITX motherboard, SFX-L PSU, 200mm GPU and 70mm CPU cooler. Alternatively the SFX PSU can be swapped out for a DC-DC PSU allowing the free space to instead be used for a 120mm AIO.One of the main features of this design is its ability to change volume - adaptable in size and layout to the type of system you want to build. The case is made up of 2 main sections that can lock together in a series of positions, for example you can extend the case 20mm to support the Zotac Mini cards which will sit the case at around 9 litres.In its largest form the case can support triple slot GPU's up to 320mm long, the extra space in front of the motherboard can then be used to fit a 240mm radiator, or maybe even 2x 120mm AIO's and comes in at around 14 litres.There is enough room to fit a full size ATX motherboard with a reference size GPU sat horizontally above the PCIe slots and a 120mm AIO in front of the SFX PSU. This layout comes in at about 13 litres with support for 280mm long dual slot GPU:If preferred, the legs can be removed and the case can be placed horizontally onto HiFi style feet:The concept still has a lot of work to do before its ready for a prototype. Let me know your thoughts!!