Built by a maker.
For makers.
The story
ERIX started in April 2024 as a personal project born out of frustration.
The small form factor PC market had a problem: if you wanted to go small, you had to compromise. Exotic components. Riser cables. Giving up your GPU entirely. I didn't want to buy new parts — I wanted a case that worked with the hardware I already owned.
I also wanted color. The PC case market gives you black, grey, and occasionally white if you're lucky. I designed something I actually wanted to sit on my desk — something that could match my setup, my mood, or the season, without being locked into the RGB gamer aesthetic.
Then there was noise. A case this size would be sitting right next to me. After five iterations and more time than I'd like to admit spent studying thermodynamics, case pressure, and airflow, I landed on a single-fan configuration that doesn't make you choose between performance and quiet.
I added handles because I take my machine places — LAN parties, a friend's place, between rooms. They're not decorative. They're structural, rated for a full build, and they open up a whole design language for iteration: accessories, mounts, whatever the community wants to build on top of them.
The magnetic faceplates came last. I wanted to change the look without committing. Swap a panel, match a colorway, remix the design entirely. Inspired by what other hardware companies have done with modular, user-customizable products — I just brought that philosophy to the chassis.
In June 2024 I printed the first prototype and ran it as my daily machine. Then I rebuilt it. Then again. By December, the design had been reduced by 40%, was quieter, cleaner, and validated across six months of real daily use.
I made ERIX to solve my own problem. When I started showing it to people, I realized I'd solved theirs too.
SV3D stands for Smith Vazquez 3D — a nod to my best friend Smith, who got me into 3D printing years ago. ERIX is named after me. Eric's case. SV3D exists to pursue one design philosophy: small form, full power, infinite customization. This is the foundation. There's more to come.