Antec Aria Questions

[dfloyd]

Anyone got a side by side comparison of what one looks like beside a standard mid tower and beside a compareable SFF pc? Say a Shuttle XPC or such.

Also can anyone whom has seen one clarify the color? I have seen several screenshots that look a ugly blue color and some that look more black. I am hoping its black as I am consdiering purchasing it.

Reason is I want a SFF Unit. For that new system I have decided to go with a 6600 GT (Super nice performance for around $210. But they can only be had in PCI-Express. And there is not any AMD based PCI-E SFF Pcs or AMD based Micro ATX/ITX boards. So my only choice is Intel. Unless of course someone can answer the question the person had in the other thread about when the new Nvidia chipset is coming out and is it worth it. (By coming out I mean when I can purchase a SFF unit based on it )

I would prefer a AMD processor (Way more bang for the buck) but if something does not change will just have to go Intel.

 

[iversonyin]

VIA coming out a chipset for AMD motherboard that support PCI-e, donno how long that going to take

in the meantime, i have built a system with aria. although i never put it side to side with a shuttle, i would say its pretty damn small.

the color is black, the reason it might look blue becasue there two blue lights on the front sides of the case.

the case itself its pretty cramp, it would require alot of wire management and good cooling device ( i wouldn't run stock HSF on a hot processor)

other then being cramp as hell, its a decent case.

 

[dfloyd]

Hmm sounds like it may not be worth the trouble. Well my decision was already made for me as I ran across a deal on a nice Athlon 64 based XPC system earlier and picked it up so I wont be going after the Aria after all.

Thanks for the advice though.