ok for all you microatx fans out there. I posted that i built a system with this case in hot deals and a member asked for pics, so i took some. they are at.
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anyways...
this case is pretty nice. especially for $40. you get a 180watt p4 certified power supply (this isnt bad at all, i used to work in an OEM plant, and well some p4's use 130 watt power supplies and run ok).
Anyways, the case is pretty cramped. its about 13.5"tall by 13" by deep 5.2" wide. It can hold basically one cdrom , one hard drive and one floppy. Has 2 usb ports in the front. Anyways... i used a p4 1.6A northwood in there, and there is just barely enough clearance for the retail fan. i'd say about 1/3". It cools it amazingly well, as the power supply sucks out right next to the fan, and has an exhaust out the back, and on the side . its a proprietary power supply btw, and its louder than both the intel retail heatsink and the exhaust fan). the case also has a 60mm exhaust fan. having tried my 1.6 A at 2.13 it overheats in this case and fails prime95, but not with the case cover off. thus this is not an overclockers case.
the cdrom is pretty hard to get into there, but once you get it in its all good, and you have to route your cables around or else airflow will suck or you wont be able to get your drives in. I dont know if it'd be too bright an idea to put a 10000+ rpm scsi drive in this, but my 5400 rpm 20 gig maxtor seems to be running fine (its a 40 gig platter single head model, so its pretty fast and super quiet). seems like a pretty nice case for almost anyone who doesnt need too many drives or cards. On another note, its nice that the cdrom is above the cards, so you can fit a full length card like a gf4 ti4600 in there. the card in the pic is a gf4mx440 and there is plenty of room for a longer card.
anyways figured this might help some people who are looking for a nice microatx case. As far as i know only newegg and pcclub sell this. they both only have the gray blue metallic front like i have, or the plain plastic gray front one. supposedly there are black ones, and other colors, but i dont know where to get those
link
anyways...
this case is pretty nice. especially for $40. you get a 180watt p4 certified power supply (this isnt bad at all, i used to work in an OEM plant, and well some p4's use 130 watt power supplies and run ok).
Anyways, the case is pretty cramped. its about 13.5"tall by 13" by deep 5.2" wide. It can hold basically one cdrom , one hard drive and one floppy. Has 2 usb ports in the front. Anyways... i used a p4 1.6A northwood in there, and there is just barely enough clearance for the retail fan. i'd say about 1/3". It cools it amazingly well, as the power supply sucks out right next to the fan, and has an exhaust out the back, and on the side . its a proprietary power supply btw, and its louder than both the intel retail heatsink and the exhaust fan). the case also has a 60mm exhaust fan. having tried my 1.6 A at 2.13 it overheats in this case and fails prime95, but not with the case cover off. thus this is not an overclockers case.
the cdrom is pretty hard to get into there, but once you get it in its all good, and you have to route your cables around or else airflow will suck or you wont be able to get your drives in. I dont know if it'd be too bright an idea to put a 10000+ rpm scsi drive in this, but my 5400 rpm 20 gig maxtor seems to be running fine (its a 40 gig platter single head model, so its pretty fast and super quiet). seems like a pretty nice case for almost anyone who doesnt need too many drives or cards. On another note, its nice that the cdrom is above the cards, so you can fit a full length card like a gf4 ti4600 in there. the card in the pic is a gf4mx440 and there is plenty of room for a longer card.
anyways figured this might help some people who are looking for a nice microatx case. As far as i know only newegg and pcclub sell this. they both only have the gray blue metallic front like i have, or the plain plastic gray front one. supposedly there are black ones, and other colors, but i dont know where to get those
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