Seems really cheap for a decent quality case, not sure why.
Around £25 elsewhere
mITX motherboard support only.
- Agharta
15 comments
CivilDrone
22 Jun 16#13
one of the worst cases. fits ITX but is massive. probably bigger than some ATX cases. returned the same day.
xela333 to CivilDrone
22 Jun 16#14
Not it's fault, you should have checked the dimensions before you bought it :smile:
Brocily
22 Jun 16#12
Holy that's cheap! Is the case good quality?
karlos1980
22 Jun 16#10
In have this case, i5-4590 on a mATX board and a Mahussive Radeon R9-290X graphics card in there. Fits nicely. Great value for the money!
xela333 to karlos1980
22 Jun 16#15
You sure you Gabe this one then? This does not support matx
rockbigave
21 Jun 16#9
I've had mine for well over a year now and paid over twice that for it. It's slightly falling apart (just from moving it out to get cleaned, nothing drastic!) and was about £40 back then.
However, I've removed the HDD cage to improve airflow (I bought a 5.25" to 3.5" adaptor and a 3.5" to 2x2.5" adaptor to relocate two SSD's and a HDD down under the main chamber) as my old 7870 got really hot under load in there, but a 970 now runs as cool as a cucumber.. and took out the top 2.5" tray to fit a 240mm radiator with push/pull fans in. Hasn't caused the chassis to weaken however, and I doubt most of the people buying this will go that OTT on it! A normal 240mm rad + two fans fit fine in the gap.
Heat for this. Lovely case for a mITX built with a full size GPU and quite a bit of kit. You can get miles smaller mITX cases though that fit almost the same kit, but will be £30+ and worse built quality than this in my opinion.
xela333
21 Jun 16#7
That's not an issue at all, in fact it's more ideal. PSU fan faces down, draws its own cool air. Motherboard has unimpeded airflow, perfect
alanbeenthere
21 Jun 16#6
Yes I see what you mean. But then cheap PSUs can be bad in any system :smiley:
Ian2014
21 Jun 161#5
Mini-ITX is 17cm x 17cm motherboard
In a 43cm x 39cm x 26cm case!
My Mini-ITX setups are in cases as small as possible :neutral_face:
heroicsatsuma to Ian2014
21 Jun 16#8
im looking at constructing a mitx build what cases do you use as I want to go as small as possible was looking at cooltek u1?
format to Ian2014
22 Jun 16#11
it's much wider than my cm300 mini tower for same height and depth, could get 3 mini ITX pc's in here. not knocking the price or quality but it's stupidly large like most cube PC's
Insider9
21 Jun 16#4
Yes, I know. What I meant is that in this case motherboard is mounted horizontally which means it sits on top of PSU. Majority of cases motherboard would be mounted vertically.
If low quality PSU would be used at higher loads you could have a motherboard sitting on 60C+ which definitely would not be beneficial.
EDIT
Somehow this was supposed to be a reply to alanbeenthere
I'll let myself out...
zzak
21 Jun 16#3
price showing as £16.00?
alanbeenthere
21 Jun 16#2
Most cases are bottom mount for PSUs these days... They draw air in from underneath rather than from inside the case.
Insider9
21 Jun 16#1
If only it could take matx motherboard I'd order one. Seems well thought out with support for big air coolers and gpus
Super, hot deal :smiley:
EDIT
Just noticed PSU directly underneath motherboard which isn't ideal but when used with quality PSU should be ok.
Opening post
Around £25 elsewhere
mITX motherboard support only.
- Agharta
15 comments
Not it's fault, you should have checked the dimensions before you bought it :smile:
You sure you Gabe this one then? This does not support matx
However, I've removed the HDD cage to improve airflow (I bought a 5.25" to 3.5" adaptor and a 3.5" to 2x2.5" adaptor to relocate two SSD's and a HDD down under the main chamber) as my old 7870 got really hot under load in there, but a 970 now runs as cool as a cucumber.. and took out the top 2.5" tray to fit a 240mm radiator with push/pull fans in. Hasn't caused the chassis to weaken however, and I doubt most of the people buying this will go that OTT on it! A normal 240mm rad + two fans fit fine in the gap.
Heat for this. Lovely case for a mITX built with a full size GPU and quite a bit of kit. You can get miles smaller mITX cases though that fit almost the same kit, but will be £30+ and worse built quality than this in my opinion.
That's not an issue at all, in fact it's more ideal. PSU fan faces down, draws its own cool air. Motherboard has unimpeded airflow, perfect
In a 43cm x 39cm x 26cm case!
My Mini-ITX setups are in cases as small as possible :neutral_face:
im looking at constructing a mitx build what cases do you use as I want to go as small as possible was looking at cooltek u1?
If low quality PSU would be used at higher loads you could have a motherboard sitting on 60C+ which definitely would not be beneficial.
EDIT
Somehow this was supposed to be a reply to alanbeenthere
I'll let myself out...
Super, hot deal :smiley:
EDIT
Just noticed PSU directly underneath motherboard which isn't ideal but when used with quality PSU should be ok.