HEC 6T Series 6T10BB Black 0.7mm SECC Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case - Retail

Does exactly what it was made to do

Reviewed By: Justin on 2/14/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Very impressive for such a cheap case! When reading negative reviews remember this IS a MICRO ATX case! This isn't designed to house your 6 Disc RAID 0+1 configuration or your Quad GPUs. Its designed or a MicroATX MoBo and some basic components and a hard drive or two.

Love the eSATA on the front. Nice Glossy finish. The hard drive rests vertically so there would be a perfect spot on the front of the case for a 120mm fan to be very efficient but due to the LEDs and power button wires it is impossible without doing some modding.

Case seems pretty durable and I received it in great shape.

Cons: A 120mm fan in the front of the case would be nice but not a big deal.

Other Thoughts: I might get a 5.25" bay fan just to increase the air flow a bit. I will just have to see.

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Tiny&Shiny

Reviewed By: on 2/4/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Very small, even for a M-atx case
Takes a standard ATX power supply
Seems fairly rigid
More attractive in person
E-SATA on front panel
Light weight for a steel case

Cons: Annoyingly bright blue power LED
80mm fan in 90MM slot
No buzzer or reset, but I don't miss them
No front intake fan slot

Other Thoughts: Some may complain about the need to use screws to install things, but I personally prefer them. Honestly, I'm not swapping components in and out of a machine this small. I have big ugly server cases for those sorts of machines. I bought this case to be my always-on machine to live on my desk next to my also shiny monitor. I find that I have trouble installing card readers or getting drives to line up properly with most forms of screwless drive bay arrangements. I can operate a screwdriver.

Additionally: I had no trouble installing a hard drive in the vertical bay provided. Be it not for the card reader I used, it would be no trouble to install up to four standard hard drives in this case. Does anyone even own a floppy drive anymore?

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Love it

Reviewed By: hspwni on 11/13/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Simple yet great. Amazing price, quality and useability. I have two of these at home. Compact, very light. Made some modifications to these and added a 90mm intake fan in the front of the case by stacking rubber washers to avoid hitting the cables. Also added a 80mm fan to the side vent to cool my sapphire HD 5770.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: My Tiny beast.
THIS CASE
Phenom II X2 3.1ghz Castillo Black Ed. (unlocked to quad)
GIGABYTE GA-MA785GMT-UD2H Micro ATX Mobo
SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770
Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W
A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200 RPM
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD

Price: $620 (Newegg rocks)

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nice case

Reviewed By: SteveO on 11/9/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Built solid , great layout, nice shinny front

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Really like this case...replaced a huge ATX tower ..everything fit very nicely... buy this case if you want a nice neat looking case

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Reviewed By: Barham on 11/5/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Solid, light case. Shipping was excellent - no scratches or dings. PSU casing has a small cushion/dampener to reduce vibration.

Cons: Uses 'mounds' to secure the motherboard, and not necessarily mounting screws. Not really an issue though

Other Thoughts: For me, it was kind of a precarious order of installing components. Be sure to mount your PSU and HDD first, otherwise it gets a little tricky.

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