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Ralph S.

Ralph S.

Joined on 02/02/04

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Nice case

IN WIN wavy Black Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case 120W Power Supply
IN WIN wavy Black Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case 120W Power Supply

Pros: - SMALL footprint. This is one of the few Mini-ITX cases that has room for FOUR drives (one of which can be a full-size optical drive!) and it's still tiny. It's a clever layout and design. - Pretty sturdy construction, In-Win always makes a sturdy, well-finished case. - Many cables included, including a slimline CD drive converter cable, which is very nice. - No separate power adapter brick. Built-in 120W power supply. - Relatively generous room for stock CPU fans, even if you have an optical drive installed.

Cons: - Front panel doors are a bit flimsy. I'm waiting to see how long they last. - Tight fit, to be sure! Especially if you use a slimline optical drive. Getting the drive and front panel to align perfectly can be maddening. - Proprietary power supply, this doesn't bother me, but it might bother you. - Fans a bit loud, but nothing to write home about. If you are using for media PC, you might want to consider replacing them. For desk/office use, I doubt you would notice. - Power connectors are super short. Anything more than a single hard drive (including any optical drive) is going to require some power cable extenders/splitters.

Overall Review: I used an Intel board (N82E16813121381) and Intel CPU (N82E16819116076) and had few problems, other than things being a super tight fit of course. No clearance issues with the stock Intel fan. Great little office PC.

Great little board

Intel BOXDG41MJ LGA 775 Intel G41 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
Intel BOXDG41MJ LGA 775 Intel G41 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Pros: - Small footprint, used to build about a dozen office workstations. Perfect for the usual office tasks - word processing, e-mail, internet, etc. (Haven't tried anything heavy-duty.) - Includes DVI and VGA as well as legacy connectors, handy. - Automatically recognized by Win7, no need to download drivers if you don't want.

Cons: - What is it with those annoying POST beeps! No way to disable them in BIOS, very annoying! Not enough to drop an egg, though. - Front panel connectors a little awkwardly placed, but that's probably just me.

Overall Review: Needs a 65W CPU. I used an E5400 2.7GHz (from Newegg, of course! N82E16813121381). Makes a nice speedy system. Use an Intel stock fan on your processor unless you know what you're doing. I imagine that other cooling fans might be a problem to attach, just a hunch.