Joined on 09/01/03
Nice and small, inexpensive and a bit cheap
Pros: Nice and small, comes with the necessary heat sink. Basic setup with not a lot of room for extras. Low profile video card (PCI-e). Room for two 3.5" drives and just enough for a 5.25".
Cons: Make sure to get low profile memory. Nothing with a tall heatsink what-so-ever... The optical drive will hit anything that stands over typical hight of memory. Front faceplate is plastic and tabs are prone to breaking if you have to get in and out of the case a lot. Read the instructions when installing the HDD. It installs upside down and is a bear to get in at all. Once it is in, it works great. Don't do like I did and try to install it right side up. The BIOS saw the drive, but windows install did not. Had me confused for a few hours... Put it in like the instructions say, it fit better and windows install saw it right away. Fans are a bit loud for HTPC. Recommend looking for silent 80mm fans. One for side of case, one for CPU heatsink.
Overall Review: Recommend getting low profile optical drive. Not height but depth profile. Everything fit snug with full size optical drive. So far I would recommend this case to anyone doing SFF. Time will tell as I've only had it a week.
Why even add IR to this camera?
Pros: It works well as a webcam for the price.
Cons: Not even sure why they claim it has IR. You MUST use the software provided to enable to IR LEDs and they don't stay on for more than 10-45 minutes. Yes they times vary and for no apparent reason.
Overall Review: I purchased the camera to monitor my newborn son sleeping. The IR does not stay on and you must use the provided software to enable to IR LEDs. I use YAWCAM to stream for monitoring (great software). I also use Do It Again (Great MACRO software) to re-enable the IR LEDs every 10 minutes.
Great product
Pros: Installed with no trouble. System saw it and ran great. Good price.
Cons: None
Stable, quiet, and love the modular!
Pros: Looks nice Four individual 12 volt rails Modular with non-modular ATX and PCIe connector Good looking modular connectors and wires. Plenty of power connectors.
Cons: When in a x-qpack, the modular power connectors bump into the back of the dvd-rom no matter which cdrom slot it is in. It does fit with a bit of pressure, but I have had other PSUs fit with no issues.
Overall Review: Can't say anything about reliability as I've only had it a month. I run the following: xfx 7800 gtx AMD 64 XP3200+ 2GB PC3200 2-80GB West Dig HDDs DVD-RW MSI mATX mobo All in a x-qpack.
Great case
Comments: Added an MSI 865 chipset MicroATX board. Two IDE HDDs, Rosewill CD Burner/DVD, TI 4200. Didn't like my P4 2.8E as it got well over 60 degrees and kept shutting the system down. Put in a P4 2.4C and it runs at 50 degrees. There is room on the right side to add an 80 mm blow hole that will blow directly on the processor. No other intake fans tho. "I want to purchase this but want to know if the footprint of the power supply (side facing the back) is the same as the footprint of a regular ATX power supply? Could one of the reviewers please post?" The footprint is not the same. The back of this power supply has a 120 mm fan. Don't have the specs, sorry, but it is about twice as long, half as deep, and about the same hieght as a normal PSU. I highly recommend this case. Be aware of its issues before buying. Heat is an issue with a small case.
Great Drive
Comments: Very fast drive. Cut 15-30 minutes of my Windows XP Pro install. Games load much faster now! No trouble with the install.