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I've got one for a customer build and for the money, it's impressive. I paid it 53$ (it was on sale by 10$), a price comparable to Antec's One/Two/Three Hundred enclosures, but it feels a class higher. The chassis is much sturdier than the Antec trio. Better than something like a Thermaltake V3/V4 or Cooler Master Elite 310 too. In fact, it is more comparable to enclosures I normally get in the 80$-100$ range.While it is not as small as most of the cases Time showed in the original post, the latest NZXT enclosure beats them all on price :
NZXT Source 210 Elite - only 49.99$.
Top 140mm fan, space for routing cables, bottom space for the PSU, front USB 3.0 port with a USB motherboard header and tool-less design (except for the motherboard).
You lucky wallabies! The SG09 is available for sale in Australia, but still not here.Am I the only one here eager to get my hands on the upcoming Silverstone SG09?
There's a review of this case at nanandtech. I'm just waiting for it to be in stock at a store nearby to get one.Am I the only one here eager to get my hands on the upcoming Silverstone SG09?
Either you don't read what I write or you have a serious attention problem. The board I talked about in my previous post has 6 SATA ports.I wish I could've found an ITX board with 6 SATA ports though.
I'm given to understand that USB notebook docks all tend to suck, and multi-bay USB enclosures are ridiculously expensive for some reason. The Elite 120 actually has a gasket for running internal-to-external cables, so you could probably get away with rigging up some unholy combination of USB cables and just using it as an enclosure.
Built a system today inside a Silverstone RV03 that I bought for 78.88$. Best airflow I've ever had in a case. There are a few things I don't like like the way the front USB ports are connected to the USB 3.0 ports of the motherboard's backplate, but overall, despite the huge size, I like a lot. It took me a little time to figure out where to plug the power cord (bottom, near the front of the enclosure). Not very loud either, considering the amount of air going through it. Now, all I need is money to get another Radeon HD 7970...
The Radeon 5570 supposedly only draws about 39 - 60W. With the CPU at 35W, I should be in PicoPSU territory. I guess I could pull my power supply and try to rig up something that fits in that same space.
The Northbridge/chipset getting adequate cooling?Anyone have ideas for further temperature management in an ITX rig?