So after a small stroke of luck, I received this lovely little case this evening. All in all, I couldn't really ask for a better case for my needs for the price. Specs:
Gigabyte GA-GC230D with Intel Atom CPU
1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2/1GB OCZ Gold (I tried both... still having the same problem as explained in this thread
- Please help!)
120GB 2.5" Samsung HDD
Slimline Samsung DVD Writer
120W PSU (supplied with case)
For such a small case, there has been a tremendous amount of workmanship and thought gone into it. Everything has a place (even though it may not be initially visible) and although it's extremely cramped to work in, once everything is in place it seems to give you a reassuring feeling; it's like a concrete block once it's sealed up with everything inside. The way I have everything sitting, it looks like the case can handle two 3.5" hard drives and 1 2.5" drive. If you were to use a full-size DVD drive, it would only take one 3.5" from what I can see (I didn't bother experimenting).
My pictures all turned out horrendous since I'm using my phone, but here are a few for tasters (I'll probably post up more tomorrow, feel free to request specifics);
Internal (I don't believe in cable management)
Outside, with my 22" monitor for comparison
With a game case for comparison
Noise-wise it's atrocious, although it's only the case fan at the top that seems to be causing the racket. If it's disabled, the whole thing (including the PSU) runs almost silent. It's a 40 or 60mm fan I think, I don't think you could fit much bigger in there though.
The front flap feels a bit flimsy, but I won't be using the DVD drive much anyway (apart from ripping the odd movie/album for storage) so it isn't a big concern.
All in all, this case is definitely worth the 50 quid I paid for it. If only I can get the damn hardware inside working, it will work nicely as a little file server for me
Feel free to ask any questions you want, and to help out with my hardware conundrum! clicky
More random pictures, trying to give you an idea of how small this thing is:
Set of Icemat Siberias for comparison
Gigabyte GA-GC230D with Intel Atom CPU
1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2/1GB OCZ Gold (I tried both... still having the same problem as explained in this thread
- Please help!)120GB 2.5" Samsung HDD
Slimline Samsung DVD Writer
120W PSU (supplied with case)
For such a small case, there has been a tremendous amount of workmanship and thought gone into it. Everything has a place (even though it may not be initially visible) and although it's extremely cramped to work in, once everything is in place it seems to give you a reassuring feeling; it's like a concrete block once it's sealed up with everything inside. The way I have everything sitting, it looks like the case can handle two 3.5" hard drives and 1 2.5" drive. If you were to use a full-size DVD drive, it would only take one 3.5" from what I can see (I didn't bother experimenting).
My pictures all turned out horrendous since I'm using my phone, but here are a few for tasters (I'll probably post up more tomorrow, feel free to request specifics);
Internal (I don't believe in cable management)
Outside, with my 22" monitor for comparison
With a game case for comparison
Noise-wise it's atrocious, although it's only the case fan at the top that seems to be causing the racket. If it's disabled, the whole thing (including the PSU) runs almost silent. It's a 40 or 60mm fan I think, I don't think you could fit much bigger in there though.
The front flap feels a bit flimsy, but I won't be using the DVD drive much anyway (apart from ripping the odd movie/album for storage) so it isn't a big concern.
All in all, this case is definitely worth the 50 quid I paid for it. If only I can get the damn hardware inside working, it will work nicely as a little file server for me
Feel free to ask any questions you want, and to help out with my hardware conundrum! clicky
More random pictures, trying to give you an idea of how small this thing is:
Set of Icemat Siberias for comparison
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) I'll try and see what kind of wattage the thing uses whilst idle and under load. I can't imagine it using all that much in real-world use though, considering the most it'll be doing (for me, anyway) will be downloading and streaming music, and the odd movie. If I'm doing any cd ripping, I'll do it on my main PC and transfer the files across manually.