New Entry level Case & PSU

Ace Modder · 14 Sep 2011 at 17:13

Hi guys

Just had a new case arrive; ideal for any home office or work browsing machine.

OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) @ £28.99 inc VAT

Building a new PC? Then this is a great entry level case with a 500w PSU pre-fitted. The case is finished off with an all black interior to give a great look and feel.

- Dimensions (mm): 180mm x 360mm x 425mm (W x H x D)
- Body Material: 0.5mm, SGCC
- Front Bezel Material: Plastic
- Side Panel: Vented
- External Bays: 2 x 5.25” / 2 x 3.5”
- Internal Bays: 3 x 3.5” Internal
- Expansion Slots: 4 Full Size
- Cooling Front: None
- Cooling Top: None
- Cooling Rear: 1 x 80mm Fan
- Cooling Side: None
- Cooling Bottom: None
- IO Ports: 2 x USB 2.0
- 1 x HD Audio (Supports AC'97 Audio too)
- 1 x Microphone
- PSU Included: 500W with 120mm Fan
- Net Weight (KGs): 4.8 KGs

Only £28.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

Ace Modder · 14 Sep 2011 at 17:20

Questionable quality PSU's.

That makes me laugh. For a PC which doesnt use a dedicated GPU and running at stock (85% of the worlds PC's) then these are ideal.

I know that we have a big enthusiast base and for them this product isnt very useful. We do cater for all customer types though.

Ace Modder · 14 Sep 2011 at 20:52

There are 2 SATA power connectors, and there are also 3 Molex connectors and a floppy.

The PSU is made by CIT.

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2011 at 00:11

I will check the ratings tomorrow for you.

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2011 at 10:15

Scougar said:
out of interest... is that rear 1x 80mm on a 120mm hole?

Yes, you can swap to a 120mm fan.

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2011 at 10:22

I'm just uploading the figures now, just waiting for my mobile phone to email the image to my PC - too lazy to manually transfer it

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2011 at 11:59

Sorry for the delay

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2011 at 13:38

Robi said:
Life, needed.

+1

Seriously though, their is a market for this, and we are aiming at it.

I am more than happy to show the return rates in 6 or 12 months to show you all that you will be wrong.

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:00

-Mike- said:
Your sarcasm is pretty poor dude........ These are fine for office systems that we have at work, the PSU is STILL NOT. Thats my point. The damn psu doesn't even have enough sata connectors for a raid setup and dvdrw drive.

Every business system I build has a small raid array and a writer drive. I wouldn't want to be buying adapters for power.

The psu is only up for debate as quite frankly its got specs like it was made for a p3 600 or similar, and I very much doubt it would run anything remotely modern with its output. Ace was very suggestive that its absolutely fine for a normal pc!

As I said the case is a bargain, CIT aren't the best built cases but they are very good VFM. As I also stated, the price of it means the psu could be a throw away item, and really should be!

Seriously RAID in standard office PC's? I work for OcUK and even we do not have raid drives for our machines. My work PC has a dual core Intel CPU with a P45 motherboard and 4GB RAM and a single 500GB HDD. My machine is perfectly fine for what I need it for at work.

I do also have a GPU to enable me to use 2 x 26" screens. The GPU is a 5750 which requires no external power other than from the PCI-E slot. Never had a problem.

I use windows 7, and use Fireworks for image editting, and our own custom internal software to create products/descriptions etc. I also use Office 2010 and various tools. The PSU in this machine is fine and it is a "generic PSU". I will open it up tomorrow and see what the PSU is and show you that a generic PSU of this kind of wattage is fine for an office/browser PC.

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2011 at 21:41

My CPU is currently a E5400 in my work machine.

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2011 at 22:29

I will double check it tomorrow to be sure.

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2011 at 23:03

DavieJG said:
I do understand the concerns of some on here regarding the PSU. Really it's a 300W psu and will trick a fair few, but that's not OCUKs fault it's CiTs.

An extra note in the description would be nice:

14A on PSU 12v line, please check this is sufficient for your system.

It may hurt sales - but it would be the responsible thing to do.

Example - i think i know a thing or two about computers so i spec something up and use an online psu calc to work out the recommended wattage. My system i5 750, HD5850, 2HDD, 5 case fans, fan controller comes out at 468W. I'm on a budget so i buy this little gem, wire my pride and joy up and flash, bang, fizz.....

I see your point, however anyone building a i5 system with a 5850 (or any dedicated GPU) I would expect to have the knowledge of not using a PSU like this At the end of the day they know enough to build the system! As I stated previously - this isn't intended for a system with medium/high end components. I'm more than happy to add a disclaimer to the product when back in the office tomorrow then if you feel it necessary.