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Cybordolphin

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Ugly compared to what? I think that all things considered it is on the better looking side of cases for what is available in that format/footprint. I am not sure what 150-200 watt PS the Shuttle uses to power, its XP or Pent4's but it does the job just fine

Nice price too.
 

takeru

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i actually thought about getting a book pc case, but finding low profile cards (especially video cards) is hard. :frown:
 

oaaltone

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Originally posted by: takeru
i actually thought about getting a book pc case, but finding low profile cards (especially video cards) is hard. :frown:

It's actually closer to impossible What I'd suggest is going onboard everything except for video. Get an AGP riser card (something like these), and popping in a real video card... a little manhandling of the back of the case would be required, however, but anyone with a dremel can do it.
 

takeru

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Originally posted by: olliebg

It's actually closer to impossible What I'd suggest is going onboard everything except for video. Get an AGP riser card (something like these), and popping in a real video card... a little manhandling of the back of the case would be required, however, but anyone with a dremel can do it.

cool, i never could find a good seller for riser cards. very nice. 8x agp risers.
 

IronOxide

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Originally posted by: onza
Originally posted by: olliebg
I've used a bunch of these in black and beige. Nice cases, nice power supplies, well built, and pretty darn good looking when compared to their competition. They've been able to fit every mATX board I've thrown at them.

i agree, black makes things look sleek

racist
 

hojl

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cool case..
Anybody know if this case can handle full size cards?
 

mindless1

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Originally posted by: hojl
cool case..
Anybody know if this case can handle full size cards?

The pics show it to be a flex ATX case, so it won't take full sized cards, full sized motherboard, or mATX motherboard.

Building a system in this with the idea of adding a video card would be a mistake, those power supplies (especially the generic labels) really are capable of only around 150-200W at most, are not underrated like some OEM PSUl. Plus if you note the tiny PSU exhaust next to the power plug, that is ALL the exhaust from the whole system, it is going to have a hard time dealing with the heat of just a modern HDD and (any CPU better than a C3) unless you start modding it, adding fan(s).

IMO, this case might be best used as a trunk-mount mobile unit, housing an EPIA-like combo, with the power supply replaced by a 12V step-down board (where the power supply was mounted) for auto battery power source.

Edit: I was wrong, it does appear to accept micro ATX motherboards, but not full-height cards. Here's a better product page, which also shows that it does have an intake(?) fan on the side.
 

fxsts

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It seems to be a microATX case after searching around on the web. Ut has the dimensions of 41cm(D)*32cm(H)*10cm(W) when you stand it up vertically. 32cm height is about the same as Aopen case. If it had been a FlexATX, it should would been shorter.

It also seems that the power supply supports P4 although I would stay with something less than 2 Ghz.

As far as the look is concerned, it?s a matter of taste. I would personally prefer something in black or silver. Still, I much prefer this case over those with clear window on the side, or neon lights in it. I personally don?t see any point of lightening up my PC or being able to see inside all the time.

I have been into BookPC myself. I have one full tower main system under my desk, and two bookPCs (Netvista FlexATX with Tualatin Celeron 1.2Ghz and Aopen MicroATX with AthlonXP 1800+) next to each other on the desk.

If anyone is looking for a cheap but great FlexATX motherboard, go to the 'most populer auction site' and get Asus CUW-FX S370 motherboard sold by Justdeal (just search on Asus Socket 370 microATX). You can get it for around $20 including the $13 shipping. This Asus is the best FlexATX board I have owned because it works with the standard I/O panel, and, better yet, it works perfectly with Tualatin converter. You can run cheap Celeron Tualatin with it by getting the converter from Compgeeks..

Anyway, $31 shipped is a great price for the case.




 

hojl

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hmm... by "cards" I mean PCI AGP cards..
do you think this case is tall enough for full size PCI/ AGP cards?
 

hojl

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does that Asus mobo have Overclocking capabilities (FSB and/or voltage)
Also does it allow for 133FSB CPUs?
 

mindless1

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Originally posted by: hojl
hmm... by "cards" I mean PCI AGP cards..
do you think this case is tall enough for full size PCI/ AGP cards?
No, it is low-profile.

 

fxsts

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Originally posted by: hojl
fxsts

does that Asus mobo have Overclocking capabilities (FSB and/or voltage)
Also does it allow for 133FSB CPUs?

As far as I know, CUWE-FX (based on I810E chipset) is supposed to support 133Mhz, but not CUW-FX (based on I810 chipset). Justdeal used to sell both CUWE-FX and CUW-FX on the auction site, but I don't see CUWE-FX anymore. I should have gotten CUWE-FX myself also but I did not.

It has a overclocking capability with different FSB settings, but it does not like too high of PCI/AGP bus. I am running Tualatin Celeron 1.1Ghz at 1210Mhz on 110Mhz bus.


 

fxsts

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The site has pretty good rating.

PCI Micro




Just FYI, you can still get Netvista case on the same auction site for around $10 including shipping.

$10 for the case, $20 for the board, $15 for the adapter, $45 for a retail Tualatin Celeron including all the shipping. If you have a harddrive and SDRAM memory in your closet, you can make a pretty fast small bookPC with minimum investment. If you do not need Tualatin speed and have a old Celeron 566 or so collecting dusts in your closet together with HD and memory, $30 is all you need. Oh, I almost forgot, but you also need a ATX power extension cable.
 

WooDaddy

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If you're looking for better looking cases, you can always check out http://www.directron.com/ .

Granted, they may not be out yet, but their future products section has some nice spiffy looking cases. I purposely bought a microAtx case for the perfect, nice looking case.

True, they aren't $24 dollars but you pay for aesthetics.
 

fxsts

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Originally posted by: hallf
If you're looking for a SFF machine, just get a Shuttle SB61G2 and be done with it...they are a sweet little machine.

You are obviously not seeing the point.

Shuttle SB61G2 is $320 just for the case and motherboard. We are talking bout building a SFF spending very little money.

Also, buying a halfway made barebone system pretty much kill the priceless factor of finding right components and assembling them. Buying barebone system is just too boring. I can only kill 30 mins with it

 
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