I saw a posting on SFF Forum > The Pavilion > General concerning the Geeek A50 case and then spent time on the Geeek Global web site and ordered a GEEEK A40 case. The order date was August 23, 2018 and I used my Pay Pal account to pay the $79.90 for the case with riser cable, and $23.01 for DHL shipping from TAO YUAN - TAIWAN to me in San Jose, CA.
On August 30 I received an emails from GEEEK Global and DHL Express which informed me that the A40 case was shipping, I was given a DHL tracking number and a URL to the package tracking detail.
Then a few more DHL Express emails concerning delivery details on August 3rd. And then on August 4th the package arrived ay my front door. I think that this is 12 days from web order to delivery.
The package arrived in good shape:
The packaging was well done and seems appropriate for this type of kitting.
There were no assembly instructions included in the package but I did find a 19 page instruction set on the Geeek Global web site. It did take me some time to see how the system designed and started the assembly seen here. The line drawing are not all that clear and could be improved.
I did a quick fixture to hold my digital calipers and came up with approximate 61 mm from the CPU heat spreader to the inside side cover. Love that the thickness of the aluminum angle is 3 mm.
The example system seen here is from my collection of used parts that are too good to throw away.
There is provision for 2 92 mm fans in the top panel and an 80 mm fan on the bottom panel. They were not needed with this set of parts.
I was not up for doing custom cable lengths so to hide the clutter I made up two modesty panels seen here.
Summary: I found the small parts to be a pain to handle with my large hands (my problem). No missing parts and everything fits. I did mod the two hard drive mounting plates for better clearance of the data and power cables which could be avoided if you have connector bodies that will fit as is.
So for now this system goes onto the shelf as is.
Neil
On August 30 I received an emails from GEEEK Global and DHL Express which informed me that the A40 case was shipping, I was given a DHL tracking number and a URL to the package tracking detail.
Then a few more DHL Express emails concerning delivery details on August 3rd. And then on August 4th the package arrived ay my front door. I think that this is 12 days from web order to delivery.
The package arrived in good shape:
The packaging was well done and seems appropriate for this type of kitting.
There were no assembly instructions included in the package but I did find a 19 page instruction set on the Geeek Global web site. It did take me some time to see how the system designed and started the assembly seen here. The line drawing are not all that clear and could be improved.
I did a quick fixture to hold my digital calipers and came up with approximate 61 mm from the CPU heat spreader to the inside side cover. Love that the thickness of the aluminum angle is 3 mm.
The example system seen here is from my collection of used parts that are too good to throw away.
There is provision for 2 92 mm fans in the top panel and an 80 mm fan on the bottom panel. They were not needed with this set of parts.
I was not up for doing custom cable lengths so to hide the clutter I made up two modesty panels seen here.
Summary: I found the small parts to be a pain to handle with my large hands (my problem). No missing parts and everything fits. I did mod the two hard drive mounting plates for better clearance of the data and power cables which could be avoided if you have connector bodies that will fit as is.
So for now this system goes onto the shelf as is.
Neil
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