I've had this case for about 10 years, love the brushed aluminium look and even got a second one from kleinanzeigen.de (as it no longer seems to be produced).
Here's a generic picture (plenty of detailed pictures can be found through a web search):
This case comes in two versions; the first version (the only model I own) with front USB2 ports, and an updated version that has front USB3 ports.
Depending on the CPU heatsink height you use, you can fit up to two 2.5" drives in caddies in this case.
It comes with a dodgy-looking 12V 60W external power brick and ships with picu-PSU style daughterboard to convert 12v to ATX + molex for extra drives. I don't trust the quality of these components nor do I want to be limited by their low capacity, and rely on motherboards that do the DC-DC conversion.
One build from about 10 years ago is around an Intel C2750 server cpu, the other build has an AMD Ryzen 8600G (running with 35W CPU profile) coupled with a Thermaltake AXP90-X47 heatsinkfan.
I am running into an obvious problem if you look at the picture - while the AXP90-X47 with stock fan fits exactly in the available height, the holes in the 3mm aluminium shell don't provide nearly enough airflow to effectively cool the CPU.
With the case's top off, running stress-ng for 10 minutes the CPU tops out at 50C while the CPU fan remains inaudible.
With the top on, running the same stress-ng test causes the CPU fan to spin up to become quite noisy, and the CPU goes to 65C
Obviously I'd like the build to be silent, so I'm in search for an aesthetically pleasing solution.
Here's what I've come up with as options:
- Find a laser cutter service that can cut 3mm aluminium, and ask them to perforate the top of the case with many more holes similar in shape and spacing as the existing holes.
- Buy a large metal mesh sheet, something similar to what's on the InWin Chopin case, and fold it to replace the aluminium cover. It should be thick enough to not be dented by small forces, but flexible enough to allow being folded without requiring industry-grade equipment.
I'll check what laser cutter services charge, but fear that this option will be quite expensive as I'll need probably an hour of some expert's time to set up the cutting pattern and use the laser cutter.
Here's a generic picture (plenty of detailed pictures can be found through a web search):
This case comes in two versions; the first version (the only model I own) with front USB2 ports, and an updated version that has front USB3 ports.
Depending on the CPU heatsink height you use, you can fit up to two 2.5" drives in caddies in this case.
It comes with a dodgy-looking 12V 60W external power brick and ships with picu-PSU style daughterboard to convert 12v to ATX + molex for extra drives. I don't trust the quality of these components nor do I want to be limited by their low capacity, and rely on motherboards that do the DC-DC conversion.
One build from about 10 years ago is around an Intel C2750 server cpu, the other build has an AMD Ryzen 8600G (running with 35W CPU profile) coupled with a Thermaltake AXP90-X47 heatsinkfan.
I am running into an obvious problem if you look at the picture - while the AXP90-X47 with stock fan fits exactly in the available height, the holes in the 3mm aluminium shell don't provide nearly enough airflow to effectively cool the CPU.
With the case's top off, running stress-ng for 10 minutes the CPU tops out at 50C while the CPU fan remains inaudible.
With the top on, running the same stress-ng test causes the CPU fan to spin up to become quite noisy, and the CPU goes to 65C
Obviously I'd like the build to be silent, so I'm in search for an aesthetically pleasing solution.
Here's what I've come up with as options:
- Find a laser cutter service that can cut 3mm aluminium, and ask them to perforate the top of the case with many more holes similar in shape and spacing as the existing holes.
- Buy a large metal mesh sheet, something similar to what's on the InWin Chopin case, and fold it to replace the aluminium cover. It should be thick enough to not be dented by small forces, but flexible enough to allow being folded without requiring industry-grade equipment.
I'll check what laser cutter services charge, but fear that this option will be quite expensive as I'll need probably an hour of some expert's time to set up the cutting pattern and use the laser cutter.
