Kenneth R. Triebold
25 de febrero de 2014
Small and Attractive
I like the small size of this case. That makes routing all of the cables a bit difficult, but I got the job done and that's just part of the game if you want a small case. I originally was planning to install one of my 3.5 inch hard drives above the CPU, but decided against it even though I had to buy a new 2.5 inch drive. I felt that it was far more important to keep the area above the CPU open for air flow purposes than to reuse my 3.5 inch drive. New 2.5 inch drives are cheap now anyway, so I picked up a 1TB drive and don't regret it. The 2.5 inch drive not only has more capacity, but also runs cooler and quieter. Total 2.5 inch drives installed = one SSD for OS and apps, one 250GB HDD for backing up the SSD, and one 1TB HDD for media storage. I still have one unused 2.5 inch bay. My i7-4771 CPU idles at about 42 degrees C and good air flow helps to achieve that. My CPU cooler is a Titan DC-155A915Z/RPW. This is a very low profile cooler. I wouldn't have needed one that low because of not installing the 3.5 inch drive, but as long as I already had it, I installed it and it seems to be working well.The case seems to be built to a high level of precision. Everything fits very nicely. The memory that I used has a heatsink with low profile, and that proved to be a good move because you will route several wires in the area of the memory, and tall heatsinks would interfere or possibly even cut the wiring that it comes in contact with.I did not install a DVD drive in this case. I had a 5.25 inch Bluray drive in my old computer, so I simply will be using that along with a SATA to USB 3.0 adapter as an external optical drive for the few times that I need it. That arrangement may not work for you if you use DVD's a lot, but I hardly ever need to use a DVD anymore. Again, by not having an internal DVD payer, the area above the CPU is kept open for good air flow.I did not install any system fans. The only fans I have are for the CPU cooler and the one inside of the Silverstone ST45SF power supply. For graphics, I am using the HD 4600 integrated graphics on the CPU, so there is no graphics card or fan. I installed a TV tuner card in the PCIe slot.I experienced one issue with this case and it may help others if I describe it. There is a cable for the two USB 3.0 front ports and audio ports that plugs into the motherboard. This cable is rather stiff and after plugging it into the motherboard, it protruded a bit above the case (without the cover on). When I put the cover on the case, the cover pushed this cable downward. This caused the cable connector (at the motherboard) to shift somewhat and lose connection. This resulted in a USB error as shown in device manager. I eventually traced the problem to the cable/connector and corrected it by pre-bending the cable to avoid interference with the cover.This is a very nice case and I am very happy with it.Ver másVer menos
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