MDS
10 de abril de 2025
Fantastic, not flawless...
NCORE 100 MAX, dark grayThe case is great. It has a very small footprint, looks nice, fits a high end graphics card and motherboard, and is reasonably portable. It seems expensive at first glance, but isn't if you value the inclusion of a power supply and CPU liquid cooler. I’m giving this 5 stars, but it does have room for improvement in the areas below. Please keep in mind that I’m not enumerating the many positives as the 5 stars are indication that overall, this is a great case (and PSU and liquid CPU cooler).First, the cables that attach the “custom PCIe 4.0 riser” to the motherboard has to be twisted 180 degrees to plug into the PCIe slot on the motherboard. This places a lot of strain on the cables + connector and wastes space between the motherboard and the 2.5” drive mount. It really doesn’t feel very custom.Next, the supplied SATA cables are right angle on one end, but there’s no room for the 90 degree bend on most (if not all) mini ITX motherboards and the 90 degree bend is backward for what is needed to work with the 2.5” drive mount location. Because of the issue mentioned above with the twist in the PCIe riser cable, I ended up just wedging the 2.5” drive upside down between the case and the PCIe riser cables rather than screwing it into the proper location. I probably should have used a different SATA cable, but the PCIe cables seem to hold the drive in place without putting too much strain on the cable.Another cabling issue is that the 12V connector for the GPU has a right angle connector on the GPU card end, but there’s really not sufficient room for the right angle connector to connect to a right angle power connector on the GPU circuit board. However, if a straight cable had been supplied, there would be enough room for the cable to connect to both a right angle or vertical connector on a GPU circuit board. I did end up using the 12V connector, but there’s a lot of strain on that cable and more than I’d like on the graphics card.The next two areas of improvement are related to portability. I acknowledge I was aware this case wasn’t really designed for portability, but it is something I think should be integral to the design of a mini-ITX case. It would have been really nice if the manufacturer had included a handle on the back of the case. I think I can probably 3d print a replacement top for the case with a handle and still preserve the exhaust airflow, but it will need to attach a little differently than the supplied press-fit top.Again, wanting this to be portable and with the graphics connectors being on the bottom of the case, I’ll likely use short HDMI / Display Port extension cables to simplify disconnecting monitors. It would have been great if the manufacturer had added some form of cable retention for the display cables, but they didn’t. I can probably figure out something with zip ties.Finally, keep in mind that the finish can scratch. Pulling off the side panels is pretty simple, but it’s also easy to scratch the case if you’re wearing rings. It’s best to take off any rings before removing or attaching the side panels.In summary, this is a great case and the issues I list above are minor annoyances overall.Ver másVer menos
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