Here's the original thread on http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1717132 where this idea was born. The case is actually something along the lines of what I've had in mind for a year now myself, but it lacks an exhaust-fan in the top imho, especially when you don't plan on using watercooling.
That looks like a well designed case. Although, is that a pump reservoir combo stuck on the back. Is it an actual product?(the pump reservoir thing)
Help me out guys. Why these Mini-ITX case are big? It defeats the purpose of the Mini-ITX. Mini-ITX is suppose to be make a low powered small PC. Not be near as big and heavy as an ATX case. Don't get me wrong, the case above looks awesome, but I am just talking in general, as the above case is not the first one. Most other Mini-ITX cases are like this. If it take a Full ATX PSU than it failed. Beside, even small PSU's at 400-500W delivers enough power to drive a mid range, possibly even high end range GPU and system... you don't need a 800W PSU. The only reason why we get 650W+ PSU's is just to try and be at 50% load for the PSU, to maximize efficiency.
It does look pretty sweet. My main pique is: since it'll most probably be on the desk, won't it be a bit noisy? Also, Lian Li don't exactly do dust filters, do they?
My guess is Full ATX PSU's are quieter than 1U PSU's. Shame the focus is on mITX and not on µATX though.
It is not so simple. What you saying is the HTPC use of ITX, and there are small cases for that (Antec ISK110 comes in my mind). But ITX is no longer HTPC only, many simply want a small power gaming machine. That means powerfull graphics card, overclocked CPU etc. This case is for this second group.
I agree. Bit Techs 2500K/GTX 670 system only pulled 374W at load - which SFX PSUs are more than capable of delivering (I have a 350W BeQuiet model that does 420W). They aren't any louder either. We should really be in a position to take advantage of the low power requirements of smaller lithography chips, but its going to take case designers and PSU manufacturers to both get together and agree that its something they are going to implement. Silverstone may have begun this trend with their FT02 Mini.
It's a nice case, but I agree they might as well have just made it a matx case as it is only missing what maybe a cm or 2 in height from missing a slot. That said there is also already some similar matx case that cost half as much that would be just as nice.
Well they are making limited quantities, and don't have any long term relationship with a manufacture, so yes, it will cost more. It must also be noted, that perhaps, they are not doing quality cutting measures. For example they could use thick aluminum everywhere, or they process the aluminum to not get finger prints easily and avoid staining the metal (something common with current aluminum cases from many manufactures.), and so on.
I'd have thought they'd want far more than £110.. I won't be getting one, but some of the design features are nifty. I really do like the modular aspects of the whole bottom part of unit.
Sure, it's not really a beauty, but if you would have a decent right hand, you could mod it to your liking
silverstone-sg05bb-450-usb-30-sugo-mini-itx-black-cube-case-all-black-with-450w-sfx-psu Isn't this a better deal? OK only 9inch GPU but there is the short 670 out already and if thats not big enough (long enough) silverstone-sg08b-usb-30-sugo-sff-mini-itx-w-600w-atx-psu and thats a 600 Watt PSU too! I really do not get how this new case is better.
