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Win Track Computer Case Review
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 "With good cooling performance from the four included fans and an innovative front panel design, In Win's Track chassis is an interesting mid-tower chassis that also includes several tool-free features and a blacked-out interior and rear panel. The big 220mm side panel intake fan keeps the graphics and CPU nice and cool and also boasts blue LEDs that can be switched on or off from the panel mounted switch."
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Enermax Hoplite Case Review
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"The Hoplite is the latest mid-tower case from Enermax, coming with a fancy "VEGAS" fan, an external SSD/hard drive dock, and two external 3.5"/2.5" hot-swap bays."
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Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Tower Case
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The Zalman Z9 Plus is a budget ATX tower case targeting the enthusiast/gamer market. The Z9 Plus has the usual trappings of such cases plus a temperature sensor with LCD display and a fan controller, all at a very reasonable price.
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Lancool PC-K63
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The Lancool PC-K62 already left a good impression at the HT4U.net lab. Now the Lian-Li subsidiary presented the successor in the “First-Knight-Series”, the PC-K63. HT4U.net evaluates, if it also leaves a good impression.
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Thermaltake V9 BlacX
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“Today we're looking at a new mid-tower chassis from Thermaltake that looks eerily familiar, seeming to channel the essence of something we've seen before from Thermaltake. In fact, the new V9 BlacX is an evolution of the vanilla V9 mid-tower case. Whereas the V9 showed some promise but offered nothing terribly original, the BlacX version does exactly that by incorporating a hard drive and solid state drive docking bay right into the chassis itself.”
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Thermaltake V9 BlacX
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"The wire management accommodations in the V9 BlacX are seriously lacking and can use some improvement. There is very little room behind the motherboard tray to run wires, and nothing to really route them around. I really did my best on the wire management here, and I'm not terribly happy with the results. I did also find that the power supply mounting bracket does not allow for the power supply to be flipped over, allowing for a slight advantage with wire management since the cables can start closer to the motherboard tray."
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Antec P193 case
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"Antec recently announced a refresh to their performance one line of cases and they were kind enough to send a few for us to take a look at. Today we're reviewed the P193, the top of the performance pile. Let's see how it's features stack up."
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Antec LanBoy Air ATX Case Review
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Antec has earned a reputation for extraordinary case designs such as the Skeleton, Dark Fleet, Hundred and ISK series, but late last year they unveiled what's arguably their most unique and striking case yet, the LanBoy Air.
At first glance you can tell this is an enthusiast and gamer-oriented product. Antec touts the LanBoy Air for its highly customizable and modular design. Weighing 20.3 lbs (9.2 kg), the case can be outfitted with an insane fifteen 120mm fans -- so you know the "Air" moniker belongs in its name. Perhaps more intriguing, nearly every part of the case is modular, even the motherboard and PSU mounts.
It also comes as good news that the LanBoy Air starts at $150, which is not a bad price point for a unique case offering these days. Let's check out in better detail what Antec has got in store for us...
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Apevia X-Fit-100 Mini-ITX Case Review
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"One lucky case in the Mini-ITX market is the Apevia X-Fit-100 Mini-ITX Case. The X-Fit-100 offers a slim profile and sleek look that will work with any mini-ITX application. There is enough space to fit a 2.5" hard drive, slim optical drive, and a low profile PCI card. The X-Fit-100 comes equipped with a Apevia Flex ATX 250W power supply, which is more than enough for a mini-ITX system. There are vents on the top and sides that help expel heat and keep the case quiet. The X-Fit-100 also has a sturdy build, constructed from 0.7mm metal SECC. The style and finish is black, which matches perfect with most people's decor."
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Lian Li PC-V352 mATX Case Review
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“With mini-ITX systems becoming more and more powerful and mini-ATX motherboards offering the same features as full ATX boards it is hard to decide what type of system to build. At the same time if you are going to build one of these smaller systems there really are not that many cases that offer all the features you expect from a normal PC case. Well Lian Li noticed this and came out with the PC-V352. A small cube style case that packs in a lot of features and has all of the quality you expect from Lian Li. Let’s check it out and see if it is perfect for your next small system build."
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IN WIN Dragon Rider Full Tower Chassis
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"IN WIN is a company of which I have seen many cases from its lineup, and up to now, really none of them have been a case that would find a permanent home on my desk. It isn't that the cases were lacking in any department. IN WIN tends to think out internal designs and feature sets that rival some of the top tiered chassis' that require quite a bit more money to attain said features. My real issue with most of the previous cases was based purely on aesthetics. With this chassis we are about to have a look at, a new leaf has been turned in IN WIN designing, and I hope it's a trend that continues.
This chassis is not only a real looker in my book, but it offers all the things we are used to in an IN WIN chassis. Things like a tool-less assembly to hold in the expansion cards, an almost endless supply of slides for the various drives to be placed inside the chassis, and it even carries a flood of blue LED lighting that we have seen from them before. Two major things have changed. One, I finally got a full tower chassis worth its salt, and secondly, the theme of the chassis may be a bit mythological, but translates into a stellar looking chassis with everything you would want to see in a full tower chassis."
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InWin Dragon Rider Case Review
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“Installing everything into the Dragon Rider case was super easy and for the first time something that I actually looked forward to doing! All of the controls on the top were a breeze to hook up and the system components didn’t give me one problem. I ran all of the cables I could behind the motherboard tray and I now have a nice clean cable setup. The tool-less system works great not one problem. The one thing I wish the case did have is a cover for the water cooling tube holes. I don’t use them but I would like it better if I could block them off or at lease cover them. Not a big thing but just an idea.”
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Coolermaster CM Storm Spawn Review
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"Another day, another gaming mouse. This time it's Coolermaster invading our test labs with their latest peripheral in the Storm range of CM gaming accessories. This one is known as the Spawn, but will it foster a growing sense of, spores, or something... in us? Only one way to find out. "
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Thermaltake Armor A30 Micro-ATX Gaming Case Review
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The Thermaltake Armor A30 gaming case is essentially an updated version of a Lanbox case. The Thermaltake Armor A30 gaming case can fit either a micro-ATX or mini-ITX motherboard. Since the A30 is part of the Armor case series, it takes on the “scalene” aesthetic of its siblings. The Thermaltake A30 has a USB 3.0 front panel port as well as support for high-end video cards like the AMD HD5970 which measures 13-inches in length. With the rise in usage of SSD drives, the Thermaltake Armor A30 also comes equipped with a mounting area for up to two 2.5” drives. "
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Lian Li Mini Q PC-Q08 Computer Case
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Today we will be taking a look at one of Lian Li smaller cases, the Mini Q PC-Q08. This case is perfect for individuals that are looking to construct a HTPC or a LAN gaming rig, but does it have all the right features for you?
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