me no like closeup shots.

take overall pix from all angles la...then can see the case properly.

the backside - with PSU



Without PSU



loaded with thumbscrews

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Added on June 29, 2009, 9:34 pmpeep hole thru the PSU slot



Top's off



Front I/O



This post has been edited by evolutioner: Jun 29 2009, 09:34 PM

5.25" removal



more thumbscrews







removed

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Added on June 29, 2009, 9:35 pmopen air



the front panel connectors



HDD drive bay



the 92mm blue LED front intake fan



fan removed after removing the front bezel



This post has been edited by evolutioner: Jun 29 2009, 09:35 PM

the included rear I/O cover



the removable mobo tray with my phone as comparison



2x 60mm rear exhaust fans




This post has been edited by evolutioner: Jun 29 2009, 09:48 PM

the 4 ventilated PCI expansion slots with a protector



protector removed



1 slot removed



protector's back



not to forget the unbelievable slot for either and extra 60mm exhaust fan, or, water cooling tubes



with rubber protector

front bezel removed



the ugly back



the bare chassis without fron bezel



more connector shots



the stupidest thing about this casing.... the fron air filter..
every thing has to be removed to reach this piece of sponge..



a surprise : included 450W modular PSU with short cables



without the PSU bracket

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Added on June 29, 2009, 9:40 pmpicture finale :























The End of my unboxing..

This post has been edited by evolutioner: Jun 29 2009, 09:40 PM

talk about pictar spam ahahhahaa

ok...now go back and reupload ur pix and resize them to 800x600. then edit ur posts with the newly sized pix...coz ur current pix are oversized.

and some pix are repeated twice.

also.....again i say...me no like closeup shots.

would like overall view from all 5 angles. top left, right, front and back.

i wanna see the case as a whole. not bits and pieces here and there.

Mini Review's Conclusion:

Pros:
1.Everything is removable, fully modular chasis
2.Ventilated windows, on both sides, that is if u get the windowed models.
3.Beautiful fron blue LED intake fan, especially after u turn the system on
4.Water cooling tube holes, extremely rare in SFF cases.
5.Streamlined front bezel, pretty, and it keeps the look of the bezel even with optical drive installed
6.Powerful yet silent rear 2x60mm fans
7.100mm third party heatsink fan clearance height, which is great considering sugo has merely 82mm
8.Included 450W PSU. thou' low 70+% efficiency, but enough for most HTPC users without dedicated graphics card. (note: PSU usually not included, but somehow in Russia it is.)
9.Heavy duty aluminium handle.(that is if you get the models with a handle)

Cons:
1.Hard to reach front air filter
2.Low power PSU
3.Front I/O not protected
4.Motherboard tray has no holes for easier mounting of heatsink brackets
5.Front 92mm blue LED fan is too weak.
6.HDD bay has to be removed if graphics card is >9.5", which will leave us with 1 HDD slot (unless you get a 5.25"->3.5" converter, which i did)


My thoughts:
I Absolutely Adore It!!!!

Nice, i saw this TT sff case sometime ago, but never read any reviews about it.

My favorite : Removable mobo tray , lol.

Xqbox and TT lanbox have it, even after so many models of SSt sugo they still don't have this feature, makes me wonder why. .

by the way, which shop in lowyat to get good 120mm fans?
like zalman F3 etc..

This looks sweet, I really like the design, I wonder how would it looks like after hardwares installed.

clearance is always the issue .. with SFF

i like the removable 5.25" bay

Couldnt get the XQBOX I want (black/silver out of stock)
What other casing around the same price region should i opt for?

Not sure latest news or not but Antec has done a mini-ITX open air Skeleton:

http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=MjEwMg






Anyone tried the Zotac ion mini ITX boards ? So far any comments ?

skeleton is old news bradder....i think someone posted in V2 or V1


@darkages
same price region? doubt theres any decent ones.go for other models of the XQBox. theyre the best u can get at that price range. anything else will most likely be crap. the next up the line would cross the RM3xx barrier. if ur willing to cross it then mebbe the V350/V351 or the Sugos.

Oic, haha i was told this was a new unit for mini itx size. haha.

Sorry to spam old info.

The skeleton mini- itx one is jus newly launched not long ago

how about the 'transformer' looking sff case? from aopen i think.. with the psu sticking outside of the case punya..?

evolutioner,
what's the price for the tt lan box? it is available locally?

This post has been edited by lwb: Jul 3 2009, 02:33 PM

i'm not sure.. coz i'm in russia now..

Any shops in LYP selling XQBOX?