Luxa2 LM100 Mini: "Exquisite & Desirable" m-IT
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:10 pm
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Atom CPUs run cool but not so the chipsets for them. They often need direct air-forced cooling. In short, I don't think the case would be signficantly quieter with an Atom board. Besides, a $270-300 case for an Atom system seems outrageous.atmartens wrote:Maybe the case is better suited to an Atom system. Lower heat, less noise.
Not sure whether Larry mentioned it, but that middle vent on the back was blocked to avoid airflow shortcut. It didn't do much good.NeilBlanchard wrote:Hi Mike,
Was any consideration given to doing something with the third/middle fan grill? Either to block it (and force more air to come in through the bottom grills) or to add a third fan? 50mm fans are hard to come by; let alone quiet ones.
And in typical Thermaltake fashion, we once again have an expensive case focusing on form over function.The procedure was not difficutl, but as with all small cases, some care was needed to ensure good cable management.
If you spend all your money on the case, then maybe you could only afford an Atom system to put in it lol.MikeC wrote:Besides, a $270-300 case for an Atom system seems outrageous.
Well, you could rip out that front and replace it with something perforated (needs a PicoPSU, obviously), and put a quiet fan behind it... After paying $300DAve_M wrote: Such a waste of money since this case still looks a lot like a computer. With a DVD drive installed it would look even worse. And that display on the front is junk. It looks terrible -- you will never find somthing like that on premium audio gear.
OrigenAE m10 mini-ITX is also very good looking (as well as their larger cases).a finer looking HTPC you will not find
Is this a fair conclusion? If 20 DVD players are dropped from a certain height, maybe 10 will have broken, and the other 10 won't have. Some chance comes into play when damage is inflicted, it's a step to say this is due to quality control.The case sample we received was equipped with two 50 mm fans — one of them sounded fairly smooth and broadband, while the other had some tonality, a bit of whine, and developed a 'wobble' at higher fan speeds. It may have been damaged during transport, but the other fan wasn't afflicted, so quality control is likely the issue.
You could be right. But even if neither fan was undamaged, the case would sound noisy. And cool poorly. So it's kind of a moot point.spookmineer wrote:Is this a fair conclusion? If 20 DVD players are dropped from a certain height, maybe 10 will have broken, and the other 10 won't have. Some chance comes into play when damage is inflicted, it's a step to say this is due to quality control.The case sample we received was equipped with two 50 mm fans — one of them sounded fairly smooth and broadband, while the other had some tonality, a bit of whine, and developed a 'wobble' at higher fan speeds. It may have been damaged during transport, but the other fan wasn't afflicted, so quality control is likely the issue.
What's so special about it? You can make one of those very easily. Although, if you find a good supplier of C13s which aren't nasty, I'll be impressed. And interested.Mr. Perfect wrote:The one really interesting bit is how they managed to route the PSU hookup from the front of the case to the back. If those adapters could be used in, say, the Sugo cases you could put an ATX in the front fan spot. That would free up room for both taller CPU heatsinks and exhaust fans.
The Athenatech A1089 does exactly this.Mr. Perfect wrote:The one really interesting bit is how they managed to route the PSU hookup from the front of the case to the back. If those adapters could be used in, say, the Sugo cases you could put an ATX in the front fan spot. That would free up room for both taller CPU heatsinks and exhaust fans.
Uuuhhh, by buying quality parts and not assembling them poorly? All you need is a C14 panel plug, a C13 line socket, and suitable cable. It's.. really quite simple. Moulded != good.Mr. Perfect wrote:Sure, you could probably make something like that with a socket from an old PSU and a spare cable, but how do you do it without it looking like it came from ThereIFixedIt.com?
Yes, because a fixed length cable of an 'average' size is a perfect fit in any case. Custom cabling > generic cabling. Every time.Purpose made ones would be so much nicer.
This case most probably won't be bought by any SPCR user because of the (measurable) noise, but you can't conclude that there is poor quality control based on 1 of 2 fans showing some inadequacies.MikeC wrote:You could be right. But even if neither fan was undamaged, the case would sound noisy. And cool poorly. So it's kind of a moot point.