new Gigabyte case - interesting

Chris Chan · Post by **Chris Chan** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:46 pm

It appears that Gigabyte is getting into the cases market. I spotted this on Newegg today. It looks interesting for silent computing IMO. 120mm front and back, and grommets for WC tubing.

Eunos · Post by **Eunos** » Sun May 07, 2006 6:20 pm

Interesting one. The manufacturer's page doesn't give much away except that it's named the Triton. Certainly can't argue with the price.

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:44 am

Hi Chris,

Hmmm, well, I would rather have more internal 3.5" HD bays, and far fewer external 5.25" BAYS (five?

). It is also too bad that the HD's are "sideways" like the Sonata/SLK3700B, as this is hard on the fron intake air flow.

The fans look to be 9-blade -- like the GlacialTech/Silverstone/Evercool, which is okay *if* they are the low-speed models. So overall, not too bad, but not great, either IMO.

nick705 · Post by **nick705** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:12 am

Looks like a knockoff of the Coolermaster 534 - the facia's slightly different, but it seems identical inside...

Mark65 · Post by **Mark65** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:13 am

If you click on the product main page button you get a few more new cases also. They look pretty nice.

Chris Chan · Post by **Chris Chan** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:15 pm

@Nick: I was thinking more along the lines of Kingwin SK523 series. The Centurion 534 is pretty similar too.

KorruptioN · Post by **KorruptioN** » Wed May 24, 2006 5:49 pm

They're the same as the CM Centurion 5xx cases. I have one. The front bezel lets out a lot of noise, and there isn't very much room for wire management because I've got my hard disks suspended in the 5.25" bays. I am going to sell it off soon for an Antec Solo, whenever those come in.