APEVIA Black / Blue X-MASTER-BL/500 ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

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lots of room, simple to work with, silent psu, excellent investment. 1st 1 arrive all broken (face). RMA without complaint, really fast and accurate. You get a mail for every step they take.second one arrive perfect. obtain it for a nice and long htpc. Not a big amount like other brands. Dont anticipate a good LCD display for this cost...

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Modest case, incredibly so. The paint job is very nice, and the blue finish has some actually nice depth to it. PSU that comes with it is relatively quiet, and the front panel is much more sturdy than a lot of other cases I've dealt with. It's also worth noting that the 120mm fan slots can support 80mm (which is some thing I'll address in Other thoughts) Be warned- your cable management will be horrible. I'm presently running this with the AMD 780g, and with no devoted graphics card, and I'm still wondering where my cables are going to go when I install one. The optional fan near the PSU runs into an concern with the PSU's cable running right where you require to mount the fan (if you go the path of a 120mm fan), and could potentially be caught in the fan, poor preparing.Individual gripe, but I absolutely HATE tool-much less bay drives, mounting my IR receiver was an absolute pain. Interesting thought, the case. Some glaring faults although, such as the cable running where the fan goes. This could be effortlessly avoided by installing a 80mm fan rather of the 120mm recommended fan. Case is quiet, but I'm also not running any of the stock fans.Generally check numerous review internet sites for any item that you get! Do your analysis so you don't get stuck with what you want!

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Lovely blue color! Haven't had a lot chance to do a lot with it but, but I hope that I'll continue to adore it as I get additional components into it. Not positive if this is just a factory error, but it didn't come with sufficient standoff screws to install a motherboard. Given that Newegg's support is closed for the evening as I write this, I'm going to get in touch with them tomorrow to see if I need to RMA it or if it's just easier to go out and get a few additional screws. Kinda disappoints me because I was hoping to get this phase of the assembly performed tonight.

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the case is great the fans suck cant maintain an old P4 cool needs the 120mm fans on the sides

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Gorgeous! Effortless installation of five 1ǘ" drives with the screwless mounting method. Room to put additional energy cables behind/under the PSU and behind the proper panel next to the 3 1ǘ" drive. 2 x five 1ǘ" external drive spots; 1x 3 1ǘ" external drive bay; 2x3 1ǘ" internal drive bays a small tough to line up optical drives effectively. The screwless mounting makes installation effortless, but drives move around a bit. Black surface shows fingerprints quickly. If you intall HDD in the two 'hidden' spots, you won't have any intake vents! If you want to have all three three 1ǘ" bays full, you won't have any intake vents! I enjoy the style of this HTPC case. Enjoy the color too. Consider drilling some holes in the left/top side of the case above the CPU to permit for some nice cool air! A 120mm is a must! the 2x80mm fans move some air, although you can't rely on them for all of your cooling wants. Be positive to get a 120mm fan too!

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Been making use of for a few months now and enjoy it! A lot of bang for the buck. The blue led is truly bright! Means absolutely nothing to me although. I would acquire again in an instant. to see the newegg built laptop or computer that this is installed in search "轜 HDMI htpc" in the public wish lists.

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Fantastic layout - even supports full atx boards. Moving the PSU to the front and under the drives is a great space saver.can support 2 HDD's, and 2 optical drives (what a lot more do you will need) I have a 8800 GTX installed and it BARELY fits into the case. In fact it pushed it's power cable directly into the PSU... I don't think individuals would mind if this case had been an inch longer.The included fans aren't powerful sufficient to blow much air into the case. It is recommended to install two 120mm fans in the side ports. I actually cut a hole in the (top) removable panel to install a 80 mm fan that blows directly onto the CPU. Due to the fact of the compactness of the case, the plethora of cables stemming from the PSU tends to overwhelm the insides. Thought: why don't far more PSU's have unconnectable cables? It would be fantastic to disconnect the cables you don't want from the PSU.A great answer to the SUPER bright LED would be to connect a 1k-ohm resistor in series with the LED. This will decrease the brightness substantially.Also, the 500 Watt PSU included will suffice for my wants, but locating an upgrade that will fit could be tricky.