APEX MI-008 Black Computer Case

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It Will take A Normal Size Optical Drive. A 120mm Fan Fits On The Correct Side (Where HD Suppose To Go), Which Is A Should For AMD Develop.And Newegg Buyer Service As Generally! Had Troubles With The Mfg. But Newegg As Usual Came By way of. I Cant Strain This Enough.They Constantly Go Above And Beyond.I Had A Damaged CD Door,But Opened The Case After 30 Day Return Period.Mfgr Would Not Respond. The Egg Took Care Of It Right after A Handful of Emails ! Great I Put A Amd X2 240 In This With The Silverstone NT07 Cooler.Added The Fan On The Side As Talked about In Other Review. It Runs in the mid 40,s Common Use. Tops @ 50c Video Editing. Which Right here Exactly where I Am Ambient Temp In The 90's Is True Good. I Used A Gentle Typhoon Fan. Utilized As A Mini HTPC Its Wonderful. Been Up And Operating 24ǝ For A Month No Probs. Linux Ubuntu ten.four_64!

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Low-cost. Has a good footprint, pretty much did specifically what I wanted and was looking for. Energy provide is el' Cheapo, lasted 1 year then died an unglamorous death. NO airflow. Energy supply death could have been due to lack of airflow and possible over heating. The case does not let for much airflow.

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Produced with Excellent good quality... the box appear fairly nice, and it's got sufficient space for regular specs; even one particular expansion slot on there. As it's been currently mentioned, the manual is useless. The negative/ good wire behind the energy switch tore off when I first also off the bezel. I had to break out the soldering iron. But it was a fast repair. Indeed this case so small that it will be challenging acquiring a good cooling solution. I'm nevertheless seeking for one. Situation: APEX MI-008 Mobo: ZOTAC IONITX-G-E Intel Atom 330 Mem: 4Gbs DDR2 Corsair Optical: LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray HDD: 1TB WDCreating a HTPC Operating Win7 MC, XBMC & Boxee. I'll write another evaluation when I've employed it for a whilst.

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Quiet PSU; Excellent fit/finish at this price point (and even for a more high priced situation); If you omit a floppy drive or media card reader, you can mount your hdd in that spot, and use the space where you're supposed to place the hdd to hold a 12cm fan with no modification. Even a low speed fan here lowers system temps drastically! Front panel clips are fragile or I'm just a brute, but either way I broke one particular nearly immediately; The combination of an Intel D510MO and a 3.five" hdd mounted under the optical drive meant that my RAM with tall heatspreaders wouldn't fit. My D510MO fits and runs perfectly in this case. I was extremely shocked by how effectively this case fits collectively. The side panel fits incredibly snug. As other people have said, you undoubtedly have to believe ahead about how to place every thing collectively (although this is true of all mini-itx boxes I've utilised).As far as I can inform this situation is identical to a different case supplied by one more larger corporation that sells for much more on newegg.

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What a great value! This case comes with a 250W power, which also has a quiet fan. I built a NAS server with this case and no additional situation fans!You can fit 1 regular DVD rom drive, 2X 3.5 HD in this issue with no a issue. Of lead to, you superior make positive you use the proper sort of motherboard. I have the ASUS ATOM 510 board. None genuinely. HDD light might be a small bright, but a piece of electrical tape solves the issue. The energy provide has 2 Sata energy connectors + 2X four pin energy connector. So make certain you have power cable converor if you have a lot more than 2 sata drive.

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Fantastic Space saver, tiny footprint No Case fan, energy supply right above processor fan. I have a Core i5-661 Clarkdale with a Gigabyte GA-H55N and a 1 TB WD Caviar Black. This was most likely a small also advanced for a initial time develop, but I had plenty of assist from somebody with far more expertise. Following modding the situation with a 120 mm case fan appropriate above the drive rack, I had the processor temp down to ㅴC & drive properly below 30C..

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This is a great little case for the price, I didnt end up using the side HDD mount instead I put it under the DVD drive. (I think, havent opened the case up in awhile, I just remember trying to slide the drive in there and cables being in the way)P.S. Why cant I put my order number in to verify my purchase on these reviews ? (As stated purchased over 10 months ago)

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Easy assembly.Functions excellent with a low power Atom motherboard.Power provide is a lot massive for an Atom.Power LED is behind power button. Looks cool. Had problems mounting a 3.5in tricky drive. Runs into the DIMMs.Front panel USB connectors are upside down.Piano black font panel collects finger prints.There is limited space between the power provide and the CPU cooler.Power supply fan is pulling air directly more than the CPU, but the CPU fan is attempting to blow down. They might fight every single other and bring about complications. The power provide has two SATA connectors, a floppy connector, as well as old style four pin.

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This is an inexpensive, sturdy mini ITX case with a affordable power provide. There is cross ventilation and some rear ventilation. The power supply has a total range of connection varieties. I like the two SATA connectors. I could not fit a fan on my processor without hitting the power provide. My processor has to run with a heatsink alone. There is not an additional fan in the situation to assist with cooling other than in the energy provide itself. The DVD button on the front does not make very good make contact with with the button on the DVD drive. I would like to see a CPU heatsink/fan recommendation for this case and significant processors. I would also like the manufacturer to suggest an optional situation fan and mounting directions. From hunting at the case, I believed there might be a light pipe about the front edge but no such luck.

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If you are looking to shave each and every cent and building inside purpose this is a handy balance of price function and size. WITH power included! Yes a lot more then your moneys worth, but not talking substantially money so be affordable vs others $. Don't drop it, don't beat on the door, possibly the usb connectors are still proper side down, who cares. Don't get power crazy on a micro create. You saved green? maintain it green. I use these in Intel Atom Mini-ITX builds. Throw in some program memory and you are nearly completed! 1 is operating complete Ubuntu desktop with no additional then a four gig flash drive for the operating technique! That 1 has been in a cafe atmosphere for 2 years now and nonetheless ticking with not even a difficult drive to worry about. Nevertheless got all its parts too. We did add a dvd burner and wireless PCI card in the one particular slot. Other runs a web server. Once more Ubuntu plus two gig w/hard drive. It doesn't take far more then this situation, a very good Intel Mini-ITX board, some memory and a flash drive as an alternative of HD to compute for under 贶. Even the 1 we dropped even though packing around, just glued the front cover back on (for looks), nonetheless ticking. Possibly a con? Smaller then typical desktop so tends to move with you or beside you rather then the regular monsters down safely on the floor. We retain a spare on hand (and Intel ITX) waiting for a rainy day excuse. Why not?

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Power provide is holding up nicely with 24ǝ operation and 3 WD tricky drives. Making use of Atom D510 for WHS. No Cons. Even considering working with this situation for my fathers annual program upgrade. The main purpose for this is a followup on my previous evaluation. Since then, I've drilled the rivits and removed the drive frame. I replaced the bracing for with two aluminum rods. I bought a single rod from HD and cut two to size. I then drilled the ends to permit for self-taping steel screws. This offered sufficent bracing for the front and back panels. For the HD's I employed metal straps fastened to one side of every single drive. Generally, their hanging more than and fastened to the two rods in a vertical manner. I added an 80mm fan to the right side of the situation. I cut out sufficient area with a Dremel and used a chrome grill to shield snooping fingers. The 80mm fan gives sufficient air to hold all drives running good and cool. Sorry no pics. I'll try and take an avi video of the mod when able. Only other thought is some form of a drive cage that drops into front location of case. Overall..really please with cost and service of this case.

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Other then my con the situation worked for constructing my pfsense box. The cable that connects to the power button and the header on the motherboard broke the 1st time I removed the front of the case. The cable was very stiff and brittle. Lucky for me I have a bunch of old computers so I replaced it with some spare ones I had.

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I have had this issue for about five months now and it is the smallest but meanest small household entertainment builds. I bought the ASUS AT3IONT-I Intel Atom 330 Motherboard and some cheep DDR3 ram and a two terabyte Samsung Spinpoint lower voltage HDD and a LG Blueray disc Burner/ optical drive. Installed Windows 7 with VLC media player and now whatever i throw at this issue it plays. Little form aspect, permits me to location this tiny case anywhere in my entertainment center...You can't go incorrect for the price... You require to place in smaller fans the 120mm fan is a small major but two 90mm fans fit. Also get the low profile ram Luckily I did and it all fit smoothly. The only point you could do to make an even better tiny household entertainment create is to place in a SSD...But they are as well expensive proper now....I would much rather have the space of two huge terabytes.

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Performs. Energy provide powers a mini itx motherboard and processor fine. Comes with a lot of added screws and cable ties. You would anticipate a thing this low-cost to not; but it did. Every little thing fit nicely. I would recommend using a tiny heatsink and fan (height) due to the fact my motherboard + HSF pressed appropriate up against the PSU. None. It performs and is excellent for my needs. Acquire it.

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This is my third one particular and they all perform good. I enjoy that I can slip in a 120mm fan on the side and keep every little thing cool so operating a 80ኻ Watt phenom II with a stock cpu fan hasn't been a challenge. I'm operating at around 35 to 40 C. None Even although it's a small case I could possibly even fit an further drive in font of the motherboard. I just use the space to tuck the wires but there's plenty of area to add one more drive.

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The case is good, value was fantastic. I altered out the PS with a 300 watt that was laying about, installed a mini ITX Atom board. none

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None Two dead in a row. Each cases, dead power supply. It flashes on for an instant, then turns off. Tested mobo with a known good power provide, and all is well...

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Bought to create a modest LinHES (MythTV) box for my living space. The box is modest and tucks away nicely, and the power suppy runs anything it desires to nicely (Atom board, Television tuner, HDD). Ventilation is very good adequate that the only fan in the issue is on the northbridge. When I say little, I mean small. The second tough drive bay covers the vents on the side, so I'm stuck with just one challenging drive. (That's fine, 2TB is lots.) I'd advise against adding an optical drive as nicely - that will fill the space up rapid.The other major issue I have is that the case covers up the bottom of the PCI panel, so my tuner's remote dongle has to be wedged in at kind of an angle. I can't get a solid connection, so I only get the receiver and not the blaster. That's fine for me, but watch out for cards with low connectors.

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cost, looks, size go easy, the case cover screw holes strip kinda straightforward I'm making use of a ส Zotac AM3 itx with a Sempron 2300 dual-core. The Cooler Master HSF (N82E16835103087) fits with a tiny mod. Unscrew the fan and eliminate the spacers amongst it and the aluminum heatsink. The additional space created between the power supply lowered temps, and the fan spins quieter hugged to the heatsink. 2GB of low profile memory fits tight. A DVD burner, pci-e wireless, and 1TB round out a fantastic 贶 Pc.

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Little, Compact, Sturdy. Uses a complete size Optical and HD. Looks Great, Area for Lighted Fans.Got it on sale for 25 shipped.Superior shape than the flat slimlines. 55.99 (at time of critique) plus shipping when not on sale.Challenging Drive placement is a small tricky.Demands a really low profile heatsink. Overall a great case for a decent price tag. Just adequate room for a mini itx and it looks very good on your desk or below your tv.

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This is my fourth PC Build and 1st Itx Build.Wanted to make a SFF HTPC build that could do some minor gaming.I wanted to have an i3-2100 cpu with stock cooling paired with the fastest passively cooled gpu that would fit in this case. I was interested primarily in a quiet and low powered build. I was not interested in an internal Optical Drive (too noisy) or SDD. Important things I found out about this build:Passively cooled gpu's tend to have large heatsinks on one or both sides of the video card. Due to the small size of the case, your choice of graphic card may not fit the case and may also interfere with the Cpu heatsink. The location of the Cpu on the motherboard is crucial especially if the passive heatsink is on the backside of the video card.Pick ram without tall heat spreaders; they can prevent you putting in a 3.5" hard drive in the 3.5" lower bay. I even found it too tight to put my WD GREEN 3.5" hard drive in the 3.5" bay because the SATA wires were too close to my cpu fan. I simply put the hard drive in the 5.25" upper bay. Your results may vary based on your motherboards layout.There is room to place a 120mm fan to blow air out keeping the temperatures and noise nice and low.Link:http://www.silentpcreview.com/apex-mi008I wanted a passively cooled GPUs that didn't use a lot of watts, generate a lot of heat, and could get all the power from the PCI-16 slot. Eventually settled on the HIS 6570 1gb Silent Passively cooled Gpu. It has a nice low heatsink the the front side but a relatively large heatsink on the backside. Because of this 90% of motherboards out there will not likely work. I settled on a FOXCONN H61 itx motherboard which had the CPU placed further away to allow me to put the Gpu in. Overall a great little case!

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Best price tag for an mATX form factor case you can uncover. The power provide in fact operates (so far). I had to cut a hole in the side of the case to fit a video card (not a two slot card). Gets incredibly hot with the power supply correct over best of the processor. No location to put a fan, even though there is a lot of space. I couldn't get my difficult drive to fit into the normal bay so I had to put it on the side exactly where it blocked precious air flow I utilized an Athlon II x2 250 in here. I knew it had the possible to get quite hot, but I didn't know that the air holes in the case would be blocked on one side by my video card and on a different side by my challenging drive, on the other hand I still haven't had any terrible difficulties with heat. The temperature can get into the upper 60's when testing, but I never ever run my computer system that challenging ordinarily anyways.

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Value, size/shape. Much better than average construction. Very quiet power provide fan. There is lots of room inside. You could fit 4 HDDs in there if you got creative. Seriously could use some active cooling. Take the guidance of another reviewer; mount the HDD someplace else, and use the hdd side to mount a fan. Got this with an Intel D510 atom board. Note: Get low profile ram. Mine just barely fits below the HDD and its fairly brief stuff. And i also have my hacked in side fan blowing on the CPU HS.

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it comes with little rubber feet that would have set me back 3 washingtons at homey depooooooo ok exactly where do i begin..what a nightmare this case is.1 the ps covers half the cpu heatsink2 cable mangement is a freddy kruger fav of this case3 the hardrive doesnt line up with screw holesfour the dvd bay is even worse and the door broke in an hour and under no circumstances worked to start with,and dont even think about employing it without the dvd cover as it wont let the dvd be even with the case ..just a shoddy shoddy case.I expected far more from apex and newegg horrible case i hate it but isnt worth sending back.I will just take a huge hit on fleabay and get it out of my life ..forever

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Great for generating space. Tiny, compact, attractive-searching front. Front USB/Audio ports are hidden with a uncomplicated press of a button and aren't constantly on display and thus are not an eyesore. With the included power supply, remaining space for the leftover internal power/sata/USB cables is a bit tight. It doesn't impede method performance, but some people today care about these factors. Asus AT3N7A-I fits perfectly. The CPU heatsink/fan points straight up at the PSU fan.Also, the pictures here on Newegg led me to believe that the power button would glow a cool blue and that undoubtedly was a selling point that helped me determine on the case. Unit shipped utilizes a normal (and boring) green LED. I'm sure it's a paltry piece of perform to switch them out, but again, some folks care about these items.Marked fourǛ rating, essentially worth 4.5Ǜ. Don't pass this a single up!