Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3506 mails)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,

On Saturday 09 September 2006 08:26, Mike wrote:
> On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:26, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > Doubt is fine, but in this case you're wrong. My X-SuperAlien case
> > has three of these, two on the front panel controll the four
> > cabinet fans and the two hard drive bay fans, resp., plus a third
> > on the PSU controll its intake and exhaust fans.
>
> Is that a mid-tower, or full tower? I'm in the market for another
> case for my project machine. And like you my case Lian-li PC70 has
> lots of space for fans. I do like the newer cases though as they use
> the 120mm fans that are quieter.

It's a full tower:

- 5 5 1/4" CD / DVD drive bays
- 2 diskette bays
- 5 3 1/2" hard-drive bays
- 500-watt power supply
- Front-panel audio (in & out), USB (2) and FireWire ports

The two fans that cool the hard-drive bay are 120mm. The side, top and 
rear fans are 70mm units. It does not have the supposedly required side 
vent ducting driectly onto the CPU cooling fan, but it does have a side 
fan (in the lucite portion of the case) and a top fan in addition to 
the two rear fans and the two (120 mm) fans on the drive bay, which is 
at the front.

There's a hinged front-panel cover, but I don't like the idea 'cause I'm 
afraid that if it's closed when a CD/DVD drive ejects its tray there 
could be damage to the drive's tray mechanism. I removed it.

Although the illumination and transparent sides are a bit garish, it's 
the most functional and capacious cabinet I've ever been able to find.

Here's a review: 
<http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Computer-Cases/XPCases-XSuperalien-Case-Review/>.


> Mike

Randall Schulz