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Nice review m8, nice case too. That LCD is pimp

Nick

its a vfd not lcd

nice reveiw jim,that case looks nice

Well there might be something even better drool over soon....imagine that case with a 7" LCD touch screen inside

I like the outside pics for the summer

Very nice case

ooo you mean like that lush one ocuk has?

touch screen is the shiznit

I believe it's called the X15e - and yes touchscreens rock

OMG!!! That case is gorgeous, but is definitely on the dear side of town. Great review though, as usual XMS

OCUK... Pah.... now I wonder where they could be getting them from

http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/file...ront-front.jpg

Who else but Specialtech

Wait till we release the 12" version case we have planned

i dont like the dvd drive on that :/

case is otherwise...so nice tho

how much do they go for?

You really are a lazy sod Dave lol...GBP210

Just ordered myself a X10

Nice mate. From ST?

sure did, along with a X2 3800+ and a Asus M2NPV-VM should make me a nice little HTPC

That'll make a spanking HTPC

Im hoping so, just gonna stick with the onboard 6150 for now, but have a 7900gs I could possibly stick in if needed, but im going for silence to begin with

good luck with the build

stick around

u find us from google?

IIRC he was part of the original ST forums and came along with them when they made the move to here

aye thats right

Welcome!

Hope you're gonna have some good pics of that thing

I hope to

Looking forward to drooling over them then

hehe

Well it aint going to be from YOUR preferred supplier is it now ;-)

mines arrived today and after a little bit of bother think im getting there, main gripe was fitting the bezel to the dvd writer, had to get the dremel out :P, i noticed like in the review the fans are actually set up to suck air into the case rather than out? ive swapped mine but not sure if thats the way there meant to be?

in its place

Ill get some better pics when me bro returns my camera

Sleek looking setup! Is that a Samsung set u have there?

aye, 40" cant remember the exact model number but its very nice

Very nice mate. Gotta love how it just blends in with the rest of the setup

cheers im debating on spraying the sky+ box to match too

what os/software you running?

well i bought vista home premium, but my 2.4ghz wireless keyboard was acting odd and i couldnt get the vfd to work so im back to mce2005 for now, just waiting on a dual tuner hauppage tv card to arrive on thurs

i'm pretty stuck on what tuner to get, have a nebula but i think it's damaged. Motherboard comes tomorrow, yah! i have mce2005 and vista ultimate. think 2005 will be going on here. Just been reading up on my movies (add-on for mce 2005). looks pretty good.

Sorry to be negative, but I found that a pretty poor review, all things considered. No temperatures measured under load; two 60mm exhaust fans and not many vents, how is it going to cope with, for instance, an 8800GS using the passive Thermalright HR-01 and a solid Athlon x64 X2? I notice there's no venting above the PCI-E slot. No decibel measurements, either. And no pics whatsoever of the insides with hardware being installed (you're very lucky even to pick up on how the unusual PSU configuration works); no mention of possible issues around the PSU (so many modern PSUs are deeper than the ATX specified 140mm, including the one I want to use, which is 150m deep; can this case cope? I'm still none the wiser...).

And it's the only review of the X10 on the web. Shame the rather more thorough HEXUS.net or silentpcreview haven't got hold of one.

Nice case man !!! buttttttt (aint there always one especially with women with a 'GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR' or a nice 'Personality') my current media center is a Dual Xeon box with 5 drives clocking in @ 1.5tb ... i dont think it will all fit!

maybe if i didnt hamMer 2 net connections and have more money than storage .. mayb (oh and id put linuxMCE on it)

And it's the only review of the X10 on the web. Shame the rather more thorough HEXUS.net or silentpcreview haven't got hold of one.

Hexus... who cant even compare a touch screen case o a touch screen case and then in another origen review, slated the case because he lost the screws lol Seriously tho would u compare a fiesta to a ferrari because they both do the same thing?

Each to their own and that the great things about forums and feedback. With a HTPC case would people realistically be putting high end graphics cards in a box that is primarliy going to sit there and watch tv on? That being said there is a fair point about venting, however with vents comes noise so its always the eternal trade off.

Whats a 8800gs? Ive actually now sold mine on as i never used it, but I will say the fans were not that quiet, however, i replaced the 80mm tunnel one with a 3pin fan as it was a molex one, and I put the 2 60mm fans on a 7v connector, after that it was almost silent, my x2 3800+ idled around 30C using the stock heatsink (but that was with c&c enabled) its a very good case, only slight prob is the single hdd capacity (although it would be poss to fit one where i had my card reader). I might have a pic or 2 with my bits installed ill have a look and post again if I do.

Something we wouldn't find out anyway. If Origin would like to re-send the case to us I could get some temperatures with my test system, no problems. I recall at the time we were rather short on hardware.

Once again if Origin want to re-send us the case I will take a look at this. However if you are planning a HTPC and want to use a specific case then I would imagine you should research what PSU would be suitable for the job

If that's the way you feel then please go and read Hexus's review of this case...As you will notice our more recent reviews are done with top-end hardware as we now have enough to spare to be able to do it.

Apologies you thought the review wasn't complete but it was as thorough as we could do at the time and I have seen a lot worse.

I'll get onto Origin AE for you and see what we can do about rectifying the issues you have