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Old 08-October-04, 02:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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SkyHawk / Eagle Tech Aluminum ATX mini server case



http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...117-030&depa=1

I paid $48 with FREE shipping.

I just bought one of these for a build and had great luck with it - I was wanting to do a member review on it but sadly it had to come and go TODAY so there was no time. I did grab a few pictures and will give you a quick low down on the features.

Front panel has USB and sound (never understood the need for this) plus great airflow for the dual 80 mm fans on the front. The holes are quite large and have no trouble feeding the fans.

The sides and top panel all come off with thumb screws and the side panels have these nifty pull loops on them which I found VERY handy - more cases should have them. I thought it quite notable the top comes off easily - no drilling out rivets to cut a blowhole.

This case has a great removable motherboard tray - the track is very tight and its slides in and out with ease. The case was extremely light and build quality was good. Everything has thumb screws, the PSU mount, PCI cards - EVERYTHING. If it where mine I probably would have removed some of the thumb screws on the back in favor of regular screws - looked really busy back there.

I particularly was happy with the dual 80 mm fan mounts up front - there was no mesh in front of them at all. Mounting was a "breeze" - ha ha lame humor. Anyways they look damn good in there.

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Old 08-October-04, 02:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Nice find! Sounds like it's got some good thought put into it. I love it when the details are considered (like a removable top -- take note Lian Li).

How's the "fit & finish"? The top corner of the side panel looks a little iffy in the first pic..
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Old 08-October-04, 02:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Nice find! Sounds like it's got some good thought put into it. I love it when the details are considered (like a removable top -- take note Lian Li).

How's the "fit & finish"? The top corner of the side panel looks a little iffy in the first pic..

Thats the picture from Neweggs site - I forgot to take a final picture. Mine was not bent like that and fit was A1.
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Old 08-October-04, 02:45 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Nice table cloth.
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Old 08-October-04, 02:46 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Nice! I figured that was probably an anomaly.

Forty-eight bucks... I shudder to think how much I paid for my no-mobo-tray PC-7 years ago...
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Old 08-October-04, 02:47 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Very nice find indeed, I like the pic without the side covers and rear cover - looks like it would be very easy to mod might buy it to be my first modded case *nod

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Old 08-October-04, 02:57 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Sweet looking case! Just might have to go get one.
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