Internal structure

The motherboard compartment is located above the power supply unit. In this regard, everything is quite standard for a Mid Tower class. A large cutout is made in a tray behind a CPU socket, to allow installation of a CPU cooling system directly into the case; a backplate mount (thrust-pad located on the back side of the motherboard) is used for this purpose.


The four large slots in a tray, equipped with the silicone membrane, are designed for proper cable management which looks very promising here. Plugs of expansion slots are attached by thumbscrews. The front part holds a hard disks’ basket for three drives.


At the back side a slot in a tray can be clearly seen to access cable management system slot. Also, the rear side contains two tool kits for installation of solid-state drives and size 2.5" hard disks.


The side cover is made of 0.7 mm steel, and from the inside has a thick vibration and noise absorbing coating. The recess in the …

Deepcool Industries, a renowned manufacturer of cooling systems, has officially announced the launch of its new dual-tower processor cooler Aeolus Big Frost. The prototype of this model has been already presented at Computex 2012 and is currently released as a ready-made product. This model is compatible with practically all CPU types available in the market from Intel and AMD manufacturers. In addition, it is able to support FM2/FM1 platform.



Deepcool Aeolus Big Frost is a simplified version of Assassin series. Despite this fact, the new cooler preserves the framework standards with dual-section radiators. Aeolus Big Frost has got copper base which is equipped with six U-shaped heat pipes (6 mm each pipe). Those pipes are pierced by a large number of aluminum plates.


The radiators are cooled down by 120 mm fans; the rotation speed of the first fan is able to achieve 1300 rpm, while the speed of the second fan fluctuates between 900 to 1500 rpm. The noise level also …

Introduction

Raijintek company has a newcomer in the range of their cases: meet Raijintek Metis Plus. It is compact and is made in the form of a cube what is quite unusual. The weird novelty has such dimensions: 277 х 190 х 254 mm and fits Mini-ITX motherboards.

The model can suit to anyone: there are seven different color variants available. Let’s see if there is anything new about it besides its design.

 

Main Characteristics

Type - Mini Tower

Motherboard Support - Mini-ITX

Dimensions (HxWxD) - 10.0 x 7.5 x 10.9" (254 x 190 x 277mm)

Space Above Motherboard – absent Card Length - 6.7" (170mm)
Power Supply Format - PS/2

Weight - 4.6 lbs (2.1kg)

External Bays – absent 

Internal Bays - (2) 3.5/2.5", (4) 2.5"

Card Slots - 2

Ports/Jacks - (2) USB 3.0, Headphone/Mic

Other – absent

Front Fans – absent

Rear Fans - 1 x 120mm

Top Fans - (1 x 120mm)

Bottom Fans - absent

Side Fans – …