Case and Cooling Spring 2004: Upcoming Products
by Kristopher Kubicki on April 3, 2004 10:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
TTGI Cases
In our opinion, SuperFlower (also TTGI in the US) could be one of the most underrated PC case companies around. How come you haven't heard of them? SuperFlower does a lot of OEM stuff that ends up labeled as something else. Our Kingwin 436-WM from last year is identical to SuperFlower's SF-201 chassis. Many of the excellent qualities of Lian Li's cases are found in the SuperFlower/TTGI design.
A few months ago we took some pictures of another neat case, the TT-101. Even though it is a SFF case, there are many similarities between the SF-201 and the TT-101 including acrylic bezels and forward USB/1934/LineIn /LineOut.
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TTGI also has several updates on the TT-201 design; The TT-561. Many of the smaller annoyances like issues with the power button have been corrected; as well as the acrylic bezel in front has been widened to ward damage. The rear 80mm exhaust has also been replaced by a single 120mm fan (which at a lower RPM sounds considerably quieter than the dual 80mm fans on the TT-201). However, the largest advantage of the TT-561 over the TT-201 is the 0.7mm steel construction. The 201 and 301 remain our favorite cases, but for those on a budget the TT-561 retains almost all of the advantages of the TT-201 but costs $20-$30 less.
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Zepper - Tuesday, April 6, 2004 - link
It would be nice if you scouted out who actually makes some of these PSUs. Just like Antec cases, lots of these PSUs are OEMed, e.g. the Zalman are actually made by Fortron... You can find out by looking up the UL file number (Exxxxxx)found under the RU symbol on the label, at ul.com . Always nice to be able to cut one more mouth out of the money trough..bh.
KristopherKubicki - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
Oh wait, Antec doesnt make cases....:)
Kristopher
Icewind - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
I wish Antec would get their asses in gear and make some aluminum cases....mkruer - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
I want to see a review on just passive cooling Heatsinks, no water, phase change, or fan.tfranzese - Monday, April 5, 2004 - link
An even more minor typo:"We have always relied on Enermax for ARE high performance, well manufactured (and usually expensive) power supplies."
think that should be OUR ;)
mcveigh - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
[q]Wow that is one big case[/q]YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN!
amdfanboy - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
Wow that is one big caseLocutus4657 - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
All I have to say is wow! That SuperFlow PS is just cool! It'd may never find a home in any computer I build (specs are much more important than looks for me whe it comes to power supplies), but that is just danged cool.KristopherKubicki - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
hehe yeah its joules - misprint on Zalman's site.Kristopher
rsa4046 - Sunday, April 4, 2004 - link
Sorry -- didn't see Chuckles' post ...