Aspire X-QPack: A Lanparty Dream
by Joshua Buss on July 2, 2005 1:15 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Internal Design cont'd
To get everything into a case this size, the manufacturer has to be pretty clever when it comes to the layout for each component. After taking out the power supply, the next piece you want to take out could be the hard drive cage. The cage on the X-QPack is held in place by two rails and two screws, visible in this close up.
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If one didn't want to put screws holding the hard drives into the cage on both sides, there's actually just barely enough room to get both drives into place without removing the cage.
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With the hard drive secured the cage we took one more shot so you could see how to get the screws in on this side of the 5.25" mounting brackets. You can also see the rails that help make the removal and install of the HD cage so easy.
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After getting the hard drives situated, the next step would probably be to install the motherboard. After taking off the two screws in the back it simply slides right out of the rear of the case.
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Here's a shot of it propped up against the back of the case.
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Moving right along...
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Pannenkoek - Saturday, July 2, 2005 - link
[OT] Can anyone from Anandtech explain what happened to both the game console performance speculation article and Anand's blog entry on the same subject? Called by a lawyer?Sunbird - Saturday, July 2, 2005 - link
I would really love a SFF case that is just plain black, but with a nice handle on top to carry it with.... then I'd just need a monitor with a handle too!Cookie Crusher - Saturday, July 2, 2005 - link
The nice thing about the case is the little bit of extra room it provides. It could really be a case modders dream in the sense that a water cooling system is possible. I think it's probably a worthwhile tradeoff that this case is slightly larger than a traditional SFF case like a shuttle. Nice review, I'll be taking a closer look at this case because of it.Tamale - Saturday, July 2, 2005 - link
yeah getting this review online was a little bit messy.. haha.. I think it's ok nowand I have to agree with you guys.. this little thing is sweet
hoppa - Saturday, July 2, 2005 - link
Ah, finally, a review of a nice-looking case on AT. And, I must admit, a very, *very* nice case at that. Long gone are the days of the 102 dB "2XTREME SPIDER ILLUMOCHASSIS ZINC-COBALT FUSION SUPERDESTRUCTO CASE FORM HELL"Joshua, the image for the sound benchmark is blank.
-andy
Rapsven - Saturday, July 2, 2005 - link
Seems like a good buy.