Cooler Master Reveals Elite 130 Mini-ITX Enclosure
Cooler Master has announced a Mini-ITX enclosure that can house enthusiast hardware.
Cooler Master has announced a new Mini-ITX enclosure: the Elite 130. This chassis is built to cater to folks who want to be able to mount enthusiast-class hardware, yet want a sleek and elegant appearing enclosure.
Within the unit you can house a Mini-ITX motherboard, a single 5.25" optical drive, up to five HDDs or SSDs, full-size ATX power supplies, and the longest of graphics cards, including the GTX Titan and AMD's Radeon HD 7990.
Cooling is taken care of by a side-mounted fan, as well as the PSU's exhaust and an optional intake fan. The intake fan can be replaced by a 120 mm radiator, allowing for liquid CPU cooling.
Connectivity is handled by two USB 3.0 ports, a USB 2.0 port, and a pair of HD audio ports.
The unit is already available through select retailers for pre-order, and it carries a street price of about $50.
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That is a sexy case. IT literally has everything you could ask for, functionally speaking. All that AND it's only $50. That's pretty damn reasonable. I'm sure I'll buy one eventually.
http://coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=3102&product_name=Elite%20120%20Advanced
I love my optical drive, and use it regularly. But I can live with something external, if it meant better airflow for the main machine.
I love my optical drive, and use it regularly. But I can live with something external, if it meant better airflow for the main machine.
If you had gone to the website, you would find that that area doubles as space for 2 2.5" drives (IE, two SSDs or one SSD and a large Laptop size HD)
If you put a 120mm radiator in the system, it doesn't leave a lot of room for multiple drives.
That being said, you can produce a very powerful system in a small footprint with this case because of the 120mm raditor and ability to put a dual GPU card in it. This allows you to get a good overclock on your CPU and can drop 16 G of RAM in it (but that might be overkill). I made a good gaming machine using the Elite 120 (the older sibling of this case), but because it takes work to put a radiator in the 120, you're limited on how much power you can push, with the addition of the radiator, you can build a monster in a small footprint.
I can very easily see Bit Fenix losing some market share in the SFF area (where the Prodigy sits) due to what Cooler Master did with their update for the E120 to the E130.
The prodigy holds mini itx but is the same volume as a micro-atx tower...