Cooler Master Announces Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case
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The Elite 120 Advanced is designed for Mini ITX boards and can accommodate full-size ATX power supply units, high-end graphics cards with a length of up to 343 mm (which would cover AIBs such as the Radeon HD7990 or GeForceGTX 690), one 5.25-inch optical drive as well as up to three 3.5-inch or up to four 2.5-inch HDDs or SSDs.
According to the manufacturer, the volume of the case is only one third the size of a standard case, but the airflow design and three fans (one 120 mm front fan, one 80 mm side fan and one 120 mm HDD fan) manage to keep the inside "cool and quiet." The black case features a brushed aluminum front, and weighs 7.3 lbs.
There was no information on price and availability of this case.
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I strongly disagree bruh. Ever heard of the hyper 212+?
High overclocks? Small HTPC cases are difficult to keep cool&quiet anyway.
Low noise is much more important than a few percent more performance.
Let me guess, you like apple products?
I disagree!
Whilst coolemaster are not the best, they are better at the various price point than most of the competition.
At the lower end, no other cases here in the UK come close to the Elite series, at under £35.00.
I have been using fractal cases recently at this price point, but the quality has gone down, just picking up a fractal 1000 can cause deformations in the super thin panels!
I have a Coolermaster Scout, and I have hammered that case far beyond the norm, transporting it everywhere, and it has worked flawless, no dents and superb cooling for my 3570k OC over 4.4Ghz, and two 5850!
for under £70, what a brilliant peice of kit!
Well that really depends on what you're looking for. The fans Cooler Master include on their cases and CPU coolers are too loud, while cooling capacity is not better than the competition. That's pretty much a dealbreaker for me, so every Cooler Master product I bought was a disappointment - I had to replace all fans in every case.
Since there's plenty of competition and people generally don't buy cases and coolers that often, it doesn't make sense to save a few quid and get stuck with an inferior product.
It also annoys me to see and hear them advertise everywhere - knowing that they're spending money on marketing instead of investing some effort in their engineering.
Do you have a HTPC? Nothing more annoying than fan noise when watching a good movie. Even a loud hard drive can be a pain.
Noise is also a problem when gaming, since you won't be using headphones when gaming on a HTPC.
I actually do have a 3-4year old Mac mini as my HTPC / PLEX server, which back then was actually decent value for money. Guess what: It's dead silent even under high load (decoding high bitrate video while running a small Minecraft server at the same time)
btw: For people who just want video and music playback, it's better to buy a cheap set-top-box for $50-$100 instead of a full grown HTPC. Spend the money saved on a NAS server with a good processor and the right OS so that it can run a XBMC/PLEX server
I strongly disagree bruh. Ever heard of the hyper 212+?
I used to think this, but CM has come a long way. I bought the CM Sniper a few years ago and it's the best case I've ever owned. They make some legit products if you are willing to spend the money.
Really want to see what a GTX 690 would look like in that
This case will be boiling, theres no space for airflow unless you wanna have a close circuit watercooler on the go. Sure they say 'cool' and quiet, but my Scout box with its Q6600 and 560ti at stock clocks still hits 60C on hot days and with less space I cant see that getting any better. GPUs are ridiculously hot hings under load and need cooling on the underside as well if you want to run them under load for gaming. It looks quite simply impossible on this case.
Yeah, perfect example of what I was talking about. It's middle-of-the-road at best, check out the charts - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/lga-1156-heatsink,2535-15.html
Compare it in the charts to Scythe Mugen 2, which is what I bought. Why would anybody buy average products just to save like $15? Do you buy coolers every week?
The best I could say for Cooler Master products (that I've seen/used/owned) is they're serviceable, but you may not even know how mediocre they are until you try the best of the competition.
I don't care much about the noise since I use it for gaming and not HTPC for which I just use a TV box like most people do these days.
(that's actually a positive remark..)
If, by the phrase "let me guess, you like Apple products?" you mean "let me guess, in a discussion regarding aesthetics you enjoy the aesthetic of a company known for aesthetically pleasing products?" then I'd have to assume most people would answer "yes" - that's a big part of why you'd buy an Apple product. Surely you wouldn't spend $1,200 on an Apple laptop with specs of an $800 Windows-based laptop just because?
Anyway, perhaps it's my employer's archaic IE6 installation, but the only picture I can see is the OP picture which makes the front look almost un-finished. I can't tell if this is because the case isn't fully assembled, but it looks kind've weird to me, almost like they are missing a piece or something.
That being said, I would assume the look of a case would matter a great deal if your purpose is to have it be a part of your home theather setup, which is one of the main appeals of a case of this size.
Me? I have a 24" LED monitor affixed to a lapdesk that used to house my Alienware M17xR3, plugged into an OC'd i5/ Ti 570 in SLI system in an Antec P280 that sits between my leather recliner and my coffee table. I much prefer this to play a game on a screen so far away, but in my defense my living room is huge and my TV is only 42".