DTX Lives! Four Double-Slot Cases For ITX Gaming Machines

[Crashman]

do you mean corsair h60?

Yes, Corsair. It's a sealed liquid system and you actually have to handle the tubes roughly to make it leak.

 

[Guest]

I've looked online all over the place and can only find the Mini-Tank case from an Australian shop that doesn't ship internationally.

Any idea where I can order one in the USA?

 

[youed]

why use the 2600k if it cant oc?

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]youed[/nom]why use the 2600k if it cant oc?[/citation]Because some people WILL use onboard video? The 2600K has twice the GPU power as the non-K. Besides, you're not asking the right question.

The right question is, why do no LGA 1155 ITX boards overclock? And the answer is "because Z68 isn't out yet".

 

[youed]

youed :
why use the 2600k if it cant oc?

Because some people WILL use onboard video? The 2600K has twice the GPU power as the non-K. Besides, you're not asking the right question.

The right question is, why do no LGA 1155 ITX boards overclock? And the answer is "because Z68 isn't out yet".

if you look at the title it says gaming machinesso in this case your not using the onboard gpu

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]youed[/nom]if you look at the title it says gaming machinesso in this case your not using the onboard gpu[/citation]Yes, so like I said, it's a "defect" in the motherboard that might later be solved by Z68. Remember that Z68 supports both onboard graphics and a separate graphics card, so you can game on the graphics card and encode video on the integrated GPU.

 

[youed]

just a question do you guys have the info of when the mini tank will be released?? or can you do this thing with matx boards Or do you know when z68 comes out and if that is for lga 2011 or lga 1155?

 

[Crashman]

just a question do you guys have the info of when the mini tank will be released?? or can you do this thing with matx boards Or do you know when z68 comes out and if that is for lga 2011 or lga 1155?

Smaller boards fit larger cases:
ITX motherboards fit ITX, DTX, Micro ATX, ATX, and Extended ATX cases.
Micro ATX boards fit Micro ATX, ATX, and Extended ATX cases.
ATX motherboards fit ATX and Extended ATX cases.

 

[imsurgical]

Just did a build literally a couple days ago with the PC-Q08, it's a great case and it was my first ever Lian-Li/mini ITX build. Like the review says about the case though the power LED is way too bright, turned mine off.

If anyone's curious it does fit an Antec Kuhler 620 on the top 120mm fan mount /w the fan perfectly. Sits real close to an average size PSU but it literally sits just right above it. Clearance is perfect though to fit that and my SILVERSTONE ST60F-P 600W.

Those things with a ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe, A8-3850, 8GB Dominator DDR3 1600 and a GTX 580 3GB make it a tiny and wonderful build to use. Love how modular everything is in the case.

 

[jbheller]

The Corsair H60 is a perfect fit for the PC-Q08. I doubt there is a better cooling solution. That said there is a youtube video series of a guy fitting a full water block cooler system to one of these cases, but id never have the time, patience or skill to do that. Its probably completely unessary too.

Imsurgical "Those things with a ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe, A8-3850, 8GB Dominator DDR3 1600 and a GTX 580 3GB make it a tiny and wonderful build to use. Love how modular everything is in the case.
.." why on earth did you use the A8-3850 with a card that doesnt crossfire. You may as well have gone for a motherboard that supports an athalon x4/x6. Much better CPU if you are going to bypass all of the internal graphics features. That said the F1a75-i deluxe is a very feature rich motherbard. Even comes with a remote control.

 

[mnbvvc]

Anyway, I actually like Cubitek's case. Sure, it looks like it would be a pain to make changes to when doing upgrades or whatnot, but nothing is perfect. If it had a handle on top or something, Id probably use it for LAN parties and the such.

 

[ceh4702]

I wonder if anyone makes an aftermarket HD Mount for vertically mounting a harddrive in the space allocated for the Video card's I/O Slot. I also wonder if it would be possible to make an I/O card that you could screw a hard drive onto it and run it off of a X16 PCIE interface or just plug it into a sata or USB3 HEADER.