Thermaltake LANBOX Lite

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Is this beast able to fit a standard ATX Power Supply in it? I've not been able to find any info on if it can or not, only that I will have to swap my ATX Motherboard for a mATX board.

Also, I know that at 280mm in length, the 8800GTX has some issues fitting, with the extra HDD cradle in place, but my XFX8800GTS 320mb is only 230mm in length. Will I have the same issues as it's big brother?

*EDIT*

Would you people recommend EVGA NFORCE4 SLI S939 mATX as a decent motherboard? I have considered upgrading from s939 to AM2, but I'm not prepared to ditch my current cpu and memory at the moment. The cost would be to much for me at this point in time.

SLI MATX?! This i must get!

Yes Full size ATX PSUs will fit.

 

[rhythmeister]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Thermalta...ryZ51064QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

here too, usa, but they do ship worldwide

Yeah, they want $100 to send internationally, I figure that must include a hand-job voucher for yr local house of ill repute too

I'll be getting mine from Germany

 

[DaMulta]

I wish they made a case like this for full size boards.

 

[rhythmeister]

I wish they made a case like this for full size boards.

You full size boys can get nice Silverstone and Thermaltake ATX cases sure!

 

[dfy]

Good job on the review!
I'm in need of a small, attractive case that could hold 4 hard drives.
I'm planning on buying this case to let it serve as a NAS (I'm going for ULTRA cheap and small)
Can anybody guess if there would be enough airflow to cool down such a config in this case?

These items would go in:

MB: Gigabyte [URL="http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2373"]GA-M61PM-S2[/URL]
CPU: AMD Sempron 3200+ Boxed
RAM: Kingston ValueRam Dual Channel 1024 MB, PC5300 (kit of 2 x 512MB)
DVD: NEC DVD-RW AD-5170
PSU: Zalman [URL="http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=195&code=015"]ZM360B-APS[/URL] 360 Watt
HD: Samsung SpinPoint T166 500 GB (4x)
mounting 1 HD in 5.25" bay: [URL="http://www.nexustek.nl/disktwin_hdd_vibration_killer_aluminium_or_black.htm"]Nexus[/URL]

 

[mcloughj]

Good job on the review!
I'm in need of a small, attractive case that could hold 4 hard drives.
I'm planning on buying this case to let it serve as a NAS (I'm going for ULTRA cheap and small)
Can anybody guess if there would be enough airflow to cool down such a config in this case?

These items would go in:

MB: Gigabyte [URL="http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2373"]GA-M61PM-S2[/URL]
CPU: AMD Sempron 3200+ Boxed
RAM: Kingston ValueRam Dual Channel 1024 MB, PC5300 (kit of 2 x 512MB)
DVD: NEC DVD-RW AD-5170
PSU: Zalman [URL="http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=195&code=015"]ZM360B-APS[/URL] 360 Watt
HD: Samsung SpinPoint T166 500 GB (4x)
mounting 1 HD in 5.25" bay: [URL="http://www.nexustek.nl/disktwin_hdd_vibration_killer_aluminium_or_black.htm"]Nexus[/URL]

I'd guess that it shouldn't have much trouble handling that. the sempron runs cool enough, the 4 hdd's might whip up a bit of heat though! But if they are anything like the samsung 250gb drives, it should be ok.

 

[dfy]

I'd guess that it shouldn't have much trouble handling that. the sempron runs cool enough, the 4 hdd's might whip up a bit of heat though! But if they are anything like the samsung 250gb drives, it should be ok.

It's the hard drives I'm worried about. I'm using a Samsung SP2504C in a passively cooled HTPC (so no airflow) in a box, and it gets 56°C continuously. Although I have no problems with it whatsoever, I'm still a little bit worried 4 HD's will give me heating problems.

I guess it's anybody's guess what will happen, but I was hoping maybe somebody is using this case with more than 1 HD.

Thanks for your thoughts

 

[mcloughj]

It's the hard drives I'm worried about. I'm using a Samsung SP2504C in a passively cooled HTPC (so no airflow) in a box, and it gets 56°C continuously. Although I have no problems with it whatsoever, I'm still a little bit worried 4 HD's will give me heating problems.

I guess it's anybody's guess what will happen, but I was hoping maybe somebody is using this case with more than 1 HD.

Thanks for your thoughts

Well i'll be trying to shove 3 (2x320gb seagates and 1 250gb samsung) into one of these when i get mine... i'll let you know how it goes.

Meanwhile, i paid the guy selling on ebay for these on tuesday, but still haven't heard a thing from him. i'll post here when i hear something.

UPDATE: Apparently they made a mistake with the address and the delivery ended being returned. They are dispatching again and fingers crosssed it'll be with me soon! !

 

[dfy]

Well i'll be trying to shove 3 (2x320gb seagates and 1 250gb samsung) into one of these when i get mine... i'll let you know how it goes.

Meanwhile, i paid the guy selling on ebay for these on tuesday, but still haven't heard a thing from him. i'll post here when i hear something.

Great! That will help me a lot. Especially because those Seagates will probably be a tad hotter than the Samsungs.
I don't know if you were planning to, but would you be willing to mount the 2 Seagates into the 3.5" cage on top of each other? As that would probably become the hottest spot.

Hope everything goes well with the Ebay purchase

 

[mcloughj]

Great! That will help me a lot. Especially because those Seagates will probably be a tad hotter than the Samsungs.
I don't know if you were planning to, but would you be willing to mount the 2 Seagates into the 3.5" cage on top of each other? As that would probably become the hottest spot.

Hope everything goes well with the Ebay purchase

was thinking of the following:
one in the floppy cage, one in the hdd cage and the last one below the dvd drive, just to spread them out. remember that the front fan will be right beside the hdd cage so it should cool sufficiently. I might try out diff configs to find the coolest, having two in the cage with the fan could be the coolest arrangement!

 

[dfy]

was thinking of the following:
one in the floppy cage, one in the hdd cage and the last one below the dvd drive, just to spread them out. remember that the front fan will be right beside the hdd cage so it should cool sufficiently. I might try out diff configs to find the coolest, having two in the cage with the fan could be the coolest arrangement!

Ahh I totally didn't catch that front fan! I was thinking because I plan to add 4 drives the 2 in the cage would be the hottest.
Well, that should make it even more interesting and gives me hope 4 drives will be fine

I'm very much tempted to click on the "buy now" button, but I still want to wait for your tests.
Ah well, maybe in the mean time the prices will drop again for the Samsung drives

Btw, do you know if the case fans can be speed controlled? (with speedfan for example).

 

[rhythmeister]

Would this beast fit in there?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180124445408&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008

I like the blackness (seeing as my Antec is grimy silver) and the modularness, mmm

 

[Falru]

I think i'm definitely gonna get this case, i've never been one to need 4 1337 GB hard drives and a nVIDIA Super Omega Alpha XyzForce video card.

Just 2 HD's and a XFX GeForce 7900 GS suits me just fine, and I take my PC to my friends a lot, so this case looks like the thing for me I've always been a fan of the "computer-in-a-box" feel, like a PC I saw at a store was in a perfect cube box that was completely see through and i thought it was so cool.

I also like that the motherboard is flat so the cards/cooler stick straight up, instead of horizontally out into space (i dunno why but i've never liked that about PC's)

 

[mcloughj]

Would this beast fit in there?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180124445408&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008

I like the blackness (seeing as my Antec is grimy silver) and the modularness, mmm

Looks like a standard sized psu to me, so it should be fine. It's not like you are trying to squeeze a 1000w enermax galaxy in there. I don't think i've ever heard of jeantech before... have you looked at reviews?

 

[mcloughj]

I also like that the motherboard is flat so the cards/cooler stick straight up, instead of horizontally out into space (i dunno why but i've never liked that about PC's)

Yeah i like the idea too... would have liked it better if the case had room for my zalman 9500 cooler, the flat mobo would have made much better use of the heatpipes! Oh well... lets hope the thermaltake blue orb is up to the challenge!

 

[rhythmeister]

Looks like a standard sized psu to me, so it should be fine. It's not like you are trying to squeeze a 1000w enermax galaxy in there. I don't think i've ever heard of jeantech before... have you looked at reviews?

I googled her and found it was quite a decent psu. It was some German review site I saw it reviwed on and it was done quite extensively. Not to worry now anyway as I've just won a month old, quad 12V railed, 650W Silverstone ZEUS ST65ZF (new version) for £50 on fleabay WOOT WOOT!

 

[Falru]

I googled her and found it was quite a decent psu. It was some German review site I saw it reviwed on and it was done quite extensively. Not to worry now anyway as I've just won a month old, quad 12V railed, 650W Silverstone ZEUS ST65ZF (new version) for £50 on fleabay WOOT WOOT!

love it when i get deals like that, i bought my $200 video card for $55

 

[rhythmeister]

Got the case (after >2 weeks wait when the damn thing came from within Europe) and the Silverstone fits...BUT it has no 4 pin motherboard connector which this board needs! Anybody know where I can buy some sort of molex or pci-e to 4 pins adaptor?!

 

[dfy]

mcloughj, did you test with 3 hard drives yet?
I'm still tempted to buy this case for my DIY NAS but I'm still unsure if it will work out with the heat

 

[mcloughj]

mcloughj, did you test with 3 hard drives yet?
I'm still tempted to buy this case for my DIY NAS but I'm still unsure if it will work out with the heat

I'm sorry to say that the whole thing went belly up. Basically the dude selling them left off the most important part of my address and as a result the cases are winging their way back to Germany. I'm very disappointed. sorry i wasn't able to do the tests for you.

 

[dfy]

I'm sorry to say that the whole thing went belly up. Basically the dude selling them left off the most important part of my address and as a result the cases are winging their way back to Germany. I'm very disappointed. sorry i wasn't able to do the tests for you.

No problem, I'm pretty sure I will go for this config anyway, I just wanted to be sure if it will work. I'll let you guys know how it works out

 

[Pieterke]

I'm planning on buying this very hot case too, but I have a question.
Would a Blue Orb FX (the one with the turning leds on it that show temperature and Db) fit in this case?

 

[mcloughj]

I'm planning on buying this very hot case too, but I have a question.
Would a Blue Orb FX (the one with the turning leds on it that show temperature and Db) fit in this case?

Just going on the review the basic blue orb II is a tight fit at 66mm, but the blue orb fx comes in at 85mm which might be a little too big.

 

[Falru]

Yay the case arrived! Now I just need to wait for all my other hardware

Any info on what CPU coolers fit this case (mainly height issues due to PSU) would be greatly appreciated

 

[mcloughj]

Yay the case arrived! Now I just need to wait for all my other hardware

Any info on what CPU coolers fit this case (mainly height issues due to PSU) would be greatly appreciated

They used the thermaltake blue orb in the review, so that should be fine for you. I got one myself, it's pretty good, no heatpipes though. Zalman do a low profile cooler, but i think it would be a little louder.