Xigmatek Intros Scorpio Micro-ATX Case

[btarunr]

Xigmatek today introduced the Scorpio tower-type micro-ATX case. The case appears to be a shrunk down version of the Prosper. Its main design elements are the see-through front and left side panels. While the front panel is made of tempered glass, the side panel is acrylic, with a reflective "mirror-like" finish. Although it looks otherwise in the pictures, there are no fans included with the case. You still get two 120 mm front intakes, two 120 mm "bottom" intakes positioned along the horizontal partition, and one each top and rear 120 mm exhausts.

The bottom compartment of the Xigmatek Scorpio, accessible from the right side, gives you access to the PSU bay and two 3.5-inch/2.5-inch drive bays. Two additional 2.5-inch drives can be mounted along the reverse side of the motherboard tray. The tray serves up room for graphics cards up to 33 cm in length, and CPU coolers up to 15.3 cm in height. Coarse dust filters line the PSU air intake, and the top exhaust. Front panel connectivity includes one each of USB 3.0 and USB 2.0/1.1 type-A ports, and HDA jacks. Available now, the Scorpio is priced at 30€.



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[DeathtoGnomes]

This case reminds me of another case, cant put my finger on it...

 

[GlacierNine]

Well, that sure is a mighty lack of front ventilation.

Hope those 2x front fans have jet engine levels of static pressure. They're sure as fuck not being helped out by that front panel.

Hopefully we can get a review of it through TPU at some point, so that any thermal impact can be properly quantified and measured.

 

[PowerPC]

Damn, it doesn't look bad for 30€. Unfortunately, the lack of ventilation in the front kills it. Also, should have added an actual glass side panel for 10€ more and it would have been pretty good. Still, we're getting there.

 

[bonehead123]

Well, that sure is a mighty lack of front ventilation.

Hope those 2x front fans have jet engine levels of static pressure. They're sure as fuck not being helped out by that front panel.

Hopefully we can get a review of it through TPU at some point, so that any thermal impact can be properly quantified and measured.

^^agreed, what he said^^

 

[ryun]

Are the front fans just for show or what?

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Well, that sure is a mighty lack of front ventilation.

Hope those 2x front fans have jet engine levels of static pressure. They're sure as fuck not being helped out by that front panel.

Hopefully we can get a review of it through TPU at some point, so that any thermal impact can be properly quantified and measured.

Fractal Design did a similar thing with the front panel, although not a window. They had to mod the panel to get more airflow. For the cheap ass price it makes it a good experiment subject to mod on.

 

[Arkz]

Well, that sure is a mighty lack of front ventilation.

Hope those 2x front fans have jet engine levels of static pressure. They're sure as fuck not being helped out by that front panel.

Hopefully we can get a review of it through TPU at some point, so that any thermal impact can be properly quantified and measured.

Damn, it doesn't look bad for 30€. Unfortunately, the lack of ventilation in the front kills it. Also, should have added an actual glass side panel for 10€ more and it would have been pretty good. Still, we're getting there.

Eh? The fans aren't pressed up against the glass, there's like a 1 inch gap and an opening along the bottom for all the air to get pulled in, I've had a similar case design and it pulls the air in fine, maybe not as good as a front vent but still works well.

 

[GlacierNine]

Eh? The fans aren't pressed up against the glass, there's like a 1 inch gap and an opening along the bottom for all the air to get pulled in, I've had a similar case design and it pulls the air in fine, maybe not as good as a front vent but still works well.

Look again at the side shot of the case. Those fans are 25mm thick, so 1 inch. There's about 1cm of steel behind the fascia obscuring their sides, but they're clearly recessed further forwards than that or we'd be able to see 15mm of the side of the fans and we clearly can't see that much.

Additionally, the entire front fascia is probably 1 inch from the point it begins, to the very front of the glass, so you're taking away 4mm or so for glass thickness and another 0.8 for steel thickness, plus whatever else is going on there.

Much less than an inch of clean air in front of the fans and it's only taking in air directly from the bottom - which is exactly what the bitfenix enso did and it was a steaming heap of garbage that thermal throttled everything you put in it unless the components were low end enough to not be producing much heat in the first place.

 

[Arkz]

Look again at the side shot of the case. Those fans are 25mm thick, so 1 inch. There's about 1cm of steel behind the fascia obscuring their sides, but they're clearly recessed further forwards than that or we'd be able to see 15mm of the side of the fans and we clearly can't see that much.

Additionally, the entire front fascia is probably 1 inch from the point it begins, to the very front of the glass, so you're taking away 4mm or so for glass thickness and another 0.8 for steel thickness, plus whatever else is going on there.

Much less than an inch of clean air in front of the fans and it's only taking in air directly from the bottom - which is exactly what the bitfenix enso did and it was a steaming heap of garbage that thermal throttled everything you put in it unless the components were low end enough to not be producing much heat in the first place.

Hmm. In that case I think I'd drill a bunch of holes down either side so air can get pulled in through there. Seems a bit dumb to design it that you can fit 2 120mm fans but they can't pull air in.