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Pandora's Box

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Gagaboul

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Specs:
ASRock AM1B-ITX
AM1 5350 Kabini
4GB DDR3
Palit GTX580 1.5GB
Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Modular
64GB SSD

Mods:
Completely made of slim floor wood
Everything holds with screws and corners
2x 92mm fans at the bottom for intake
1x 120mm fan at the top for exhaust
A small magnet behind the door knob keeps the lid closed
Dimensions: 8"x8"x16"
Managed to fit a 3.5 HDD too! (not in the pics)
Top fan could have been inside, but I felt that the hot air was better pulled out from the outside..

I must say this case was inspired by the Silverstone FT03 Mini. I wanted to do something smaller by myself and to try a build where heat convection (vertical air movement) would be used. The goal was to cram a 10 inch gpu with a full sized psu in a small vertical case, in other words the smallest decent gaming build. I consider this construction to be a prototype. The final one is yet to come, even smaller with a plexiglass enclosure.

At full load, the max temps would be around 80~85C, which is pretty good considering the power-hungry GTX580. Could have made vent holes for the gpu and mesh surface for the top ..but didn't bother since temps were pretty good. Maybe someday I'll bother.
 
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System Name Pc pro /// Pc game
Processor Bi Xeon Intel E5 2687W /// I5 2500K @ 4.5ghz @ 1.25v
Motherboard Asus Z9PE-D8 WS /// Asus P8P67 WS Revolution B3
Cooling 2x Be Quiet Dark rock pro 2 /// Corsair H100 + 4 Alpenfohn Wing Boost 120mm
Memory 128go Crucial 1600 MHz CL9 ECC Registered DR X4 /// 16gb G.Skill Sniper 1600mhz CL7
Video Card(s) SLI Nvidia K6000 /// Tri SLI MSI GTX 780 6Gb OC
Storage Samsung 830 256gb + 512gb // Crucial M4 64gb + Plextor M5P xtreme 256gb
Display(s) Dell UltraSharp U3011 /// 3x Asus MX279H
Case BitFenix Shinobi XL White /// Corsair 750D
Audio Device(s) Nothing /// Asus Xonar DX 7.1
Power Supply Super Flower Leadex 80+ Gold 1300W /// Silverstone Strider Plus 80+ Gold 1500W
Software Windows 7 X64 Pro-Kubuntu 14.03 /// Windows 7 X64 Pro
Original but interior and finish review
 
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