I like it. I remember seeing an ad for these in PC gamer at the back of the magazine, one of those little 1x1 inch ads. I built a case similair to it, except made from wood. I also relocated the motherboard to be on top of the case, it works far better there. Click below to see my verison.
Shame just a poor conclusion to something which good be very useful. Unfortunately most of us who change computer parts with the weather have the know-how to build one ourselves for a lot less than £100.
Hope they work out the flaws and knock the price down a little.... would be handy for a testing computer.
It's a bit harsh, the review. But i'll stick with table top and cardboard boxes for the moment :P Oh you forgot to add the link to this thread to the review.
To be honest, spend yourself $30 and get a big panel of MDF, threaded rods and knurled nuts. Buy a $10 case, and steal HDD/Optical racks from it. Place them below. Then, drill out ATX mounting holes above, place nuts face down so the small part sticks up, and drop mobo on. Assemble other crap. Done.
#1 agreed with tulatin, but i'll be fine with my cardboard boxes with psu off to the side and HDD too, works fine for any testing because most doesnt take long.
I agree a 100% the mobo should have been on top. They should make anther modle that is water cooling freindly with extra room for water cooling parts like pumps and res. THe extreme high end test that sites like Bit-tech do sometimes need top of the line products. So to have a station which you can easliy water cool the newest GPU for overclocking test will be great.
It's a great idea, and reading this has inspired me to possibly try and make one myself, as this is WAY too over-priced. You're getting a pile of plastic and screws, and 1/2 fans. No way is that worth that much.
Originally Posted by kiljoi It's a great idea, and reading this has inspired me to possibly try and make one myself, as this is WAY too over-priced. You're getting a pile of plastic and screws, and 1/2 fans. No way is that worth that much.
Originally Posted by Fusen the truth can sometimes hurt, I'm just glad bit-tech shows exactly what they thought instead of just trying to please a company
Originally Posted by Tulatin I say us here at bit-tech design our own. With room for the beefiest of setups, watercooling and other shite too.
Yeah, we could make almost like a group collaborative project. A group of us should work on a design of one, with everything we want in it, then we can all build them. That would be a fun mini project, because they are fairly simple, dont require much for tools, and could be built in a weekend. Whos in?
I agree with tulain initial comment. Most people who swap there components on the day to day have the know how to make one. And in re to Bilbo Fraggins comments, its a test system, its not meant to be running long enough to be able to suck up dust balls. And in re to mattthegamer, I think they done that with a mother board a while back.
Originally Posted by Bilbo Fraggins Yeah, thats great. if you dont care what your computer looks like, and u dont mind the occasional dust ball that gets sucked into ur cards :P
Well obviously this wont be your kick ass gaming rig. Simply a testing rig, for funtion only, and maybe a bit of a conversation piece. As for dust balls, a few squirts of a compressed gas duster and that shouldnt be a problem.
Too true. Back when I reviewed stuff, I was asked on almost any harsh review to reconsider my judgement.
I've been meaning to build my own for way too long, but just can't be bothered. And I'm not testing/changing stuff very often anymore, so it's barely an issue now.
meh g'dammit, forgot to hit the quote button again. :( :( above in regards to telling the truth and not what companies want to hear
Originally Posted by Fusen the truth can sometimes hurt, I'm just glad bit-tech shows exactly what they thought instead of just trying to please a company
We always do. :)
Once lost, reputation is the hardest thing to regain. Harder than getting new products.
I prefer the DIY sollutions people have come up with tbh, probably cost no more than £30 to make and assemble yourself and thats what they should be selling this kit for. £75/£110 is far too much considering what it is.
Another couple of suggestions for the people at Highspeed. The fans should probably angle downwards a bit - it looks like they just blow air over the top of the motherboard, completely missing all the northbridge and VRM heatsinks that are gently toasting themselves. I could be wrong though :)
And how about mountings for anti-static wriststraps etc? And maybe a couple of antistatic trays to throw the bits in while you're testing others? And while they're at it, things like reusable zip ties or velcro cable ties would be useful for keeping cables out of the way.
Rethink the layout, throw in some well thought out freebies and drop the price by £30 and it might start to look like better value.
They really didn't get that one quite right did they. In fact reading the review inspired me to see if I could manage one in 5mins.
One motherboard tray, PSU and an Ikead TC/video stand thing and you're up andr unning.
Now that ikea stand is probably ~£5 and just the right depth if you have a standard ATX tray, (that one is bigger from my GW802) Then find the cheapset ATX case you can and a hacksaw to chop out the mobo tray, and the drive bays if you need them. All it needs an couple of woodsrcews and drilling and you should have it all shipshape.
In fact I left a horrible old case with a removable tray in my in-laws attic, which might just be destined for this purpose.
If he has so much, he could give me some!
anyway, i really dont like the rig. its bad quality and stupid placement of parts. and all that for just 100 bucks? a bargain!
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It looks like crap, but it does its job decent.
Hope they work out the flaws and knock the price down a little.... would be handy for a testing computer.
the truth can sometimes hurt, I'm just glad bit-tech shows exactly what they thought instead of just trying to please a company
I wonder what bigz has for a test setup?
I've been meaning to build my own for way too long, but just can't be bothered. And I'm not testing/changing stuff very often anymore, so it's barely an issue now.
meh g'dammit, forgot to hit the quote button again. :( :( above in regards to telling the truth and not what companies want to hear
We always do. :)
Once lost, reputation is the hardest thing to regain. Harder than getting new products.
How much did my i-ghetto cost? Nothing
http://www.richardswinburne.net/NA/i-ghetto.jpg
http://staff.bit-tech.net/tim/testarea.jpg
And how about mountings for anti-static wriststraps etc? And maybe a couple of antistatic trays to throw the bits in while you're testing others? And while they're at it, things like reusable zip ties or velcro cable ties would be useful for keeping cables out of the way.
Rethink the layout, throw in some well thought out freebies and drop the price by £30 and it might start to look like better value.
One motherboard tray, PSU and an Ikead TC/video stand thing and you're up andr unning.
Now that ikea stand is probably ~£5 and just the right depth if you have a standard ATX tray, (that one is bigger from my GW802) Then find the cheapset ATX case you can and a hacksaw to chop out the mobo tray, and the drive bays if you need them. All it needs an couple of woodsrcews and drilling and you should have it all shipshape.
In fact I left a horrible old case with a removable tray in my in-laws attic, which might just be destined for this purpose.
http://www.veryrisky.co.uk/webimages/diycase5.jpg
http://www.veryrisky.co.uk/webimages/diycase2.jpg
http://www.veryrisky.co.uk/webimages/diycase3.jpg
http://www.veryrisky.co.uk/webimages/diycase4.jpg
http://www.richardswinburne.net/NA/bigzworkdesk.jpg
If he has so much, he could give me some!
anyway, i really dont like the rig. its bad quality and stupid placement of parts. and all that for just 100 bucks? a bargain!
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