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Pandora's Box

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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.
 
Original but interior and finish review
 
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