Chieftec Announces CM-25B-OP Case from the Classic Series

Caring1 · Jul 10, 2020

thebluebumblebee said:
@XL-R8R , my "rant" is based on 2 things, one of which you "corrected". First, my own nightmarish experiences with cases like this. Having to remove the motherboard to install a HSF, like a 212+ and then trying to get it to fit back into the case. Secondly, I have seen several people here on TPU ask the exact example that I gave.
A POS product is a POS product, even if it does work for some people.
Seriously, how much more will a Focus G cost than this thing?

A bad case is like a grumpy cat. It will bite you over and over.

I had a similar era case that had a conveniently hinged Motherboard tray that swung out on the right side with the side panel removed.
Not that it made cooler installation any easier as it too had no cutout for access.

Chrispy_ · Jul 10, 2020

The only way I've used cases like this Cheiftec (never had one, but was using Antec cases of the same late-'90s design) was to take a 100mm circular drill saw and bore a big frickin' hole in the front and then do the same thing for the rear-exhaust "grille" so that, despite being unfiltered, at least cold air could get in and hot air could get out. My Radeon 9700Pro and Athlon 1GHz needed their fresh air, damnit!

_JP_ · Jul 10, 2020

I saw that box and didn't think "Chieftec"...I thought "Cooler Master", for real, even with the PSU on top and the cut-out for the locker! :eek:

But the model name does start with "CM-"... :rolleyes:

But being Chieftec, the SECC should be 1mm thick, so even the weight of that box would match the year 2004 :laugh:

System Name	Black Box
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
Motherboard	MSI E3 KRAIT Gaming v5
Cooling	Tt tower + 120mm Tt fan
Memory	G.Skill 16GB 3600 C18
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 970 Mini
Storage	Kingston A2000 512Gb NVME
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Case	Corsair 450D High Air Flow.
Audio Device(s)	No need.
Power Supply	FSP Aurum 650W
Mouse	Yes
Keyboard	Of course
Software	W10 Pro 64 bit

System Name	Bragging Rights
Processor	Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard	It has no markings but it's green
Cooling	No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory	2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s)	Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage	32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s)	10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case	Veddha T2
Audio Device(s)	Apparently, yes
Power Supply	Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse	MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard	Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD	Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software	W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores	I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.

System Name	LenovoⓇ ThinkPad™ T430
Processor	IntelⓇ Core™ i5-3210M processor (2 cores, 2.50GHz, 3MB cache), Intel Turbo Boost™ 2.0 (3.10GHz), HT™
Motherboard	Lenovo 2344 (Mobile Intel QM77 Express Chipset)
Cooling	Single-pipe heatsink + Delta fan
Memory	2x 8GB KingstonⓇ HyperX™ Impact 2133MHz DDR3L SO-DIMM
Video Card(s)	Intel HD Graphics™ 4000 (GPU clk: 1100MHz, vRAM clk: 1066MHz)
Storage	SamsungⓇ 860 EVO mSATA (250GB) + 850 EVO (500GB) SATA
Display(s)	14.0" (355mm) HD (1366x768) color, anti-glare, LED backlight, 200 nits, 16:9 aspect ratio, 300:1 co
Case	ThinkPad Roll Cage (one-piece magnesium frame)
Audio Device(s)	HD Audio, RealtekⓇ ALC3202 codec, DolbyⓇ Advanced Audio™ v2 / stereo speakers, 1W x 2
Power Supply	ThinkPad 65W AC Adapter + ThinkPad Battery 70++ (9-cell)
Mouse	TrackPointⓇ pointing device + UltraNav™, wide touchpad below keyboard + ThinkLight™
Keyboard	6-row, 84-key, ThinkVantage button, spill-resistant, multimedia Fn keys, LED backlight (PT Layout)
Software	MicrosoftⓇ WindowsⓇ 10 x86-64 (22H2)

Chieftec Announces CM-25B-OP Case from the Classic Series

Caring1

Chrispy_

_JP_