Thermaltake Power Supply Mini Case Mini ITX 200 VL52021N2U
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- Quintessence – Typical small form factor, Mini-ITX chassis; Qute – Cute , small size which require minimum spacing;
- Quiet – Energy saving platform with fanless design; Built-in 200W SFX power supply
- Front I/O ports for easy access; Compatible with Intel Atom platform; Don’t settle for less.
- Element Q supports full-size 5.25? Optical Disk Drives (Blu-Ray Players or DVD-RW Drives)
- External Bay: 1x 5.25″, 1x 3.5″; Internal Bay: 1x 3.5″
- Expansion Slots: 1; Cooling System: None; Liquid Cooling Capable: No; Side Windows: None; Front I/O Panel: 2x USB 2.0, 1x Micphone, 1x Speaker
Thermaltake Element Q VL52021N2U 200W Power Supply Mini Case
Thermaltake Computer Cases
Thermaltake Power Supply Mini Case Mini ITX 200 VL52021N2U
List Price: $ 73.65
Price:
Good but can be better.,
First, it comes with a 220W PSU instead of 200W in the title, which is a good thing.
Pro:
Standard 5 ¼” and 3 ½” drive slot, allows you to use old components.
Comes with a 220W PSU.
Large space between the 2 front USB connectors, you can plug in 2 USB devices without bending the connector.
Cons:
PSU mount directly on top CPU, and the PSU fan intake air directly above the CPU fan (unless you use a fanless ION/Zacate),
which not only limits the height of CPU cooler/fan (37mm~40mm Max., the Intel OEM Core2 fan won’t fit), but also affect the cooling ability of CPU fan,
since they both try to intake the very limited amount air. (this is a FANLESS case)
Fanless, and there are no space to screw additional fan. There are enough space for a 120mm fan in the side 3.5″ drive slot if not blocked by the bottom tray.
You can put a 3.5″ drive and a fan on the side, but bad design of the case makes you spent a lot of extra work in order to do so.
There are a lot of space at the bottom of the horizontal 3.5 drive slot that is unused.
Conclusion:
A good case if you plan to use ION/Zacate board, otherwise, you will end up questioning the design of the case.
Quality better than the similar Apex case, less expensive than the Sliverstone one plus you can use a standard 5¼” optical drive.
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|Lightweight and User-Friendly,
Used this together with Intel Atom Mainboard. Material is lightweight. The metal does not cut my fingers. Good ventilation. Able to insert a Samsung / LG SATA DVD Drive. I tried placing 01 x 500GB SATA Hard Disk vertically, without much problem.
If Hard disk is place horizontally, which is below the DVD bay, beware that the hard disk length may be too long, so near that it touches the CPU Fan. And also, it misses the RAM by 1 milimeter.
Hence i suggest putting it vertically. 🙂
Other than that, everything is great. I just love it!
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|Perfect for making your own HTPC,
Overall, I’m satisfied with the layout of the case and the hardware included. The power supply does have a fan which is super quiet. I filled this case with an ASUS AT3IONT-I motherboard, ASUS DVD optical drive, VANTEC 60mm case fan, G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) RAM and Seagate 80g 2.5″ HDD mounted in a SilverStone bay adapter. The PC is running on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx with Boxee and XBMC. The PC runs fairly cool but the 60mm fan was added to ensure no overheating. Although I didn’t have to modify the case, I did bend some scrap aluminum in to a bracket for mounting the fan. There are cases smaller and lighter than this one but I didn’t want to limit my hardware options. I would consider buying this case again if I were to construct another HTPC.
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