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Hard to believe it's been 25 years. For many of us outside Japan, it was more like 22 or so years ago around 1990/1991 when Nintendo Power had sent out a free strategy guide for the original game, which I'm sure helped sales (well that was my main reason for buying the game). Anyway, although I...

Always a refresher to see folks still rocking their old hardware. Great cabling job!

Since the case appears to support two 92mm fans in the front area, and you're proposing to remove one that would interfere with a GPU, I would suppose it could be fine depending on your own standards for temps/noise. It looks like the power button/front panel cables are in that area and it may...

I thought the CPU socket was pretty far away from the PCI-E slot on the EVGA board compared to other ITX boards (kind of like the DFI LP from a few years back). I agree that the Asus is the more "higher-end" board but that doesn't necessarily mean much to me given its pricetag. If the EVGA...

Some mods get featured on the front page, isn't that good enough? Bit-tech is the place to go to for the extreme mods and contests. [H] is great for information and mid-level mods most people can do with basic tools (although many people copy/paste their logs here too, which is great).

SaibotC, thanks a lot for continuing this. Like with a lot of people, PrometheusCu was one of the first worklogs that I really followed. I can't believe Jesse is gone: he was quite a inspirational and a talented modder, and even wrote some nice modding guides. I have a feeling you will do...

Unique case, looks highly collectible. It is difficult to find buyers for these custom paint job cases, but that doesn't take away from the case itself. :)

Decent looking board...full of features, black PCB, though heatsinks could have looked a bit better (not sure if this is finalized). Would be quite cool if someone decided to make some waterblocks for this board.

Those miniature scale cars look awesome! :)

tbooth -- GJ! Kudos for posting about your beautiful abee build. Very nice cabling job too. :)

It's a nice case. The only glaring issue I have with it are the 92mm fans.

It seems a bit odd NCIX is also out of stock and Google Shopping isn't showing much. The R3 case is a few years old. Computex is coming up in a few days, so there may be a tiny chance a successor is in the works and is about to be announced, assuming Fractal is attending. Try e-mailing...

You've both made some really informative posts, but I hate to see what started out as a great thread get derailed by an argument like this that's turned into border-line personal attacks.

They changed their name in 2008 from Soldam to Hoshino ING during a company restructure. You also have other similar case manufacturers in Japan, like Abee (http://www.abee.co.jp), and Jigen (I think Jigen stopped fairly quickly after opening, but their site is still around...

XSPC H2 maybe. Some sites listing it at about $200 but other more well-known sites like FrozenCPU are selling it for $400-500, so not sure it really sells that low, and XSPC, while a staple in the wc'ing realm, is still relatively new to cases. I'd try to look at the 2nd hand market, as you...

Based on your budget concerns and need for a full tower I'd look at the NZXT Switch, especially if you're thinking of custom watercooling down the road. Few cases actually support true E-ATX (12"x13") boards, which are mostly server boards. The trend that started in the late 2000s with "Gamer...

Finally...this is amazing news. Hopefully it's kind of like an enthusiast board with bells and whistles...akin to their Classified lineup. Nothing on the ITX front has made me want to build a rig since DFI's ITX LP board a few years ago.

If you made it a mission, it seems like you could mod the front to take a bigger size fan to deal with that side of the case at least. If at least two of the three apply then I'd say keep it: You are attached to the case on a personal level (as it was used in your first build, I'm...

I am still thinking about waiting for Haswell as it's really the next logical upgrade point for my i7 920 D0 (@ 4.0), but I am really tempted and looking into building a nice ITX rig with an IB 3570K or whatever the i5 equivalent is called to replace our family PC's aging 8 year-old P4. Don't...

GL with it, should be a fun project. Don't know of one off hand that's specifically mATX personally, which is almost surprising considering less popular (and kind of on the big side) ITX cases exist in a similar configuration like this one pictured from Soldam/Hoshino ING and the Cubitek Mini...

The Ivy Bridge CPUs being released shortly are for the mainstream segment 1155, not the enthusiast 2011. There will be Ivy Bridge CPUs for LGA 2011 (dubbed IB-E), but those CPUs aren't slated for release anytime soon.

It is technically a break from departure when you take a look at how Intel handled Nehalem and Westmere. If Intel wanted to be consistent and follow the separation of generations by each "Tick" and "Tock", they would be at 4th generation with Ivy Bridge. Or, it would still be considered 2nd...

There's a 40+ page thread dedicated for the Aquaero 5 on the first page of Xtremesystems Liquid Cooling section if you want to pour through many owners' impressions. For the most part, people seem to be happy with it IIRC. $150 - $200 is a lot of money, so this would certainly be a long term...

You're right. I forgot Intel has decided to treat Ivy Bridge as more than just a die shrink, and will give it special treatment in name by referring to it as Third Generation Core instead of grouping it with Sandy Bridge Second Generation Core. If they continue to use the Core i7 monicker...

Ivy Bridge, which is scheduled for release in 2012, looks to be more touted by Intel for its lower power/heat and better GPU than increase in core performance over current Sandy Bridge processors. Latest guesstimates from anand speculate about a 10% overall improvement. According to leaked...

Wow, Ben isn't even including power switches in his cases anymore? Edit: If you have plans for watercooling later inside it, the MM Plateau might be worth the price premium. Good luck.

These PSUs are great for an external radiator setup due to their size and low price. The 5A don't come with switches on them, unfortunately. http://www.jab-tech.com/12v-DC-Power-Supply-with-Single-Molex-Connector-5A-pr-4468.html

I think everyone deserves to treat themselves to one high end setup and overclock the snot out of it at least once in their lives. :p X79 and SB-E are enticing as hell. I've enjoyed my X58 and i7 920 for almost 3 years and looking at building a new system. But this time, I am pretty set on...

XL-ATX and looks empty/unfinished in some areas...

This is my WiNDy ALCADIA FX2000R4 JV Black Knight X58 build from December 2010; never finished it...I know it doesn't look so great in the photos because those were during testing, but you can hide all the cables behind the air chamber to make it look beautiful. The case was imported from...