Does anyone own this case here? If so, could you possibly post you thoughts on it. I was planning on getting this and doing a whole watercooling setup. How's the case build and whatnot? Can it fit a regular PSU instead of the 250W PSU it comes with? Any information, from first hand use, rather than reviews (most are fairly bland), would be appreciated.
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Enermax Venus CS
- Thread starter crazjayz
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I built a PC in it for work a long time ago(about a year) with that case. I remember liking the case, and everything went in it easily. Sorry, cant give you much more information that that.
So to sum it up:
Looks - Good
Build Quality - Good(I think, I know it wasnt bad)
Layout - Good, CD Rom bays are romovable.
Hope this helps.
Oh yea, it has a SWEET power led. Its powered by a 4 pin and outlines the power button. VERY bright (in a good way)
So to sum it up:
Looks - Good
Build Quality - Good(I think, I know it wasnt bad)
Layout - Good, CD Rom bays are romovable.
Hope this helps.
Oh yea, it has a SWEET power led. Its powered by a 4 pin and outlines the power button. VERY bright (in a good way)
Lighthammer
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I currently own this case and I absolutely love it! It's housing my Mobile 4000+ Newark atm but I'll be upgrading it to an AM2 setup soon. Just to note, it comes with a stock 270watt mATX Enermax PSU, which is high quality for a bundled PSU but may lack enough juice for todays higher end equipment. You may want to look into upgrading the PSU if you plan on running any moderate to upper end equipment. The case itself will only accept a mATX PSU so your choices for high wattage and high quality will be limited. I personaly went with the 350watt Just PC mATX PSU sold through newegg.com and it's been a solid replacement for the stock 270watt Enermax PSU it replaced.
The case itself is fairly easy to work with and has plenty of room despite it's small size. The bays are easily removeable to allow fitting of slightly wider mATX boards and the steel construction is solid and lacks any sharp corners to cut yourself on. IMHO, if you want beauty and functionality, the Enermax Venus is the way to go!
The one drawback to this case is the distance between the rear mounting panel to the drive bays up front. Theres enough room inbetween to allow a normal sized AGP or PCIE video card to mount and install but cards like the X1800 series or higher and most Geforce 7800s and higher video cards are physicaly too long to fit inside the case. You'll most likely be stuck with cards from ATi's X series all the way up to the X1600XT and NVIDIA's Geforce 6 series all the way up to the 7600 and possibly some 7800 and 7900s. I originaly purchased a new X1800XL AIW for this setup but ended up selling it and getting an MSI X1600XT because the X1800XL was too long of a video card.
This case seems to be overlooked around here, which I don't understand and one of the reasons why I'm not a member of the SFF club. It's smaller than most cubes like the shuttle and it looks 10xs better! Not to mention, it's made by ENERMAX!
The case itself is fairly easy to work with and has plenty of room despite it's small size. The bays are easily removeable to allow fitting of slightly wider mATX boards and the steel construction is solid and lacks any sharp corners to cut yourself on. IMHO, if you want beauty and functionality, the Enermax Venus is the way to go!
The one drawback to this case is the distance between the rear mounting panel to the drive bays up front. Theres enough room inbetween to allow a normal sized AGP or PCIE video card to mount and install but cards like the X1800 series or higher and most Geforce 7800s and higher video cards are physicaly too long to fit inside the case. You'll most likely be stuck with cards from ATi's X series all the way up to the X1600XT and NVIDIA's Geforce 6 series all the way up to the 7600 and possibly some 7800 and 7900s. I originaly purchased a new X1800XL AIW for this setup but ended up selling it and getting an MSI X1600XT because the X1800XL was too long of a video card.
This case seems to be overlooked around here, which I don't understand and one of the reasons why I'm not a member of the SFF club. It's smaller than most cubes like the shuttle and it looks 10xs better! Not to mention, it's made by ENERMAX!
tayunz
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Just did a google search... That is a nice little case.
Thanks for the review Lighthammer. Looks like this case suffers from the same problem as the Lian Li v300, not enough room for a 9" video card. Hmm, if that's the situation, I may just go with the Lian Li and cut case up. It's a tad be more expensive, but in terms of looks, and probably built quality (I currently own a Lian Li, and the quality is amazing), it's better, IMO. Do you guys know anywhere that I can physically see both of these cases? I really really want to start my project, but without a case in mind, I can't.