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Jan 5, 2025 8:15 AM
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expired Posted by tDames | Staff • Jan 5, 2025
Jan 5, 2025 8:15 AM
Corsair iCUE 2000D RGB AIRFLOW Mini-ITX PC Case (Black)
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The way the motherboard mounts, the I/O panel and the GPU ports face straight down, a couple of inches from the floor. So when you plug in a displayport cable to the GPU, it has to have a very tight curve to it, and it'll still put tension on the GPU. I ended up buying this funky right-angle displayport thing to mitigate the issue.
The IO shield pointing down is very annoying because any time you want to plug something into the motherboard, whether it's a USB cable or an ethernet cable, whatever, you have to access the bottom of the case. So it's REALLY annoying in that regard.
But Dommer, you say, "who cares about that, there's front panel IO". And yes, there is front panel IO, right at the bottom of the case. Where it's perfectly placed so that when you tip the case forward to get access to the bottom of the case, you bend the USB sticks or dongles you have plugged into it, destroying them.
The kicker of shit-design is how the power cable is routed. The power supply plug is not exposed to the outside of the case, so you have to run the power cable down this really poorly implemented set of velcro straps down the back of the case. It's ugly and seems a weird afterthought.
Finally, for an ITX case, this thing is really not that small, so what's the point?
All in all, there's a lot of great ITX cases. This aint one of them.
You will have to use an ITX PSU.
It is a nice case with good airflow but, it is as tall as a mid case but half the depth.
It is 18" tall.
The I/O points down making access to the backplane a PITA.
It will take a 360mm video card, but it is large for a mITX case.
Pay the ITX premium for a small footprint Tower I think you may as well just go micro ATX and have the space.
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EDIT: ID.me does not apply to this item on Corsair's website, and also the free shipping mysteriously disappeared mid transaction, making it a much better deal to go with the Newegg deal if you don't need fans (who doesn't already have good 120mm fans??).
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It is a nice case with good airflow but, it is as tall as a mid case but half the depth.
It is 18" tall.
The I/O points down making access to the backplane a PITA.
It will take a 360mm video card, but it is large for a mITX case.
Pay the ITX premium for a small footprint Tower I think you may as well just go micro ATX and have the space.
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The way the motherboard mounts, the I/O panel and the GPU ports face straight down, a couple of inches from the floor. So when you plug in a displayport cable to the GPU, it has to have a very tight curve to it, and it'll still put tension on the GPU. I ended up buying this funky right-angle displayport thing to mitigate the issue.
The IO shield pointing down is very annoying because any time you want to plug something into the motherboard, whether it's a USB cable or an ethernet cable, whatever, you have to access the bottom of the case. So it's REALLY annoying in that regard.
But Dommer, you say, "who cares about that, there's front panel IO". And yes, there is front panel IO, right at the bottom of the case. Where it's perfectly placed so that when you tip the case forward to get access to the bottom of the case, you bend the USB sticks or dongles you have plugged into it, destroying them.
The kicker of shit-design is how the power cable is routed. The power supply plug is not exposed to the outside of the case, so you have to run the power cable down this really poorly implemented set of velcro straps down the back of the case. It's ugly and seems a weird afterthought.
Finally, for an ITX case, this thing is really not that small, so what's the point?
All in all, there's a lot of great ITX cases. This aint one of them.
It is a nice case with good airflow but, it is as tall as a mid case but half the depth.
It is 18" tall.
The I/O points down making access to the backplane a PITA.
It will take a 360mm video card, but it is large for a mITX case.
Pay the ITX premium for a small footprint Tower I think you may as well just go micro ATX and have the space.
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I just did a build in an lian li A420 and it went really smooth and the footprint is nice and small
I'm leaning towards making it happen. i have multiple rooms and travel in mind
I'd pfrefer Fractal terra with a handle some how, it's surprising how little offerings there are for really compressed itx cases with the handle on top.
I've been imagining a handle that would be flush with the top of a compact itx case but with a slight button tab along side of it allowing you to reach a middle finger in and access the handle but then it would go down flat and flush again when not using it.
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The way the motherboard mounts, the I/O panel and the GPU ports face straight down, a couple of inches from the floor. So when you plug in a displayport cable to the GPU, it has to have a very tight curve to it, and it'll still put tension on the GPU. I ended up buying this funky right-angle displayport thing to mitigate the issue.
The IO shield pointing down is very annoying because any time you want to plug something into the motherboard, whether it's a USB cable or an ethernet cable, whatever, you have to access the bottom of the case. So it's REALLY annoying in that regard.
But Dommer, you say, "who cares about that, there's front panel IO". And yes, there is front panel IO, right at the bottom of the case. Where it's perfectly placed so that when you tip the case forward to get access to the bottom of the case, you bend the USB sticks or dongles you have plugged into it, destroying them.
The kicker of shit-design is how the power cable is routed. The power supply plug is not exposed to the outside of the case, so you have to run the power cable down this really poorly implemented set of velcro straps down the back of the case. It's ugly and seems a weird afterthought.
Finally, for an ITX case, this thing is really not that small, so what's the point?
All in all, there's a lot of great ITX cases. This aint one of them.