Value Case Roundup: A Look at the Affordable
by Purav Sanghani on February 1, 2005 12:35 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Codegen 6209 (cont'd)
Construction
The 6209 is made of 0.7mm steel, which makes it strong enough to withstand a lot more stress than the steel in the 3131G and it will definitely not bend because of power supplies or any other hardware.
The thicker steel also reduces sharp edges. We could not find any when we felt around the case, which is excellent.
Cooling
The 6209 comes with a single 80mm fan mounted at the back of the case and has room for one more at the front as an intake.
If you look on the left side panel, you will notice that Codegen has also implemented an air duct for the CPU, which will guide cool, outside air directly to the CPU.
There is also an optional PCI-E vent towards the middle of that same panel to help alleviate heat produced by a PCI-E graphics card.
Installation
Installation went as smooth as possible and took about 10 minutes to install all of our components. The tool-less expansion slots were also an unexpected feature and further reduced the time for installing add-in cards.
We wondered how much more it would cost to add such things as tool-less stand-offs to secure the motherboard without a screw driver, or even drive rails to the drive bays. Maybe we can see this in the future of value-priced cases?
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semo - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
what is up with anadtech and cases...it is either ugly and flashy and expensive or ugly and flashy and expensive and cheap looking or just plain cheap.
and like arfan said... where do you buy these things? here in the uk there are cheap cases, but almost non of the reviewed
suggestions for next case reviews:
cooler master cm stacker
antec P160
i know we all know these are gd cases but its a start imo
ocyl - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
Agreed with Jynx980 here. I am getting tired of all those flashy cases in the market nowadays.Jynx980 - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
Guess I'll be the first one to say somthing positive about this article. It a good roundup for entry level cases. Nice to know what ranks high up when your building something for a friend or family member who really doesnt need a $50-$75 case.kcma - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
OFMG!!!so much ugliness in 1 article!!!
agreed with #4, please do yourself a favor... save some money and stay away from this ugliness by buying a Dell.
aeternitas - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
I'm sorry, but if you are gonna go with something as cheap as these cases, I doubt youll be putting a whole lot of quality inside, thus I reccomend those people to just get a dell.nourdmrolNMT1 - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
this article likes to keep disappearing on me.intriging.
MIKE
arfan - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
there is bad link when i clik to Benchmark-Sound. Please fix it, thxarfan - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
No one in list is available in my country :( We usully buy case only with U$$ 25-40