Value Case Roundup: A Look at the Affordable
by Purav Sanghani on February 1, 2005 12:35 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Foxconn CasEdge TK-09 (cont'd)
So far, we have seen four cases with only a few slightly varying features, but a great deal of difference in construction and cooling. Let's see how the TK-09 compares to the first 3 cases.
Construction
Like the 3131G, the TK-09 is made of the cheaper, thinner steel that can be easily bent out of shape. The panels are especially prone to bending if they are not taken care of. Though this is something to look out for, we did not run into any problems with the TK-09.
We did, however, cut ourselves when feeling around the TK-09. There are a horde of sharp edges that need attention and users should be very careful when handling hardware inside this case.
Cooling
Foxconn's TK-09 comes with a single 80mm fan mounted at the back of the case. We haven't seen a case thus far that comes with more than two fans installed, but the options are there nonetheless.
The TK-09 has room for two more 80mm fans in front of the drive bays. They can be mounted side by side, like those in the 8654BL, as intakes. Again, we thought mounting them vertically would be better for airflow around all of the hard drive bays.
The TK-09 also includes a Max Power 300W power supply, which increases the value of this package.
Installation
The only issue that we ran into during installation was with the sharp edges in the case. It is during this phase of our testing where we encountered most of the dangerous edges.
Besides that, all of our components installed without a hitch. Installation of the drives proved to be much easier and less time consuming due to the single-sided mounting design and we completed the system within 10 minutes.
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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