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I have one of these, and while for the most part I agree with you here a few of my opinions to add
1) the way the top or the case "slides" on the the motherboard tray is TERRIBLE, its very easy to dislodge cables, jumpers etc, screws would have been nice imo. Very dangerous way the two pieces attach, you almost have to HOPE you aren't pulling anything once you slide the top on
2) the fans are terribly loud imo, not a great choice for SQ sytems, im searching for replacements at the moment, if this unit is inside your car, they will be heard
3) the fact that it doesn't fit the opus psu cards is very limiting imo. the max powerful MATX is 160W
4) I was able to fabricate a external 12V/110V converter to run on my test bench, but WHY is there no onboard reset or power button, this is ridiculous lol
5) air flow is very limited, so make sure you have it in a ventilated area
6) it VERY heavy, and there is no way to outout an external sata cable or audio cable
for example you have two sata cables on most boards. most will use a slim optical drive which is ata
(rolled ata cable come in handly thats for sure, but id recomemend a SINGLE ata--as the second ide cable will only get in the way of closing the case)
then you have two sata cables, most will have either and external sata hard drive, or maybe even a second dash mounted dvd drive. there is no place to outlet the sata cable or molex cable.
also you can fit a slim sound card, but the same problem arises, where do you release the 1/8 mini to rca cables to?
basically you have to drill your own holes through the motherboard i/o plate
I havent tried a pci riser yet, since it looks so tight inside
and fyi there is no way this can fit behind your dash, the heatsink its too large
ill be back in a few days with more updates
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