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The mini-ITX form factor seems to be on something of a roll this year with the motherboard makers focusing on some seriously high-end products, but so far most mini-ITX chassis have been a bit lacklustre, even though there have been one or two decent ones, but usually at a fairly high price. Now it seems like BitFenix has decided it wants a slice of the mini-ITX market as the company has introduced its new Prodigy mini-ITX chassis and it's something quite different from your average mini-ITX box.

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A Chinese case maker by the name of SAMA has emphasised and delivered on value with its newly introduced Nighthawk 2 mid-tower which gives a host of features and aesthetic inclusions mostly only seen in more expensive chassis'.

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With several recently announced monster cases – or Ultra Towers as Cooler Master prefers – such as the Cosmos II, the company was demoing its first high-end mini-ITX chassis at CeBIT last week, the Elite 120. The cube shaped case doesn't really stand out from the crowd in terms of design, in fact it looks a lot like some of Silver Stone's mATX cubes, but Cooler Master has done a pretty decent job on small chassis.

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Once in a while you run into a company you've never heard of that has a product that makes you wonder why no-one thought of it before. AIO is such a company, although speaking to a representative of the company at CeBIT, it turns out their heritage is from a defunct case maker and the product in question is its Myriad chassis.

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Besides an onslaught of new motherboards, the other big thing at CeBIT this year appears to be new chassis. Cooler Master had a few new models on display – of which a few were current models in new colours – but one that caught our eye was the Siliencio 650 which has some rather interesting features of which one is unique to this case as far as we're aware.

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One area where SilverStone has struggled a bit in past is when it comes to cost, as most of its chassis have been quite expensive. As such the company was working on a new series for the Chinese market that the company has now decided to launch globally which will be known as the Red Line series.

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There's no denying that SilverStone comes up with some of the most innovative case designs in the market and the FT03 – also known as the Fortress – is possibly its most unusual case to date. At CeBIT the company was showing off a mini-ITX version of the FT03 simply called the FT03-mini which radically shrinks the chassis.

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One of the most important parameters when choosing the components of a computer system is, without any doubt, the monetary budget. Enthusiasts frequently spend substantial amounts of cash on computer components and thus can afford high-level parts. When assembling a low budget gaming system however any enthusiast knows that cannot afford to spend a third of the entire budget on an expensive chassis, which led several well known companies to release cost-effective enclosures. Today we are going to examine the features and performance of such a product from Spire, the new Sonex 6010 gaming chassis.

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The Ultra Tower; that’s what CoolerMaster classes their latest flagship chassis as. A bold, even smug statement some would believe and we too were filled with doubt; at least until we gazed upon the new Cosmos II. The CoolerMaster Cosmos II is a case of colossal proportions and loaded with features, designed to be an enthusiast’s dream. Want to see what CoolerMaster’s manifestation of a “Dream Case” looks and performs like? Then read on this review.

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With this year marking Cooler Master's 20th year in business, the company is feeling extra generous and has an anniversary gift to share out to the masses, providing you're based in Europe.

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It was not two weeks ago since we studied the P280, a chassis designed to merge high performance with elegance. Today we are going to examine, test and review a case of comparable size and design, which however has been adjusted to cover the needs of an entirely different market group, hardcore gamers and overclocking enthusiasts. This product is no other than the new flagship in Antec’s Gaming series, the Eleven Hundred.

Also, stand a chance to win a brand new Antec Eleven Hundred! (more details at the end of the article)

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BitFenix are renowned for bringing affordable, yet really well featured chassis' into the market and it's always interesting to see what goodies they plan to add next as they continue to expand their range and maintain low pricing.

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Always amongst the first few choices of an enthusiast’s shortlist when style and silence are of primary importance, Antec’s Performance One series has been synonymous with style and silent computing for many years. Antec’s engineers must have been very busy because the new P280 not only claims the ability to offer silent computing and unparalleled quality but outstanding thermal performance as well. Is it actually possible for quiet computing and high thermal performance to be combined, in a steel case no less? We will find out in this review.

Also, stand a chance to win a brand new Antec P280! (more details at the end of the article)

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Having been designing and manufacturing enthusiast-grade PC cases for over a dozen years, nowadays Thermaltake is one of the most experienced companies in the market and also one of the most well known brands among technology enthusiasts. Today we are having a look on a cheaper, less featured  version of the Chaser MK-I full tower case which we reviewed several months ago, the Overseer RX-I, the case which Thermaltake desires to dominate the 110-130$ USD gaming case market with. 

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Among enthusiasts and technology savvies, Gelid is a well known manufacturer of PC component cooling solutions. A few months ago we had a look at the GX-7, the best CPU cooler the company offers at this point of time. We were taken aback when a few weeks ago Gelid announced not a cooling related product but a high performance gaming case which the company baptized “Darkforce”. Being the first case Gelid ever released, this is the company’s stepping stone towards the case market and we are going to thoroughly examine its features and thermal performance in this review.

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