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Date 2008-09-05
Provider: Nexustek
Author: Ville Ilonen
Editor: Amber Lupala
Nexus Clodius Case Review
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There is also another door in the front side of the case. There you can find the dust filter. Filter is washable, so it is very easy to keep clean. We found that if the case was lying on the floor, you did not have to “kick” the case hard in order to get the filter door to malfunction. It will not affect the filters working performance, but it will make you a bit angry when opening the door. So do NOT kick the frontal of the case if the case is on the ground.
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Back side of the case is quite traditional one. A place for PSU and some shields for extension slots. However, knowing Nexus's reputation as a silent computing parts maker it makes me wonder, why they did not put removable finger shield in 120mm fan? In some situations, removing the fan grill will make the fan go even more silent.
Looking inside the case tells nothing new. There's nothing you haven't seen before in other cases. Clean and simple. But where have all the removable motherboard trays gone, I haven't seen one in ages in new cases. Hopefully Nexus will put that in some of their new models. It really makes the installation easier. As I mentioned earlier, there is a mesh also in the floor of the case.
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As mentioned in previous paragraph, there is a fan in back of the case. Fan is made by Nexus and runs about 1000rpm in minimum voltage and 1700rpm in high voltage. There is place for 7 HDDs in front of the case.
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What comes to bundled stuff with the case, do not get surprised. There is nothing more than PC-speaker, manual and a bag of screws.
Finally we were in the point, where we could put everything inside the case. In the picture, there is Asus M3A motherboard with Phenom 9500 cpu, Antec 500W PSU, sound card, Ati Radeon HD3850 and two hard disk drives. Everything fit in smoothly and there is quite a lot space for more stuff. However, please notice, that spacing between radeons power supply connector and the hard disk drive is not very large, and can cause problems with even larger graphic cards than my HD3850.
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Conclusion:
The Nexus Clodius case follows the succee of its predecessors. However there were some cons with the case, you can't expect more from the case priced reasonably at 50euros. If you add some foam in this case, it will get even more silent. Overall, I'd recommend buying this case if it suits your eye. There are definitely better cases for silent system, but on the other hand, 50euro isnt much from a high quality case with 2 extra silent fans.
Pros:
+ Looks great
+ Silent
+ Doors in front panel
Cons:
- Bit narrow interior
- Interior is not tool less
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