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ATHENATECH A605 MID ATX COMPUTER CASE REVIEW

 
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:10 am    Post subject: ATHENATECH A605 MID ATX COMPUTER CASE REVIEW Reply with quote

Please leave your questions here.

Review can be found here:

http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/ath605/

Pricing on this attractive, yet inexpensive case can be found here:

http://tweaknews.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=4849569

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

what??? No graphs??????

Good review. Its nice to see a moderately priced case/PSU combo that performs reasonably and doesn't look like a character from a japanese anime cartoon.

......now that that's out of the way, are you planning on doing any mod's aside from better fans?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mojo wrote the review, I will send him over to comment today sometime.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice review Mojo, keep up the good work
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

^^ What he said^^

Although, a few pictures of how the case was packaged would be nice
having the option to install a variety of fan sizes is a nice feature.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sally wrote:
what??? No graphs??????

Good review. Its nice to see a moderately priced case/PSU combo that performs reasonably and doesn't look like a character from a japanese anime cartoon.

......now that that's out of the way, are you planning on doing any mod's aside from better fans?


I may stealth the optical drive, but other than that, the case looks and works great. With the addition of the front fan, cooling really improved.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ham_fisT wrote:
^^ What he said^^

Although, a few pictures of how the case was packaged would be nice
having the option to install a variety of fan sizes is a nice feature.


Hey, I don't get much mail and was overcome with excitement. Before I knew what was happening all that was left were scattered remnants of packaging materials. Next time I'll try to curb my enthusiasm till I get some shots.

Thanks for the comment, Ham.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:06 pm    Post subject: Power Q PSU Reply with quote

mojo,
Good review. I also like the Athenatech A100, A747 and A800 series of cases - I have an A100-SC here.. I have sent this direct to the reviewer via email as well.
FYI: The Power Q line of PSUs is a Fortron budget line. I have heard nothing bad about them and I frequent many techie forums.
.bh.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ham_fisT wrote:
^^ What he said^^

Although, a few pictures of how the case was packaged would be nice
having the option to install a variety of fan sizes is a nice feature.


We only mention packaging when it is substandard.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Power Q PSU Reply with quote

zepper wrote:
mojo,
Good review. I also like the Athenatech A100, A747 and A800 series of cases - I have an A100-SC here.. I have sent this direct to the reviewer via email as well.
FYI: The Power Q line of PSUs is a Fortron budget line. I have heard nothing bad about them and I frequent many techie forums.
.bh.



Thanks for the info, I'll evaluate it for future reference.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Power Q PSU Reply with quote

zepper wrote:
mojo,
Good review. I also like the Athenatech A100, A747 and A800 series of cases - I have an A100-SC here.. I have sent this direct to the reviewer via email as well.
FYI: The Power Q line of PSUs is a Fortron budget line. I have heard nothing bad about them and I frequent many techie forums.
.bh.



Power Q is made by Sparkle.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I just found that out. Around $30 usd. May be a bit better than I thought.
Time will tell.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fortron, Sparkle are pretty much the same... Fortron calls their version the Hi Q, Sparkle calls theirs Power Q - same model numbers ATX-??0G? just as in the top line FSP series.
.bh.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

zepper wrote:
Fortron, Sparkle are pretty much the same... Fortron calls their version the Hi Q, Sparkle calls theirs Power Q - same model numbers ATX-??0G? just as in the top line FSP series.
.bh.


Ummmmm...........OK. So what is your point? No matter who makes the power supply or what you personally think about the quality, I'll stand by what I said in the review.

As I said above, thanks for the info, even if it was incorrect. I evaluated it and now know more than I did. I don't see how it changes things much, however.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 12:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great review all in all. Good job!
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yea, I have to say it is a very good review.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 2:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

^ agreed, you really are gettin this review thing down Mojo, good job
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, fellas. I'm enjoying myself.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

it shows
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[TN] Nathan wrote:
Yea, I have to say it is a very good review.


Nathan will be looking for a job soon Could he stoop as low as news posting is the question
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seeing the name of this site is TweakNEWS, news is just as important as the reviews in my mind.

Everything is equal, without any part the site will be weakened.
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[TN] Nathan wrote:
Seeing the name of this site is TweakNEWS, news is just as important as the reviews in my mind.

Everything is equal, without any part the site will be weakened.


hehe, i know that nathan....just thought it was something amusing to post seeing as its my job

You could rename to www.tweaknstuff.net
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