I have after much research on the web, what i believe is an alienware area-51 alx Case. While I'm pretty sure that this case can hold an atx motherboard I'm not 100% sure. Can anyone confirm this for me?
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 10:44 AM
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alienware
http://www.ebay.ca/i...1#ht_1048wt_932
Motherboard I have in it: http://techreport.co...8xe-motherboard
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 10:47 AM
According to the Dell website, the case does support standard ATX motherboards: http://www.dell.com/...econdaryContent
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 10:48 AM
I understand that if I have this motherboard in it it must be able to hold an atx form factor MB, but I have a person challenging my statement and saying that it's a proprietary micro atx form factor
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 10:48 AM
I understand that if I have this motherboard in it it must be able to hold an atx form factor MB, but I have a person challenging my statement and saying that it's a proprietary micro atx form factor
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 10:48 AM
Awesome, Thank you very much Euro
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 10:49 AM
ah wait, I spoke too soon, this isn't the same case
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 10:56 AM
Also note that it may hold an ATX sized board but it probably has a small amount of room inside of it despite its appearance.
It will most likely be just a normal mid-tower stamped steel case, with Alienwares 'pretty' plastic outer shell.
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 11:01 AM
I would also note that some of the grill appears to be missing on the bottom left corner, and it looks like it's been knocked around a bit.
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 11:14 AM
I would also note that some of the grill appears to be missing on the bottom left corner, and it looks like it's been knocked around a bit.
Agreed...it looks pretty rough.
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 11:31 AM
If your buying this case because you like the looks I would pass on this and buy another Alien case that has all of the pieces. This offering looks like something I would put on the curb on Thursday morning.
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 10:27 PM
There are far better cases out there. Unless you really want to sacrifice expandability, cooling capacity and quality construction for looks, I'd look at a true gamers case like a CM Storm, Corsair 600T or 800D or one of Lian Li's fine offerings.
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