Specification
Product Details
- Brand: Biostar
- Model: H61MGV
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.00" h x
3.00" w x
11.00" l,
Features
- CPU: LGA1155
- Chipset: Intel H61
- Memory: 2x DDR3-1600/1333/1066 DIMM Slots, Dual Channel, Max Capacity?of 16GB
- Slots: 1x PCI-Express 3.0 x16 Slot, 1x PCI-Express 2.0 x1 Slot
- SATA: 4x SATA2 Ports
- LAN:?Realtek RTL8111F 10/100/1000 Gigabit?Ethernet Controller
- Ports: 8x USB 2.0 Ports (4 rear, 4 via headers), 1x PS/2 Keyboad Port, 1x PS/2 Mouse Port, 1x VGA Port, 1x RJ45 LAN Port, Audio I/O Jacks
Product Description
BIOSTAR H61MGV LGA1155/ Intel H61/ DDR3/ A&GbE/ MicroATX Motherboard
Customer Reviews
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Compact but feature-packed microtower case
By Spirit of 76
I used to own the big brother to this case, the Cooler Master HAF 922. And when I say big, I mean BIG. It was a nice case, but absolutely massive, towering like the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. It took up so much room on my desk that I looked for something smaller. I found out about the Elite 361 a couple of months ago and after transferring all of the components, I don't feel I've given up much.The 922 had ten drive bays. But does anyone really need five 5.25" bays anymore? Optical drives are becoming less common, so having more than one is overkill. Maybe one more bay for a fan controller. Other than that, I just couldn't use them all. But I do have five hard drives. The 361 has five 3.5" bays, which holds all my drives just fine without the need for an external USB enclosure, which would also be slower than SATA. One inexpensive improvement I'd like to see is four screw holes punched into the bottom to allow a 2.5" solid state drive to be mounted there. Antec does this on some of their cases.The 361 was evolved from the similarly small 360, which has fewer drive bays. I think this is a far superior design.One thing I'm obsessive about is cooling. The 361 can be one of the best-cooled small cases around, if you add more fans. It comes standard with a 120mm blowhole fan, which should be enough for most people. By my calculations, the 361 has less than 25% of the internal volume of the 922, which means that it can get good internal airflow without needing the large number of huge fans in the 922 case. I added two high airflow Enermax Magma 80mm exhaust fans to the back and a quiet Enermax Marathon 80mm exhaust fan in front of the hard drives to draw air out over the hard drives to cool them. I suspect Cooler Master intended that front position for an intake fan, but I wasn't comfortable with that. The problem is that the front bezel is a bother to remove. You have to take off both side panels before you can undo the clips that hold the bezel on, a design the company seems to prefer. Come on, Cooler Master! Can't you be like other companies where the bezel can be pulled off and snapped back on in seconds without doing anything else to the case? As it is, this bezel design means that if you put a filter in front of the front intake fan, it's a chore to remove the bezel to clean it on a regular basis. That's why I chose exhaust instead of intake - exhaust fans don't need filters. So the only air inlet to the interior is the grille on the side, to which I did add a filter to trap dust and pet hair. Likewise, the power supply's separate air intake on the other side got a Silverstone 140mm magnetic filter.The power supply mounts on the front, with an intake on the side. That allows the power supply to cool itself with room temperature air instead of sucking in air that's been pre-warmed by the other components. Despite the unorthodox mounting position, it's easy to install the power supply and optical drive because the 5.25" bay comes right out by undoing four screws.One thing I don't like is that the front bezel doesn't have any ventilation ports, slots or louvers. There are some gaps on the sides, but I don't think they're all that effective. It seems Cooler Master wanted a simple look to the front of the case, which really doesn't make sense. So the portion in front of the power supply looks like it has two fake, unused 5.25" drive bays. Why? Makes the case look drab to me. I'm seriously considering drilling lots of holes in that part of the bezel so the power supply exhaust can escape more easily. Unfortunately, because of the low price point of this case, Cooler Master only drilled smallish round holes for the exhaust fan openings in the sheet metal. The higher-end HAF cases have larger hexagonal holes that allow much freer air movement with less back pressure. This is disappointing since even the Antec Three Hundred has similar holes, and it's in the same price range as the 361.If you're considering a water cooling system like the Antec Kuhler for your CPU, forget about it with this case. Because of the low height, there isn't enough room to add a radiator in the blowhole spot between the top of the case and the top edge of the motherboard. There's only slightly more room than the 120mm fan needs. You could theoretically mount the radiator and fan on the side grille, but then you'd have to be really careful when removing the side panel to avoid damaging the hoses. I had a hard time finding a good tower-style air cooler for my CPU. The case isn't very wide. I think specifications say the cooler must be less than 122mm tall. That means a 120mm cooler is completely out of the question. Even 92mm coolers are too tall. I finally settled on a SilenX EFZ-80HA3 Effizio 80mm CPU Cooler. Or you could always use a low-profile cooler that blows air down toward the CPU and motherboard, like the stock Intel ones or the Zalman CNPS8900 Extreme, but the Intel ones have barely passable cooling and acoustic performance and the aftermarket ones are fairly expensive and limited in selection.There's not much accommodation for cable management inside, but at least most of the sheet metal edges are rolled, so you're not likely to cut yourself. It's also surprisingly not all that difficult to work inside despite its small size, something the cavernous interior of the 922 had spoiled me for. Still, a power supply with short cables would be a welcome addition. For some reason, Cooler Master includes four 12" SATA cables in the box. Considering the proximity of the SATA ports on most motherboards to the drive bays, 6" cables would have sufficed and would have caused less of a mess in such a small space. And, of course, the case doesn't have USB 3.0 ports on the front panel, understandable in this price range.Overall, the Elite 361 a good, relatively full-featured case, and if Cooler Master addresses its shortcomings with a 362 model next year, I'd be willing to buy the update.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
I am very fond of CoolerMaster cases but...
By Franchere
I was looking for a smallish mATX case that I could still use full height video cards, that was also well ventilated. While this is a nice looking, smallish case, it does have some drawbacks though not deal breakers. 1st, you really have to be careful about your fan selection with this little case. I used a pair of Vantec Stealth 80mm fans in the rear which was pretty quiet and flowed enough air for a modest overclocked 32nm based system with on fan cooled video card... I also used a pair of low rpm Cougar 120mm orange blade fans for the two fan ports, one on top, the other on the side. the 120mm fan ports have hole grid style where the holes are a little two small, thus not allowing the kind of airflow the Cougars are capable of but enough to keep the system at reasonable temps... Still, CoolerMaster could have done better with this one... Even with the conservative fan choice, this system was still a bit loud...BTW, this WAS NOT a full system, just a CoolerMaster case with no PSU...
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Pretty much all you could ask from a mini(micro)-ATX tower
By Jason J Chapman
I've been working on a project for some time, accumulating parts, in preparation for "splitting" my current (and only) desktop. Originally, the desktop was an HPE h8-1010 computer. It only had rooms for (2) HHDs so I went to a Cooler Master CM 690 II Advaned which has room for (7) 3.5" drives!Anyways, now that I'm almost ready to 'split' the machine into an HTPC (home theater personal computer) and a gaming desktop, I needed a smaller case for the HTPC since it doesn't require as many, or as large of, components. I figured an ATX mini(micro)-tower would be perfect for the HP Carmel2 motherboard (mini-ATX form factor), (1) Hard Disk Drive, and (1) blu-ray optical disk drive. I was correct, but I do have a few problems with this case, they are all related to the power supply:1) The PSU (power supply unit) is meant to be located in the front-top section of the case. I found this to be a little unorthodox and, furthermore, a somewhat flawed design.. Typically, PSUs will we located the the rear-bottom part of the case, as most cooling systems will intake air in through the front and/or top and exhaust out the back and/or bottom. This case goes completely against this as the PSU mounting will vent out the front, which is a bit odd.2) Secondly, the PSU mounting screw holes were off. I was only able to get (2) screws threaded into my PSU, without requiring modification of the case. This seems a bit discourteous, when considering that most modern desktop personal computer power supplies conform to the ATX specification.3) Lastly, the way the AC adapter is routed is also a bit flawed. Since the PSU is mounted in the front, and the AC power adapter connects to a plug located on the rear of the case, there is a short cable (or jumper) running from the external female plug on the rear to a male cable end meant to be plugged into the PSU's female AC connector located in the front. In order to mounted and connect the PSU to the rear AC input, the front panel of the case must be removed to assemble to PSU with the case (via (4) screws). The male cable end that will be connected to the PSU is a right-angle cable to allow for proper room for this cable - which will ultimately just kind of sit inside the front panel section. The cable, however, happens to be right in line with the front I/O panel (USB 2.0 ports, front audio connectors). It took a little playing around with, looping the cable different directions, in order to avoid the cable being pinched by the front I/O panel circuit board and attain an adequate bend radius of the cable.For those who don't know what ATX is; it's basically a form factor for both the case and the components it is meant to house. MOST mainstream OEM PC (like the ones you would buy off a shelf at, say, Best Buy; or order online from Dell, HP, etc.) cases will be an ATX mini (also called micro) tower. This means that the motherboard will typically be a mini-ATX form factor (determined by overall dimensions of the board, and mounting screw configuration). ALL size ATX towers (often referred to as a case) require the exact same form factor PSU - including, but not limited to, mini-tower, mid-tower, and full-towers. ATX is the primary form factor for for ALL modern PSUs.Hope this helps some prospective buyers know what they can expect!
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