OC3D Review: Spire Pininfarina

[Ham]

I got the opportunity to look over this creation from Spire, designed by a prestigious Italian firm.

See how it faired here

 

[FarFarAway]

I have to admit I really like the sleek looks of this baby. Damn it's nice

Good review Hamster

 

[equk]

nice review

when I first saw the image of the case I thought it looked ugly

I think it's all the curves etc.

But after I read thru the review it began to seem pretty good

I like the way the side opens with the mobo (like the old mac g4's) so you can work on the internal components easier than fiddling inside a case.

Looking at the back of the case, the left sidepanel doesn't seem to fit flush

 

[Ham]

Cheers guys.

This is a funny case, it seems to grow on you the more you look at it.

The pannel fits a bit better than in the pic, but you have to push the side that slighly stiff extra 1/8th of an inch so it clicks in properly. As i was lifting it up by the side handles to rotate it to take the pics i must have not pushed it back, oops...

 

[chudley]

I do like the butterfly effect, but am not too keen on the whole case design itself (as in shape ) reminds me of some film thing but the stela is stopping me from naming it atm.

Would not of thought that a bigger fan would cause more noise -what happened there?

 

[NickS]

Not a bad review matey

That case looks very sweet on the outside, and the way the side panels are is cool. I wouldn't mind it.

With two Arctic Cooling 80mm's, a silent PSU, yate loon 140mm up front, the case would be very quiet.

Pair that with a mobo that has passive heatpipe cooling, a heatsink like the Thermalright Ultra-120 and a GPU sink that's passive or quiet, you'd have yourself an inaudible rig

 

[Allsorts]

Good review Hammy! I particularly liked the abundance of nice pictures . I have to say that case looks so easy to work with, especially having the mobo and expansion card areas integrated into the side panel (although it only folds out, not detatches?).

 

[jiffz]

Nice in depth review matey! I love the ghetto photoshoot: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews....e=3&desc=spire_pininfarina_mid-tower_atx_case

You are the king of ghettoness

 

[FarFarAway]

Infairness it's bloody hard shooting a case so his solution was a good idea imo

 

[FragTek]

Great review, and a nice looking case too! However it is a bit disheartening to see such a nice externally appealing case have the same run of the mill cheep arse Chinese stamped steel internals that you find in a $10 case.

 

[PV5150]

Excellent effort Ham and a great review to boot. The case looks extremely slick...keep up the great work

 

[borschtBomber[SS]]

Nice review. This case is a mix for me...I really like the external look, but the inside leaves a lot to be desired for me. You pretty much hit on all the points that bugged me, good job

 

[jiffz]

Infairness it's bloody hard shooting a case so his solution was a good idea imo

I wasn't trying to be harsh! I know that to take a pic of a big case, you need a bloody big background! I just love Ham for being the king of ghetto

 

[Raz0r3d]

hehe, gotta the same mobo, but, the CABLES! pls put them a bit better...

The case is very nice, but, before i'm buying it i want to know how good u can place the cables

if i had a better cam, or bring my webcam to work under linux, then i could bring you pics of my well-cabeled inside.... (missing an english-german translation prog for linux...)

 

[Ham]

The cable tidying options weren't fantastic tbh. With a bit of modding it could be improved, but that is the same with most cases.

I didn't really bother tidying the cables much as that setup was only in there for about 1 and 1/2 weeks.

Nice choice of motherboard btw. Mild overclockable, one of the best feature sets ive seen and less than 1/2 the price of a lot of conroe 775 boards!

 

[Toxcity]

Nice case.. and Nice review Ham..

But it looks a bit tight for my likeing..