It took YEARS but I finally found one.... Thermaltake baby heh!!!

[slaveofconvention]

For the longest time (well since release really) I wanted a Thermaltake Mozart TX case...


http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2007/03/09/four_unique_atx_cases_compared/mozart_tx-1.jpg

At release it was out of my budget, and they seemed to quickly get discontinued - the few I've seen on fleabay have been scary money but....

Persistence is a virtue (allegedly heh)....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thermaltake-Mozart-TX-setup-plus-extras-/270835491412?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item3f0f0da254

For those who can't see the page (idn if it having ended makes a difference), the auction was for...

Thermaltake Mozart TX media case
ITX Intel Atom 1.2ghz dual core mobo, 1gb 667mhz ddr2
Thermaltake ITX PSU
Multiple quiet 12cm fans
Tuniq tower, arctic pro 7
8gb various DDR2 1066mhz RAM
Various cables, screws, fans, HHDs etc
22 inch monitor

I put the first and only bid of £100 on the item, and won it - I already have the monitor sold for £40/£50 so I'm only about £50 out of pocket for a case I always wanted and a full Atom based mini-ITX setup... (For those of you on the other side of the pond, that's about $160 total, $80 final cost to me)

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Ok, add about £20 for diesel to go collect the thing heh

[Cale_Hagan]

Congratz! :D i saw that, that is awesome! :banana:

[SXRguyinMA]

nice!

[TheGreatSatan]

I would mod the hell outta that!

[Technochicken]

Great find! But why on earth would the previous owner put a mini-ITX system in such a massive case?

[crenn]

Great find! But why on earth would the previous owner put a mini-ITX system in such a massive case?

File server ;D

[slaveofconvention]

It's a dual system case - you can put a full size PC in there AS WELL AS a mini-itx system :)

[Fuganater]

I hope an epic mod comes with this case.

[slaveofconvention]

I'm thinking two things initially - one, I finally have a case big enough to be a temporary home for my server, so I might be able to do something with my LianLi 343b cube case, or ya know, the Thermaltake DOES look kinda TARDIS shaped.....

[Fuganater]

Oh and I expect this to be WC'd :P

[slaveofconvention]

Almost zero chance of that

[Fuganater]

booooo! it would look so epic!

[Twigsoffury]

hey now air cooling can be cool to.


especially when you start throwing custom ducting around into the chassis.

but man i remember those, thems some sweet chassisisisisisiis. : )

[slaveofconvention]

I think watercooling is fast becoming less and less beneficial - there are Air coolers out there now which can do an awesome job without being stupidly noisy. I always considered watercooling a way to keep overclocked systems cool without excessive noise, and you can now do exactly that, with air cooling, for a fraction of the cost of watercooling.

In smaller systems, where space is at a premium I can maybe, just, justify the cost of watercooling, but in this chassis - I can't see any benefit other than to the people who charge interest on my credit cards :P

[Snowman]

The only thing I want to water cool anymore is my 360 and my itx board... other than that It's just more **** to try and manage.

Also dr who mod for the win.

[slaveofconvention]

Hmm, now I need to source one of those cool 7" retractable screens Thermaltake brought out for this case - ideally for a similarly bargainous price lol

[dr.walrus]

Is the ITX system going spare?

[slaveofconvention]

Not at the moment - it's a possibility though, depending on the outcome of some thinking I have to do :S