Streacom DA2
Mini-ITX
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16 reviews
unacceptable quality for the price
actually a great case. But: Danger to life!!!
I have two of these things. The processing quality is top. However, there is one big drawback, so only one star:
The power supply is not directly connected to the outside but via "extension cable" in the housing. so you can no longer simply press the power switch to make the pc powerless. This is not a problem, you can simply pull the cable.
BUT:
The extension cable inside is a special cable. you can't find it easily to replace.
The quality is lousy. it is the same soft material as the apple charging cables (who knows the problem with the torn cables).
And that's exactly what happened to one of the cases. The cable has simply disintegrated in a bend in the cable management. This has never happened to me in my 12 years of professional experience. Not so cool with a cable that leads directly into the socket. Danger to life leads directly to a star. no matter how beautiful or great the product is. Really saved at the wrong end. too bad.Pro
- interesting design
- made of metal
- in itself high quality of workmanship
Contra
- caution: DANGER OF LIFE!
This review was created for a different variant: DA2 (Mini-ITX)
Premium price but completely useless
Almost every screw hole in this case is 1mm away from where it should be. I had to put a lot of effort and force to fasten the motherboard. Even the PSU bracket is not standard (this is very basic! how can a manufacturer get this wrong?), I fastened two of the PSU screws with no problem, while the other two screws were a pain!
Worse of all, the GPU slot at the back of the chassis is not standard at all. I have an Asus 2060 super card); after installing it, I realized the aluminum back of the case is too thick (and again 1mm or 2mm away from where it should be). That essentially means I cannot plug any DP cable into my graphics card and only very slim HDMI cables are usable (the image below are magnifying the space between the ports and aluminum surface. Honestly, the only cable that fits inside is LINDY's cromo slim series)Pro
- Good looks
Contra
- Poor manufacturing
- Unstandardized components
This review was created for a different variant: DA2 (Mini-ITX)
Pretty
Pro
- Very nice design
Contra
- For the price not processed in adequate quality
This review was created for a different variant: DA2 (Mini-ITX)
The cable inside has snapped!
the cable inside for the power supply unit that comes with the housing has been torn off
Contra
- danger to life
More performance in a smaller space is almost impossible
This case made it possible for me to assemble a powerful computer, which is almost inaudibly quiet, in the smallest of spaces and without any swearing ;-)
Pro
- Workmanship
- Flexibility
- Material
- Documentation
- Dimensions
This review was created for a different variant: DA2 (Mini-ITX)
A beautiful mini-itx enclosure. Decent performance.
The aesthetics of DA is its strong point. I got the black version, but silver is more attractive. The idea of using brackets seems very novel and flexible at first, but once you start using you realize how much space this case is wasting that could be used for more fans, better airflow, etc. It supports up to a 50 mm 2.5 slot gpu which I tested but the dust filters are not perforated enough to allow good airflow, and my gpu temps shot up to 80 degrees at stock settings. (70 degrees in NCase M1) I didn't have a 280mm AIO but overclocking potential with such a radiator and without the dust filters is quite high.
Pro
- beautiful
- novel bracket mouinting
- relatively easy to build in
Contra
- inefficient dust filters
- too much space wasted for SFFPC application
- limited front IO
6 out of 16 reviews
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