Microcool banchetto 101 (bench table)

should be out in September...a bit expensive (under 200 euros)

http://translate.google.com/translat...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://www.nokytech.net/images/news/...tto-101-09.jpg

http://www.nokytech.net/images/news/...tto-101-10.jpg

http://www.nokytech.net/images/news/...tto-101-14.jpg

Looks really slick, can't tell how many radiators I could hook up to it though.

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Originally Posted by skinnee

Looks really slick, can't tell how many radiators I could hook up to it though.

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take a look at the source page (link I gave), they show many other views of the table.

really nice but too much

Nice but too expensive-

Dimas solution is cheaper, as is Danger Dens

:shocked::slobber::slobber:

I think I am in love

just found :confused: sounds it was already announced in an Italian forum, and relayed by VRzone earlier this year (March).
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=248165
http://www.hwmania.org/forum/case-e-...microcool.html

A prototype was presented at CEBIt fair this year and I had the chance to touch it. It's really a nice piece of work. Now it is coming the final version, I like very much the removable racks above all for water cooling.
Browsing the Italian web you could find some pics.


http://www.nexthardware.com/image/oo..._m1a57fe70.htm


http://www.nexthardware.com/image/oo...l_1d6cc3f8.htm

OWO!

Great Clean Look!:up:

IMO I prefer http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2...ode=TopTechLRG

Nice but real benchers use cardboard motherboard boxes :p:

Yes but does it have a good airflow?

I see no intake fans!

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Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Nice but real benchers use cardboard motherboard boxes :p:

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:ROTF: reminds me of when i didn't have a case and i took a low profile cardboard box and cut holes for all the ports and stuff and screwed it in all ghetto style. worked well too :)

this would be awesome if it weren't so pricey...

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Originally Posted by Aberration

IMO I prefer http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2...ode=TopTechLRG

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anyone water cooled this w/ PA120.3?

I don't think this is supposed to be a pure "benching" setup. If I remember correctly, Engadgnet featured this as a different kind of case. Rather than having all your shiny components hidden away in a case, it's free for all the world to see, and in an elegant manner. :)

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Originally Posted by WangChung

I don't think this is supposed to be a pure "benching" setup. If I remember correctly, Engadgnet featured this as a different kind of case. Rather than having all your shiny components hidden away in a case, it's free for all the world to see, and in an elegant manner. :)

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agreed, the "table" looks good enough and has enough features to allow a permanent build.

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Originally Posted by WangChung

I don't think this is supposed to be a pure "benching" setup. If I remember correctly, Engadgnet featured this as a different kind of case. Rather than having all your shiny components hidden away in a case, it's free for all the world to see, and in an elegant manner. :)

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+1 I like to be able to see all my sexy expensive hardware. I quite like this case(?), more so than a torture rack or equivalent, i think this one has more class. :yepp:

Sorry 'bout the double post, but check this out: The radiator plate looks to have adjustable fan spacing, maybe it will fit a PA120.3?

yep, could be, adjustable fan spacing would be fantastic...

The Banchetto's water cooler rack is designed also to fit ThermoChill radiators, anyway if you don't use water cooling or use a radiator up to two fans, you could also fix fans directly on the rack.
IMHO Banchetto 101 was born to bea bench table, but it is possible to use it as a regular daily case if you setup all your hw stuffs in a good looking way and I know a lot of friends of mine on this modding way :yepp:

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Nice but real benchers use cardboard motherboard boxes :p:

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+1

this thing costs way to much....

Look at that quality :cool: They have done a really nice work i must say :up:

ah, i still prefer a syrofoam box for the more extreme ln2 +dice setups...

this one is more for show

Just FYI. The upper part, designed for the motherboard, can be removed and used separated from the block.

Order is important and also safeness, in this way u can preserve your component from various kind of accidents that can occurr during a hard benching session.

Plus every single plexy piece is lasercut (no "blade profiles" that can cut fingers or hands during the handling), and it's quite expensive in production... the metal parts are made in anodized aluminium, another expensive material compared to others.

Also the buttons are "special", and the threads are hidden by chromed metal cylinder. More elegant, and plus u cannot touch the cable connection when assembled.

Every parts has been deeply studied to offer the maximum quality and safeness.

this product cannot be cheap, at all...

Looks really nice and all but for that price, screw it. My mobo cardboard box does fine.

Would be nice to see a less gimmicky but still very functional design of same idea.