[Mindovermaster]

Thermaltake LANBOX Lite VF6000BNS



Dimensions: 11 x 17.25 x 9



As you can see, it has alot of room in it. This is only with a Intel Atom 330 ITX board, still plenty of space.



Little more crowded, but still has alot of space.




Very easy to take everything out to get at the motherboard, or hard drives.



And a side/back view. I couldn't get the I/O plate to work with it, so i just left it off.

I really like the many thumbscrews on back, makes it easier when you need to get in there. Its confusing at first, but once you take it apart and put it together again, you'll know what is for what.

The slide out Mobo tray is another nice feature. No longer do you cram your hands into the case.

Hardware included in the case:

1 USB connector
1 Firewire connector
1 Audio connector / 1 HD Audio connector
1 Dual 6cm fan in back
1 9cm fan in front

Hardware in review:

Intel D945GCLF2 Atom 330 ITX motherboard
Antec Earthwatts 380W
Super Talent 533mhz 1GB
SYBA RAID Controller PCI
2 x WD 320GB AAKS SATAII

Conclusion:

This thing is fully modular, in that everything can be taken out for easier installation, or changing. It is quite heavy once you get everything in, but i prefer to call it "sturdy". It is very easy to clean as well. It comes with a cleaning cloth. The fans are pretty quiet for the most part. Basically, all I hear is it humming up, but after a few minutes of being on, it quiets nicely. This will go as my file server, and what a nice price and strong build it is.

Score: 9.5/10

It would have been closer to 10/10 if it was easy to set the pieces back in. You rather have to work at it. But that's the only bad thing about it.

If anybody has any questions about it, I am willing to answer.

[r3volution]

Sweet. Nice build!

That memory stick looks huge compared to the motherboard!

[chconline]

Why did you get such a large case for such a small mobo?

Thanks for the writeup btw I was going to get one of these... lol (Needs an mATX)

[shc-boomer]

I need an ITX setup, but I don't have the extra $300ish to shell out. Although Dual Core Atom sounds pretty awesome.

[Mindovermaster]

chconline, on Oct 23 2008, 11:02 PM, said:

Why did you get such a large case for such a small mobo?

Thanks for the writeup btw I was going to get one of these... lol (Needs an mATX)

All the other ITX cases didn't allow my to put in 2 hard drives and an optical. If they did have one that does tht, It'd cost more than this one.

[gummyz]

Not enough (good) mini-itx cases, at least from the known brands. I think Inwin makes one, but all the others are names I've never heard of.

Although the stock fans, I'm sure are decent in noise, I think it would've been better for them to stick 1x120mm instead. That is one of the reasons that sway me from buying these types of cases. I was going to get this or the Silverstone one for my HTPC, but I ended up with an Antec instead.

Thanks for the review on it. How is it in terms of keeping the noise inside (ie does it dampen the CPU fan noise)?

[Mindovermaster]

I hear more noise from the front fan than the cpu fan. It is not noticeably loud once you get a few feet away from it. I can hear it when in bed, but its not so loud that i can't sleep. I guess my hearing loss helps in that.