TTGI / Super Flower SF-461T1-S Case

Company: TTGI
Product: SF-461T1-S Case
Street Price: $???
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2003
Reviewed By: Joey C. aka Chong345
Rating: (8.5/10)

Interior:

The interior of the case is nice. All the edges in the case are rounded. There are no sharp edges that can cut the user. There are four 5 ¼ inch bays, two 3 ½ inch bays, and five hidden 3 ½ inch bays. This should be enough drive bays for the user who has tons of drives like DVD-ROM, CD-RW, Floppy, ZIP, Hard drive, etc. Another thing to note about the hidden drive bays is that it is removable and slides away from the case. Three thumbscrews hold the cage in place. This is a very nice feature because the user can remove the hard drives without removing all the rest of the components in the case. People who change out drives all the time or work inside the case frequently will like this feature. All the drives are mounted in the case with just using screws. There are no quick remove drives that use the sliding brackets. It is nice to have the option to slide the drives out but it takes maybe a whole 30 seconds to mount a drive so this is not a big issue.

The case comes equipped with a TTGI 350W power supply. This is enough to power the average system but for some people this will not be enough. Many high-end electronics consume a lot of power. The more hardcore users might want to upgrade the power supply to a 400W or more. Even still, it is a TTGI power supply and is nice in quality. The power supply has two fans. One blows air out of the back of the case. The other fan draws air above the CPU into the power supply. This is recommended in AMD's cooling specifications.

Other things inside of the case to note are all the connections for the front panel USB, Audio, and Firewire. All the wiring necessary is provided. There is even a PCI slot cover with a hole cut through it so that the audio cables can run out the back of the case to connect to the sound card. In addition, the standard cables for the speaker, power, and LEDs are provided. All the cables in the cases are nice and clean. The cables for the speaker, power, reset, and LEDs are all joined in one cable and at the very end split off. This helps to maintain the cables so that they do not just become a mess and makes the case look tidier.