MGE Viper: Another Xtreme Gamer Creation
by Purav Sanghani on December 18, 2004 5:14 PM EST- Posted in
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Cooling
The Viper has a few different options in cooling when it comes to fan placement. Our unit shipped with two 80mm LED fans. The first fan is an intake at the front of the chasses toward the bottom of the case, which is standard nowadays. We also have the option of replacing the 80mm fan with a larger 120mm fan using the provided screw holes and larger fan grill on the chassis. A larger fan will also help cool the mounted HDDs better than the 80mm fan, which will only cover two of the four possible mounts.
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The second fan included with the Viper is also an intake and is mounted on the left side panel at the bottom left. This is also an 80mm fan and is covered by a standard silver steel grill to protect the blades from any unwanted contact. The fan is placed near the area of the expansion card area possibly to assist in exhausting warm air produced by the video card.
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Two additional 80mm fans can be mounted at the back of the chassis above the expansion slots to increase air flow from front to back. If these fan mounts are utilized, we do recommend upgrading the front intake to a 120mm fan for maximizing the air flow.
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MGE has also included their own Vigor 450W power supply with our test unit, which has one 120mm LED fan at the bottom as well as an 80mm LED fan at the back. The unit is not SATA ready, but MGE has included two MOLEX-to-SATA power adapters. The unit also features a 6-pin motherboard connector aside from the standard 20-pin and 4-pin motherboard power connectors, eight MOLEX plugs, and two 4-pin floppy drive connectors. The MOLEX plugs, called Ohm Legs, also feature an easy-off design that allows us to remove the MOLEX from a device by squeezing the flexible tabs instead of killing ourselves while trying to wiggle the plugs from the device and risking damage to them.
Note: Instead of the 450W Vigor PSU, MGE will bundle with the Viper a standard MGE 500W PSU.
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k2bordr03 - Tuesday, March 1, 2005 - link
i must say that your reasoning for discarding this case as it being ugly is based on personal preferences. if you dont like it soooo much why did you bother looking, bought this case and i love it. get compliments like crazy at lan parties and you dont have to like it, but someone else might. you guys are too critical, you probably all own kias.Hunter Viking - Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - link
I just got mine. I think the case looks cool. All the beige cases or even the new beige,,, black, been looking at them for years. I wanted something a little different then all the same ol same ol. And I am pushing 40 so take that:)Thanks Anandtech for reviewing something a little different. I can't stand having everything look plain all of the time. Case is stong enough for my SLI setup and quiet enough to be ignored when I am across the room. The lighting is not too bright without being obnoxious. I even added a UV light to brighten up the plastic.
The only problem I have, other then the tooless case, is now I have to open the case and clean the dust bunnnies out more often.
And the blue is more subdued then the red.
albinodragon - Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - link
Personally I had just bought the blue version of the MGE Viper case and it hasn't arrived yet, but I am excited to upgrade my old PC using it!Regs - Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - link
I usually don't pay attention to cases such as these. However this one I couldnt help but to laugh at the design. Looks like a power ranger got shrink rapped around the casing.unclebud - Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - link
"Why is it most modder cases look like a 14 year old metal head design them?Diversity should not mean between a cobra and dragon. All these cases look like album covers from the 1980s."
laughing really hard...
Gatak - Monday, December 20, 2004 - link
Zak, these cases do sell. Lots of people like this kind of thing. No need to be rude. Better to write and say you would rather like something like the Hush cases to be reviewed. =)Zak - Monday, December 20, 2004 - link
Why do you people keep reviewing ugly, BUTT UGLY and useless cases??? This is a waste of time and not worth reading. Stick to reviewing the guts: mobos,cards, etc and leave this for someone else. You're obviosuly not getting it right.Zak
bigpow - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
This will match well with a Pontiac Aztec...Woohoo!
crimsonson - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
I have to agree,Why is it most modder cases look like a 14 year old metal head design them?
Diversity should not mean betweena cobra and dragon. All these cases look like album covers from the 1980s.
Gatak - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - link
This is what I want! :) http://www.hushtechnologies.net/start.html