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Old October 15, 2007, 09:33 PM
PowerHungry PowerHungry is offline
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As I own the Hiper Anubis, I agree with most of the review, but must add a few points.

First of all, it is possible to remove any/all of the top mounted ports wiring, but it's a little tricky, you have to remove the 3.5" bay device and at least the next 5.25" bay cover. You can now get at the wiring, each device, be it the USB ports or the audio ports is attached to the top by a connector, so if you are like me and don't have any use for the audio connections, just gently pull them out from the top and all three audio lines have been removed.

Second, the reviewer should have mounted a fan on the hard drive cage (which is one of the best I've ever worked with), because the fan does not fit flush with the front bezel but expose's the entire fan housing. With the door closed, no big deal, but with the door opened it looks like the fan was added as an after thought.

Third, if you have a video card or or other expansion device that requires two slots, then you have to remove one screw besides the break away slot covers. Because there is almost no room for someone with chubby fingers, it is a real chore to replace the removed screw.

One last point, the hard drive cage slides into the case on two rails (at least on my Anubis), thus it can only be used in the bottom three bays, preventing anyone from changing the hard drive bay location.

I emailed Hiper Group with my findings and was told by them that a revision would take care of most of the problems. In the meantime I paid $229.00 US plus shipping for this case and for that I expected much more than I received.

While I like allot about the case, if I had it to do over, I'd wait for the revision to hit the market.

Last edited by PowerHungry; October 16, 2007 at 06:34 AM.
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