Wednesday, September 12, 2012

PC CASE: XClio Touch 787 PC Case-2012-09-13

XClio Touch 787 PC Case
The touch series cases have now not only added simplicity with the touch controls for the power of the PC, the LED lighting, power of the fans, three various speeds, silencing the beep, and even locking the control panel are all just as easy as a soft touch for a second on the appropriate button. At first, what I thought was just going to be a larger rendition of the 320 we just looked at, I am pleasantly surprised to see that the ideas and implementation of those ideas are still coming from Xclio as they keep pace with other solutions, just in a different manner. Most cases in this price range offer some sort of removable hard drive racks, and Xclio does too. When the drive racks are in place, even then the orientation of the drives is just so natural to allow airflow and ease of access to then drives with just the release of a clip.



 


 


 

PC CASE: XClio A380BK PC Case-2012-09-13

XClio A380BK PC Case
Pros: -HUGE
-big fans
-blue LEDs
-front bezel
-almost tool-less everything (5.25s, 3.5s, floppy, expansion ports)
-bottom case supports
-fan speed adjusters for both 25cms
-came w/ plenty of screws
-came with cable management stuff
-$70


Cons: -none yet



Other Thoughts: highly suggest this case, if you have enough room for it.


 

XClio TR2535USB (SAS/SATA HDD Mobile Rack with USB3.0 Hub )-2012-09-13

 Solid construction, drives snap in place perfectly, supports SATA 3, Has shock mounts on rails. Open construction keeps drives cool.


 


XClio TR2535USB (SAS/SATA HDD Mobile Rack with USB3.0 Hub )-2012-09-13

Stylish and well constructed. Mounting allows 4 normal length screws per side. Top slot is lockable. Only requires 1 SATA power connection. SATA III and USB 3.0.


XClio TR1135BOX (SAS/SATA HDD Mobile Rack Enclosure )-2012-09-13

 Well built, Light weight, easy to install, compatible with both SATA1.0 and SATA2.0. Drive fits in perfectly. Great looks, solid construction, and good cooling.


 


XClio TR1135BOX (SAS/SATA HDD Mobile Rack Enclosure )-2012-09-13

I tried Dual Booting and didn"t really like how things were going with it. I  now have two of these and will purchase two more here shortly. NO More problems with my system. I put my Vista Drives in and I have a Vista System. I change them out and have an XP system! TWO Machines for little cash invested! PLUS I like to try out new things like Linux and I will be taking some Server courses. Way trash your everyday system or bring it down even for a few hours by mistake when you can pull out your Everyday system and Put in another drive tinker with it and then swap it again whenever you want!


XClio IPC BP2335 (SAS/SATA HDD Backplane Module )-2012-09-13

 Solid construction- very sturdy. Sliding vent covers on drive trays to block airflow in empty trays. Easy to swap the cooling fan.


XClio IPC BP2335 (SAS/SATA HDD Backplane Module )-2012-09-13

Very well built. No problems with installation.Packaged well.Data Transfer Rate up to 6.0 Gb/s.  Solid construction, good cooling, nice solid trays & handles.


XClio IPC BP1425 (SAS/SATA HDD Backplane Module )-2012-09-12

 


Great construction, easy to access drives, will be great when I migrate to ssd drives. Good design and construction. Everything comes apart with screws for customization. Plenty of airflow around HDDs.

XClio IPC BP1425 (SAS/SATA HDD Backplane Module )-2012-09-12

 


Holds four 2.5 drives, perfect for a RAID10 /. Looks like you can do the multi-path SAS on this, though I don"t use this technology in my workstation. The sleds for the drives are pretty nice construction. Aesthetically this thing is sharp looking. I haven"t really seen any other available 4 bay 5.25 inch containers that appear to be as good construction as this, so it"s kind of a no-brainer if you"re on the market for one.


XClio TR1135BOX (SAS/SATA HDD Mobile Rack Enclosure )-2012-09-12

Works, looks nice. Very convenient way to swap drives. Sata 3, disk activity lights function, tray less. Seem pretty reliable. These are really easy to set up.. I like them generally.


XClio TR1135BOX (SAS/SATA HDD Mobile Rack Enclosure )-2012-09-12

 The two major advantages are one these are inexpensive and two they accept standard SATA drives without any type of drive caddy. This later advantage is huge if you want to use this bay to frequently recover data off of various disks or just don"t want the hassle on an occasional disk exchange. Drive activity lights are nice and work well.


XClio TR1135BOX (SAS/SATA HDD Mobile Rack Enclosure )-2012-09-12

Works, looks nice. Very convenient way to swap drives. Sata 3, disk activity lights function, tray less. Seem pretty reliable. These are really easy to set up.. I like them generally.


PC CASE: XClio 320 PC Case-2012-09-12

XClio 320 PC Case
Pro Class Mid Tower Case Chassis
Unique & Flexible Design
Elegent Frontpanel Brushed Aluminum Bezel
Tool-less Clips & Thumbscrews
Support Bottom Mount PSU
Support Water Cooling
Support Long Graphic Card Up to 340mm




 

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Power Supply: Stablepower Gold 1000w-2012-09-12


XClio STABLEPOWER GOLD 1000W is one of the best for quality SLI/Crossfire builds. Clean look, quiet fan, modular (a must for DYI builds), sleeving is high quality and very versatile and single rail is fantastic. It fired right up on a new I-7 build the 100% modular makes a big difference in a smaller case when installing. The noise level is incredibly low. I cannot hear it over the sound of my case. Modular cables look good in their ribbon-like arrangement, great for cable management when squeezing them through tight spaces.  Power cables are just long enough to wire things. Enough molex connectors to power a few fan controllers and such (H100 needs a molex).


PC CASE: XClio 320 PC Case-2012-09-12

XClio 320 PC Case
Pro Class Mid Tower Case Chassis
Unique & Flexible Design
Elegent Frontpanel Brushed Aluminum Bezel
Tool-less Clips & Thumbscrews
Support Bottom Mount PSU
Support Water Cooling
Support Long Graphic Card Up to 340mm




 

PC CASE: XClio A380BK PC Case-2012-09-12

Pros: I"ve had this case for about 6-7 months now and I couldn"t be happier with it. Massive, whisper quiet fans keep this huge case very cool. If not for my CPU fan, I would barely hear anything at all. The rail system makes it easy to add or remove drives. Just snap the rails to the side of the HD or disk drive and it slides right in. 7 expansion slots on the back panel give you plenty of room for your graphics cards and more.


Other Thoughts: Make sure your cables are long enough. It can be quite a stretch to go from the top 5.25" bay to the connectors on your motherboard depending on where they are on the board.



 

PC CASE: XClio Windtunnel Advanced PC Case-2012-09-12

Pros: HUGE! You can fit anything you want in this baby and it will still have plenty of room. Sleek design and the cooling is beyond superb. One of the best cases you can get!


Cons: None so far!


Other Thoughts: Only reason to not get this case would be because its big, but then again thats the whole point.



 

Power Supply XClio Goodpower 750W-2012-09-12

 XClio Goodpower 750W is something special. 80Plus Bronze. It is deathly quiet, so much so that I was worried it wasnt working when I first plugged it in to test it.  Quality is what I pay for when I buy components. Functionality and aesthetics are a close second. This power supply encompasses all of those with the power I needed. It"s sturdy, sexy and silent.  I would reccomend this to any one looking for a great power supply.


XClio 256 Color Fan-2012-09-12


Pros: Really nice concept, it delivers a lot of air without any noise. I used a dremel to


cut a circle on the plexiglass side of an old case so cool down by wife"s pc which was


running a 65°C. After installing this and set it to blow down the GPU and motherboard,


temps are not 35°C.


Other Thoughts: To get the color you want, you have to wait until it cycles throught he


different colors (it takes around 15 secodns to go through all of them). Once the leds


change to the color you want, hit the button to make the cycle stop.


Power Supply: XCLIO GREATPOWER 1200W-2012-09-12

Pros: XCLIO GREATPOWER 1200W  has very good quality modular cabling, has very stable voltages, and the fan is very quiet. I have ho zero problems with it in the 2 Months I have been using it with 3 HD"s, one optical drive, 9800 gx2, e8400(overclocked to 4.1 Ghz), 4 Gigs of ram, and 4 large case fans. I love the modular design which is color coded so that you always use the correct rails for stability of output.Other Thoughts: There are more attractive looking power supplies out there but I can"t see any reason not to enjoy the quality and ease of use that I am experiencing with this product. I plan on adding another 9800 gx2 for quad SLI which will easily be handled by this power supply with power to spare!


XClio IPC BP1425 (SAS/SATA HDD Backplane Module )-2012-09-12

Solid construction. The best feeling and looking SSD cage I have bought to date. Good use of a 5-1/4" slot. Trays slide well. Solid drive caddies, easy installation, well built product. We switched over to using these in our arrays after trying one, as the drive insertion and removal works correctly.


PC CASE: XClio Windtunnel Advanced PC Case-2012-09-12

 


Pros: Can fit anything, fans are extremely quiet for their size, beautiful case, temperature control accurate. Control panel on top is nice, no detrimental sharp edges, comes with Xcilo carrying pouch. Overall a nice case for a gamer who wants to sleep at night without a million LED"s beaming into their faces.


Cons: So far no Con"s


Other Thoughts: Comes with 1 year Xclio warrenty and from what I see they have their stuff together; a good company with nice, swanky computer cases



 

PC CASE: XClio Windtunnel PC Case-2012-09-12

Pros: big really big my 5870 fits in and it still has space. fans are nice quite but move a good amount of air. they look good. i have had alot of good comments on a 3 of my cases all made by xclio.


Cons: no yet


Other Thoughts: the metal i thick i had to modife the clip that holds the pcie, pci cards in to clear the 5870 video card the little progs hit the video cards board and fan cover. not a big problem
thanks for the good product at a good price new egg and xclio


 


 

PC CASE: XClio Nighthawk Black-2012-09-12

 This is a very good case with 4 fans (5 if you add one to the back), It keeps everything cool with its very good airflow, This thing does better then some of the expensive branded cases out there that cost over 150$ and have bad airflow. For this great price you just can"t go wrong. Really good case.  If your building a budget PC and don"t want to mnake it top notch and want your videos cards and everything else to stay cool, You will be crazy not to own one of these trust me guys.



 


 

IPC XClio SS014 Backplane-2012-09-11

SAS/SATA Backplane.
4 x 2.5" HDD in 1 x 5.25" cage.
Additional security with individual key lock.
LED signal for HDD activity.
2 integrated 40 mm low-noise cooling fan.
Hot-SWAP / Hot-Plug.
Innovative & flexible design.
User and technical friendly.



IPC XClio SS014 Backplane-2012-09-11

Pros: Good design and construction. Everything comes apart with screws for customization. Plenty of airflow around HDDs.


Cons: Activity light is too dim. Fans are loud.


Other Thoughts: I only have 7200rpm drives and have power management enabled therefore I was able to open and disable both fans without any side effects. The case itself gets plenty of airflow over the disks without the fans at all. It would have gotten 5 stars if the fans were silent. I haven"t tried it but suspect that 10k drives would work just fine without the fans as well as long as they"re not spinning 24x7.




 

XClio IPC BP1425 (SAS/SATA HDD Backplane Module )-2012-09-11

4 2.5" drives in one 5.25" bay! It works great! Right now, I have 2 32 gig patriot ssd"s running in raid 0. Now, for those velociraptors . . . This was the perfect solution to my drive question.


 


PC CASE: XClio Touch 320 PC Case-2012-09-11

Pros: Touch Panel controls Awesome. Sturdy, easy to installation for all my components. I definitely recommend it.


Cons: None


Other Thoughts: My System Specifications:
********************
XCLIO Touch 320 Mid-Tower Case
Rosewill 1000w Modular PSU
Gigabyte 890GPA Full ATX Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.7, 4.6GHz (OC)
16GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-Channel Memory
240GB SSD - OS
240GB SSD - Programs
6TB (3x3TB) - Storage
Dual HP Blu-Ray BD340i Burners w/ Lightscribe
Multi-in-1 USB 3.0 Front Panel Card Reader
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition OEM
Roxio Creator 2012 Pro



 

Monday, September 10, 2012

XClio Multimedia HDMI Travel Kit-2012-09-11

XClio Multimedia HDMI Travel Kit came with an ultra thin HDMI cable with mini & micro HDMI adapters included.


This travel kit provides the finest quality HDMI connection solution and perfect for your mobile devices. It is portable and easy to store and carry, so you can HD life everywhere.


XClio Multimedia HDMI Travel Kit-2012-09-11

24K Gold plated HDMI connectors prevents contact corrosion and allows greater signal integrity.



XClio IPC BP3435 (SAS/SATA HDD Backplane Module )-2012-09-11

Solid construction. All ports worked. Fan is quiet. Very nice and solid construction. Outer case has a very solid feeling to it. The HD trays are well designed and feel okay . Perfect fit in 3 5.25" bays (I was worried looking at it that it would be really snug), but it fit perfect. Moves a lot of air through the HD bays (all bays), no way a HD is over heating in it (under normal circumstances). Over all, I have to say if anyone is looking for a nice hot swappable SATA/SAS container, this one is darn good.


PC CASE: XClio Windtunnel PC Case-2012-09-11

XClio Windtunnel PC Case
Pros: It"s huge. When I got it, I thought I accidentally ordered a Caterham 7 kit car...this thing is huge. My IT friend thought it was a server tower. Anyhow, there is a TON of room inside. I had a bit of trouble getting the front panel to stay on once I took it off, but it"s pretty much fine now. The I/O plate and my mobo (Asus M5A97) didn"t line up with the board on the standoffs, but I"d rather have it on the standoffs. Not too keen on the blue LEDs, though, but only because it seems like computer hardware HAS to be blue nowadays.
Everything I expected for (at the time I ordered it) a $90 case, well worth the money. Keeps my 1090T and HD6790 (and everything else) nice and cool under decent loading.


Cons: Where the f%$& am I gonna put this thing?



PC CASE: XClio Touch 787 PC Case-2012-09-11

XClio Touch 787 PC Case
While I would have liked to have seen a USB 3.0 20-pin connection on this case, at least we do still get USB 3.0 in the front I/O, even if it does take up one from the rear I/O to do so. There weren"t any real fit issues, but I must say these door panels are some of the tightest fitting panels I have seen in a while. It really took some force to remove the panel, and when re-installing it, I had to really force them back in place as well. The only real downside that I can speak of, and I better do it with the case off, is the noise level of these included fans. I thought the Touch 320 was a bit loud for my tastes, double the fans, and you can imagine things don"t get any quieter. While the fan speed is adjustable, on high speed, the noise is too much for me to personally like it. If I were to use this chassis the fans wouldn"t make it past low speed. Even then the ten included fans offer plenty of air at low speeds to sufficiently cool the interior and my components.


 

PC CASE: XClio Touch 787 PC Case-2012-09-11

XClio Touch 787 PC Case
The touch series cases have now not only added simplicity with the touch controls for the power of the PC, the LED lighting, power of the fans, three various speeds, silencing the beep, and even locking the control panel are all just as easy as a soft touch for a second on the appropriate button. At first, what I thought was just going to be a larger rendition of the 320 we just looked at, I am pleasantly surprised to see that the ideas and implementation of those ideas are still coming from Xclio as they keep pace with other solutions, just in a different manner. Most cases in this price range offer some sort of removable hard drive racks, and Xclio does too. When the drive racks are in place, even then the orientation of the drives is just so natural to allow airflow and ease of access to then drives with just the release of a clip.



 


 


 

PC CASE: XClio A380BK PC Case-2012-09-11

XClio A380BK PC Case
Pros: -HUGE
-big fans
-blue LEDs
-front bezel
-almost tool-less everything (5.25s, 3.5s, floppy, expansion ports)
-bottom case supports
-fan speed adjusters for both 25cms
-came w/ plenty of screws
-came with cable management stuff
-$70


Cons: -none yet



Other Thoughts: highly suggest this case, if you have enough room for it.


 

PC CASE: XClio Windtunnel PC Case-2012-09-11

XClio Windtunnel PC Case
Pros: It"s huge. When I got it, I thought I accidentally ordered a Caterham 7 kit car...this thing is huge. My IT friend thought it was a server tower. Anyhow, there is a TON of room inside. I had a bit of trouble getting the front panel to stay on once I took it off, but it"s pretty much fine now. The I/O plate and my mobo (Asus M5A97) didn"t line up with the board on the standoffs, but I"d rather have it on the standoffs. Not too keen on the blue LEDs, though, but only because it seems like computer hardware HAS to be blue nowadays.
Everything I expected for (at the time I ordered it) a $90 case, well worth the money. Keeps my 1090T and HD6790 (and everything else) nice and cool under decent loading.


Cons: Where the f%$& am I gonna put this thing?



Power Supply: XClio Greatpower 550W-2012-09-11

Great looks! The blue LED Fans are huge and quiet. This case has plenty of room and was a breeze to set up... Truly a tooless case. My computer was packed with 3 HD"s 4 optical drives an FX -60 processor and 2 Geforce 7800 GTX"s running SLI. My system ran really hot until now. This case keeps everthing cool. Front Magnetic Door easy close and open.



XClio TR1135BOX (SAS/SATA HDD Mobile Rack Enclosure )-2012-09-10

 Overall a good deal. Installation and use are straight forward. Solid construction. No problems as of yet. Good price and as usual very good delivery on NewEgg"s part. Diffidently a good investment as compared to other removable drive enclosures.


XClio TR1135BOX (SAS/SATA HDD Mobile Rack Enclosure )-2012-09-10

I tried Dual Booting and didn"t really like how things were going with it. I  now have two of these and will purchase two more here shortly. NO More problems with my system. I put my Vista Drives in and I have a Vista System. I change them out and have an XP system! TWO Machines for little cash invested! PLUS I like to try out new things like Linux and I will be taking some Server courses. Way trash your everyday system or bring it down even for a few hours by mistake when you can pull out your Everyday system and Put in another drive tinker with it and then swap it again whenever you want!


XClio TR1135BOX (SAS/SATA HDD Mobile Rack Enclosure )-2012-09-10

Chassis & rail have full metal construction; Very well-built.  80mm low-profile turbo fan mounted on the underside provides plenty of airflow where your hard drive needs it most. On/Off switch allows you to leave the drive in-place without actually powering up the drive.  Direct connection between MoBo and chassis, and direct connection between chassis and hard drive means *ZREO* loss in data transfer speeds!


XClio IPC BP1425 (SAS/SATA HDD Backplane Module )-2012-09-10

 


Never bought anything from XClio before & didn"t have very high expectations but was pleasantly surprised. Solid construction, everything is metal with the exception of the front latches. Drive caddies are made of metal and quite solid. The 30mm fans aren"t louder than the other 120"s in my system.  Decent airflow on the drive. I installed a single platter 7200RPM laptop drive & after stressing it for an hour it topped out at 33C.