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New build

It looks pretty quiet in here so I'll post up my new build.

Retiring my old i7-4790 in a Silverstone TJ08-E - which was already a fairly small matx case for the time but besides the lack of USB-3/USB-C, I was quite happy with. Now, it's sticking around as a gaming box for the kids. Approx 28L with optical drive support.

I've recently moved on to a Core Ultra 7 265k where I've had my eye on a Jonsbo Z20 since I first saw them. Sadly, they've been out of stock nationwide (NZ) for the past couple of months. Not wanting to compromise, I decided to wait.

In the meantime, a friend at work offered a surplus case to fill the gap and if it wasn't for the cables on my SFX PSU being too short, I might have stuck with it!

Aerocool CS111 is approx 27L but feels significantly smaller than the Silverstone. It's a nice looking and compact case. Taller than the Z20 but a couple of inches less length which I've tried to show here. Light gauge steel, it doesn't have a premium feel but looks clean and a small desktop footprint thanks to it's vertical alignment. I'd also pulled the handle off the glass which improved the look immensely.

Finally, we reach the main event. The Z20 arrived today and boy am I happy with this choice. I've built hundreds of PCs for customers over the years and this would have to be one of the best designed cases I've ever handled. For it's minute dimensions, it's definitely the easiest small case I've ever built into and one of the easiest to cable nicely. If I had opportunity to build half a dozen of them, I don't think I could get all that much better than my first attempt. I've just a single exhaust fan at the moment and will see how the temperatures - go but I'm not a hardcore gamer or overclocker. I love the fact that the entire case is covered in dust filters too!

Highly recommended!

Aerocool CS111: 7/10

Jonsbo Z20: 9.5/10

*Not able to post the images at the moment, will keep working on that!

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