WEBVTT 00:00:07.399 --> 00:00:18.640 welcome to my unboxing and first look at the cubc mini ice you can see that it 00:00:12.920 --> 00:00:22.080 was sent from new Taipei City in Taiwan 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:25.199 okay there's some sort of yeah sort of 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:27.880 okay box art going on here but I think 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:33.239 where we're really going to enjoy this unboxing is once the box is actually 00:00:29.759 --> 00:00:36.399 open because this is a case that I think 00:00:33.239 --> 00:00:38.280 looks incredibly cool this is a mini ITX 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:43.840 chassis with okay as you might imagine based on 00:00:41.879 --> 00:00:49.360 their mini ice name and the fact that the tagline for it is frozen solid with 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:54.920 fair this is a mini ITX case with fairly Advanced cooling features that can also 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:58.800 support some pretty Advanced Hardware so the first thing we see when we open it 00:00:56.440 --> 00:01:04.600 up is an accessory box but we'll get to that later we also see the packaging now 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:08.880 they're using a hard foam I would prefer to see a soft foam however due to the 00:01:06.479 --> 00:01:13.159 aluminum construction of this case it really doesn't weigh a whole lot so it's 00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:19.119 a lot less likely to damage its packing materials during the shipping process 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:24.400 and uh I mean honestly if it managed to survive an air shipment from Taiwan to 00:01:22.119 --> 00:01:28.520 here then it's that's probably about as much of a of a stress test as you're 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:33.320 going to need for it however once it's loaded up with components we might be 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:37.280 having a different conversation because it does support some pretty high-end 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:42.799 internal components including a full-sized ATX power supply as well as a 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:49.600 graphics card up to 340 mm so let's go ahead and open this 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:49.600 bad boy 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:56.320 up all right so actually give me a second to get acquainted here guys so 00:01:54.799 --> 00:02:00.640 I'm just kind of checking things out here um it arrived a little bit dusty 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:05.039 but it's nothing that doesn't come off with the old sleeve wipe so to speak so 00:02:03.479 --> 00:02:10.599 let's have a look at the outside of the case before we go too much further here 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:14.000 so on the top you're going to see a 140 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:16.280 mm fan that is set up as an exhaust fan 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:20.040 so this is only compatible with 140 mil you can see the holes are hard drilled 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:24.920 around the outside of the grill in terms of IO we have front USB 2 two of those 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:29.160 two front usb3 as well as front headphones and microphone the overall 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:34.840 look of the case actually reminds me a little bit of my tj07 and that it has 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:38.879 this single piece aluminum thing going on on the front sorry I guys I'm trying 00:02:37.040 --> 00:02:43.800 to be really careful without whoops touching it too much because uh once you 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:47.680 touch brushed aluminum basically the Finish is ruined forever so you can see 00:02:45.920 --> 00:02:51.159 it's a solid piece going all the way up the front and then it's another solid 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:54.680 piece going all the way up the back and then meeting right here so it's two 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:57.959 pieces going around the whole outside of the case which I think is really cool 00:02:56.159 --> 00:03:01.400 you've got an optional VGA cooling intake here as well as feet on the 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:04.840 bottom of the case giving it a little bit of space to breathe on the front of 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:10.080 the chassis uh let's just lift it back up 00:03:07.480 --> 00:03:15.319 we've got a 5 and 1/4 inch optical drive bay as well as our uh Power and IDE or I 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:22.799 shouldn't call it IDE like so hard drive activity indicator we've got power and 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:25.920 reset buttons as well as a stylish cubc 00:03:22.799 --> 00:03:27.879 logo going on here all right let's move 00:03:25.920 --> 00:03:33.319 around to the back of the case where we find our standard ATX power supply Mount 00:03:31.720 --> 00:03:36.760 so you can see that's done with just a couple thumb screws you screw your power 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:41.760 supply into the plate and then slide the whole thing into place this is much like 00:03:38.519 --> 00:03:43.720 the PC Q7 that I have for my media PC 00:03:41.760 --> 00:03:46.560 downstairs water cooling holes if you wanted to externally water cool it I 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:49.680 hope you're not going to do that with a configuration like this though because 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:54.760 you do have a fair amount of room included for an air cooler so you can see the motherboard is going to be right 00:03:52.400 --> 00:04:00.200 above here so any air cooler that'll fit within here actually I think the 00:03:55.959 --> 00:04:02.959 dimensions hold on maximum of 90 mm or 9 00:04:00.200 --> 00:04:07.519 cm from the uh from the motherboard itself so we've got two expansion slots 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:14.000 yes this is Mini ITX and we also have a very unique system for attaching the 00:04:09.920 --> 00:04:17.680 side panels so these are little thumb 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:19.359 screws that uh have Allen key spots in 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:26.199 them so if you wanted to use an allen key to wonder if it comes with an allen 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:29.720 key doesn't surprise me that much if you're going to go ahead and you know 00:04:27.840 --> 00:04:35.320 make your case open up with an allen key I guess you better include one there it 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:37.479 is haa Allen key SL buzzer so it does 00:04:35.320 --> 00:04:42.919 come with a a speaker which is what I think they mean by 00:04:38.840 --> 00:04:45.160 buzzer all right there we go then we got 00:04:42.919 --> 00:04:53.560 another one here four of these oh this isn't so bad 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:53.560 I could I can dig it oh 00:04:53.759 --> 00:05:03.240 okay and there we go so solid 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:03.240 aluminum ha I'm totally going to do 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:11.479 it and he whipped out the iPhone thickness comparison bam now you know 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:16.320 how thick the panel is it's fairly thick actually it has a very rigid feel to it 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:20.520 so this is in theory to reduce the overall vibration of the case so the 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:24.160 overall noise level of the case they also have anti vibration rubber 00:05:22.440 --> 00:05:29.720 dampeners here on the side panels this can be a real problem for aluminum cases 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:31.160 if you don't have some way to to isolate 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:36.080 the vibration because they're much lighter weight than their steel 00:05:33.440 --> 00:05:41.600 counterparts which has the advantage of being well light weight attractive 00:05:39.840 --> 00:05:48.319 easier to work with you can make more beautiful aluminum cases than you often 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:50.520 can out of uh steel and uh and plastic 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:55.520 but the drawback is that well it's not as strong so you have 00:05:54.080 --> 00:06:01.039 to use thicker material which can be more expensive and then also that it's 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:06.720 uh not as not as um not as 00:06:04.479 --> 00:06:10.680 heavy all right let's just get both of these side panels off here all right 00:06:09.520 --> 00:06:16.000 here you can see the other one if you want basically looks the same like the 00:06:12.599 --> 00:06:20.199 same thing and also has the uh rubber 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:21.919 noise dampening solution implemented on 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:25.120 the other side as well you can see that you can also see the motherboard tray as 00:06:23.599 --> 00:06:30.680 well as the interior cables look at that all black cables very nice touch like to 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:31.720 see that all right so inside here we got 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:36.800 a few things we have oh this is kind of neat 00:06:35.599 --> 00:06:44.120 hold on I'm going to have to go find a hard drive so I can install this and show you guys this all right so here are 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:45.960 the uh rubber noise isolation Fasteners 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:49.759 as well as some included hard drive screws and of course once you've 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:52.479 installed them you have a nice little trap to play 00:06:56.120 --> 00:07:03.360 with see how the wheels realistically turn just like a real vehicle 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:10.639 would V uh no so here's how you actually install your hard drive you go ahead and 00:07:05.440 --> 00:07:14.120 you slide this bad boy into whoops no ah 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:18.720 first you need to take this off there we 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:20.560 are and then this slides out of the way 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:24.360 pretty cool I guess you don't have to take it all the way off either look at 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:27.639 that you slide those guys in there and then 00:07:25.400 --> 00:07:32.280 you oh hold on slide it in the right way if you want 00:07:31.039 --> 00:07:38.080 to have an optimal user 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:41.560 experience and then you put this over 00:07:38.080 --> 00:07:44.759 here which will prevent the Wheel from 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:46.400 moving and continue to isolate the uh 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:52.039 vibration from your hard drive so that's pretty cool hey I certainly think so 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:56.360 they also include and for a lot of companies this is sort of optional stuff 00:07:53.879 --> 00:08:03.319 but they see how this one already has uh the sliders installed and uh it has a 2 00:08:00.039 --> 00:08:06.919 and 1/2 in SSD Mount included so you can 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:08.759 do up to 3 3 and 1/2 in hard drives and 00:08:06.919 --> 00:08:13.039 two 2 and2 in hard drives in spite of the fact that this is an ITX enclosure 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:17.800 check that out there's your 140 mm internal cooling fan with an included 00:08:15.159 --> 00:08:22.800 black three Pin cable uh what else we got in terms of interial ah yes so let's 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:28.360 show just what kind of space there is for installing graphics cards this is 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:32.000 cool so I'm going to grab the longest graphics card that I have happen to have 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:35.959 handy which also happens to be the longest graphics card that anyone 00:08:33.760 --> 00:08:40.200 happens to have handy probably this is a Radeon HD 00:08:37.719 --> 00:08:45.800 6990 so if you wanted to build yourself an extreme little gaming box with 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:52.800 emphasis on extremely little you could throw even a radon 6990 in here with 00:08:48.640 --> 00:08:54.880 room to spare and you can throw a 120 mm 00:08:52.800 --> 00:08:59.120 fan down here which you can use either as an exhaust or as an intake depending 00:08:57.680 --> 00:09:05.519 on the configuration of your card so if you're using using a blower fan like this guy right here I would probably use 00:09:01.880 --> 00:09:07.200 it as an intake so that's really cool 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:12.240 with the 5 and a/4 in Bay is pretty self-explanatory in fact I think the 00:09:09.560 --> 00:09:16.800 rest of this case is mostly pretty self-explanatory very cool little 00:09:13.959 --> 00:09:22.720 enclosure so for a size comparison I mean here it is next to a 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:26.560 fairly bog standard mini tower also next 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:28.240 to the uh mangoes that I was eating that 00:09:26.560 --> 00:09:31.839 I'm no longer eating and we'll take down stair shortly so you you can see it's 00:09:29.839 --> 00:09:34.920 quite wide for an ITX enclosure and the reason for that would be so that they'll 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:39.360 have all the space that they allocated for things like coolers as well as the 00:09:36.680 --> 00:09:44.480 fulls sizee power supply but it is very very short compared to Mid Tower so 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:46.079 it'll look right at home on your desk 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:51.079 without uh without that looking weird ah yes the 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:56.399 internal connectors so 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:58.079 uhhuh pretty standard stuff here too so 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:02.360 we've got our front panel connectors you know your LEDs your reset switch power 00:10:00.040 --> 00:10:07.600 switch you got your front HD audio as well as your front USB one uh USB 2 and 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:14.560 your front usb3 so thank you for checking out my 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