Official Wesena thread - Page 2

If you are going to use this case (ITX7-2) with an AMD Llano and an Asus F1A75-i deluxe, you can get away without having to buy an after market cpu cooler. The stock cooler fits perfectly inbetween the 3.5" disc fins. No need to bend them out of the way. You still will not be able to use a 3.5" drive though

Can you put an optical drive with right-hand side button in the Wesena with left-side button?

And just use eject in OS?

I notice some slot optical drives don't even have eject button, is that true? I have one in my laptop and there is no physical eject button on outside

I am very interested in the ITX5 (I do not need the dvd/blu ray drive).
I would like to use it with an Intel DH77DF board, a Core I3 2100T (35w) and two HDs (one 2.5'' + one 3.5''). I would also like to install the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 dual TV tuner.
I am not interested in gaming, this system will be strictly used for recording/watch HDTV shows and watch my collection of videos stored in the 3.5'' 2 TB HD.

This is my first time with a mini-ITX build and I am a little worried about the temperatures that CPU, HDs and HDTV tuner can get in a such a small case.

Anyone that can share his experience with such or similar build?

Thanks!

The i3-2100T comes with a very low profile HSF that should fit without issue.
I can confirm when mine arrives.

I should have found this thread before I ordered, but I believe your website is misleading in regards to this height for the ITX5.

As quoted from the website:
I read that to say that if I have a 2.5" and 3.5" hard drive installed, the maximum height of the motherboard with heatsink and cpu cooler is 2 1/8". I found out the hard way that this is not the case, as you have also stated in the part of your post that I quoted.

Your website does give the 1.5 inch height as the limit for the ITX7 case. According to your statement above, the height limit is the same for both, even though the website says differently.


Based on my measurements of the itx5, there appears to be a simple solution that I believe has to have been the design intent of the itx5 but was not implemented for some reason. The hard drive bracket in the itx5 is the exact same as the itx7 as far as I can tell from the pictures. What this means is that my itx5 bracket also has a large void (5/8") on top where a disc drive can be installed, even thought the case has no slot for such drive. It happens that this 5/8" space is the same as the height difference between the quoted 1.5" max cpu/hsf height limit listed for the itx7 vs. the 2 1/8" height limit quoted for the itx5. I believe that the hard drive bracket was meant to be flattened out on top, giving that additional 5/8" clearance to the cpu/hsf when a 3.5" hard drive is installed.

I'm going unbend and trim back some of the mounting flanges to see if I can make it work as I believe it was intended to. I'll post pictures if I'm successful.


I'm just posting this so others are aware, in its current form, there is zero benefit as to the internal height of the case with the itx5 vs. the itx7, contrary to what the website would lead you to believe.

Thanks for the response.

I'd suggest listing the maximum cpu/hsf sizes allowable in these different configurations on the product page since that is all you really have to go by when purchasing components. With the information listed, it isn't clear how much of the space is consumed by a 3.5" drive.

I get that the rear 2.5" hd is mounted in this space, but in the front of the case, the bracket still has the mounting tabs for an optical drive. With the tabs in the way, the 2.5" drive has to be mounted under the bracket, just like the 3.5" drive. This means that top front half of the bracket is unusable for the itx5 case and just a bunch of wasted space.

As a suggested revision, I'd say the manufacturer should look at flattening the bracket across the top of the case and mounting the rear 2.5" drive underneath it as well. Seems like a simple change to free up that extra 5/8 inches of space for a larger heat sink.
Edited by indolent - 6/14/12 at 1:27pm

Man, that itx1 looks like a perfect Trinity HTPC. Would it be able to run the highest end Trinity A10 5800K (100W)? Zygmunt, I saw that you mentioned some extra clearance could be had for the HSF if part of the hard drive bay is removed. Would it still be able to support a 2.5" drive there, or somewhere else? I am having trouble visualizing it because there are so few internal pics of them.

With the ITX1, what is the maximum height of a CPU cooler if you left the HDD bracket out of the case? It looks to be around 60mm, but it would be nice to get an exact number from you.

How is the Wesena IR receiver connected? CIR or USB header?

It can still power on even though it is not using CIR?

I have a spare Inteset IR (CIR) receiver lying around that I might use, do you know if it can fit in the ITX5?

I used the Inteset receiver in the E5 case connected to the CIR header on the DH61AG. It worked flawlessly with a Harmony remote and their SE profile. I had power on/off issues with the USB implementation that I didn't feel like going into in any depth. The Inteset turns on and off in S3 mode and when put in S5 mode with the power switch it wlll wake it from S5 via remote.

Hi,

Where can I buy Wesena ITX4 black/silver in Europe?

Thanks

I wish that the itx2 had a cooling solution like the mac mini or asrock 3d... A blower style cpu fan with a plastic duct vented out of the back would eliminate a lot of cooling issues and possibly allow you to use the 2nd HDD still. I want this case bad and everytime I say it's too hard to put in what I want I always end up coming back to the case because I love the look of it so much. If the itx7 was the same shape as the itx2 only bigger I would jump on that too. I have an e7 right now but it's bigger than I really want.

How would using a 1u cpu fan directed at the case fan work? Do you think it would cool the cpu better than a low profile hsf?

Zygmunt,

I'm currently using the Wesena e5 case (bought from you) and at some point in the future I may swap the DVD drive for a Blu-Ray. We all know that it's becoming increasingly difficult to source the left side button drives and that they command a premium price anyway over the middle button drives. So my question, does Wesena or you sell case parts? i.e just the front panel plate for the e5 with the middle eject button? The aluminum finish is no concern and even though it's an extra cost it would future proof the case to some extent.

Thanks