Raijintek metis: Aluminium everything, before you ask, yes that too

[brownninja97]

Before i get onto the case a few people have asked me why i overview(say they review lol) cases or things in general which arent too good, well its not about whether its big news or small news, i do this because its fun and because it may help someone, there a few people will comment but over the years hundreds of people may check out the case and want to see content on it, some sites scare new people to the market with fact after fact of numbers. Ill keep on reporting whether its big or small news, no one can stop me, apart from the mod team and my parents.

 

 

 

An interesting concept before before I enter this animal(yes i just said that) know that this isnt a lion, tiger or bear(oh my) its more of a pony or octupus, its not made for "blow your face off" performance, its for the stylish guy, the kind of person that owns a Saab.

 

Btw do you like colour(color for the americans) on your alumium i do here is the roster of colours for this case;

• Black
• White
• Silver
• Red
• Blue
• Gold(it looks orange tbh)
• Yellow
• Green
• Lime green(assume its just a lighter shade)

The white and silver models have a minor appearance difference, the logo is white instead of black, try to think about that for a section, also keep it in your pants....

 

Then there is black coating in all cases, even white oddly enough.

 

For the overviews sake ill only look at the black case because i think it looks nice, dont judge my opinion matters too *cries

 

So then dual usb 3.0, using a 19 pin of course, dual audio ports and power button, no reset button here lads.

 

 

Onto the inside you see the single 120mm fan acting as a exhaust, no intake here.(not oem, its a raijintek fan, cfm isnt mentioned however)

 

You have support for two 2.5inch ssds or hdds and a single hdd, not very strong in that sector then.

 

 

The psu goes in that bottem bit i thing, honestly it doesnt tell me much so im guessing on this, as always which itx get a modular cable, dont think you are a badass, you arent. Also it supports atx psus which is interesting.

 

There are also rubber case feat

 

No mention of dust filters anywhere, no rad support mentioned, no cable management places mentioned.

 

Gpu support, up to 170mm, thats very small, not you can have a dual slot gpu

 

Cpu cooler support, up to 160mm which is pretty nice for a itx case, but im not sure if its redeems it enough.

 

 

Also the psu plug is at the top, a cable routes to the front where the psu will be.

 

Note hot air from the psu will go onto the cpu area which will help cooling definitely.

 

 

So in the end for this case im not sure about it, i cant tell if the spec marketing team did much work, its like they forgot a few things but its reasonable for the price, which ill get on to now.

 

 

Prices:

 

UK: £39.95

 

Euro: Unknown

 

US: $50

 

http://www.raijintek.com/en/products_detail.php?ProductID=17

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/204885/raijintek-announces-metis-mini-itx-cube-case.html

 

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18621873

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2014/06/04/computex-2014-day-1/3

 

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/raijintek-launches-metis-mini-itx-cube-case.html

 

Effort

 

 

 

[Bloodyvalley]

and they are a reliable company?

[Askew]

Another top quality news post from brownninja97 well done.

 

I don't like the white logo on the front but apart from that the case doesn't look too bad at all and it's a nice price.

[RelentlessAF]

That window on the side panel isn't aluminium.

[sirtoby]

and they are a reliable company?

They make quite decent cpu coolers, but that's all I ever heard about them

[brownninja97]

Another top quality news post from brownninja97 well done.

i 

[Accursed Entity]

Cute case, it's priced right in my opinion.

[brownninja97]

and they are a reliable company?

ive used their coolers a few times, they seem nice enough, i know close to nothing about their cases other then what i site on sites and spec sheets, i might try one of their cases as an experiment for one of my customers.

[Sauron]

For that price, it's actually not terrible. I wonder if having that fan as an intake would compromise performance heavily (in exchange for less dust everywhere).

[Sauron]

That window on the side panel isn't aluminium.

 

[Jerakl]

Very nice. This would be perfect for people who want a stylish case with a low budget.

 

Good review.

[brownninja97]

That window on the side panel isn't aluminium.

Im afraid i cant let you live with that information.

[Thorium19]

So an mITX aluminium case from a fairly reputable company at less than £40? Sounds like a deal to me, especially considering how compact it is, although I would still put a modular SFX PSU in there considering how compact it is in height.

[brownninja97]

So an mITX aluminium case from a fairly reputable company at less than £40? Sounds like a deal to me, especially considering how compact it is, although I would still put a modular SFX PSU in there considering how compact it is in height.

that will probably increase the gpu clearance, from the looks of the case, the psu is what causes the clearance problems.

[NateGSR117]

Cool, Case is so small it almost makes it look cute. I might look into this case for a small project build.

[brownninja97]

Cool, Case is so small it almost makes it look cute. I might look into this case for a small project build.

if you want a cute case get the coolermaster elite 110, that case is the cutest little thing, i just wanna buy it to cuddle it 

[RelentlessAF]

-snip-

Transparent Metal doesn't make sense, unless I looked into it there wouldn't be a way for me to have known.

[brownninja97]

Transparent Metal doesn't make sense, unless I looked into it there wouldn't be a way for me to have known.

the only explanation i have for that is using an extremely thin layer of aluminium or a aluminium compound. On the other hand you can bend aluminium and glass to make the silver appear as if it was transparent or semi transparent due to the weird ways of refraction, it confuses me, i havent done science to that level yet.

[Ren]

EVGA Hadron Air?..

 

Yeah, right. Welcome to the real world of cases, EVGA.

[zacRupnow]

and they are a reliable company?

The case looks allot like Lian-Li.

[zacRupnow]

I don't see an intake

[StingBull]

Is the box that it comes in aluminum too?

[That Norwegian Guy]

Awesome case! Must have for me.

 

I don't see an intake

 

Back fan is intake, PSU is exhaust.

[totjup5]

That's a nice price point for a case like that, it looks great.

[zacRupnow]

Awesome case! Must have for me.

 

 

Back fan is intake, PSU is exhaust.

Ok, the pictures show the back fan as exhaust