Page 2 (Intro)
Alright folks, gather around please. Gigabyte recently released their 3D Mercury, a nicely designed and highly featured PC chassis which comes pre-modified and includes a very pleasing to the eyes water-cooling solution.
Once you'll take a deeper look at the chassis you'll notice that it's not just a casing, a very well-thought trough concept has been produced here, into detail. You are looking at an anodized brushed aluminum chassis for optimal thermals; extra space inside the PC to work in; tool-less design; a front panel that is easily accessible; includes fan speed controller on that front panel; water-flow and level indicators; preinstalled water-cooling; valves; splitters and water-block for the CPU. And the list goes on. Let's have a look at the features according to Gigabyte themselves.
Gigabyte 3D Mercury GZ-FW1CA(AJS/AJB)
- Built-in liquid cooling system (including pump, radiator, tank set)
- Extended body for larger space High-end brushed aluminum panel and body
- Multi-functional window ( steel mesh-vent; acrylic-transparent)
- Strengthened nickel-coated rear plate
- Dual security locks (front and side panel) protect valuable system hardware
- Perfect air convention provides best cooling performance, and silent environment
- Built-in two fan speed controlled, silent intake fans
- One LED illumined and one adjustable speed silent intake fans
- Two silent exhaust fans with illumined LED
Alright, over the next couple of pages we are going to explain everything you need to know about the 3D Mercury PC chassis. We'll show you all the ins and outs from top to bottom, also we'll show you how to install this chassis, do a little temperature monitoring and an overclocking session with a nForce 680i based mainboard and Core 2 Duo E6600 processor.
Dimension | 205 x 620 x 535 mm(W x H x D) |
Front bezel Material | Aluminum |
Color | Silver / Black |
Side Panel | Vent + transparent side panel |
Body Material | Aluminum + Strength nickel-coated rear plate |
Net Weight | 12 kg |
5.25" drive bay (External) | 4 |
3.5" drive bay (External) | 2 |
3.5" drive bay (Internal) | 5 |
Expansion Slot | 7 |
Compatible Mother board | ATX / Micro ATX / E-ATX / CEB |
System Fan(front) | 1 x 12cm blue LED illuminated silent fan |
System Fan(rear) | 2 x 12cm blue LED illuminated silent fan |
LCS Fan | 2 x 12cm fan with fan speed controller |
I / O Ports | 4 x USB 2.0 / 1 x IEEE1394 / 1 x Audio (AC97/HD) |