Introduction



More and more case manufacturers are offering unique cases for HTPC purpose. This rapidly growing market focuses on people who want to use a computer in their living room without having the ordinary tower case look.
Perhaps, a case that wouldn't look much different than VCR or DVD player would certainly be interesting for a lot of people. Luckily, today we'll be testing such a case from Glowal Win.



The first interesting thing about this case, not only it can be used as a desktop model, but also as a tower.





The package contains the following items:

Global Win YCC-S27 Case with 200 watt PSU

Power cable

Little bag with screws

Tower case stand

Specifications:



Looks

It is my opinion that this case has a very sleek design. With the look of a VCR or DVD player your friends won't notice a PC in your living room. Everything is nicely hidden behind the front covers:

Front USB and Audio ports

Optical drive

Floppy drive

When you look at the black front cover you might expect a little LCD or VFD screen, but this isn't the case. A pity, because it would give that little extra VCR or DVD look alike. It is by no means a bad looking case. The black aluminium body is a perfect finish, with little ventilation holes on both side panels.

The front panel is made of silver plastic. The power and reset button have a chrome finish. Next to them, the two status LEDs (Hdd activity and Power) are situated. They use the common colours; red and green.

The YCC-S27 is designed for micro ATX mainboard and half size PCI or AGP cards. You will notice some interesting configurations/features further into the review.





Just for the fun of it, I placed an Apple Mac Mini on top of the case so that you can see size is just something relative to ....





More pictures from the ventilation holes and the rear.





Let's build a system in it ! >>>