Anyone got an Akasa Mirage-62?

[Neil-UKWSD]

The Mirage-62 front attaches in exactly the same way as the front on the Eclipse-62.

[Neil-UKWSD]

Not overly sure why Akasa have fitted the firewire port in the side of the case with a regular firewire connector and not a pin style connector for hooking up to the header on many mobo's.

I could do with a convertor cable now that will plug into the header on the mobo and convert to a firewire port to link the cable too.

[amjedm]

... and if its the same on the mirage then they could be interchangable - authough its anlikely you would be able to buy just the fronts.

I saw someone selling an Antec P180 door on ebay. They may have bought the P180 and then told Antec the door warped but it didn't?

May have to wait for someone to smash the rest of the case and sell the Mirage door on ebay

[xrob]

i want this case

my eclipse is only a year old and its a little haggard now, seriously considering getting this.



excuse the apple sticker, mate suck it on when i got an ipod given to me.

[NightshadowUK]

Jebus man, have you been taking your PC for walks or something?!

[amjedm]

Jebus man, have you been taking your PC for walks or something?!

Easily done if he's using the included wheels

[NightshadowUK]

Ahh, I never thought about the wheels... mine are still in a box somewhere, they'd kill my wood flooring.

[athlon_xp_2800]

Here's some pics of the case, enjoy:

















The front of the case it about 1/2 inch deeper than that on the Eclipse-62 to accomodate the door which it held closed by 3 magnetic squares and has a small indent to the right of the case side near the I/O Ports for opening.

The open door picture shows the door at the maximum it will open, the internal back of the door has a full lengh internal vented plastic back which could possably be modified to allow the installation of for example the X-FI I/O Panel and would allow the volume and mic dials to sit inside the door when closed.

It's a shame the I/O ports were not mounted in one of the 3 1/2" bays and could be removed if not needed and a spare blanking plate installed.

I like this case, although somewhat reminiscent of this case, http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/...cat=168&page=1 I do prefer the Akasa, cleaner looks, better cooling anyday.
I have seen quite enough of Thermaltake now, just too much hassle with all the wires inside, I still have a Xaser III in use ( our kids PC) !

[oxygen200000]

hello everybody!
this is my first post )
so... if someone can help me with an answer ...
i wanna know if the Akasa Mirage 62 has an aluminium front panel and door

[Whiternoise]

Nice.. i thought about getting one of those, but i've just bought one of the Zen's instead - i'm poor

excuse the apple sticker, mate suck it on when i got an ipod given to me.

lol i was wondering why you would shame Akasa with that blasphemous symbol (jk i like macs )


@oxygen - The door looks plastic to me, it hasn't got the sheen that the sides have (unless it's just well sprayed) - And.. Welcome to Hexus

[oxygen200000]

yep...same to me... The door looks plastic in the pictures.
I never seen the case live. Just on the internet.
I wan a case 100% metalic includinng front panel & door

[takeonme]

I'm having problems with installing the motherboard on this case. I have an ATX Asus with an LGA775 socket. The backplate for the CPU cooler doesn't fit the holes on the backplate of the Mirage 62. The Mirage 62 is E-ATX but I thought it was compatible with ATX also.

Any ideas on what I need to do to ftr the motherboard and CPU in?

Thanks.

[will101]

There are spacers (little hex pillars) supplied with the case which are used to raise the motherboard off the backplate of the motherboard tray.

The backplate for the CPU cooler doesn't fit the holes on the backplate of the Mirage 62.

As far a I understand it, the CPU cooler backplate attaches to the back of the motherboard, not the tray. Using the spacers to raise the motherboard will give the required clearance for the cooler backplate and screws.

[takeonme]

thanks. I've fitted the motherboard now. I never knew what those pillars were for!

[mogzie]

hello everybody!
this is my first post )
so... if someone can help me with an answer ...
i wanna know if the Akasa Mirage 62 has an aluminium front panel and door

I know its a bit after your original post, I have just got hold of one of these cases, and it does have a plastic front door on it for anyone still wondering.