LUXA2 LVA20052N1Z Aluminum LM200 with 7-Inch Touch Screen Micro ATX, Mini ITX Media Center /HTPC Case (Black/Silver) Review

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(More customer reviews)This case looks great and works well for my new HTPC. There is only room for 2 hard disks, and the power cables from the power supply butt up against one of the hard disk power cables, making for a snug fit.
Only real problem I'm experiencing is with the media card reader- in both windows Vista and Windows 7, device manager shows it as an unknown device- attempts to get support or a replacement from Luxa2 have proven unsuccessful so far- I think they want me to return the entire case to Amazon. Having spent over $500 for this case, you'd think they'd send a $6 USB card reader replacement with no hassle. The documentation is Euro-English- be prepared for having to read between the lines and looking at pictures to understand the manual and instructions.

System I built:

Luxa2 LM200 Touch case
Intel DG45ID Mobo
Thermaltake W0070RUC TR2 Series 430W Power Supply with 2 Fans
2 Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD10EADS
Hauppauge 1213 WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual Hybrid PCI-E TV Tuner Board with Media Center Remote Control and Receiver
IOGear Multimedia Keyboard with Laser Trackball and Scroll Wheel, 2.4GHz Wireless GKM561R (Black#
Samsung Internal Half Height DVD-W Supermulti SATA 22X Lightscribe #Black#
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Quad-Core Processor, 2.83 GHz, 12M L2 Cache, 1333MHz
Corsair DHX 4 GB #2 X 2 GB# 240-pin DDR2 800MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit

With Windows 7 Home premium, this is a pretty impressive system- It's Windows Experience Index scores a 7.3 out of 7.9 for memory and processor, 5.9 for the hard disk, amd 4.6 for the built-in mobo graphics.

I'm adding a HIS H467PS1GH Radeon HD 4670 iSilence4 HDMI Dual DL-DVI HDCP 1 GB 128 bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 X16 Video Card Retail #RoHS)and expect the score to improve to 6.5 or better for graphics.

Amazon - I haven't contacted you about a replacement memory card reader for this yet, but perhaps they can be proactive and contact me! No way do I want to ship this back, but it's really annoying having a bad $6 part in this case that isn't working, and no simple support options. If it weren't for this, I'd give the case and the Amazon buying experience a 5 star rating.

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Product Description:
Product Name LM200 Touch P/N LVA20052N1Z Case Type Home Theater Media PC Media Built-in all new revolutionary 7-Inch touch screen hot keys module Touch Screen Screen Size : 7-Inch Wide LCD Screen Ratio : 15:9 Maximum Resolution : 1024 x 768 Screen Output : D-SubPower Input : 12V DC Touch Screen Dimension Height: 203.5mm (8.01 inches) /food stand included: 218mm (8.58 inches) Width: 400mm (15.75 inches)Depth: 410mm (16.14 inches) Weight 8.77kg /19.33 lbs. Cooling System Rear : 120 x 120 x 25 mm /4.72 x 4.72 x 0.98 inches Silent Fan, 1300rpm, 17dBA Drive Bays -Accessible -Hidden 3 1 x 5.25-Inch 2 x 3.5-Inch Material Aluminum extrusion Color Front Panel: Black /Body: Silver Front I/O USB 2.0 x 2, IEEE 1394 Firewire, HD-Audio, multi-card reader Card Reader Slot MS/Pro/Duo, CF/Micro drive, MMC, SD,SM….23in1 multi-card reader Expansion Slots 4 Motherboards Micro ATX /Mini ITX PSU Standard PSII Power Supply (Optional)

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