Syntax EZ-Clocker Small Form Factor System

What you get:

The case comes in a box with a nice carrying handle on it. On one end, you can see the specs of the system you ordered. The sample that we received was the basic barebones model. As you can see, it can also be ordered fully loaded.

 

Included was a 200W PSU, which is a nice external jobber to save space. The power cord, written manual, driver CD and phone cable were also inside to keep everything company. The written manual is bare on essentials of the system. It seems to be designed for someone ordering a completely built system with no need to install anything. The driver CD contains a PDF document for the motherboard connectors and other essentials for your own installation. My problem with this is that if someone is ordering a barebones system, and has little experience with building their own, they might tend to be a bit baffled by how to put it together.

The exterior

At first glance, the unit doesn't appear to be that small. Indeed, it is bigger than either the Shuttle Zen or the AOpen Cube that Dean has reviewed previously.

However, when placed beside my favorite Lian-Li case, it looks like the midget it truly is. 

The housing is made from aluminum, which helps to make the entire unit very light. Let's take a quickie look at the back panel before we get to the neato stuff on the front. It's a fairly basic layout back here with a few exceptions.

 

The first thing I noticed was the use of thumbscrews. This is something I honestly did not expect. Even though thumbscrews are becoming commonplace in after market cases, I didn't expect to see them on a small all in one jobber. 

At the bottom of the case are the two built modem ports. While onboard LAN is almost a given for a motherboard these days, there are still people who use a dial up connection. By integrating a modem, Syntax has eliminated the need to install one on the motherboard, thereby freeing up the one PCI slot that is available.

 

Up above the mouse/keyboard ports is the power PSU plug in.
 

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Pg 1 - Introduction
Pg 2 - Exterior
Pg 3 - Front Display Panel
Pg 4 - Motherboard and Cooling
Pg 5 - Interior
Pg 6 - BIOS
Pg 7 - Testing Set Up and Memory Benches
Pg 8 - Productivity Benchmarks
Pg 9 - Gaming Benchmarks
Pg 10 - Overclocking and Conclusion