HZMOD XQ69 (Sentry 2.0 Clone)

HZMOD XQ69 is steel Mini-ITX at 7.5L in volume. The XQ69 is a near one for one clone of the popular, yet discontinued Dr Zaber Sentry 2.0. The current revision of the HZMOD XQ69, is the v4.1.

SPECIFICATIONS

DIMENSIONS 323 x 69 x 339mm (L x W x H)
VOLUME7.55L (including stand)
MATERIALSGalvanised Steel
EXTERNAL I/O2x USB 3.0 Type-A, Power Button (LED)
MOTHERBOARD SUPPORTMini-ITX
MAX CPU COOLER HEIGHT50mm
EXPANSION SLOTS 2
MAX GPU LENGTH320mm
MAX GPU WIDTH55mm
RADIATOR SUPPORT120mm (with ITX GPU)
RADIATOR COMPATIBILITY 45mm Thickness (radiator + fan)
PSU SUPPORT SFX / SFX-L
FANS SUPPORTED 1x 120mm (with ITX GPU)
2.5″ / 3.5″ DRIVE SUPPORT N
DUST FILTERS N

BUILD

MOTHERBOARDGIGABYTE B550I AORUS PRO AX or MSI MPG B550I Gaming Edge MAX WiFi (paid link)
CPURyzen 5 5600X or Ryzen 7 5800X (paid link)
CPU COOLERNoctua NH-L9a chromax.Bla (paid link)
GPU RTX 3060 Ti (paid link)
PSU Corsair SF 600 Platinum (paid link)
RAMCrucial Ballistix, 16GB (2x8GB), 3600MHz, CL16 (paid link)
STORAGE512GB M.2 NVME (paid link) + 1TB M.2 NVME (paid link)

CONCLUSIONS

The HZMOD XQ69 is not cheap case by any standards, costing around £180 after import and delivery costs. The case is very compact, with 5~6L internal volume. Its compact size, and lack of case fans, does noticable increase case thermals vs. slightly larger SFF cases.