Another tiger, named Sam, was pacing inside a small enclosure, regularly jumping into a pool of water to refresh herself.

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Given the NUC's small enclosure, it can even be mounted to the back of a monitor or television with an included VESA bracket.

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Measuring in at 6.5- x 6.5- x 1.97-inches, this 3.2 pound box packs an awful lot of media playing oomph into a ridiculously small enclosure.

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Two thick birch partitions and a small air cavity create a well-insulated enclosure inside the cabinet, separating the midrange and tweeter from the woofers, further isolating woofer back-radiation.

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"The lion had been fed, the young woman was cleaning the large enclosure, and the lion was in the small cage, " Mr Hadden explained, adding the cage door was partially open, allowing the lion to lift it up with his paw.

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When we saw the Corsair 900D at CES we knew we had the enclosure we needed to make the original Hailstorm look like a small mid-tower system and not the bad ass high performance system it really was.

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