tips for buying cases

[ratdude747]

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yay, found the pic!

here is why flimsy crap cases are bad, if cut fingers and stripped threads were not enough..

[Phaihn]

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Enlightcorp makes a good case too.
This is the one i use. http://us.enlightcorp.com/Product/Pr...il.aspx?ID=250
But mines white. got it with my computer when i got it about 5 years ago.

[momaka]

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ratdude: a lot of cheap cases are held together just by the motherboard tray. Since you removed it, no wonder your case fell apart like that. The rivets at the ends are there just so the case doesn't fall apart.
Did you at least gut that case for the switches and LEDs? You could save them and make your own case .

[ratdude747]

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that was not my pic i posted- i found it online.

HOWEVER- i had a powmax case that had the painted top removed and the tray still in and it pancaked really easy... got abducted on trash day and i never saw it again... so no pics.

[kc8adu]

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the test to see if a case was good at our store has been for one of us big uglys to sit on it.
if it is still rectangular afterward it passed.
one guy that worked with us is 350++ lbs.
"give it the gene test" CRUNCH!!!!!
i sat on an old enlight case last week to tie my shoe.
it survived just fine.and i am 285 +-

[shadow]

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Sounds like a good test!

[Phaihn]

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the test to see if a case was good at our store has been for one of us big uglys to sit on it.
if it is still rectangular afterward it passed.
one guy that worked with us is 350++ lbs.
"give it the gene test" CRUNCH!!!!!
i sat on an old enlight case last week to tie my shoe.
it survived just fine.and i am 285 +-

That what i like about my case its sturdy and i think i may have sat on it in the past cant really remember however.

[ratdude747]

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i remember my powmax frame rocked as the rivets had worn into pivots. when i learned about the dangers of bad cases i promptly stopped using it.

[370forlife]

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post 1000, had to do it.

on that note, I really like the supermicro pedestal cases on neweggs, especially the ones with 645W lite-on psu's. Too bad they are $300-400.

[ratdude747]

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im thinking of maybe making my own case. maybe a board to mount on a wall. where all could see.

[PCBONEZ]

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Oak

[Toasty]

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post 1000, had to do it.

on that note, I really like the supermicro pedestal cases on neweggs, especially the ones with 645W lite-on psu's. Too bad they are $300-400.

For that kind of money, the least they could have done is provide the "Antec-style" quick-mount drive clips.

C'mon, screws? ....that's sooooo '90's...



Where's the cat?


Toast

[ratdude747]

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hey, screws are good. sturdy and universal.

[370forlife]

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im thinking of maybe making my own case. maybe a board to mount on a wall. where all could see.

theres a guy on youtube who makes wooden wallhangers that are all open, his account name is CyberDruidtheModGod. He does some pretty cool stuff, I believe he wants about $100 for one though.

Where's the cat?

Replaced by Mr.Smiley being rolled by...something.

[Phaihn]

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im thinking of maybe making my own case. maybe a board to mount on a wall. where all could see.

I was thinking of doing that a few years back before i got my computer i am useing now making my own case even picked up a few part from the hardware store got some bolts anyway.

[PCBONEZ]

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I have two supermicro pedestal server chassis.
They were unused spares, bare-bonez units.
By selling off the brand new supermicro parts I don't want I should break even or make a profit.
[Just the 2 SCSI backplanes one of them has retail for more than I paid for both. Then there's a new 604 board, a new 771 board, and two redundant server PSU's one of which is a 3-in-1 type ~750 watt unit. ]
- In other words the cases themselves are free left overs.
The parts are going 'in' were already paid for and would have gone into some other case anyway so that doesn't really count against them.
.

I also prefer the metal screws to plastic clips.
Heat eventually brittle's the plastic and then they'll snap leaving you waisting you time looking for some proprietary clip that may not even be available anymore.
.

[PCBONEZ]

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I have one of those I bought as a quick fix for a neighbor kid in 2003 and that I've re-sold 3x now.
It keeps coming back as a trade in. It's currently 'back again'.

I know it's a cheapie but for some reason [that I can't figure out] I actually like it.
If you don't use it for a chair or a step-stool it works out okay.

.

[KeriJane]

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hey, screws are good. sturdy and universal.

Hi Ratdude!

Yes, but they lack APPEAL

You can charge a lot more for "Helical Ridge Fasteners".

Kind of makes you just want to run out and buy some doesn't it?

Especially if they're colored black, blue, yellow, pink or Chrome and have fancy knurled tops.

Those are: "6-32 Tool-Free Anodized (or plated) Helical Ridge Fasteners" and cost $150,000.00 apiece. (special Air Force pricing, in lots of 1,000)


Have Fun,
Keri

[ratdude747]

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bump for a friend who likes his raidmax POS. this should help him learn why price is not the only factor.

[japlytic]

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I have seen cheap cases with unshielded front panel USB and audio connecting cables.
They have caused problems with USB 2.0 devices on an external cable.