Killer Computer Cases Research

[tazwegion]

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whatever happened to a nice beige box, rather than hideously ugly shiny things with windows and lights that light the room up and look like crap?

--Randy

And just what's wrong with a bit of bling?

Personally, there are too many cases that take the 'modder look' way too far (that devil faced case for example), can't beat the straight clean lines of a CoolerMaster case IMHO

For the record only 1 of my 6 cases are lightly modded (LED lighting & color coding) with modding to allow a 120mm intake on the front bezel, the rest are pure unadulterated beige!

[gg1978]

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What about a black Antec P180?? I know they're a bit expensive, but i've got one, and the finish is gorgeous.. I know having the PSU at the bottom of the case induces some quirks, but my Fortron Blue Storm 400W's wires were more than long enough. Right now i have 6 hdd's, two opticals in it..

[Maxxarcade]

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I wish you had marketed that, The Maxx Cool, would have been an instant success. Great ideas that got away.

Wasn't my idea, I actually bought my first parts from a place called Overclocker's Hideout, but had bad luck with their waterblock. Stabbed a screwdriver through my favorite Shuttle Super Socket 7 motherboard trying to mount it. So I made a waterblock at school that would fit with a normal heatsink clip I had. The radiator was also added by me.

After all this happened, the water cooling business exploded with companies like Swiftech making complete kits. Ones that looked much nicer and worked better

[kc8adu]

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here is that satan case i posted about.
btw it had a deer psu in it that did a meltdown.
replace psu and recapped the mobo for the customer.

[willawake]

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hahaha i will get one of them for the accountant.

[Chris1992]

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kc8adu. never. post. that. again. My eyes have burnt out.

[Shroomie]

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Well Chris...It could be a lot worse, like this NZXT Guardian...

There's a pretty decent chassis under all that bling, though.

[Chris1992]

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Yeah, if I got that case, I'd rip the door off. Nice chassis design though, I've seen that case irl.

[pentium]

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Everything is vertical these days. Will there ever be a horizontal ATX case?

[linuxguru]

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> Will there ever be a horizontal ATX case?

There have been bed-type (horizontal) micro-ATX cases for a while, but they're not particularly popular or easy to work on (you generally have to place the monitor on top, which makes it hard to access the innards).

[pentium]

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I see no problem.
I actually padlock my case anyways.

[kc8adu]

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i have several aopen desktop atx cases here.
not real common but they are out there.

[dood]

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If I had a desktop atx case, I'd stand it on its side under my desk anyways....

[willawake]

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4u rackmount cases would make cool desktops

[dood]

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4u rackmount cases would make cool desktops

They are typically not designed to have a monitor sitting on top of them, however. They usually have rather thin top panels.

[Maxxarcade]

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I prefer roomy towers, but I wish they would go back to using thick, heavy steel like the computers of about 15-20 years ago. I'm tired of these tin-foil POS cases with the contoured front bezels.

[willawake]

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get a chenming built case then

[Baron]

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get a chenming built case then

Or a Thermaltake Xaser III......bomb proof and heavy, and even worse when filled with parts
I have the Kandalf, which is pretty much the same as the Armour (I think) but it has a front door. But, this can be removed so that it just has the two 'wings' like the Armour.

[willawake]

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i think you are talking about the steel version

[VILE DISRUPTION]

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well i have a horizontal ATX case.
Takes about 20 minutes to get apart though. 10 seconds to take of the top panel. 10 minutes to get the disc drive out and 9:50 minutes to get the HDD out. and if i need to get the frount bezel off. i need the HDD out so a further 15 seconds.
And THAT is when i am concentrating...