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[Shogmaster]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=11-133-136&DEPA=1

Yeah, it's a rip off of the ATC-S Wavemaster design that Coolermaster sells, but look at what they done inside! Much better than the original in practical sense with slide out drive cage, 120mm fans front and back, locks front and back, and drive rails for the optical!

What's funny is, it's far better IMO than the Wavemaster ripoff that Coolermaster designs and produces!

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-119-054&depa=1

And before anyone asks, ATC-S is NOT a prouct of Coolermaster! Coolermaster just has an exclusive contract to sell them in the world now, but back a few years, there was an actual company called ATC-S from Taiwan that designed the cases and sold them themsleves in places like Europe.

Only a third of of cases that Coolermaster sells carries the ATC-S badge for that reason (hint: all the hedious stuff is Coolermaster's own designs ).

 

[Shogmaster]

Holy crap! I just realised that the case is an Aluminum redesign of the Antec case that I used to build my sister her rig recently!

 

[Jill Sandwich]

errr....wow?

 

[Freestyler]

Looks tacky to me :/

 

[goodcow]

I have this case, and I love it: (AOpen)
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-130-142&depa=1

 

[xsarien]

Looks tacky to me :/

What's sad is that even though it's tacky, it's one of the more understated cases on the market right now. Most of the "nice" ones look like the bastard results of an Edsel and a Wurlitzer having a drunken one-night stand.

(The prosecution refers to damn near anything on xoxide.com.)

 

[teh_pwn]

I prefer drive rails. If you decide you want to move things around, you don't have to unscrew things.

 

[God's Hand]

There are no great PC cases. Decent ones come from Lian Li.

 

[BTMash]

Though this case is very very ugly:

There is one really good thing about it; its pretty much screwless installation, so it makes that part of the process very very simple (plus it comes with a pretty beefy PSU ,temp. monitor at the front of the comp and fan controllers). We initially got the case for the workplace and though it is fugly, its a fantastic case and more ppl have gotten it for home use.

http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/vm3000/vm3000a.htm

 

[Shogmaster]

There are no great PC cases. Decent ones come from Lian Li.

Wrong. There are great cases from Lian Li and ATC-S Coolermasters.

The one I'm getting next:

 

[Burger]

I can't decide between these two:

or:

 

[xsarien]

I can't decide between these two:

Bleh, they both look like dorm fridges.

 

[Burger]

Bleh, they both look like dorm fridges.

?

I like the bottom one more because it's nice and plain (plus silent).

I prefer not to have my computer tarted up like some 12 year old girls school book.

 

[xsarien]

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I like the bottom one more because it's nice and plain (plus silent).

I prefer not to have my computer tarted up like some 12 year old girls school book.

Well, neither do I, but I also don't like giant, silver and/or black monoliths. If Lian Li weren't so blatantly ripping off Apple, I'd almost say that they make the best looking cases. Ideally, I'd love to take their internal layouts and combine them with some of Antec's cases.

 

[suaveric]

I don't get it, doesn't it get annoying to have to open that thing up all the time just to get to the media drives? Or do you just leave that big door open all the time?

 

[tedtropy]

This is the case I'm running now. It's got a nice non-gaudy clean look about it, and alot of well thought out interior space along with a slideout mobo trade. Plus, you can find it for under $100 these days...

 

[Biff Hardbody]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-112-040&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE

I'll have it within two weeks.

 

[Burger]

Quite frankly, I don't use cd's much.

I have an external cd writer, and any games I want to play are already cracked (people who don't crack their games are idiots).

 

[aaaaa0]

Ahanix D5. Beautiful, but not cheap.

 

[xsarien]

Now that you (kind of) mention it:
Can someone please explain the appeal of case windows? I just don't get it. Sure, if you want to get all novel and get one of those completely transparent cases, yeah, that can rock anyone's geek pretty hard.

But just a panel window? They always struck me as all but useless, and aesthetically dreadful.

 

[tedtropy]

Now that you (kind of) mention it:
Can someone please explain the appeal of case windows? I just don't get it. Sure, if you want to get all novel and get one of those completely transparent cases, yeah, that can rock anyone's geek pretty hard.

But just a panel window? They always struck me as all but useless, and aesthetically dreadful.

If you put alot of work into making the inside of your case look clean in terms of cabling and/or just want to show off the gear you have running inside without have to take the side panel off everytime, a case window's a nice way of doing that. If the thing's going to be sitting under your desk most of the time doubling as a foot-stool, then no, there's not alot of point in it.

 

[xsarien]

If you put alot of work into making the inside of your case look clean in terms of cabling and/or just want to show off the gear you have running inside without have to take the side panel off everytime, a case window's a nice way of doing that. If the thing's going to be sitting under your desk most of the time doubling as a foot-stool, then no, there's not alot of point in it.

Who the hell cares what's inside as long as it runs your games as fast as you want it to?

 

[God's Hand]

Wrong. There are great cases from Lian Li and ATC-S Coolermasters.

The one I'm getting next:

Whoa... which Lian Li case is that? I've never seen it before.

 

[Shogmaster]

Whoa... which Lian Li case is that? I've never seen it before.

The new V1xxx series. This one is V1200B. Definitely not cheap.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-112-075&depa=0

 

[Hooker]

I've been eye-ing the V1000 for a couple of months myself now. That case is godly, and I hate Lian-Li. (1000 is brushed alu color)


But $200+ is a little steep for a case that will be cut up a few days later. (case-modding) Especially for a poor college student...

 

[ElyrionX]

I'm using this:

Looks great but gets scratched waaay too easily. Also, rubber stops on the bottom sucks....

 

[Phoenix]

I'm using this:



Looks great but gets scratched waaay too easily. Also, rubber stops on the bottom sucks....

I've got one of these as well. I haven't had any issues with scratches but I do have massive problems with fingerprints and smudges. That thing needs to be polished all the time.

 

[Mustang]

Shog,

Did Coolermaster kill your cat or something?

Just wondering.

My favorite by the way.

 

[Shogmaster]

Shog,

Did Coolermaster kill your cat or something?

Just wondering.

Yeah they did! Just look at how they've butchered ATC-S stuff into their own abomniations! And I've got a good suspicion that they bought out ATCS-Tek and killed the company as it existed. There haven't been new design since MRO-18/Wavemaster.

My favorite by the way.

Single 5.25" bay + two 3.5" bays = That thing's a joke.

 

[tedtropy]

Who the hell cares what's inside as long as it runs your games as fast as you want it to?

It's just a matter of preference. Why do some people dump tons of money into their car when it was already able to take them from point A to point B. It's just a project. Case modding's fairly popular, so those would be the ones that care...