Alienware

[drjustin]

i have found the cases that alienware uses to build their pcs. it can be found at this place.

 

[Grendel99]

Hehe, they can alos be found at Mushkin.com and Directron.com

I hear that not that could of a case. When the Hydrolic door comes down it covers the vents on the front. And just poor build quality overall.

 

[Phunktion]

This place sells them for twice the price.. I disagree with you though they are an outstanding case and with the door down it doesn't block the airflow because the 80mm fan doesn't suck a whole lot in anyways.. then again I keep my up all the time because it looks nicer that way..

 

[Wingznut]

No, the door doesn't block off the air flow. There is still more than plenty of room for the air to get by.

 

[divinemartyr]

I own this case, having the door down or the door up yields the same temperatures and amount of airflow as having it up. This case is also of VERY high build quality, one of the nicest cases I've EVER owned without question. If you want to pick one up a bit cheaper, try Directron as they also offer some of the best customer service around. I picked up the tower with 300w power supply, plus logo (intel or amd is available) as well as thumb screws (you can also ask not to have these) for $96. They also carry the full tower version, they just offer better prices on the case itself.

Please do not be confused by the above stories of this case having poor build quality or lacking in the airflow department with the door down, there is still plenty of room for air to circulate into the front fan.

dm

 

[Cooltech2k]

I have alse built a few systems with this case & I think it sucks... My Personal Choice is the global win ycc-802. Strong construction & Very easy to work inMake it great, as well as the slide out motherboard tray && thumb screws for everything you will ever want to take off & most you wont. There is some great pics & a decent price Here You can also find a crap load of info for it just by running ycc-802 through a search engine...

 

[caenus]

I too own one of the black hydraulic cases. I got mine from Directron back in June. Its a great case, very sturdy and different from all these other white blocky cases.

I'm getting my 2 120mm fans this week and will be case modding it this weekend. Either 1 or 2 120mm fans on the side. Eventually 1 120mm on top and 1 120mm/92mm in front.

 

[a5431]

I owned one and thought it was horrid. WAY too loud with just 1 80mm fan, smallish and just plain bad engineering.. thats obvious by looking at the hydraulic cover. What engineer would design it like that if there was the possibility of airflow obstruction?

 

[caenus]

The idea behind the cover is to cover up your cdroms and such. The idea is to keep it closed, not open the cover and leave it down all day. Mine is loud but thats because of the PSU's fan. I got a nice fong kai power supply so its worth it. Yes it is a pain to open the cover, open cdrom, put cd in, close cdrom, close cover. If you are worried about airflow, just install some blowholes/suckholes on the side and/or top. Thats what I'm doing this weekend on the hydraulic case.

 

[Phunktion]

The .0001% of the people who had bad experiences with this case have posted their bashing here.. this case is on par with pretty much any case in it's price range and exceeds most of them in build quality.. the internals are braced and very sturdy, it has an easy slide-out motherboard tray, the little slight details in its design make a person realize that this was a case that was built to be user friendly and just screams moddable! In a lot of ways I prefer it over my Antec even, no one ever said "WTF?" about my Antec case at a party and the hydraulic case isn't even modded yet.. plus that door keeps a person from accidentally hitting the reset or power button.. gotta love that.. given some of the noise killer fans this case becomes whisper quiet.. with the door up it kills the noise of even the loudest cheapest most ancient piece of junk drives you can stick in it's bays. Maybe if I had had tons of money I'd have gotten the expensive aluminum Lian Li case with no drives sold on the market that'll match it. Thinking about it, the only aluminum I probably will ever have anywhere near my computer would be a nice can of pop.
Suffice it to say, I love this case and most of the other people who own this case feel the same way about it..