Cases with compartments

[perdomot]

I've been checking out the Antec P Series cases with their separate compartments for PSU, HDDs, etc and was wondering what other cases had this kind of set up. I know the Cosmos series does but are there any less expensive cases around?

 

[Zepper]

Several Lian Li, Silverstone have them.

.b.h.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Zepper
Several Lian Li, Silverstone have them.

.b.h.

yup at almost 2x the cost but definitely worth it for these two big names

Some roswells will have sideways hard drive compartments. The CM690 also has a sidways hard drive compartment.


Im assuming your just looking for hard drive compartments? Instead of mounting it in the front bay?

 

[perdomot]

Actually, I'm more interested in the way the compartments make things neater for cabling and is supposed to help thermally. I did see the Lian ones and though very nice, they are sooo expensive.

 

[Zepper]

The reason there aren't many is that it is an unnecessary complication really only suited to expensive cases where buyer's can be persuaded that the superfluous is a necessity...

.bh.

 

[Sheninat0r]

Compartmentalized airflow isn't really a big deal... You might get a 1-2 degree drop if you're lucky over a standard setup, but it's too much of a hassle to do, especially in a P180/182/190 - the PSU cables get thrown all over the place [unless its modular], which kills any airflow through the bottom compartment. With a normal case and 20 minutes of cable management, a regular, non-compartmentalized case can have the same airflow/cooling as a P1xx.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Zepper
The reason there aren't many is that it is an unnecessary complication really only suited to expensive cases where buyer's can be persuaded that the superfluous is a necessity...

.bh.

yeah but, they're pretty too.