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.