Coolermaster Praetorian - discontinued??

leepark

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I was told by a store in Canada that the Praetorian is a discontinued model, is this true?

What does everyone think about this case? What does the black one look like in person? What is a good PSU to go with it?
 

Mudbone

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It hasn't really been discontinued they are just not shipping it to Canada anymore. They decided you snowballs are just a bunch of losers and don't deserve to have this case. ;) J/K

Seriously, AFAIK the Praetorian is still being made. Several of the major on line US retailers have it in stock in black and silver. I am not sure what the difficulties are in buying from the US if you are in Canada. Its a pretty good case in black or silver. If you like it you and can't get it might want to consider some of the Lian-Li cases. Some of their PC-6xxx series look very similar to the Praetorian. I have the PC-6077 which looks like a cross between CoolerMaster's Praetorian and the CM Stacker. It looks like the Praetorian but the entire front is 5.25 bays like the CM Stacker. I chose the 6077 over the Praetorian for that reason and also because it has two 80 mm fans in the rear, not just one.
 

blackinches

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the praetorian seems readily available. why not go for the centurion 5 or check out the lianli pc-60plus, there is a review on amdreview blackinches' believes. looks pretty sweet. uses 120mm fans instead of 80mm.
 

CraigRT

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Originally posted by: blackinches
the praetorian seems readily available. why not go for the centurion 5 or check out the lianli pc-60plus, there is a review on amdreview blackinches' believes. looks pretty sweet. uses 120mm fans instead of 80mm.

The Centurion5 is a clean looking case, but definitely more of a generic case than the Praetorian is.

the Centurion is not all aluminum like the Praetorian, and is basically that one grade down from it.

I do like the looks of the C5, but it's definitely no Praetorian. I like the Wavemaster better than both ;)
 

GnomeCop

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its about time the praetorian went away, they could sue a new aluminum case offering
 

Insomniak

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Originally posted by: CraigRT
The Centurion5 is a clean looking case, but definitely more of a generic case than the Praetorian is.

the Centurion is not all aluminum like the Praetorian, and is basically that one grade down from it.

I do like the looks of the C5, but it's definitely no Praetorian. I like the Wavemaster better than both ;)


The Centurion is the coolest and quietest of the bunch by far, excluding stacker which is just nuts....frankly, I think it's no contest right now - if you're buying a CoolerMaster, Centurion 5 or Stacker are the only ones worth considering.


Of course, I'm a wee bit biased, but still.
 

rise

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i love the praetorian, but i would have liked it better with 120 fans for noise, but a fan controller works too.

never been a big fan of the bezels, otherwise i love the wave master.