HardwareCanucks "Worst Case Trends of 2017"

[walk2k]

Thanks for assuming i wanted black over pink. That is what I will use once i get another case in 10 years or the current card reader drive i have dies.




Agreed and why do they have these closed fronts when there is no 5.25" drives? Make them like the old Antec 300 where there i a huge dust filter and it is open so those of us who want adequate cool intake air can get it. I know some cases do but not enough.

+1 Even without any intake fans I can put a piece of paper on the front of the case and it will stick there, so there's obviously plenty of air intake there.

For the side fan intake I got a snap-on dust filter.

 

[chrisjames61]

Front fans are overated anyway, unless you have HDD's you need to cool. Front is going to be closest to your head, in most cases, so you'll hear it most. I can run a back 120mm fan on full speed and barely hear it, but not so for a front fan. I use 0 front fans.

Case trends I hate - no side fan or vent. A side intake fan blows cool air RIGHT on your GPU and CPU. Right where you need it (unless you're using a radiator I guess). Also not enough or no dust filters! You put 8 fans inside a case, it's gonna basically be a vacuum cleaner, sucking up all the dust and hair from the room! Gross....

Antec 300 forever! (I have 2 of them...) Top 140mm fan, side and back 120mm, no front fans (though the case can fit 2 of them.. I never use) with dust filters. My PC stays really clean inside, barely any dust after 1 year+.

Front fans are overrated? You might be the only person who I ever heard say that.

 

[Excessi0n]

What I want is for all the case manufacturers to copy Caselabs and have a system that allows you to put fans OR 5.25" bays OR 3.5" bays up front. Then everybody can stop moaning about it.

 

[dlerious]

What I want is for all the case manufacturers to copy Caselabs and have a system that allows you to put fans OR 5.25" bays OR 3.5" bays up front. Then everybody can stop moaning about it.

Good old Flex bays. Last two cases I bought were the Mercury S8 with pedestal. Love the case, hate the price.