High-bay capacity Desktop case suggestions?

[Kartman]

Hello All,

Part of me is being lazy while the other part of me just sees the common convenience of being able to look-down upon the guts of one's PC as opposed to always looking for a good light source to play in a tower case.

I know that tower cases are nice and typically have a lot more capacity for bay items (CDROMs, DVDROMs, burners, hard drives, etc., etc., etc.), but I'm tired of always not having the ease of access that even some non-iMac MACs have!

Thus, I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on known products they would suggest? This would be to mount an Abit IT7 board.

 

[J3anyus]

Huh?

 

[mechBgon]

That's a tough one... I don't think I've seen any horizontal cases with lots of bays. If you stick a cold-cathode light in a tower case, that ought to fix one of the issues you mentioned (seeing what you're doing).

 

[Kartman]

You know, you are right! Got any suggestions for 'interesting' lighting options?

 

[mechBgon]

Personally, I'd like a red cold-cathode light Here are some goodies to look at, anyway:

Lights at 2Cooltek
Lights at CaseEtc
Plycon (look down the left menu a ways for lighting stuff)
CrazyPC

If your case happens to have a switch that detects when the case is open, you could even wire it to that switch so it turns on when you open the case, like the light under the hood of a car.

 

[Kartman]

You know, those light suggestions are not going to help when the power is off and I'm tinkering inside the case, which is the reason why I was looking at the horizontal cabinet.

 

[mechBgon]

When push comes to shove, I usually end up laying my case on its side to work on it. I'd rather do that than be limited in how many drive bays I had.