Which case would you get if you had unlimited $?

[Mik3y]

you have anything you like yet?

 

[Xatrix]

Honestly, yes. I am liking the U2-UFO by mountain mods. I know a lot of people h8 on it but I think it looks great and seems like it would be a great cooling case. That and I like to be different. It also seems like it will be easy to work with for my first build.

 

[Mik3y]

lol, i understand. have you looked at the cooler master stacker also? its a really great cooling case and is built like a tank. 🙂

 

[Xatrix]

Yes, and just looked again to be sure. Don't get me wrong, looks like a great case, just not really what I'm looking for.

 

[Gioron]

Originally posted by: Mosad
I too dont understand the rage over the lian lis... i mean i see that they are sleek and copy apple... but pop an optical drive in there and replace the flat black cover and all of a sudden... its no longer that sexy... I wish it had a cover of some sort on those optical drives...

http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/cpa-44.html There, happy now? Those covers match the case perfectly, they're well formed aluminum with good actuation and durability, and they're easy to install, as I can attest from personal experience.

Lian-Li makes some quality cases, but thats not the same as fancy cases. They're just plain well made. They're starting to get some competition now and a lot of people copying design features, but for a while there just weren't any cases of even remotely comparable quality (at least on the PC side of things, I have no experience with apple cases).


As for the original topic, I'm not sure whether I'd go with the current Lian-Li, the coolermaster stacker, the shuttle SN95G5 or with this one. They're all good for different purposes (quality, drive expansion, small footprint, and showing off, respectively).

 

[AnnoyedGrunt]

I'm not a big fan of those Lian Li ones. The whole upside down mobo is a bit too gimmicky for me.

I haven't found a perfect case yet, but instead of making my own I just bought the kingwin 424. It's close enough for now.

I'd like:
1X 120mm intake
1X 120mm exhaust (both with low restriction grilles)
2X USB, 1X 1394 front ports with mobo headers (no pass thru cables)
NO FONT DRIVE COVER (this is what has made it practically impossible to find the "perfect" case)
HDD Mount grommets
Thumbscrews for everything (no plastic clips)
Understated Looks (no devil horns, lights, windows, LCD displays, etc)

So far, I like the following cases:
Coolermaster Centurion 5
Silverstone TJ02 and TJ04
Compucase LX-6a19/Antec 3700
Kingwin 424

The Antec P160 is very close to perfect, but it has all kinds of platic junk on the bezel that makes it feel very cheap. Also the top pivoting USB ports were broken on all the ones I saw. If they had that case with a plain silver or black bezel, then I'd probably have bought that instead of the Kingwin. We'll see how the kingwin does though.

-D'oh!

 

[Mosad]

After reading up on LianLi i would have to cast my vote for the PC73SLB.... silent but deadly... that is, if i watercool it...

If i opt not to watercool and i need air cooling... then i would most likely opt for the not so silent, but still sexy, V2100. In black of course.

 

[Zepper]

Look at the Yeong Yang cube cases (yy-02xx, yy-04xx - on the pedestal servers menu) . Quite a bit cheaper than the UFO and built considerably better built.
.bh.

:moon:

 

[IamTHEsnake]

Though not very expensive, Antec P160.

 

[klah]

DUH

 

[Gothgar]

Lian Li's are just trendy for enthusiasts

I don't like the upside down mobo thing, I would rather not cook my video card, thanks

 

[CraigRT]

probably the same cases I normally like... Praetorian, Wavemaster, P160

 

[0roo0roo]

thttp://www.voodoopc.com/systems/f50.aspx and a g5

 

[InlineFive]

Antec Sonata

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Obvious

On second thought I would get this case. It looks pretty sweet :thumbsup:

 

[Spikesoldier]

i would buy the nice huge thermaltake case

i would sooooooooo hit it.
































with a 9 iron 🙂

lather, rinse, repeat, until i run out of money. OH WAIT I DONT RUN OUT OF MONEY! hahaahha