Why is it so hard to find non-flashy cases nowadays?

[Jimmah]

Flash and lights with assloads of extra fan slots seem to be the only case styles the online's are selling these days. I've been looking for days now for a simple, thinner matx case without the flashy bits or a bazillion fan holes. Even harder finding one that isn't just a lazy 'chop off one drive bay' job on existing atx towers. It's getting frustrating.

If only those little Shuttle KPC's had the option of PCI-E I'd be all over it. Seems the only way for one to get something desktop-space friendly these days is to make it yourself.

*shakes fist*

Damn kids and their desire for bling!

 

[lxskllr]

I just got a Antec MicroATX tower that's pretty subdued. It would fit perfectly in a corporate setting.

 

[Jimmah]

I agree, those are nice boxes, I wish they were a touch thinner though. Hardest thing is to find one under 300$ and not covered in BS.

*cranky*

 

[JMapleton]

Look at Lian Li cases. And yes I agree, most cases look like a spaceship.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Jimmah
Why is it so hard to find non-flashy cases nowadays?

Because you're not looking hard enough.

 

[Kraeoss]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: Jimmah
Why is it so hard to find non-flashy cases nowadays?

Because you're not looking hard enough.

+1 indeed there are lotsa bland ordinary cases out there.

 

[JackMDS]

http://3btech.net/cases2-basic.html

 

[Jimmah]

Originally posted by: Kraeoss

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: Jimmah
Why is it so hard to find non-flashy cases nowadays?

Because you're not looking hard enough.

+1 indeed there are lotsa bland ordinary cases out there.

Bland, sure, thin and matx, not so much. Unless of course you want an overpriced htpc case with lcd's and a freakin' remote costing 5x the price of normal case's.

Only one I've yet seen is the In-Win Case, which seems to be my only option for a thinner and affordable matx case.

 

[corkyg]

What's wrong with the Antec Performance One series?

You complain about a lack of general cases, then you get specific about non-general cases. ???

I had a In-Win case about 5 years ago - not a bad product.