• Week in Tech: The Case for a New PC
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I actually do have an itx prodigy, while I was sold on the small cube idea initially, I've gotten pretty sick of it. I'm going over to a corsair carbide 500R. It's hard to get into with a large gpu in the way.. There's little space for your hands, and I'm a pretty small guy too. It was cool but I'm going back to a full tower case. Also the frontpanel stuff on the side was a bad idea, when I pulled that side off I ended up tearing my USB 3.0 header. It's a nice case but it's a little too cramped. Limited cooling options too, I'm surprised my radiator fits in there.
I would never go with a small box, too cramped. I got one of the CM Storm Trooper and that thing is huge. If I put it on my desk, it'd snap it in half. But I love it. It's as sturdy as can be and has a lot of extra space so I can actually stick my hands in.
HAF 932 Advanced master race. I can literally fit a microATX box inside it.
I'm about to modify a Dell Optiplex 390 case. From my measurements, you can fit a full sized power supply, a graphics card, and Mini-ITX into it.
I got an old Antec 1200 I bought off craigslist. Roomy and has a GIGANTIC exhaust fan on top. [editline]30th November 2013[/editline] It's a PITA to move around though.
Meanwhile I'm sitting here with a CoolerMaster Cosmos 2. If you've seen one or have one this thing is fucking massive. 26 inches tall, 26 inches long, and 12.75 inches wide.
[t]http://content.hwigroup.net/images/products/xl/134024/cooler_master_cosmos_ii_black.jpg[/t] eww
[QUOTE=Del91;43033999][t]http://content.hwigroup.net/images/products/xl/134024/cooler_master_cosmos_ii_black.jpg[/t] eww[/QUOTE] If we're gonna do this then your 1200 is no looker either I'd say.
They aint got nothin on Lian Li [video=youtube;pN4NHYH6KZc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN4NHYH6KZc[/video]
I got the CM 690 II (basic, fuck windows), I like it.
Aww yeah, CM storm sniper masterrace [img_thumb]http://www.gnd-tech.com/images/imported/2009/03/18.jpg[/img_thumb] fucking big case aswell
[QUOTE=Cows Rule;43021137]I actually do have an itx prodigy, while I was sold on the small cube idea initially, I've gotten pretty sick of it. I'm going over to a corsair carbide 500R. It's hard to get into with a large gpu in the way.. There's little space for your hands, and I'm a pretty small guy too. It was cool but I'm going back to a full tower case. Also the frontpanel stuff on the side was a bad idea, when I pulled that side off I ended up tearing my USB 3.0 header. It's a nice case but it's a little too cramped. Limited cooling options too, I'm surprised my radiator fits in there.[/QUOTE] i got one too, and my only complaint so far is the fucking psu space. apart from that you must be really rough with your shit and real lazy to take the gpu out, hell i got radiator water cooling too, just practise disassembling and reassembling delicate sony bs
I honestly didn't think I moved that side panel hard at all. It gently took it off and leaned against the case. It slipped and slid down which is when the header was probably torn. And yeah, I'm kinda lazy to take the GPU out, but in my defense, I got remove the power cables, Undo three screws in the back and then undo the little PCIE clip. I've found it an annoyance to take in and out. I've never been able to see inside the case very well either. It's not an awful case by any means, I just haven't had a dreamy experience with it albeit it's mostly my fault. Oh, well though I'm changing cases so it really doesn't matter.
[QUOTE=Barbarian887;43034207]They aint got nothin on Lian Li [video=youtube;pN4NHYH6KZc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN4NHYH6KZc[/video][/QUOTE] the front panel is 6 grand
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