Thermaltake, you have been ousted!!!

I Don't Know · 3 Jun 2015 at 20:45

Gerard said:
Apparently thermaltake actually ordered some caselabs models as well. Copy, paste ftw it seems

they did mate, Kevin Keating posted the billing info on his facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1413341898991146&id=100009460486462

Ace Modder · 3 Jun 2015 at 20:48

Well this says it all really.

spoffle · 3 Jun 2015 at 20:52

With you being the Antec rep, what are your thoughts of the R5 in the first place? Don't you think it's a copy of some of Antec's older cases? Some of Fractal's cases certainly bare a striking resemblance.

I Don't Know · 3 Jun 2015 at 20:59

spoffle said:
With you being the Antec rep, what are your thoughts of the R5 in the first place? Don't you think it's a copy of some of Antec's older cases? Some of Fractal's cases certainly bare a striking resemblance.

just had a look at the antec p180 and the R5, on the outside yes they look similar but the inside looks different.

Ace Modder · 3 Jun 2015 at 20:59

Actually you are right, the P series was the first company to do that style, I did like the R2 when it first came out, I actually bought laucnhed them at ocuk when I was the case buyer at ocuk.

Ace Modder · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:01

Jokester · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:02

Completely brazen to actually buy the cases direct from Caselabs. Bunch of *********. Never bought a Thermaltake and never will to be honest.

I Don't Know · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:04

Ace Modder said:

was that out before the R2?

spoffle · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:06

I Don't Know said:
just had a look at the antec p180 and the R5, on the outside yes they look similar but the inside looks different.

Of course they are. The P180 and 190 are very old now. Case design has moved on and the layout that the R5 uses is a standard modern ATX case layout that most companies are using.

Ace Modder said:
Actually you are right, the P series was the first company to do that style, I did like the R2 when it first came out, I actually bought laucnhed them at ocuk when I was the case buyer at ocuk.

Corsair have a case called the Carbide 330R that looks very similar both inside and outside to the R5 and Thermaltake's case.

spoffle · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:07

I Don't Know said:
was that out before the R2?

They were out about 10 years ago. Plenty of companies have copied it in some form or another.

Jokester · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:08

My word at the Apogee XL rip off, it looks like they've just stuck a TT label on the top of it.

spoffle · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:10

Jokester said:
Completely brazen to actually buy the cases direct from Caselabs. Bunch of *********. Never bought a Thermaltake and never will to be honest.

I'm not sure what you're saying here. Are you saying Thermaltake buy the cases from Caselabs?

I Don't Know · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:11

spoffle said:
Of course they are. The P180 and 190 are very old now. Case design has moved on and the layout that the R5 uses is a standard modern ATX case layout that most companies are using.

they maybe old but still looks nice.

spoffle said:
They were out about 10 years ago. Plenty of companies have copied it in some form or another.

i can see why, this got a clean look to it.

the first case i got was an R3 from ********.

Rroff · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:13

Jokester said:
Completely brazen to actually buy the cases direct from Caselabs. Bunch of *********. Never bought a Thermaltake and never will to be honest.

Its not that unusual in itself - a lot of companies buy competitors products and do a tear down/analysis but theres a difference between that and then blatantly copying the design.

Its one thing to even produce a product inspired by a tried and tested design i.e. the P180 and another to create what is basically an exact clone with little original work at all and then stick your brand on it.

Jokester · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:14

spoffle said:
I'm not sure what you're saying here. Are you saying Thermaltake buy the cases from Caselabs?

When the TT guy seen the CL cases he wanted to take photos of them, but when they refused he told them he would buy them instead. Months later TT buy examples of the new CL cases direct from CL themselves once they're for sale and get them delivered to TT HQ and then a while later cases that look pretty much the same appear on the market from TT.

spoffle · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:15

I Don't Know said:
they maybe old but still looks nice.

i can see why, this got a clean look to it.

the first case i got was an R3 from ********.

Sure, but it goes to show that Fractal haven't really got any business complaining and claiming that Thermaltake have copied them, because they copied Antec. Though they'd more likely say "insprired by".

It's coming across as Apple syndrome a bit here. Where Apple think they can copy whatever they want, but if they think they're being copied then they throw a tantrum and claim they own the rights to a rectangle with filleted corners.

I Don't Know · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:16

you should see the video they did on Tt facebooks about there line up at Computex...

Ace Modder · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:16

I Don't Know said:
was that out before the R2?

yes P180 was about 4 years before Fractal was even born.

spoffle · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:17

Jokester said:
When the TT guy seen the CL cases he wanted to take photos of them, but when they refused he told them he would buy them instead. Months later TT buy examples of the new CL cases direct from CL themselves once they're for sale and get them delivered to TT HQ and then a while later cases that look pretty much the same appear on the market from TT.

Oh wow haha. Well that's broken, no denying that. I think people are jumping on the bandwagon with the other stuff though,

I Don't Know · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:18

spoffle said:
Apple syndrome

hahahaha!