ATCs, and now Windy! Soldam gone bust.

Noni Juice · 22 Oct 2006 at 17:02

pcknight said:
Thats right, most manufacturers dont really care about the quality of the case just the profit they can make on them.

But if you owned a company, what would you want? Money or the minority having a case that they will buy once for a premium of build quality?

Its all about balance, quality and price. This is why I like Antec, and the PC7+.

Coolermaster, Silverstone and the others are there to make profit, simple as. Ask people in the street and I guess about 1/100 or even less say that they would spend £200 on just a case.

I would not be suprised if Lian Li would be next.

Coolermaster went to "cheap" side of things, but I like thier Mystique 631 case.

pcknight · 22 Oct 2006 at 21:31

What is the best case these days for keeping a system cool and easily manageable, you know easy to work on etc.

Messiah Khan · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:07

pcknight said:
What is the best case these days for keeping a system cool and easily manageable, you know easy to work on etc.

LianLi pc7+ or Akasa Eclipse62

pcknight · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:12

It has to be great at keeping the components cool and look cool too.

Noni Juice · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:35

pcknight said:
It has to be great at keeping the components cool and look cool too.

Coolermaster Mystique?

pieman109 · 23 Oct 2006 at 03:03

The more I see the mystique the more I like it. 2 x 120mm, all aluminium construction, tool less design, doesn't look THAT bad in comparison to a lot of cases I've seen. If I was in the market for another case and had enough cash, I might consider one of these.
Anyone want an ATCS 200 version 2, windowed side panel and exceptional external condition

Technofr3ak · 23 Oct 2006 at 06:25

sad news indeed

the mystique is fugly

pcknight · 23 Oct 2006 at 11:14

Thing is, i want a case that will accomodate the Scythe Ninja. Not sure if my 201 would be able to house it?

lozza · 23 Oct 2006 at 12:34

pcknight said:
Thing is, i want a case that will accomodate the Scythe Ninja. Not sure if my 201 would be able to house it?

I'm pretty sure it wont, just too tight a fit

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For all purposes Windy is gone, as it will never have the level of quality again, and will go the way of coolermaster.

Lian Li actually make money on the cases, so I do not see them going bust as yes they do make their wacko cases, but they do sell a fair few of them for OEM manufacturers aswell, especially when you look back over 7 years of PC mags.

pcknight · 23 Oct 2006 at 17:03

Harib0 said:
I'm pretty sure it wont, just too tight a fit

You are right. I measured it and it is a tiny bit too big!

Bane · 23 Oct 2006 at 19:04

That's the US branch though, Yewen.

The Japanese headquarters seem to be back in business, even though Bablefish translations are rough around the edges.

I imagine the US branch may remain dead. Depending on how profitable it was the first time around.