Case pricing

bremen1874 · 27 Aug 2011 at 05:18

A few years ago expensive cases (anything costing as much, if not more than, the motherboard) were a rarity. Where they did exist there was at least some justification.

What happened? Really standard cases are now demanding stupid amounts of money.

For an example take the Corsair 400R which appears to cost a relatively cheap £80.

It’s basically made of steel and plastic, neither of which are particularly expensive materials.
It has no special features to demand a premium.
It includes some fans, but everyone will delight in immediately replacing them.

Why is the Corsair 400R (or anything similar) worth £80 of anybody’s money?

As I see it this willingness to pay over the top prices for standard products has driven the prices of the real premium cases into the stratosphere.

setter · 27 Aug 2011 at 18:06

Material costs, labour costs etc have risen in recent years, hence the price hike.

scrlk · 27 Aug 2011 at 18:35

You are paying for the Corsair sticker on the front.

jaybee · 27 Aug 2011 at 18:41

Metal prices have risen I gather. Not to the point that it explains the silly prices now. A lot of good cases are now pushing or over £200. Used to be that a case was expensive if over a ton. In fact, it still is.

Hyburnate · 27 Aug 2011 at 18:43

The gypsies down the road have a lot of steel in their truck

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Nah but Corsair are making some decent cases and they are beautiful cases.

setter · 27 Aug 2011 at 18:52

Hyburnate said:
The gypsies down the road have a lot of steel in their truck .

Yep, probably stolen from someone elses truck.