Case to house my swiftech apex ultra

graylinghunter · 2 Sep 2006 at 18:04

looking for a case to house my h2o system swiftech apex ultra plus.
I also need a locking front pannel to stop my 3 year old getting at the cd/dvd drive.
The atx case I have from an old targa system is just to tight (targa 3400)
It also needs to go in the living room her in doors wont let me buy a mountain mods case :rolleyes:

Anyway any suggestions welcome. I am not over bothered about showing the inside off. My wife thinks they are all a bit bling for her taste.
lang li lookes nice but very pricy.
suggestions welcome

G-MAN2004 · 2 Sep 2006 at 18:16

What's your price range? Akasa Eclipse 62 seems to be liked a lot.

pegasus1 · 2 Sep 2006 at 19:40

I just love posting this pic.
Cheiftec Dragon for less than £40 if you look around

ChoÞÞer · 2 Sep 2006 at 21:31

aw pegasus1 thats what i want...

Reality|Bites · 2 Sep 2006 at 21:47

Why did you cut away both drive bays? You only needed to cut away the lower one.

manoz · 2 Sep 2006 at 22:07

Holy moly, that case is taller then me!!!! :eek:

Yewen · 3 Sep 2006 at 00:44

I personally prefer the original design, with the hard drives down the bottom as it makes for a better overal case, however I paid £113 for it from OcUK in early 2003.

For £40 any of the Cheiffy cases are great buys, bit dated but for the money and the amount of steel you actually gets its ok value.

allllec · 3 Sep 2006 at 01:18

m0re piccies, i think i just fell in love :| maybe, finaly, a case thats big enough for me :cool:

Yewen · 3 Sep 2006 at 02:00

All I have of mine, its a Scorpio from 2003.

pegasus1 · 3 Sep 2006 at 16:18

Reality|Bites said:
Why did you cut away both drive bays? You only needed to cut away the lower one.

Do you mean the HDD bays? I originally had the Rad on the back so moved the HDDs to the bottom of the case but now the rad is in the top of the case and the pump/res at the bottom i put the drives on some thin foam rubber back at the top.

pegasus1 · 3 Sep 2006 at 16:25

This is how it looked to start with

graylinghunter · 3 Sep 2006 at 17:07

lots of space in the cheif.

Cooler Master Stacker 830 although £160 :eek:

its £40 cheaper than the liang-li It looks a good unit and i wouldnt need to do much metalwork on it to fit the apex gear, I need to look into some w/c mofset coolers for my p5w dh mobo as i dont want to take the board out again after this next build until a future mobo upgrage.

ChoÞÞer · 3 Sep 2006 at 18:29

pegasus1 please stop,with the pictures.... i really want that case

G-MAN2004 · 3 Sep 2006 at 18:40

ChoÞÞer said:
pegasus1 please stop,with the pictures.... i really want that case

There's some guy selling them on the auction site with pre installed water cooling for quite cheap.

allllec · 3 Sep 2006 at 18:58

Black Chieftec Dragon

i seen a few of these for sale in various places, but they are quoted as being roughly 55-60cm tall (i forget)

is that right? looks taller (well your version) looks taller in pictures

am i looking for any particular "revision" or anything?

regards

alec

pegasus1 · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:15

Its about 65CM tall

allllec · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:22

Lol im just crap and guestemating hieghts then

lol cheers mate.

Cool, one of those is deffo going on my shortlist

allllec · 6 Sep 2006 at 16:21

Argh i cant find this case anywhere, its driving me to distraction. Obviously without posting any competitors any advice i really want THIS ONE! lol

Reality|Bites · 6 Sep 2006 at 16:49

So your wanting the midi tower version of the Chieftec Dragon?

allllec · 6 Sep 2006 at 17:11

the really tall one! 67cm tall one