Could you design or improve a PC Case ?

[2013]

Could you Design or improve a case ?

I thought this could be a fun or maybe not its up to you

Cases are one of the main things we look at when building a PC and everyone has a option on what they like, a way to personalise your pc a little, considering they are just a shell we spend a lot of time and money on them, some of us can spend ages.

If you could create or improve a PC Case, What would you do ?


Create something new
Design | Features | Size | Build Material.

Would you take cases you like (Lian Li 011 , Phanteks Evolv, Fractal S2) and improve with some changes (adding and removing)

Maybe take 2 or 3 cases and combining them

Add wood like the Fractal North, Maybe bring back something like the removable motherboard tray or 5.25 drive bay


Make it fun, Make it yours
Go wild if you want

 

[drakulton]

Yes! Why aren't GPU mounting brackets on the bottom of the case, so that the GPU fans and cooler face the front of the case and the the air from the rearward blowing case fans hits the GPU fans and cooler straight on. Right angled connectors for the underneath of the case to connect to the GPU...... simples.

 

[lsg1r]

Could you Design or improve a case ?

Yes... it's technically what I went to university to do, albeit with a bit more diversity than just a pc case lol

I keep looking at my o11 evo and thinking if they just changed the side intake design a little it could be turned into a nice 8+ HD 'server' case... but then I'm still looking for that 'perfect' unraid case....
I've got a design in my head for a dual pc case, one side is focused on the main rig (workstation/gaming), the other side is mitx and bulk hard drive storage plus dual psu's etc...

Can I be bothered to mock them up in cad, honestly no... I know it would cost a lot to have them made if I wanted to make them and they're both pretty niche use case scenarios.

 

[Donnie Fisher]

I've never understood why no one makes a 13" x 13" x 13" cube case ... cause at that size would fit into a ikea kallax unit. You know, that standard sized cube that a huge amount of houses have. Imagine having it slot perfectly into the cube, airflow front to rear, and you could select difference front faces to match the design of the units / room.

 

[2013]

I've never understood why no one makes a 13" x 13" x 13" cube case ... cause at that size would fit into a ikea kallax unit. You know, that standard sized cube that a huge amount of houses have. Imagine having it slot perfectly into the cube, airflow front to rear, and you could select difference front faces to match the design of the units / room.

Not a bad Idea, I dont think ive seen many cube designs.

 

[dave28]

Yes, i would make the phanteks p600s a couple of inches taller so that it could fit the flat shaped EK 360mm reservoir / pump combo in the front and have the bottom of it all above the psu shroud.

I tried recently and it fits but some of it is just below the shroud making things too awkward to bother with it.

 

[2013]

Yes, i would make the phanteks p600s a couple of inches taller so that it could fit the flat shaped EK 360mm reservoir / pump combo in the front and have the bottom of it all above the psu shroud.

I tried recently and it fits but some of it is just below the shroud making things too awkward to bother with it.

I agree but I feel its the same for a lot of phanteks cases.


I feel the same about my Phanteks Evolv X

 

[keyser van someone]

The Fractal Torrent or compact but just slightly wider so it can fit 2x Noctua NF-A20 fans.

The Fractal North, move the 'PSU sheath' to the top and make it wider so it can fit 2x Noctua NF-A20 fans.

 

[Mr Carrot]

I would like a case manufacturer lian li to team up with one of the high end AV/speaker manufacturers (B&O, Kef etc) and make something for the ultra premium space

Would love a combination of the wood of the fractal north with the very thick machined aluminium of the old lian lis, antec p380 etc.

Make it dual chamber like the lian li o11 xl. Don't care if it's 20kg+ as it's a display piece. Make all the fan mounts capable of 140mm fans as I want this fully silent air cooled, not even pump noise thanks.

I think it's ludicrous that there's an ultra premium office space for desks, chairs, speakers etc. but cases are stuck at the 250 dollarish mark. I'd happily pay 1k plus.

 

[VaderDSL]

Anyone seen the thermal take CTE cases? I know silverstone had done the whole rotated motherboard layout and presumably others had as well, but be interesting to see how they do.

https://cte.thermaltake.com/

 

[nightwish]

Not worked on it for a few years (since having 2 kids! lol), but at one point I put in quite a lot of work into designing my perfect (at the time) case. There aren't enough high-end desktop-orientation cases IMHO.

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[Rroff]

I'd like to see, especially on cube type format cases, NAS style storage for HDDs/SSDs - albeit a lot of stuff is moving to M.2 NVME and the likes now. So you simply unlatch the tray, slide it out and can quickly swap in and out drives without opening the whole case up and messing with cramped internals to try and connect in a drive.

 

[nightwish]

I'd like to see, especially on cube type format cases, NAS style storage for HDDs/SSDs - albeit a lot of stuff is moving to M.2 NVME and the likes now. So you simply unlatch the tray, slide it out and can quickly swap in and out drives without opening the whole case up and messing with cramped internals to try and connect in a drive.

That kind of thing is commonly found in rackmount gear, where accessibility is important. A design combining the best aspects of rackmount and tower PCs would do well I feel.

InWin R400-03 4U Rackmount Chassis Review

Looking for a rackmount chassis option? Read on as we explore the R400 from InWin and see what we think of it in our review.

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[Rroff]

That kind of thing is commonly found in rackmount gear, where accessibility is important. A design combining the best aspects of rackmount and tower PCs would do well I feel.

InWin R400-03 4U Rackmount Chassis Review

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Yeah that is partly where my thinking comes from having dealt a bit with rack mounted gear.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

If you could create or improve a PC Case, What would you do ?

Move GPU power supply to external so there would be 1 less cable inside a horrible position on show.

 

[Drizmod]

The dust filter at the bottom of the case is always terrible and hard to get to as on most cases you have to either lay the case to the side or pull the filter out from the rear of the case which is annoying. I would make it a slidable tray that you access from the front of the case so that you don't have to move the case at all. Just pull it out, clean it then slide it back in from the front of the case

 

[drakulton]

Move all GPU power connectors to the rear side of the card (nearest the the mobo) and have a cutout in the motherboard to allow the pci-e cables to come from the back of the case, so you don't see them.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Yes! Why aren't GPU mounting brackets on the bottom of the case, so that the GPU fans and cooler face the front of the case and the the air from the rearward blowing case fans hits the GPU fans and cooler straight on. Right angled connectors for the underneath of the case to connect to the GPU...... simples.

um, the phanteks do this already mine does, a better question might be why are they selling them separately for £50+ when they're a bit of cable and a couple of connectors...

The dust filter at the bottom of the case is always terrible and hard to get to as on most cases you have to either lay the case to the side or pull the filter out from the rear of the case which is annoying. I would make it a slidable tray that you access from the front of the case so that you don't have to move the case at all. Just pull it out, clean it then slide it back in from the front of the case

That would be quite long though a side mounted one I can see, not that I usually bother with them didn't fit one on the last case but pulling it apart recently there was next to no dust in the psu it just doesn't seem to pick it up from underneath, unlike the fans in the front which appear to be dust magnets

 

[Semple]

I'd like to see, especially on cube type format cases, NAS style storage for HDDs/SSDs - albeit a lot of stuff is moving to M.2 NVME and the likes now. So you simply unlatch the tray, slide it out and can quickly swap in and out drives without opening the whole case up and messing with cramped internals to try and connect in a drive.

The Lian LI o11 has two 3.5" removable drive caddies at the rear of the case.

The problem I see is that most drives aren't hot-swappable, and by having caddies that make drives easily swappable might lead to someone yanking the drive and causing data corruption.

One feature I'd make as standard would be removable motherboard trays.

 

[azazl187]

The dust filter at the bottom of the case is always terrible and hard to get to as on most cases you have to either lay the case to the side or pull the filter out from the rear of the case which is annoying. I would make it a slidable tray that you access from the front of the case so that you don't have to move the case at all. Just pull it out, clean it then slide it back in from the front of the case

My fractal design has this feature. Open up the front door, slide out the tray, hoover it, then slide it back in again