Go on then... tell me casetek are poor

eljaes · 9 Feb 2006 at 23:05

hi, ive just bought a casetek ck-120 locally for 30 quid

i know nothing about these cases but really dont care at the mo as it looks an absolute bargain.
i was upgrading my present system & wasn't going to replace the case as i was going to sell my old stuff off, then started thinking that maybe i should have two systems (1 for the kids & 1 for me) so started looking for a budget case. Cheapest i could find that i actually liked were in the 45 pounds region (inc shipping) & normally stuff where i live is approx twice the price of mainland uk. Just thought i would pop in to have a laugh at the highly inflated prices in my local Pc shop & was amazed to see something actually cheaper locally.
So as you are all pretty clued up on cases in here, can you now tell me how rubbish this case is going to be

eljaes · 9 Feb 2006 at 23:49

Raikiri said:
http://www.casetek.com.tw/product/new-cases.htm Which one is it? they all seem to be fairly basic steel cases but alright for £30

thanks for the link as i couldnt really find much info when i looked

its the ck-1020-5c but it has the open window type side on.
also it seems HUGE!!

edit: actually the one i have doesnt appear on the site, its got a dragon motif like the ck1205a but is the darker blue colour of the other :confused:

eljaes · 10 Feb 2006 at 00:00

i am going to be building this over the next week so will try & post some pics when its up & running.
it actually seems quite well constructed but will know more when ive built it

eljaes · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:57

hello again,
well I have just built with this case now & must say i am even more impressed

i used the no screw option & it all went like a dream.
the case comes packaged with screws but i thought i would try the other option. Little plastic thumb pins hold the mobo in place (i must admit i had to work out what they were actually for when i first saw them!)

The case also has a rack of drive clips that make installing & removing the hard drives or cd drives etc an absolute breeze.
No nasty edges anywhere (no scrapes or cuts

).
The only fault i could say about it is that the front door is a bit too 'plastiky' but, hey for 30 quid I can get over that

i dont have a camera to take pics yet but will soon.
the actual case i have is like the one in the link below (in blue)
As I said ,....... Well impressed

http://www.casetek.com.tw/download/edm/CK-1020-5A-DM.pdf

edit: sorry found a better link, & btw its got the EL8 logo on front panel