how many cases have you had ?

flea.rider said:
in over 25 yrs i can say i've only ever owned 2 cases the first one was a https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https://preview.redd.it/4xuyhzu9ri061.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=411fdfcf983a2b127bb8926b8999466d9cb77665 lian-li pc70
which lasted 10-11yrs started falling apart as i added to many rads ..
and the second is https://www.ldcooling.com/shop/atx-hptx/173-ld-pc-v8-atx-hptx-red.html which will last me until i die ..lol
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1996 - now (latest first):

Phanteks Evolv Shift 2 Mini-ITX (Intel i5-11400)
Phanteks Evolv Shift Mini-ITX
Aerocool P7 C1 ATX (my main system at the moment AMD Ryzen 3700X)
Silverstone FT03 m-ATX
Silverstone SG05 Mini-ITX
a succession of cheap computer fair chinese no-brand beige/black ATX cases
 
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Various no-name beige boxes.
Thermaltake Xaser III
Chieftec Dragon
Cooler Master Cosmos
Fractal Design Define R2
Cooler Master Cosmos II
Corsair Air 540
Lian Li O11D XL
Phanteks NV9

I bought the NV9 just last week. All the others, except for beige boxes, I still have in either the loft or shed at mum’s place.
 
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Originally had a Thermaltake Xaser III (hideous in hindsight), moved to a Corsair Obsidian 650D 13 years ago - still using it now. Can't see myself ever upgrading it as it has plenty of room for drives, airflow is decent enough, and is sufficiently sleek that it hasn't aged terribly like the Xaser lol

Spent years wanting a Lian Li back when they were the mutts nuts.
 
Have had about 4 cases in just over 20 years, although have a real itch to try out mATX form factor for my next build so will have no choice but to change it up!
 
My first case (unknown generic beige crap) back in the nineties had one of those programmable (by dip-switch) CPU speed displays :p.

No word of a lie, it took me as much (if not more) time to get it to show 33 (for a 486DX-33), as it it did to build the whole PC.

Ah, the good old days! :D
 
No one else get bored often then? I couldn’t remember all the models. I get bored and upgrade at least once every year. that started around 20 years ago…
 
I've not kept count. In the early years it was just beige boxes and I forget how many I had of them. But in 25+ years I must be approaching 20 or more cases.
Sometimes I upgrade to get newer USB ports and such on the front panel, sometimes it's been to get a case better suited to watercooling (which I've not always ended up doing) and sometimes it's just because a case has proved annoying to live with after the "new case" feeling has worn off. Or of course you just see a new case that you like.
 
I think I've only ever had 3 PC cases. Some super cheap one I purchased from a 'Computer Fair' when I was like 14 or something, a Cooler Master HAF 918 Advanced, which I had for like 2 years (and my dad now uses) and my current case - a heavily modified Cooler Master HAF X
 
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