New retro case

Nope, I don;t mind the beige but that looks likea sticker on the front for which they'll probably charge a small fortune.
 
So it's a modern case, painted beige, with a tempered glass side panel, and a sticker on the front.

Only with a $2000 pc too.

Not exactly a Coolermaster 201, 210, 410, Lian-Li PC68, PC78, PC72...
 
Besides the poor taste, it is not very believable either. Who was pairing a 5 ¼ floppy drive with a CD-ROM unit? You can tell that the case is trying to copy some 486 looks, but still, that was not common at all back in the days.
 
IICIIEII said:
Besides the poor taste, it is not very believable either. Who was pairing a 5 ¼ floppy drive with a CD-ROM unit? You can tell that the case is trying to copy some 486 looks, but still, that was not common at all back in the days.
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a 486 I got from ebay last year had both :)

 
Look at that :D I wonder if it also depends on the country. In Spain it was a very strange combination because computers did not become mainstream enough until 3.5" floppies were the norm. There were 5 ¼ drives too, but you used to see those in old machines coming from offices, for example.
 
IICIIEII said:
Look at that :D I wonder if it also depends on the country. In Spain it was a very strange combination because computers did not become mainstream enough until 3.5" floppies were the norm. There were 5 ¼ drives too, but you used to see those in old machines coming from offices, for example.
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I had a 5 1/4 in my PC for years I think even my early pentiums which all had CD-ROM's I don't think I ever used it but it was there so I stuck it in, loads ofus had floppy drives in PC's well after they were obsolete!
 
I never had a 5 1/4" floppy drive and my first PC was a 1987 Olivetti 8088 M15 "laptop". Dual 720KB 3 1/2" floppy drives.
 
They were actually very reliable floppies, those big guys. I recall being 8 and having one with all my programs (back in the days I was attending some programming lessons after school). One winter night it fell into a puddle and I got it all muddy but, after rising it with water, it was fine for many more years :cool:
 
paradigm said:
Beige devices in black cases make retro Jesus cry.

Definitely don't spray the drives though!
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I agree, but this phanteks case was be grade bargain £44 inc delivery, its so much tidier inside, i had a biege desktop case and it was a complete nightmare to work with. and lots of sharp edges. If the right beige case came along i might change back.. of course the other option is to spray the black case beige!
 
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