New Thermaltake tower cases

Gangster · 11 Jun 2006 at 11:07

Man their cases just get uglier and uglier each series that they have

Yewen · 11 Jun 2006 at 11:29

The Eureka loked good from the last gen of their releases, was a step in the right direction, but this looks completely radical.

I quite like the Eureka they do, only in black mind.

http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Chassis/fulltower/eureka/vc8000bwa.asp

OV3RCLOCK3R · 12 Jun 2006 at 02:43

Yewen said:
The Eureka loked good from the last gen of their releases, was a step in the right direction, but this looks completely radical.

I quite like the Eureka they do, only in black mind.

http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Chassis/fulltower/eureka/vc8000bwa.asp

Thats a nice looking case. Is it available to buy yet?

alexakasloth · 12 Jun 2006 at 08:35

Those cases look awful!
The Eureka doesn't look half bad though.

Berserker · 12 Jun 2006 at 10:48

Yewen said:
Go nomadic with the features and get a Lian Li.

Stackers have power buttons, taking it way to far, shorting the pins on the motherboard is the future!

Take it original stackers, not the 830 rubbish they have at the moment...?

LOL. I'm not *that* crazy, although I did short a PSU once. Made a nice flash, but survived.

And yes, 810s - one old version, one new.

KizZ · 12 Jun 2006 at 11:58

suicidle_tramp said:
Those cases look awful!
The Eureka doesn't look half bad though.

I feel the same about the Eureka

Sandmaster500 · 12 Jun 2006 at 13:30

First could look ok but can't really tell from that pic.
Second is far too OTT, pointless and way too much going on on the front panel.
Third looks like the vento enough said.

I don't really see why they're putting WC'n into all their cases now :confused:

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2775&p=10
Would look pretty good without the stupid screen thing (if it was acctually part of the thing rather than sticking out would be good) and that handle (looks like its made out of polystyrene to me) which really ruins it to me.

Raikiri · 12 Jun 2006 at 13:35

I think the screen folds and then slides into the optical bay, onlyway to fit a 7inch screen into a case that small.

Sandmaster500 · 12 Jun 2006 at 13:41

o oki, if it does that then it's very cool, lol.

I like the idea of a screen on the front, all depends on how much one of those sets you back.

Yewen · 12 Jun 2006 at 13:42

Raikiri said:
I think the screen folds and then slides into the optical bay, onlyway to fit a 7inch screen into a case that small.

If Thermaltake are going back to there old ways, expect that to break.

alexakasloth · 12 Jun 2006 at 14:01

Me thinks the chief designer at TT is a 12 year old.

Mr Jones · 12 Jun 2006 at 14:03

Sandmaster500 said:
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2775&p=10
Would look pretty good without the stupid screen thing (if it was acctually part of the thing rather than sticking out would be good) and that handle (looks like its made out of polystyrene to me) which really ruins it to me.

That screen looks like it's one of those LCD screen in expensive cars.
Why have a 7in screen on a LAN box? You wanna play Lan, you use better. 7in = GPRS navigator / Airplane TV, not gaming.

Stelly · 12 Jun 2006 at 14:45

that case should be banned..... forever, please please please tell me they will not list it on OcUk

Stelly

PinkFloyd · 12 Jun 2006 at 15:32

Stelly said:
that case should be banned..... forever, please please please tell me they will not list it on OcUk

Stelly

I'd quite like to see it on ocuk and get Gibbo to keep us up to date on how many get sold

Mr Jones · 12 Jun 2006 at 15:39

PinkFloyd said:
I'd quite like to see it on ocuk and get Gibbo to keep us up to date on how many get sold

I have a feeling quite a lot will be sold.
Only because there are/were loads people out there with Crazy Frog ringtones.

But then again, not a lot of them build a PC, no?

Yewen · 12 Jun 2006 at 16:03

The Vento sold.

Enough said.

BillytheImpaler · 12 Jun 2006 at 16:21

Yewen said:
The Vento sold.

Enough said.

Meh, we can harp about poor taste all day long but in *** end it comes down to personal choice. TT makes a lot of gaudy cases and jewlers make a lot of gaudy watches. I, however, won't go cudgel someone about the head just becasue they have poor taste.

In short: To each his own, De gustibus non est disputandum.

Yewen · 12 Jun 2006 at 16:41

Oh most certainly each to their own, I never recommend things based on looks really as I hate some of the stuff I recommend sometimes.

But the Vento is ugly to my eyes, overpriced and poorly built.

Bad, BAD case.

This Thermaltake one will probably be much better.

BillTheButcher · 12 Jun 2006 at 16:58

Awful. Just awful.

Berserker · 12 Jun 2006 at 17:08

BillytheImpaler said:
Meh, we can harp about poor taste all day long but in *** end it comes down to personal choice. TT makes a lot of gaudy cases and jewlers make a lot of gaudy watches. I, however, won't go cudgel someone about the head just becasue they have poor taste.

No, you got it all wrong, it's the Vento cases that deserve the cudgel. The owners of them just need a good talking to so they see the error of their ways.

I saw a couple of them in the window of a PC parts shop while on a recent OcUK meet, and they're still ugly horrible things.

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