Phanteks Enthoo Pro

[bambuko]

Can someone, please help me work out what is the difference between "Pro Glass Midi" and "Pro Full" of Phanteks Enthoo Pro range.
(apart from one having glass side and the other having closed panel)
Otherwise both look identical, but one is described on Overclockers web page as "Midi Tower Case", and the other one as "Full Tower Case"
Despite one being "Full" and the other "Midi" all dimensions of both are listed as identical????
thank you
confused

 

[bambuko]

To be honest, unless you need all the drive bays there are better and cheaper cases

Thanks,
main reason I am looking at these cases is that they have three external 5.25" bays
There are few decent cases with this option (as far as I know?)

 

[bambuko]

... The published config is quite dated and reflects what was in-vogue at the time....

Thank you,
so essentially they are the same (not midi and full as described on webpage)
with "glass" version being an update of the older "pro full" ??

 

[bambuko]

Bottom line is, that (since I wanted midi case not full size) Phanteks Pro is not for me,
despite being described here as "midi"
Thank you all for helping me clear this confusion...

 

[bambuko]

What about Antec VSK4000B?

very good suggestion (and cheap as well )
thank you

edit:
just noticed - Drive Bays:
- 3 x 5.25” External Drive Bays
- 1 x External Floppy Drive Bay
- 5 x 3.5" Internal HDD Bays

Wanting 5.25" external bays makes me a weirdo
but even I, do not use floppy disks any more

 

[bambuko]

All joking (about floppy disks) aside,
I will need to check if I can use this 4th bay for some of ICY Dock removable drive enclosures... (SSD?)

 

[bambuko]

@freddie64 yes, I am great fan of ICY Docks gear
I use 5.25" removable drives in my old Corsair case
including one for SSD drives - use it to provide me with "mechanical" (as opposed to software) multi-boot option.
Much more reliable and safe

 

[bambuko]

@rjk thank you

 

[bambuko]

... simply because there is pretty much nothing available with a couple of 5.25 bays and the ability to hold up to six hard drives....

indeed...
plus I do not need that many (any?) hdd internal bays, apart from one needed for OS
and... even that one (in my case) is easily removable
None of my PCs have any data stored internally - it is all on NAS
Modern cases are good if you never have to touch them....
I am almost tempted to make my own case