Recom cases?

dpajur · 26 Nov 2009 at 21:32

Does anyone know anything about these guys?

The cases look pretty sweet, I was thinking of going for a dual 140mm radiator and fitting it in the top. Reminds me a bit of Fractal Design case, but I like this one even better.

Seems to be a company from the netherlands, and Magicool have helped themselves to one of their cases for their liquid cooling. I'd be hoping to use one of these for much the same thing, but with my own watercooling parts.

http://www.recom.nl/images/rc-pws-evo-b_p.jpg
http://www.recom.nl/cases.html

SfnX · 27 Nov 2009 at 08:59

looks very nice, wouldnt mind it myself.

Ace Modder · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:00

They look quite Coolermaster like. CM-690 anyone?

Ace Modder · 27 Nov 2009 at 11:35

These are made by the same factory which makes Xigmatek.

daelo · 27 Nov 2009 at 13:56

Not a bad looking case thats for sure, does take some design elements from the cm690 maybe! Looks like it wouldnt be too pricy either

TheRedZealot · 27 Nov 2009 at 16:28

Reminds me of the Silvestone fortress aswell.

dpajur · 27 Nov 2009 at 18:08

I'm just wondering if its going to be flimsy and vibrate a lot, it's hard to tell how thick those panels are just by looking at the photos

diverse180 · 27 Nov 2009 at 23:03

Looks pretty good...and the price isn't too bad either (£55).

dpajur · 27 Nov 2009 at 23:40

0.7mm SECC, sounds really thin...

I recently had a case to work with (a friend's computer) which was so flimsy you could bend any panel by just pressing your thumb in. I thought it was made out of recycled Corvette ZR1's.

My Lian Li V2000 carries a good bit of vibration from the pump, but it's a solid case. Anything tinny and flimsy is just going to be an amplifier for the noise

TheTard · 28 Nov 2009 at 00:34

nice loooking cases

EsaT · 28 Nov 2009 at 12:04

dpajur said:
My Lian Li V2000 carries a good bit of vibration from the pump

Add 2mm of bitumen mats to panels.

dpajur · 28 Nov 2009 at 17:00

EsaT said:
Add 2mm of bitumen mats to panels.

that's a great idea. didn't know they made it in adhesive mats, just did a quick google and it looks fantastic. reminds me of my first tower, the aopen hx08, i did the noise dampening myself by applying several layers of bitumen mastic. it took about six months for the smell to go away!

EsaT · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:02

dpajur said:
applying several layers of bitumen mastic. it took about six months for the smell to go away!

Probably because of precise type of chemical composition of material&glue and solvents needed for making that stuff plastic.

BeQuiet's combination mat with 2.2mm bitumen and 8mm foam doesn't&didn't smell any and works really well with alu panels with total weight still staying lot lower than steel case.
I would expect all good PC damping mats be non-smelling ones... so not so much as surprise that useless light Akasa crapmat smells few days after opening packet.