What can you live with and without in a case?

[MouthBoy]

What about shape?

Does anyone object to anything that is not standard "tower" design?

I know that other case is looking great, and I didnt know about that until linked, but I dont think thats a reason not to have a pop at this myself. I do have access to most of the tools required to physically make a case too, which helps.

 

[Reaper652]

But what if it WAS made of Lego...?

Then it would simply be the most awsome case ever made. Untill you tried to put anything it it, or lift it, or look at it in the wrong way and it falls apart...

Would still be quite cool though.

 

[Muel]

It should use 120mm fans and in an ATX tower design should have room for 2 intake and 2 extractors ideally, extra fan points are a bonus though. Also the hard drive cage should be placed so that at least one of the intake fans cools it.

I'd go for 140mm fans all round, I have matching 140mm and 120mm Xigmatek White LED fans, and the 140mm shifts a lot more air and is far quieter than the 120mms. Also modern hard drives don't get hot enough to require cooling IMO, I've got mine suspended in the 5.25" bays, nice and cosy and close together, and they won't go over 40C even when I'm moving 200gb of data across. (Samsung F3 320gb and F1 1tb).

 

[twist3d0n3]

So you know guys, I am not ignoring this thread, I am just taking in all your thoughts and opinions. I will soon get some ideas sketched up and simple models made too so we can see what is good and not so good.

At a later stage, I will model them in Maya (3D application) and see what we all think.

Keep the ideas coming though, so far I am liking the no 3.5" bays and using converters in 5.25" bays. Black interior also I love (pats CM-690 II Adv)...

subscribed, looking forward to seeing what you can do

 

[Moeks]

I'd go for 140mm fans all round, I have matching 140mm and 120mm Xigmatek White LED fans, and the 140mm shifts a lot more air and is far quieter than the 120mms. Also modern hard drives don't get hot enough to require cooling IMO, I've got mine suspended in the 5.25" bays, nice and cosy and close together, and they won't go over 40C even when I'm moving 200gb of data across. (Samsung F3 320gb and F1 1tb).

I think they do when you put 6 or more in one case. I do agree about 140mm fans though, ideally, but 120mm are fine. 120mm minimum though if you like, it also rather depends on the size of the case.

 

[Ricki]

The most important thing for me at the moment is silencing, so sound proofing, anti-vibration mounts, high quality fans etc are the key.

The least important feature is tool-less design - for the most part I see it as a waste of time and can't see the point unless you are swapping components in and out on an hourly basis.

 

[Marvin]

But what if it WAS made of Lego...?

Well, here you go:

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Source

 

[rjk]

NO LEGO CASES

 

[Lleot]

It appears Lego makes quite a solid structure.

 

[Assassin_012]

looks , cable management, cooling

i can live without ....noise, tool-less installation

 

[EsaT]

NO LEGO CASES

Agree.
But not because of possible looks but because plastic fails EMC and isn't exactly that safe if some component decides to fail catastrophically with big SFXs.
(I know couple cases in which plastic side Antec gamer case has caused PC to disturb TV's signal reception)

 

[AMG]

it depends what I want out the case, for cooling I don't expect it to look to great, as long as it don't look cheap.

I want a case with good cooling options so room for rads/extra fans etc

a nice size, but not too big, a lot of room at the back on the tray for cables

none of this cheap plastic tool less tat which I seem to break