What was your first proper PC case?

jrwagh333 · 15 Jul 2022 at 22:47

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V F · 15 Jul 2022 at 23:22

VonScar said:
I think the first case I bought as an upgrade was an Antec Sonata. The I go the P180 or P182, then I got an Antec 300 (I think that is the number), oh an Antec 900, and then I got the Coolermaster Haf X from 2011 to 2021! I am now using the Lian Li Lancool 2, a bargain! It was about £90.00!

I have just seen the sequel case, the Lian Li Lancool 3, 140 mil fans all the way through and good reviews!

Lian Li Lancool III RGB Review: Excellence in the Details

Lots of mesh and four 140mm fans

www.tomshardware.com

Interesting looking case.

"Really, Lian Li? /YAWN
The O11 Dynamic Evo was more interesting - especially mechanically, that's why I bought one. It's got potential.

"I never understood why case companies add glass to the rear side panel, as Lian Li does here, because who wants to see their bird's nest-like cable mess? However, the Lancool III features small metal doors that cover your cables, similar to the bigger CoolerMaster HAF 700 Evo. If you are a cable managing guru, the doors can be removed and show off the profusion of Lancool’s Velcro cable ties."
It feels like creating a problem and selling adding the solution in the price..."

arknor · 16 Jul 2022 at 19:19

Berry Merjinik said:
I still have fond memories of my full tower Chieftec Dragon case in Purple.
I wonder how todays components would have performed inside it these days?

I had a chieftech dragon in black or whatever colour the dark one was.

that was considered a good case at the time for some reason, looking back it was ugly as sin.... nothing good about it

from there I think I only had 2 other cases.
some full tower lian li aluminium case with a removable motherboard tray, then onto a corsair 550d and now finally a p600s

badtooth76 · 17 Jul 2022 at 00:29

Thermaltake Xaser III V1000D Blue

Hated it, could never get the cable management right with all the fans.

Kesomir · 17 Jul 2022 at 19:07

lian Li PC62 bought from overclockers uk with my first paycheck

I later bought a side window and applied an alien 'two streams' decal to it

nlel1975 · 17 Jul 2022 at 19:41

I believe mine was a compucase, nice case at the time. Bought it from local PC shop and carried it home about a mile.

WJA96 · 21 Jul 2022 at 15:41

Akasa Eclipse 62. Fabulous case. Somewhat rattly in the hard drive cages which lead to suspending them with chopped up nylons or sewing elastic. Those were the days!

13oots2 · 23 Jul 2022 at 03:19

My first and only proper case is a Thermaltake Kandalf, it is falling apart and has served me well, it isn't quite original with new 360 mm radiator, all the water cooling and CPU block swapped out. Am currently in the market for something that isn't decaying as I watch it.

MeatLoaf · 1 Aug 2022 at 12:22

Antec Super Lanboy

GAC · 6 Aug 2022 at 11:55

beige boxes then a ocuk tornado case loaded with 4 80mm delta fans. made one hell of a racket.

https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/chassis/163-ocuk-tornado-case/

Trickle · 10 Aug 2022 at 07:55

Kesomir said:
lian Li PC62 bought from overclockers uk with my first paycheck

I later bought a side window and applied an alien 'two streams' decal to it

I'm still using mine. Though its lost half its panels.

My first case was an AT one from the mid 90s. I miss the light beige era.

beefybarn · 10 Aug 2022 at 14:30

Mine was a blue Thermaltake Xaser III, one very heavy case.

Snapshot · 10 Aug 2022 at 20:02

My very first case was a beige full tower that I bought at the end of 1989. It had to be big as I'd acquired two 5.25" full-height 68MB (yes, MB) drives. The CPU was a 386SX and I remember the 2MB RAM cost me £200. I built it to run DESQview under MS/DOS as I needed to multi-task a couple of text-based programs.

The next one I remember was my first purchase from OcUK, early in 2000, and I think was a Globalwin 802. I was recovering from heart surgery and couldn't lift the whole case so had to dismantle it and carry it upstairs one piece at a time.

I'm still using a TJ08 I bought in October 2012. It's had a few mobos in it over the years.....

m4rmite · 10 Aug 2022 at 20:15

Coolermaster cosmos s from around 13 years ago.
Still using it as the inside is unobstructed and had a 220mm fan on the side.
A 3090 looks tiny in it.

dave28 · 10 Aug 2022 at 20:37

the mighty coolermaster HAF 922 about ten years ago.

i still have it in my loft

t31os · 14 Aug 2022 at 20:58

Akasa Eclipse, the one with the removal motherboard tray, that was the first case i purchased that felt like a proper case (and not just a glorified box with a variety of sharp edges and cheap fixtures).

LePhuronn · 22 Aug 2022 at 15:04

Antec PlusView AMG 1000 was my first, explicitly purchased case. The two systems before were generic beige boxes I grabbed on the cheap from Maplin.

V F · 22 Aug 2022 at 15:35

beefybarn said:
Mine was a blue Thermaltake Xaser III, one very heavy case.

That was an anvil. I remember some watercooling with those. They were stupidly heavy as it was without water.

CeBIT America 2003

3-day write up on CeBIT's first US appearance Day 1 Continued

www.guru3d.com

chris blackford · 22 Aug 2022 at 21:52

mine was Cooler Master's Nvidia Edition Stacker 830 Evolution case, just sold it a few months ago lol

Cooler Master Widens Distribution for NVIDIA®-Edition Stacker 830 Evolution

hexus.net

uvarvu · 23 Aug 2022 at 11:47

Coolermaster ATCS 210. Had to find it using the wayback machine and bought it from OcUK roughly 20 years ago.

What was your first proper PC case?

Thermaltake Xaser III V1000D Blue​

Thermaltake Xaser III V1000D Blue