I have been offered a good price on one of these cases and wondered if folks thought they were any good or knew of any bad points.
(http://www.thermaltake.com/images/products/cases/5000/casea5000aplus.jpg)
Full Specs Here (http://www.thermaltake.com/products/cases/5000a.htm)
looks poo
Quotelooks poo
Thanks for the technical review Stryker! :lol:
Seems to be liked and comes with a shed load of fans in the reviews I saw. Out of interest, what do you mean by a 'good price'?
Lots of pictures here:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...p?sku=T925-2000 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=T925-2000)
I guess it depends on what the price is, but you can get an aluminium case with windows and fans for a similar retail amount - so it depends on what you want..... personally for retail monry I'd get the Lian Li 6089A.........but then I already did :D
(http://www.btinternet.com/~p.d.herbert/pc-day-small.JPG)
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(http://www.btinternet.com/~p.d.herbert/pc-sidenight.JPG)
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?vie...0ed022ac688c03e (http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?view=1051&PHPSESSID=8bad693e5cb5c44a60ed022ac688c03e)
Enjoy!
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£80 is the price. I thought that was quite reasonable myself. Am just wondering if my media xp pro would fit in behind the door on the front though. could always resses it I suppose.
£80 is a good price for that case....... but it depends on what you want. If that's the right type of case for you, then go for it. But if you hanker after something else then you'll still end up buying a different case at a later date. Very subjective decision. Your call :D
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but the frontage looks like a slot machine!
makes me thirsty thinking of pushing 50p in that slot and getting a nice cool coke.
Haven't you heard - Aluminium is out..... Cream is this years Aluminium :)
Ok I'll have a slot cut into the case and you can spend the lan party pushing 50ps into if you want Stryker :D
i agree with strykers asthetic judgements,
just get a nice li - lanli or a standard case and mod it yourself it will look much better
if u have 2 have pre modded this one is pretty cool and not to expensive.
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?vie...ad2e6e770c26400 (http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?view=1001&PHPSESSID=d053e9c86aee1761dad2e6e770c26400)
Yes I was looking at that one but the £157.00 price tag put me off. I think its available on scan for about £20 cheaper. The other option is one of these with the optional side panel with a window in.
(http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/images/case/neonb.jpg)
Only £83.00 and the window is £28.00 which is within my budget. Foud a review in the archive on Heatseekerz (http://www.heatseekerz.net/index.php?page=articles&id=15) and they seem to like it and it does look nicer than the Thermaltake case.
Oh desicions desicions.....
a m8 of mine bought this one at i12. its a damn good case. good cooling options and very very sturdy, if not a bit heavy.
Now that looks good. I'd buy that one. :D
For a dollar?
Just when you think you have made your mind up along comes something else
(http://www.thecoolingshop.co.uk/tcs/catalog/cyber.jpg)
I spent ages looking through all these cases and their pros and cons. Then I looked at my current pc case, and found I couldn't see it.....
Problem solved, no point in buying a Monet if you're gonna put it in the attic. My pc lies under my desk, invisible to all but dust mites and the soles of my feet.
Go buy a 24 pack of Stella, a bottle of JD and a quarter of decent skunk with yer cash. :D 8)
And then drink and smoke whilst using the pc rather than looking at it. :lol:
GFK, link to that case?
doesnt look like it has any slots for cd drives/ floppy dirves
It has a solid front panel on hinges that opens to reveal the drives etc etc
More info here cyber fusion case (http://www.avgs-tech.co.uk/product.htm)
Albert, my case is visible for all to see and I have all the other stuff already so no need to buy more!!
Well I finally made a desicion and went for the cyber fusion case and it arrived yesterday. Took about an hour to swap all parts into it. Shock Horror no cut fingers or scrapped knuckles from sharp metal edges inside, everything is rounded and if it isn't it has a guard strip of plastic on it. The space in the case is amazing and the 5.25" drive bay at the bottom of the case is a lovely touch. So just need to tidy my cabling up so when you look through the window its all nice and neat and I'm done!! One of my friends has said he will do some airbrush work on the case for me as well so I just need to save my pennies up for that now, hopefully it will be done in time for the Lan.
The Front Of The Case
(http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VQDeAogahnyZ*NoVzvWa0CxJ8bmMsFXGY8ZnGbHgeq6pF8Ir7Ad2Om0sOznxW4xQnRZKGLxShcYYrrQ!wsqJcVlSucmZFfdLPlBJ4entgYTp5Wz7f431ZSQCOydXJUuk/My-pc-front.jpg?dc=4675408082745458387)
(http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VADtBAQaHFSZ*NoVzvWa0IPGZO2Hex21xhMlf1Fp1B0b2SGSjjvv25X83ueLqpsWVpqGPq!wgflVw1u*XOaAdkx3*kmEjedyTN8541uVpuUwFx*Fokb3ZUZObyBGHy7o/My-pc-side.jpg?dc=4675408082748565080)
I need to tidy up the power cables to the drives but that is easily done. I'll post a photo of it in the dark as soon as I have one.
u also need a better digi cam.
even when i take blurred pics with mine [dunno how i do it] they clearer than that.
That was done with the one on my phone so I wasn't expecting serious quality.
well then its of good quality for one on ur fone
Nice one GFK - are we going to see it at the LAN?
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Oh yes indeed, although it will probably have evolved further by then :lol:
wot? you mean it will have spangles?
i was thinking of fairy lights in my next mod, multicolourd spangly bits.
Quotei was thinking of fairy lights
Look in a dictionary under "appropriate" and you'll see that quote... :wink: