i need a new pc case... help.

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:52 pm

i want to get a new case, but i don't know what to get...

i want something small, sleak, clean.... something that looks like the apple g5, kinda.... something light, since i'll have watercooling and i'll be carrying it to lan parties.... i don't want to pay a ton, though.

i don't want anything gawdy, retarded, or "xtreme/sick/ill/tight/etc" (i.e. anything that looks like this, this, this, or this)

i'd like something with the window on the right side of the case, if possible.

something like this, except less expensive and no cooling kit included

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:49 pm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811112051

its less than the one you linked to, still more than I would pay.

Post by **FZ1** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:35 pm

The NZXT Lexa case is pretty nice...not a bad price.

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:56 pm

i'm thinking about getting the lian li v1000b case (black)...

fastedie · Post by **fastedie** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:13 pm

I guess Iam an old cheapee I went for a $24.00 case. but when I get thru with it it will have all the bells and sirens it will ever need. I got it at the egg... I will change the power supply and cut out the side panel and mod it out to be my first mod box. Hope you find what your looking for.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:16 pm

-mogwai wrote:i'm thinking about getting the lian li v1000b case (black)...

Very nice case!!! You can easilly add watercooling

Looks like you can add 2x 120mm radiators without any modding

Kerii · Post by **Kerii** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:30 pm

The LianLi cases are all very nice, though a touch expensive for my tastes.

Considered the new Gigabyte?

http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/Showimage ... 001-14.jpg

Comes in vented or windowed, silver or black varieties.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:39 pm

Kerii wrote:The LianLi cases are all very nice, though a touch expensive for my tastes.

Considered the new Gigabyte?

http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/Showimage ... 001-14.jpg

Comes in vented or windowed, silver or black varieties.

That's a nice case!
How much is it???

Kerii · Post by **Kerii** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:52 pm

Cheapest I found it for was at Case-Mod. (Black vented version.)
http://www.case-mod.com/store/cases-gig ... 1_165.html

$127 + $11 S&H (US)

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:17 pm

For use with water cooling, the Gigabyte is about the best choice out there right now without spending a ton of money.

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:07 am

Kerii wrote:The LianLi cases are all very nice, though a touch expensive for my tastes.

Considered the new Gigabyte?

http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/Showimage ... 001-14.jpg

Comes in vented or windowed, silver or black varieties.

i'm not a fan of it because:
a) it's got the window on the left side of the case... not the right.
b) it's gor a front door.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:23 am

why not say the obvious its FREEKING UGLY, thumbs down on the gigabyte.

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:58 am

infinitevalence wrote:why not say the obvious its FREEKING UGLY, thumbs down on the gigabyte.

haha i didn't wanna hurt anyone's feelings.

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:33 am

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.................

I wouldn't pay the money for any of them.

Mountain Mod cases only if I had to pick.

http://mountainmods.com/index.php?cPath=21_33

http://mountainmods.com/index.php?cPath=21_32

http://mountainmods.com/index.php?cPath=21_60

http://mountainmods.com/index.php?cPath=21_61

stev · Post by **stev** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:48 am

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:15 am

stev wrote:I too like the Gigabyte 3D Aurora. It's even better now with a side window.

http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/Peripherals ... S(ATB).htm

yeah, but it still opens on the left, it still has a front door, and it still looks like it's in its second trimester of pregnancy