Tuesday, April 14th 2015
XFORMA Presents the MBX MKII Limited Edition PC Case
XFORMA, creator of premium PC cases and accessories, today announced that the MBX MKII Limited Edition case is in production and available to pre-order. A limited series of 250 MKII cases are offered for sale, and are being manufactured in cooperation with SilverStone Technology; a Taiwan based global leader in the PC industry.
With the MKII, XFORMA takes aim at the high-end segment of the market. "Conversations with our Customers over the years led us to conclude that there's legitimate interest in a precision-crafted, ultra-refined product like the MKII. Every other area of consumer electronics has a premium segment except desktop PC cases, and we're proud to introduce the MKII into this underserved segment of the market." -Charles Harwood, Founder of XFORMA.
With its integrated systems, the MKII offers a "ready-to-go" case to discerning Enthusiasts wanting to create their own high-performance dream PC. Until now, such machines were exclusively available through boutique PC system builders. The MKII is unique in that it eliminates the need for extensive DIY tools or skills to achieve a beautiful, tailor-made result. "Our goal with the MKII was to design the definitive enclosure for creating the ultimate liquid-cooled PC; a machine that effectively blends extreme-performance with bold, refined styling."
Pricing and Availability
The price of the MBX MKII is US$1,250 in its base configuration. Original add-on parts designed specifically for the MKII are available to further enhance the case's form and functionality. XFORMA is taking orders now and expects production to be completed this summer.
With the MKII, XFORMA takes aim at the high-end segment of the market. "Conversations with our Customers over the years led us to conclude that there's legitimate interest in a precision-crafted, ultra-refined product like the MKII. Every other area of consumer electronics has a premium segment except desktop PC cases, and we're proud to introduce the MKII into this underserved segment of the market." -Charles Harwood, Founder of XFORMA.
Pricing and Availability
The price of the MBX MKII is US$1,250 in its base configuration. Original add-on parts designed specifically for the MKII are available to further enhance the case's form and functionality. XFORMA is taking orders now and expects production to be completed this summer.
26 Comments on XFORMA Presents the MBX MKII Limited Edition PC Case
read: we saw the chance to make some mega profit from stupid people with more money than sense!!!!
If I was Silverstone I would sue...
I am sorry, it looks good but there is no way I would pay that much for this case and even looking over it in great detail cannot reveal where that cost is being justified. At least with cases from In Win which are just as crazy priced there is some nice features or glass that comes with it and I still could not justify those cases. But maybe I am missing something that makes this special...
Is this seriously how they try to justify the ludicrous price?
People don't read yo.
www.million-dollar-pc.com/systems-2011/murderbox-mk2/murderbox-mk2.htm
Personally, if this had been done in a case configuration closer to what I want, they'd have my preorder money already. As is it, I hope this succeeds, if only to encourage other designers to give it a shot.
Now don't tell me this case is harder to make, to design or the machines involved cost more. They don't even make the case just some panels for it. So yeah taking a 300$-400$ case, dressing it up with some panels and asking 1250$ for it is not ok imo...
As Ikaruga wrote before, Charles Hardwood is the inventor of the Murdermod for TJ-07.
Apparently, Xforma us owned by him and co-operates with Silverstone to build this limited-edition beautiful case.
Firstly, a large gun manufacturer like Colt has the advantage of common parts and tooling, decades of history/documentation, a product that changed a lot less than their salesmen would like to admit, and a nation/worldwide pool of experience to hire from, plus the size to take advantage of bulk ordering whereever possible. No disrespect to Charles, but a single human being can't be expected to compete with that.
Secondly, while I can't dig up exact numbers, given that every gun shop up to and included Walmart was selling that gun (any many others) it at one point, it can be reasonably inferred that WAY more than 250 of these were made. To use another example, a CPU or GPU could be reasonably inferred to be WAY WAY WAY more complex than either of these examples, and yet even EE/FX/X2/Titan versions have largely tended to cap at $1000, with the vast majority in the $100-300 range. I've heard it said in the auto industry that "the first unit costs billions, the rest cost fingernail clippings". When it comes to determined price, mass production tends to trump virtually anything else in the long run, and this case simply doesn't have that working in its favour.
Now, had Silverstone undertook this project from the outset, I would have judged that price on an entirely different scale, I agree.
$375 - tj07
~$20 - lighting + 2 hours for mods
~$15 - custom SODD mount + 1 hour for mod
~$75 - custom front cover + many hours
~$50 - full demciflex kit
~$25 - custom power buttons + custom box + sleeved cabling + some hours
~$50 - custom bottom + hours
~$100 - custom 8mm aluminum motherboard tray
~$20 - custom reservoir mount
~$75 - custom 5” frame w/ cable management, custom drive sleds, sleeved cables
~$50 - custom PCBs for backplanes and power
~$100 - custom 2mm real-brush side panels + acrylic
~$50 - custom midplates, backplate, and PSU mount
~$100 - anodizing everything (truly guessing on this one)
= ~$1105
grabagun.com/palmetto-state-armory-m4-orc-16-556-mil-spec.html
www.amazon.com/dp/B008J0ZODG/?tag=tec06d-20
We are in 2015 man. When you can cut out anything you want on a water jet machine for a reasonable price. The machine itself costs 10000$ or more yet these bastards want 300000$ for this run of 250 cases. They could buy 30 machines for the money they want to make. Yet I bet they didn't even buy one. Just paid a shop to cut it for them for well under 10000$ for the whole batch...
Finally, the people involved with this project are really trying to make something amazing but given the super low production numbers and the insane attention to detail with this case it ends up being really expensive.
It cannot be compared to any other mainstream case manufacturer because it is not mass produced. This case is the tailor made suit in a world full of ill-fitting mass produced suits
This seems to be a case simply for looks. Those flimsy side panels won't survive more than a few openings of the case. I'm not impressed.
The only things I like are the custom PCBs to reduce cable clutter and of course the chrome pipes. I hope they are real chrome pipes and not cheap acrylic pipes with some chrome paint. :rolleyes: