Thursday, May 9th 2013

Steiger Dynamics Offers LEET Chassis for DIY Builders

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May 9th, 2013 00:34 Discuss (40 Comments)

STEIGER DYNAMICS announced that it released to the DIY PC builder market its custom hand-brushed full aluminum LEET chassis. The chassis is available for sale in both black and silver on the STEIGER DYNAMICS website for 798 USD. Every LEET chassis is complemented with a one year limited warranty. Additionally, each LEET chassis comes with complimentary accessories and peripherals such as the STEIGER DYNAMICS Windows Media Center Remote Control, a STEIGER DYNAMICS Black Cloth Binder, and spare parts/screws/cables.

Optional purchasable accessories include LED chassis lighting, Seasonic power supplies, liquid cooling components, and custom cabling. Now DIY PC builders will be able to incorporate their individual custom configuration into the aesthetically pleasing and easily integrated LEET chassis.

Features of the LEET chassis include:

Unparalleled level of quality compared to any other PC Case on the market
Unique, one-piece shell construction with a wall thickness of 0.2 inches (5mm)
One-of-a-kind, light-weight, durable, corrosion resistant, odorless, and 100% recyclable hand-brushed aluminum
Incorporated Samsung touch-display (800x480 pixels) connected via internal USB 2.0 which can be used as an extended screen, with Soundgraph's Finger VU touch applications, or with the included LEET Monitor App which monitors system parameters such as uptime, used and available drive space, RAM capacity utilization, CPU/GPU clocks, load levels, and temperatures
12cm dual- as well as single radiator support for custom liquid cooling solutions.
Optional acrylic glass lid with a completely flat outer surface
Hinged front panel for optimized connectivity, integrating two USB 3.0 connectors, a SDHC Card reader, and two variable HD Audio in/out connectors
Removable motherboard slider that allows to build and test the complete system outside of the chassis

Additional Product Specifications

Dimensions (HxWxD): 8.7 x 17.1 x 15.4 inches (22.0 x 43.5 x 39.0 cm)
Can accommodate motherboards up to E-ATX form factors (12 x 13 inches / 30,5 x 33 cm)
Can accommodate up to three SSDs and four 3.5 inch HDDs
Can accommodate up to three dual-slot graphics cards up to (HxW) 11.5 x 4.376 inches each (> GTX 690)
Can accommodate one 5.25 inch optical drive

For more information, visit the product page.

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40 Comments on Steiger Dynamics Offers LEET Chassis for DIY Builders

#26

NeoXF

buggalugsUmmmm nope. There would be a ridiculous amount of waste if that was the case. (haha case). A chunk of aluminium that size would cost a fortune.

WTF are you talking about, scrap metal remaining from the cut-aways would be just as easly melted and reused for a smaller case or mixed with another batch to make another identical block, so no, no waste... WTF... that's not how metal works work (haha works) at all...

#27

tastegw

That price is about $600 too much. For that kind of cash, you can mod the hell out of a case and call it your own.

#28

Unregistered

$800 and has "LEET" in its name...I will now commence with the beavis and Butthead laugh..................................................................................................................ok I'm done....Honestly I have never had this thought about any hardware or vendor but uhm These people can shove it up their "LEET" asses.

I hope this company fails EPICALLY

#29

cadaveca

My name is Dave

I'm sure the touchscreen display included accounts for a fairly large chunk of this case's price. Price seems appropriate in THAT market, cases with integrated display.

Display res is a bit low, however.

;)

#30

TheoneandonlyMrK

de.das.dudeif you look at the outershell, it is a single piece. plus its 5mm thick. normal secc cabinets are made in press and the holes and stuff are stamped out. but you can only stamp out till a certain thickness and ductility of a material..

its true that the smaller parts were individual like the sidepanel, drive bays. but they are made from single blocks.

and judging from the price, it was indeed made on a CNC mill.

You can very easily punch out 5mm thick ally and anyway its probably laser cut with all holes lasered Then folded.
This os how I used to make road sogn cases and a sheet big enough for two of these would cost about 80-120 quid dependant on volume bought.

So still too dear..

#31

Aquinus

Resident Wat-man

NeoXFWTF are you talking about, scrap metal remaining from the cut-aways would be just as easly melted and reused for a smaller case or mixed with another batch to make another identical block, so no, no waste... WTF... that's not how metal works work (haha works) at all...

You still have to re-melt the metal and remove any impurities in the metal, this has been discussed earlier in the thread but it takes a lot more work than just re-melting it. Reprocessing scrap takes time, chemicals, and money.

Frederik SAnd aluminum is not easily recyclable to the same grade as it was delivered in due to contamination of other metallic particles. Cleaning a melt is energy intensive and you need special chemicals for it as well. You should always go for near net shaping even with aluminum.

#32

Easy Rhino

Linux Advocate

i can't be the only one here who would buy one of these if they were half price...

#33

THE_EGG

Looks delicious indeed. But too expensive for me :(

#34

TheoneandonlyMrK

Easy Rhinoi can't be the only one here who would buy one of these if they were half price...

At half the price id definitely start dreaming of owning one :)

#35

D007

Covert_Deathyes but that's just proves how stupid they are, if there is a need for this case they should have brought it in at a more reasonable price instead of milling it out of a bug ass chunk of metal, sure its cool but they just destroyed their potential market.

Agreed, stupid approach and insanely wasteful..
Does anyone care that it was taken out of one big chunk? I know I don't..
Do I think they could make a case as good or better using multiple pieces? Yes, absolutely..
The case is also ugly imo..

If they were trying to find a way to make something ridiculously over priced and incredibly hard to make, while not looking aesthetically pleasing at all.
They hit the nail on the head..
:ohwell:

#36

Unregistered

I like, it reeks of quality, which imo not a lot of expensive "high end" cases do nowadays, simple understated quality is the way to go, not flashy looking overpriced generic rubbish.

#37

hat

Enthusiast

buggalugsUmmmm nope. There would be a ridiculous amount of waste if that was the case. (haha case). A chunk of aluminium that size would cost a fortune.

Anyway, the sides/front are 5mm aluminium sheet that have been bent, different piece for top and bottom.

I like it. We don't see enough of these quality cases. I'm so sick of plastic and boring cases.

Touch screen on the front panel is cool and wouldn't be cheap by itself.

Even so the scrap could very easily be reused. I work at a certain steel mill, one V&M Star here in Youngstown. They supposedly produce the best steel in the world, yet it's all made of junk. Crushed cars, rusty crap, anything steel. This includes their own product that didn't pass QC which then takes a trip to the junk yard which eventually gets melted down and used again.

#38

Unregistered

Aluminium is quite expensive now, so they will probs even recycle the shavings from the milling machines.

#39

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

Just to clear this up... the shell of this case is made using a single Aluminum sheet and not milled from a chunk of metal (see quote from OP below)

The pics from the website show single sheet construction for the front and sides with a slide out mobo tray in the rear (top and bottom are separate pieces)

btarunrFeatures of the LEET chassis include:
Unique, one-piece shell construction with a wall thickness of 0.2 inches (5mm)

Quality case- definitely
Worth the asking price- don't think so

#40

Delta6326

I would rather spend $800 on a caselabs case...

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