MirkoskjiDoesn't case design for atx boards look boring? Maybe I'm ignorant. But in the end it's always the same since 2000. They change the plastic covers, put a glass on the side, some filters. But at the core it's always the same metal frame.

MirkoskjiDoesn't case design for atx boards look boring? Maybe I'm ignorant. But in the end it's always the same since 2000. They change the plastic covers, put a glass on the side, some filters. But at the core it's always the same metal frame.

Vayra86What?

And, follow up question: would you buy these?

Vayra86What?

And, follow up question: would you buy these?

MirkoskjiDoesn't case design for atx boards look boring? Maybe I'm ignorant. But in the end it's always the same since 2000. They change the plastic covers, put a glass on the side, some filters. But at the core it's always the same metal frame.

micropage7the same thing on many things: cooler, keyboard, mouse
they just add rgb, red/black theme, more color, more plastic

MirkoskjiDoesn't case design for atx boards look boring? Maybe I'm ignorant. But in the end it's always the same since 2000. They change the plastic covers, put a glass on the side, some filters. But at the core it's always the same metal frame.

HoodCases seem boring because they have to accomplish certain things (good cooling, low vibration, mechanical and electronic protection of components, accessibility of the components) - any departure from the "beige box" form compromises one or more of these factors, usually for aesthetics. Round, six-sided, tubular frame, modular, and flat wall mount cases, all look more interesting, but skimp on at least one of these factors. Which is why I settled for my Corsair 750D Airflow Edition, it ticks all the boxes, and isn't ugly, and the addition of 96 blue LEDs inside the window gives it some bling, without looking too gaudy...

HoodCases seem boring because they have to accomplish certain things (good cooling, low vibration, mechanical and electronic protection of components, accessibility of the components) - any departure from the "beige box" form compromises one or more of these factors, usually for aesthetics. Round, six-sided, tubular frame, modular, and flat wall mount cases, all look more interesting, but skimp on at least one of these factors. Which is why I settled for my Corsair 750D Airflow Edition, it ticks all the boxes, and isn't ugly, and the addition of 96 blue LEDs inside the window gives it some bling, without looking too gaudy...

bonehead123I've been saying this for a long time too, but then certain folks here seemed to take offense to my comments, and even accused me of just being a bored eliteist who thought nothing was good enough for me, so I stopped posting those types of comments.

But that's ok, because everyone here is entitled to their opinions, good, bad or otherwise :)

Nice to know that at least 1 other member agrees with me.

Finally, I think the backlit front I/O is a nice touch and the overall design is ok as it were, but once again......

a brand new case without USB C ports on the front is a NO BUY for me !

ValantarAll I see when looking at that is the ~33% of the case that serves absolutely no function whatsoever. Sure, air flows through it, but that doesn't really count as functionality. GPUs don't get that long any more, so the space isn't really necessary unless you cram a thick radiator and reservoir in there.

HoodYeah, I had visions of 60mm thick rads when I bought it, but my 4790K would never run 4.7 completely stable (even at 1.45 vcore), so I settled for 4.6 and 1.25 vcore, and kept my H110. I also had a lot of hard drives back then, so the extra space came in handy. I'll eventually use it for a custom loop/8700K system with just SSDs and a large (10-12 TB) HDD, so fat rads and reservoir will use up the extra space one day. I also bought the Airflow Edition front cover ($15) for better cooling of the hard drives, which will work well with a fat 360mm rad (when I upgrade).