Friday, August 7th 2020
Chieftec Announces CW-01B-OP Chassis
CHIEFTEC, a world-wide renowned brand for reliable PC chassis and power supplies, today announces the CW-01B-OP, a new high-performance workstation case, built from 0.7 mm strong steel with an abundance of functional flexibility and an airflow-focused design. The CW-01B-OP provides users with the ability to build a system that fully suits their needs, whether that requires three 5.25" external drive bays, a 3.5" external drive bay or up to seven internal (3.5" or 2.5") drive bays. Top radiator installation, two 120 mm fans in the front, one 140 mm fan in the bottom, as well as a maximum graphics card length of 410 mm, are all features the CW-01B-OP masters with ease.
Combining a modern, timeless design, featuring brushed aluminium and filtered mesh, with the high functional flexibility, the Chieftec CW-01B-OP is a companion for the ages, built to last, perform and look great years on.
For over 25 years CHIEFTEC has been a worldwide renowned brand, associated with high-quality PSU, PC cases, 19" IPC cases and Accessories manufacturing for the computer industry, servicing the global OEM, ODM and distributing (consumer) segments with the partner network of 100+ resellers located across Europe and Russia.
For more information, visit the product page.
Combining a modern, timeless design, featuring brushed aluminium and filtered mesh, with the high functional flexibility, the Chieftec CW-01B-OP is a companion for the ages, built to last, perform and look great years on.
51 Comments on Chieftec Announces CW-01B-OP Chassis
I mean, they used to make some solid cases, but this is just a bit out of touch with the times...Yes, I had one at some point in time. They were usually not quite the same colour as the case though and they were also more expensive than the PC beige ones...
www.newegg.com/p/2BK-0025-00004
I also had something like this at one point. The card reader kept disconnecting from the USB bus though...
www.jdr.com/product_p/ult40366.htm
For example, if I'm making my own NAS, I'm inevitably going to buy a 5.25 External Hard Drive bay for that nice hot-swap action.
www.newegg.com/rosewill-rsv-sata-cage-34-hard-disk-drive-cage/p/N82E16816132037
No USB-C.
FAIL.
And while you enjoy your airflow-blocking RGB-blinging acrylic faceplates, I will stick couple of laptop drives into my 3.5" dual-drive caddy, watch a few episodes of Doom Patrol, stick a 3.5" drive into a 5.25" caddy to recover some photos, take a lunch break, and ultimately get paid for my services, all for pushing a few buttons on my "outdated" chassis. Also, I didn't hear that there's a worldwide ban on internal card readers, USB hubs or expansion brackets (all of which for me is a must, 'cause who knows what kind of weird stuff I'll get in my workshop tomorrow).Please tell me, how many Type-C devices do you have, and whether any of them came with Type-A to Type-C cable?
Both 5.25" bays and 3.5" bays have uses: SD Card readers, USB C, Hard Drive hotswap loaders... or even just a small shelf... to name a few things that fit in the 5.25" or 3.5" bay. Even if I don't use a CDROM or 3.5" floppy anymore, its still useful.
The PC case this is not a vacuum cleaner .... PSU this gets always on the top.
I rather like the idea of a switch flip to go from silent running to max cooling.
Modern cases make my old Mountain Mods look like scrap metal.