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codedivine wrote:Skyring what is your opinion about the durability of Lian Li cases if you lets say throw them in a car/truck very often? Any advice on that front?
Pasdepardon wrote:If you are into modding some sections of your new case, it makes sense to go with a "cheaper" brand/case. The Rosewill looks good. I was also looking for a mATX case recently and the one that caught my interest was this one from HEC-Compucase (the 6K serie).
http://hecgroupusa.com/products/pc-case ... er/6k60bs/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811121041
The inside has pretty much the same layout as the Rosewill.
Skrying wrote:My problem with both of these cases is that there is way to much plastic. Modding generally demands a good set of materials to start your work on. Aluminum being by far the best to work with. The Rosewill also has my least favorite hard drive arrangement for a tower style case. Having a easy method to remove the cage would be nice, but at that price point I would simply remove them myself and place the hard drives in the 5.25" bays.codedivine wrote:Skyring what is your opinion about the durability of Lian Li cases if you lets say throw them in a car/truck very often? Any advice on that front?
The traditional Lian Li case doesn't respond well to abuse. This is a function of being constructed entirely from aluminum. A material that dents easily. Lian Li does employ thicker aluminum and the designs are structurally sound. But even the smaller, more portable Lian Li cases are not designed for your purpose. Lian Li is aware of this and have a brand directed towards that market, Lancool. The Lancool cases maintain the clean, elegant look of a Lian Li case but are made from steel (and a few models have plastic faces). Specifically I would point you towards the Lian Li Lancool PC-7, very traditional Lian Li look made with steel and a nice interior layout.
Personally I just purchased the Cooler Master Storm Scout. I'm likely going to spend more money on this case than I should though as it will be modded. Step one will be replacing the side panels with ones not designed to look like shields. I might be removing the drive cage as well, though the only card of any length to be put inside is a HD5770, which should fit easily. Also need to add a few more cable holes. Cables in plain sight drive me nuts!
MadManOriginal wrote:Hmm contradictions there. First off the only thing plastic on the Rosewill cases is the front faceplate, the rest is steel. But then you go on to say that steel+plastic Lancool cases are recommendable.
Skrying wrote:Personally I just purchased the Cooler Master Storm Scout. I'm likely going to spend more money on this case than I should though as it will be modded. Step one will be replacing the side panels with ones not designed to look like shields. I might be removing the drive cage as well, though the only card of any length to be put inside is a HD5770, which should fit easily. Also need to add a few more cable holes. Cables in plain sight drive me nuts!
Skrying wrote:MadManOriginal wrote:Hmm contradictions there. First off the only thing plastic on the Rosewill cases is the front faceplate, the rest is steel. But then you go on to say that steel+plastic Lancool cases are recommendable.
Context. It's really important.
The comments on plastic were specifically towards modding. The Lancool recommendation was addressed to a entirely different point. One where the question asked had nothing to do with modding. Therefore the presence of plastic isn't nearly as big of a concern to me. Not only were these all in separate paragraphs but there was a quote dividing them. It would be ridiculous to be so narrow sighted as to throw out every case that uses plastic without regard to a person's needs. What does a plastic front panel matter to someone who wouldn't be modding that area or had a reason for not wanting plastic? It wouldn't, therefore the recommendation to someone who wasn't in the situation (or at least asking from such a view in this case) including a series of case that has plastic face plates.
Plastic is a big deal if the case mods might demand you cutting it. Plastic is a real pain to work with. I don't have any plans to mod the front panel on the Storm Scout I just bought, therefore not a big deal. The Rosewill and HEC cases on the other hand are different, the fronts being plastic and appearing to need mods for air flow and noise reasons. Plastic is a big deal in that case.
MadManOriginal wrote:I give that a 6.5/10 on the Skrying Weaselout scale. Pretty good at the usual 'sticking to what I said no matter what' overall but you make some assumptions without personal experience that the plastic needs modding (-1.0) - it doesn't need modding although that may be clone model specific, the one I got certainly doesn't and airflow 'restriction' is about the same as your Lian Li example and other cases that use a mesh-type face, try looking closer at the bottom front it's a series of offset vertical slits.
For *not* sticking to your plan by getting a 19x19" 'mid'tower (and after saying the P180 mini is huge, talk about a change of plans!) you get -2.0. The additional 0.5 is because no one gets a 10.0
In any case (pun intended! ) what's so hard about cutting plastic? Sure, trying to add or change what's there is beyond typical mechanical modding but plastic is easier to cut than metal with simple hand tools as long as you aren't a seizure-prone monkey with no manual dexterity.
Golly here I was posting in this thread trying to be helpful and point out some additional options from personal experience and it still ends up with a stupid argument with Skry-'my uninformed opinion is fact'-ing.
Skrying wrote:
The traditional Lian Li case doesn't respond well to abuse. This is a function of being constructed entirely from aluminum. A material that dents easily. Lian Li does employ thicker aluminum and the designs are structurally sound. But even the smaller, more portable Lian Li cases are not designed for your purpose. Lian Li is aware of this and have a brand directed towards that market, Lancool. The Lancool cases maintain the clean, elegant look of a Lian Li case but are made from steel (and a few models have plastic faces). Specifically I would point you towards the Lian Li Lancool PC-7, very traditional Lian Li look made with steel and a nice interior layout.
MadManOriginal wrote:lol. I love you Skrying, you're the stradivarius to my Itzhak Perlman.
yes wrote:Saw the a05n in this thread. Does the front mounted psu interfere with airflow ? What if the fan is on the top?
image reference:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Lian ... 05N/6.html