I keep thinking that the days of the cheap cases are coming to an end, at
least if the system is to be well designed.
I keep thinking its the end anyway . You keep reading about inflation
in China and how their rapidbly expanding manufacturing base is
finally having an impact on scrap metal and other raw material prices.
Everyones talking about mild inflationary trends.
Yeah I know what you are talking about though with the Athlon 64 and
new pents about to hit the mainstream. I dont really see them being
crammed in super cheapo cases along with possibly even faster sata HDs
and graphics cards on stereoids like the nvidia 6800 etc.
It used to be that it was
just a flimsy case, but these days with systems using ever-increasing
amounts of power, converted to heat, the cheap cases often take so much
work to bring up to a decent standard that the savings isn't worth it,
especially if you need to add or replace fans, do voltage mods or whatever
to make the noise level tolerable. I'd rather they took the cost of the
PSU and put that towards thicker metal and redesigning to include optimal
fan mounts.
Yeah I agree with that for my personal system. I think my fuill tower
antec was a good investment not just for show though I have to admit I
used to laugh at people buying cases with windows and lights etc but
for some strange reason Im glad I got one with a window. Doesnt do
anything functional but I like it.
You really need a lot of fan mounts nowadays and Im sticking with a
full tower. The newer cases now all seem to have one fan mount in the
rerar and many have two now - besides the PS one of course.
Man I redid this guys PC and he gave me an extra case to make a system
for another neighbor ( poor single mother family) - that thing weighs
a TON. I dont even like carrying the panels on them. They feel like
armor.
Those FRYs posts are tearing me up ! Reading about people getting a
motherboard and CPU 2000+ for $59 or so. Over here you see CPUs and
Motherboards costing 200-300 easy in combos for the same low end
stuff. Thats why its worth it to pay the 20-30 shipping fees. I should
have gone for the MWAVE combo deal though I wasnt crazy about the
SOYO all in one MB with only 3 PCI slots. and savage graphics chip or
maybe it was unichrome. My neighbor needs one of those cheap
integrated MBs.
