Acrylic Case?

mc-dexter · Jul 23, 2009

I've got chance of a clear acrylic case... are they worth bothering with? I'm just not to sure about how they will effect the temps of my system, and dust, and cable management...

So yea, what are your experiances with them?

MoonPig · Jul 23, 2009

Whats is look like and how much we talking?

mc-dexter · Jul 23, 2009

Very similar to that, and a price hasn't been mentioned yet, but i've repaired his pc a few times now and never really wanted anything in return for it, so probably about £20 - £25 maybe, at the most.

alexp999 · Jul 23, 2009

It depends on the fans capabilties unless you intend to mod it, cus that has only 3 80mm fans from what I can see :ohwell:

newtekie1 · Jul 23, 2009

Don't do it. I have an acrylic case sitting unused in my closet.

It is cool for about the first 2 months, then you start to notice the dust build up...and realize that keeping it clean is next to impossible. Not to mention there is no way to clean up cable clutter, no matter how much management you do, I've never seen an acrylic case that didn't look like it was filled with cable clutter!

mc-dexter · Jul 23, 2009

alexp999 said:
It depends on the fans capabilties unless you intend to mod it, cus that has only 3 80mm fans from what I can see

http://img.techpowerup.org/090723/467365982_47514b2e9f.jpg

5, the only diffrence between that case and the one i could get is the fans on the side are side by side, not one above the other. The fans what are with the case spin around 3500 - 4000 rpm i belive.

bogmali · Jul 23, 2009

newtekie1 said:
Don't do it. I have an acrylic case sitting unused in my closet.

It is cool for about the first 2 months, then you start to notice the dust build up...and realize that keeping it clean is next to impossible!

Same exact reason why I also have one sitting in my closet :rolleyes:

r9 · Jul 23, 2009

Case is like a woman. Must keep some mystery in side to be interesting

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TheSheriff · Jul 23, 2009

I wouldn't buy it if I was you. some reasons. the acrylic case fashion is passed

joshiers8605 · Jul 23, 2009

now thatttt is pretty, that's what i want, lol

joshiers8605 · Jul 23, 2009

ss for the double post, but is it true that these kinds of cases can build up static electricity?

Chryonn · Jul 23, 2009

i think they're cool (no pun intended) but as people have said the gimmick wears off soon after, and yes, that thing will attract so much dust it's not funny.

joshiers8605 · Jul 23, 2009

you know..., if you don't want those ones in the closet, you know who to get a hold of

Omegax · Aug 2, 2009

heres mine... maybe this fashion is passed but still i'm lovin it! specially if you are the one who build it from scratch considering time and efforts spent =)

System Name	The Abominable Dust Bomb / Just A Box
Processor	AMD 6400+ BE (Windsor) @3.35Ghz / AMD 3200+ (Barton)
Motherboard	ASUS M2A VM - HDMI / Abit NF7 - S2
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT S1283 / Gigabyte 3D Cooler Ultra
Memory	2x 1Gb Kingston DDR2 667Mhz Dual Channel @800Mhz (soon 3Gb Dual) / 2x 512Mb Geil Dual DDR 400Mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX GeForce 8600GT (soon to be ASUS 8800GT) / MSI Geforce 5200FX
Storage	80Gb Maxtor 2mb cache Maxtor 500Gb 32mb cache / 2x 40Gb Maxtor's
Display(s)	19" TFT, 15" TFT, 32" TV / 15" CRT
Case	XBLADE / Everest
Audio Device(s)	(Onboard) Realtek ALC883 5.1 High Definition / Onboard
Power Supply	Antec True Power 480w / 400w Winpower
Software	Win Vista Premium SP2 / Win XP Pro SP2
Benchmark Scores	3D Mark 06 = 6709 ... lol

System Name	The Abominable Dust Bomb / Just A Box
Processor	AMD 6400+ BE (Windsor) @3.35Ghz / AMD 3200+ (Barton)
Motherboard	ASUS M2A VM - HDMI / Abit NF7 - S2
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT S1283 / Gigabyte 3D Cooler Ultra
Memory	2x 1Gb Kingston DDR2 667Mhz Dual Channel @800Mhz (soon 3Gb Dual) / 2x 512Mb Geil Dual DDR 400Mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX GeForce 8600GT (soon to be ASUS 8800GT) / MSI Geforce 5200FX
Storage	80Gb Maxtor 2mb cache Maxtor 500Gb 32mb cache / 2x 40Gb Maxtor's
Display(s)	19" TFT, 15" TFT, 32" TV / 15" CRT
Case	XBLADE / Everest
Audio Device(s)	(Onboard) Realtek ALC883 5.1 High Definition / Onboard
Power Supply	Antec True Power 480w / 400w Winpower
Software	Win Vista Premium SP2 / Win XP Pro SP2
Benchmark Scores	3D Mark 06 = 6709 ... lol

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Case	Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W ~ Logitech G15 R1 / Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000
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Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	The Abominable Dust Bomb / Just A Box
Processor	AMD 6400+ BE (Windsor) @3.35Ghz / AMD 3200+ (Barton)
Motherboard	ASUS M2A VM - HDMI / Abit NF7 - S2
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT S1283 / Gigabyte 3D Cooler Ultra
Memory	2x 1Gb Kingston DDR2 667Mhz Dual Channel @800Mhz (soon 3Gb Dual) / 2x 512Mb Geil Dual DDR 400Mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX GeForce 8600GT (soon to be ASUS 8800GT) / MSI Geforce 5200FX
Storage	80Gb Maxtor 2mb cache Maxtor 500Gb 32mb cache / 2x 40Gb Maxtor's
Display(s)	19" TFT, 15" TFT, 32" TV / 15" CRT
Case	XBLADE / Everest
Audio Device(s)	(Onboard) Realtek ALC883 5.1 High Definition / Onboard
Power Supply	Antec True Power 480w / 400w Winpower
Software	Win Vista Premium SP2 / Win XP Pro SP2
Benchmark Scores	3D Mark 06 = 6709 ... lol

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