Mercury S8S Gets a Permanent Spot in CaseLabs' Lineup

[btarunr]

Premium custom PC case maker CaseLabs announced that the limited-edition Mercury S8S is now a permanent addition to the company's lineup, with plans for a new production run. The case will start at US $389.99, with a boat-load of customization options. A successor and variant of the Mercury S8, the S8S is a cubical E-ATX / SSI-EEB case with a motherboard tray along the plane of the base, which acts as a partition for its three chambers.

Designed for liquid-cooling builds, the case features multiple locations where you can place 360 x 120 or 240 x 120 mm radiators, and a full-fledged liquid cooling loop for builds with 3-4 graphics cards and up to two CPU sockets. The case offers a great deal of flexibility, letting you convert space for liquid-cooling hardware into additional drive bays, to accommodate up to 18 3.5-inch hard drives, or up to 36 2.5-inch SSDs. Measuring 369 mm x 483 mm x 380 mm, the case dry-weighs 7.25 kg, and is made almost entirely of aluminium.



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[Cybrnook2002]

Love my S8, one of the most flexible cases I have ever used. Build quality is like a tank!

 

[nickbaldwin86]

another mazing looking CaseLabs

 

[Batou1986]

Oh now I see what Thermaltake poorly copied.
If i ever run out of room in my 540 air this will be the next case I buy

 

[ozorian]

Oh now I see what Thermaltake poorly copied.
If i ever run out of room in my 540 air this will be the next case I buy

LOL u cant call poor a product that costs the half of the price of this one and from a manufacturer like Tt. u know that i have right thats why u get air 540 from corsair.... and not a caselabs one!! insane case prices!!

 

[nickbaldwin86]

LOL u cant call poor a product that costs the half of the price of this one and from a manufacturer like Tt. u know that i have right thats why u get air 540 from corsair.... and not a caselabs one!! insane case prices!!

They aren't insane if you like quality and you have either built in one or seen one built in person... CaseLabs prices are completely justified and people pay the price all of the time.

if you are cheap and want a "case" aka sheet metal with pop rivets then you buy a Thermaltake or a "X" cheapo case.

Corsair has both... they have really cheap/junk cases and then they have the Obsidian line that is imo a great case line.

 

[theonedub]

I've got the SM8 Merlin and I don't think I'll have a need to replace it ever, unless I want something smaller (thing is cavernous).

 

[ozorian]

They aren't insane if you like quality and you have either built in one or seen one built in person... CaseLabs prices are completely justified and people pay the price all of the time.

if you are cheap and want a "case" aka sheet metal with pop rivets then you buy a Thermaltake or a "X" cheapo case.

Corsair has both... they have really cheap/junk cases and then they have the Obsidian line that is imo a great case line.

define "cheap"
beacause if cheap for u is the 170$ that AWARDED from overclockers X9
then u have a lot of money to spend.
And show me the temperature benchmarks that saw the huge differences from that caselabs 400$
Cause that what i need from a "good" case.. is proper air flow, funcionallity and performarnce/dollar

 

[nickbaldwin86]

define "cheap"
beacause if cheap for u is the 170$ that AWARDED from overclockers X9
then u have a lot of money to spend.
And show me the temperature benchmarks that saw the huge differences from that caselabs 400$
Cause that what i need from a "good" case.. is proper air flow, functionality and performarnce/dollar

This isn't a price and performance rating thread OMFG This little off shoot topic was based on quality and CaseLabs is well past the quality standards of ThermalTake and many many other case makers.

Anyways go check out In Win cases if you want your mind blown... quality quality cases that are $$$$$$ check out the S-Frame or the 904 like I have. functionality or performance/dollar is out the window...lol but I wouldn't trade my 904 for any ThermalTake + cash LOL

Get over the price, even more so if you have no experience with quality... $170 for any amount of ThermalTake is a complete joke btw

Cheap... price, materials, quality.... ThermalTake excels at being cheap in all those rolls

 

[ozorian]

This isn't a price and performance rating thread OMFG This little off shoot topic was based on quality and CaseLabs is well past the quality standards of ThermalTake and many many other case makers.

Anyways go check out In Win cases if you want your mind blown... quality quality cases that are $$$$$$ check out the S-Frame or the 904 like I have. functionality or performance/dollar is out the window...lol but I wouldn't trade my 904 for any ThermalTake + cash LOL

Get over the price, even more so if you have no experience with quality... $170 for any amount of ThermalTake is a complete joke btw

Cheap... price, materials, quality.... ThermalTake excels at being cheap in all those rolls

u talk about price in all post
how about temperature performance...........
that caselabs case give me...........

 

[iBruce]

The S8S starts at $349, not $389 like the article states, thank you btarunr for posting this awesome news, I was one of the customers who ordered an S8S back in January, the first production run of 30. Most everyone knows you can mix and match CaseLabs panel colors to your own specifications either black or the white or the gunmetal powdercoat, a black exterior and gunmetal interior etc, the gunmetal and white look very nice together. The two-tone option is very popular, yet if you’re feeling extremely creative there’s also a secret tri-tone option. I ordered my S8S with a gunmetal and white interior and four black exterior panels. I’m fairly certain its the only S8S out there using all three CaseLabs powdercoats, but that will most likely change now the S8S is a regular member of the Mercury family. The optional tri-tone selection is NOT in the drop down menu, simply contact CaseLabs customer service and they will add the option to your order, then you can go about creating your CaseLabs three-coloured masterpiece.


I should post my build log for this new S8S-X99 rig, I’m just calling it Mr. Wellsburg or Welly after the X99 chipset, getting an Asus X99-E WS E-ATX board, that beautiful black and dark gray Bentley board, and a highly binned 5820K 6-core from SiliconLottery.com guaranteed stable at 4.7Ghz. Looking into an NVMe drive from either Intel or Samsung or Seagate/SandForce, the new SandForce 3rd gen controllers should be available by May/June and may supercede the performance of the Intel 750 NVMe PCIe ssd, but who knows, bleeding edge tech is always so unpredictable the first few months.


Also going to add some of the new Klevv Cras DDR4 memory to the build, 4x4GB is all I need to populate the board, may get the 3000Mhz but the 2666Mhz will run at the lower DDR4 1.2volts.

 

[ypsylon]

CaseLabs. Wet dream of pretty much any nerd/geek around (awaiting my). Only what sucks donkey ballz is shipping them around the world. US folks are so lucky without S&H&VAT&customs which usually cost more than case itself. Ugh...

 

[Hood]

define "cheap"
beacause if cheap for u is the 170$ that AWARDED from overclockers X9
then u have a lot of money to spend.
And show me the temperature benchmarks that saw the huge differences from that caselabs 400$
Cause that what i need from a "good" case.. is proper air flow, funcionallity and performarnce/dollar

Good comeback - the new Thermaltake cases are great, and not flimsy crap like too many of their old cases (and too many Corsair cases lately are just as flimsy). V series and X series are heavy, well designed cases with amazing versatility. My Core V21 is my favorite case, and i think my next full-sized build will be in a Core X9. Caselabs is great but too expensive. I used to hate Themaltake products, now they are starting to get it right.

 

[Dr_b_]

u talk about price in all post
how about temperature performance...........
that caselabs case give me...........

Who would buy a CaseLabs case and not build a loop in it?