The market its flooded with so many cases!

MxPhenom 216 · Mar 30, 2016

Anyone else feel like there are a ton of cases on the market, but the only three manufactures that continue to set themselves apart are Corsair, Phantek, and Fractal Designs? Cases for the most part have all the same shit now.

MT Alex · Mar 30, 2016

You have a point to a degree, but BitFenix also has some nice cases, and CaseLabs is king.

Jetster · Mar 30, 2016

My three favorite

johnspack · Mar 30, 2016

Been running my almost decade old Antec 1200 for so long I forgot there were other cases out there.......

P4-630 · Mar 30, 2016

I'm satisfied with my BeQuiet! Silent Base 600 Window

MxPhenom 216 · Mar 30, 2016

P4-630 said:
I'm satisfied with my BeQuiet! Silent Base 600 Window

The recent be quiet case review on tpu actually is what made me make this thread. I dont really see anything about it that would make me get it over a case made by the companies in the OP.

cdawall · Mar 30, 2016

I have a corsair that I am not impressed by and a lian li of old that if it had cable-management would be the best case I have owned to date.

sneekypeet · Mar 30, 2016

Really, there are a shit ton of cases? /sarcasm

To some extent I agree with the OP. Although only certain Corsair cases, Phanteks as a whole is nice, and Fractal seems to be dropping off the radar as of late.
It really depends on your needs however. I feel InWin took huge strides into awesome "cases", Thermaltake is stepping up their game quite a bit too, Antec is trying pretty hard, the CoolerMaster MasterCase was nice as well. I honestly would completely agree with the OP if this thread was made last year, but as a whole, cases are currently in the midst of a modders revolution. IE, what used to only be an option to those who owned a dremmel and had lots of time to add bits, is now coming stock in a lot of solutions.

MxPhenom 216 · Mar 30, 2016

sneekypeet said:
Really, there are a shit ton of cases? /sarcasm

To some extent I agree with the OP. Although only certain Corsair cases, Phanteks as a whole is nice, and Fractal seems to be dropping off the radar as of late.
It really depends on your needs however. I feel InWin took huge strides into awesome "cases", Thermaltake is stepping up their game quite a bit too, Antec is trying pretty hard, the CoolerMaster MasterCase was nice as well. I honestly would completely agree with the OP if this thread was made last year, but as a whole, cases are currently in the midst of a modders revolution. IE, what used to only be an option to those who owned a dremmel and had lots of time to add bits, is now coming stock in a lot of solutions.

Phantek just needs to release a full tower version of the Enthoo Evolv. That will be my new case.

sneekypeet · Mar 30, 2016

MxPhenom 216 said:
Phantek just needs to release a full tower version of the Enthoo Evolv. That will be my new case.

It isn't a bad design aesthetically, but the reality is that others offer the same features at that price range too. Cases are very personal though. For instance, I like smooth and simple looking exteriors, where there are still people that love cases that are grossly designed with tons of plastic to look like a transformer or some other childs toy.

cdawall · Mar 30, 2016

sneekypeet said:
It isn't a bad design aesthetically, but the reality is that others offer the same features at that price range too. Cases are very personal though. For instance, I like smooth and simple looking exteriors, where there are still people that love cases that are grossly designed with tons of plastic to look like a transformer or some other childs toy.

I am with you on the simple clean design, but I will buy a cheap good case very happily

sneekypeet · Mar 30, 2016

cdawall said:
I am with you on the simple clean design, but I will buy a cheap good case very happily

Cheap and good rarely go in the same group when it comes to cases, but there are some out there. I tend to lean towards those that are built to withstand a small bomb blast. Not that I would ever need that much build quality to sit on my desk, I guess I just prefer over-built designs that dont wobble once the case is torn down to bare minimum. As a whole though, most cases these days dont rattle/vibrate (outside of the Corsair AIR cases), they have pretty rich feature sets, and do everything you need really. It all comes down to budget and appeal.

scevism · Mar 30, 2016

Having this cooler master cosmos 2 case for 2 years now i think i will have it for a longtime. Next step would be to mod the case a bit.
Side window would be nice.

alucasa · Mar 30, 2016

I want aluminum cases and only want aluminum cases. Steel & plastic don't cut for me which is about 90% of the case market.
So, for me, the market is painfully small.

MxPhenom 216 · Mar 30, 2016

sneekypeet said:
It isn't a bad design aesthetically, but the reality is that others offer the same features at that price range too. Cases are very personal though. For instance, I like smooth and simple looking exteriors, where there are still people that love cases that are grossly designed with tons of plastic to look like a transformer or some other childs toy.

That is why I like the evolv. It is not super flashy like a 14 year olds plastic gaming LEET case, but isnt a super boring box either. Its got some nice aethetic pieces to it like the front panel and such, and the open interior of the Mid tower version is what I really like. Been wanting to do a mod project of my 750D to basically take out the 5.25" bay and all that to make it super open and a home made lower divider. Have the metal for that and everything now.

sneekypeet · Mar 30, 2016

MxPhenom 216 said:
That is why I like the evolv. It is not super flashy like a 14 year olds plastic gaming LEET case, but isnt a super boring box either. Its got some nice aethetic pieces to it like the front panel and such, and the open interior of the Mid tower version is what I really like. Been wanting to do a mod project of my 750D to basically take out the 5.25" bay and all that to make it super open and a home made lower divider. Have the metal for that and everything now.

Look around man

The market has changed! There are a few cases out there that are completely gut-able, have a PSU cover, good to great wire management, and racks to hide drives behind the motherboard tray for storage. Some are even outside of your top three

Just saying, coming from a guy who is on top of all the latest and greatest in cases, things are changing, and for the better. This will soon enough find its way into the budget-friendly versions soon too. There will always be that one case (like the Cosmos II) that were brilliant before it was common to see such innovations, and it just took until maybe this year even, that case designs are stepping up as the market demands have shown these designs to be wildly successful.

Sasqui · Mar 30, 2016

Coolermaster

Other than that, DIY anyone?

scevism · Mar 30, 2016

Sasqui said:
Coolermaster

Other than that, DIY anyone?

haha thats made my day! :laugh:

sneekypeet · Mar 30, 2016

Sasqui said:
Coolermaster

Other than that, DIY anyone?

A few of us tried that a while back

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/best-looking-pc-in-a-box-challenge.115346/

Sasqui · Mar 30, 2016

sneekypeet said:
A few of us tried that a while back http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/best-looking-pc-in-a-box-challenge.115346/

Hahaha, that's awesome!

bbmarley · Mar 30, 2016

Purchased a Fractal Design Define XL at the start of 2011. No complaints and fans still going strong inside. Have no intentions of getting a new case either. This has plenty of space and them some for what i need, easy to manage wires and sound dampening pads.

P4-630 · Mar 30, 2016

alucasa said:
I want aluminum cases and only want aluminum cases. Steel & plastic don't cut for me which is about 90% of the case market.
So, for me, the market is painfully small.

My first own build was an aluminium case as well, as far as I know only Lian Li makes aluminium cases?

sneekypeet · Mar 30, 2016

P4-630 said:
My first own build was an aluminium case as well, as far as I know only Lian Li makes aluminium cases?

CaseLabs, Silverstone, InWin, just to name a few. There are quite a few making aluminum cases these days.

Grings · Mar 30, 2016

I have derided them for years (and rightly so they have made some awful junk over the years) but am currently considering...a Thermaltake case!!!

(the Suppressor F51)

TRWOV · Mar 30, 2016

Grings said:
I have derided them for years (and rightly so they have made some awful junk over the years) but am currently considering...a Thermaltake case!!!

(the Suppressor F51)

Looks like a CM Silencio 550/650

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The market its flooded with so many cases!

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

MT Alex

Jetster

johnspack

Here For Good!

P4-630

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

sneekypeet

Retired Super Moderator

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

sneekypeet

Retired Super Moderator

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

sneekypeet

Retired Super Moderator

scevism

alucasa

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

sneekypeet

Retired Super Moderator

Sasqui

scevism

sneekypeet

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Sasqui

bbmarley

P4-630

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Grings

TRWOV

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