Thoughts on this PC case?

>>57410775
too few leds to even be relevant.

>>57410786
it creates the feeling of a deep void approaching an abyss

>>57410792
like when hillary is elected?

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>>57410775
Tacky.

>>57410775

Parlor tricks: the case

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>>57410775

Meh. I wouldn't do it to my computer case, but I would do it to my end table.

>>57410870
i think the PC case must be dimming the LEDs as they approach the back. I don't think your pic is doing that.

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>>57410887

It's an optical illusion

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>>57410887

You can't dim the LEDs into the reflection. Depending on what tint you use depends on how "deep" the mirror looks. The darker the tint the "deeper" the effect.

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>>57410887

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>>57410799
my fucking nigger

>>57410921
>>57410922

dimming would be an alternative means of achieving the same thing that would be just as effective if not more so.

>>57410799
The R4's front panel IO is totally fucked.

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>>57410962
it's a boring case to begin with

>>57410936
Dimming has an effect, but tint is the primary driving factor.

>>57410798
Back to your containment board >>>/pol/

>>57411298
You people are the worst.

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>>57411222
>wanting a case to be "exciting"

>>57411298
Cuck.

>>57411388
it's better than the alternative

>>57411417
Why not hide the case from the view?

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The front panel is really cool, even if it's gaudy as all hell.

I think the internals really suck though. It's just a standard ATX tower. To release a case with a front panel as innovative as that and not even include a PSU shroud is mind boggling.

The interior of the super cheap Phanteks P400 is way more modern. PSU and drive cages in the basement, clear open chamber up top.

>>57410775
How does it work. Might do it to something else tho. Looks kinda cool

>>57410775
more than likely overpriced trash

you can make that effect yourself with some glass, a mirror, clear film and the led kit of your preference

>>57411559

There's a regular mirror with LEDs mounted on it, then a two-way mirror above it. The LEDs bounce off both mirrors creating the diminishing effect, which we see because the outside mirror is two-way.

>>57411417
>>57411388

if you want your case to be anything other than completely silent you are a ricing faggot.

>>57411720
>Not caring about how a piece of furniture looks

>>57411739
Does your furniture have LEDs and acrylic windows?

>>57411763

Most furniture isn't technology, which is why PC cases provide a unique opportunity.

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>>57411763

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>>57411763
I study interior design

>>57410775
That is fucking cool. Fucking cool.

>>57410936
>>57411289
you seem to be forgetting the fact that you couldn't see the LEDs with the guts of the pc in the way you fucks. Who just builds a box with so many LEDs in it, dimming it slightly by each row just to make you think something that's not an optical illusion is?

What is the point in doing this?

So how do these things work?
Is the 'window' side a one-way mirror?

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best case coming through.

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>>57411763

Mine does.

>>57412213

Maybe the point is to have something that doesn't look like a computer/computer case? Maybe they think it looks good. Maybe they don't want to see the guts.

>>57410799
>boring fucking black box
>"""""furniture"""""
>>57410775
OP's case is a little bit tacky, but I like it. I have a dedicated room for this kind of crap anyways.

>>57412392
I'm disappointed their new mATX cases don't have a single external drive bay. I might as well go μITX, given that I'm not going to be using 2 GPUs.

>>57410799
>>57412392
>weights a ton
>90s case size
still i like the case. simple and quit. ten years ago I wouldnt bought it. today it does its job.

>>57411298
what's your wife's son doing this weekend?

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>>57412344

Yes, that's exactly how it works.

It'd honesty be pretty easy to rig up on any case with a flat front panel.

>>57412392

Their brand new Define C is better.

>>57413627
what is this modern trend of ATX sized cases having very few 3.5" drive bays?

>>57410799
those steel feet and retarded blue LED really ruin it
if you had real "taste" you wouldn't be building with shitty gaymer parts anyway, get over yourself

>>57413669

The majority of users don't use more than two HDDs. HDD capacity is so plentiful that having a shitload of drives doesn't really make sense anymore.

I like the trend of hiding a drive cage under the PSU shroud. It's better than just having a bunch of naked racks for drives. It also means that if you want to put a reservoir or radiator in the front you don't have to remove ALL of the drives, like you do with some cases (looking at you Phanteks).

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>>57413832
I guess ive cucked myself by having 5x2tb drives in my case

>>57413627
>window
You must be over the age of 18 to post here.

>>57413864

There's a non-windowed version available, the windowed version was just the first thing that popped up when I googled it. Try harder next time.

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computer case comshmuter case

>>57411298
>biggest board on 4chan
>containment
really triggered electrical pulses in my synapses

it would look so bad when the led starts to die out individually

happened to my mechanical kb

>>57411849
faggot

>>57411849
I hope not

>>57410775

The G symbol ruins it for me

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>>57411849
>all those tiny 1080 monitors instead of one decent one

>>57413850

Not really.

Assuming you're running them in RAID 5 (and if you aren't WTF) you're getting 8TB of usable space out of five drives.

While you can use larger drives to condense that down, the only way to get 8TB of space with redundancy in two drives is with RAID 1, which would use two 8TB drives. If you want to use RAID 5 you would need 3x4TB, which costs about the same as 5x2 but still exceeds the two 3.5" design that is becoming standard. Silverstone has a case with three drives buried in the basement but the rest of it seems pretty shitty, while Phantek's mid tower designs have two hidden but space for additional expansion in the main chamber.

>>57413669
People who need assloads of storage (more than a single 4-10TB drive) have a NAS box set up to handle those needs because the operating systems and filesystems used on NASes are far, far better at storing tons of files and keeping them uncorrupted than your typical desktop OS is. Trusting a desktop setup with long term storage of more than a couple TB of data is a huge mistake.

>>57411849
>my game spot
kys yourself

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>>57413975
>/pol/
>biggest board on 4chan

>>57414888
why should he be keeping all of those turned on at all times? it's stupid, with or without raid

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FACT: FD makes the best looking cases.

>>57414963

it's not the biggest but it's one of the high traffic boards

>>57415132

>black block is the best look

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literally cant be beat

>>57411298
>Hillary Clinton
>being a relevant candidate

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This is a proper man's case.

>>57411298
Back to your containment board >>>/trash/

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>>57415189

>I want my computers to look like a mini transformer

>>57410775
Reminds me of Manhattan's in Redcar.

>>57415458
I appreciate how little space these take up, and the case design is cool, but internal cables are enough of a PITA with an ATX mid-tower. Getting everything fitting cleanly in something that small would drive me mad, and replacing or upgrading anything with that case is going to be way more involved than it has any right to be.

>>57411849
Are you and your lad gaymerz then?

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>>57410799
I like the R5 way better

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>>57410775

how does that shit work? where are the components?

>>57415697
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_mirror

>>57415697
>Retard doesn't know how mirrors work

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>>57415716

Meh, looks tacky as fuck from the side. OP's pic is just a good angle.

>>57415723

whatever, nerd

>>57415458
>have to use water cooling because air cooling is absolute dogshit
>no dust filters included in >$200 case
lmao

>>57415632
Define S master race.

>>57414888
RAID 5 is outdated and downright harmful on small arrays of high capacity drives. In the event of a drive failure, the array rebuild can take days, putting the whole array at risk.

If you need redundancy, RAID 1 or 10 is the safe bet, but for home use just a backup solution is plenty.

>>57416116

I just assumed he was using RAID 5 because of the odd number of drives he has. And I only floated the 3x4 suggestion with RAID 5 because I'd seen a case with three hidden drives. 4x4 in RAID 10 would definitely be the ideal for 8TB.

>>57411703
A figured something like that.

>>57411703
that doesn't make sense

>>57418902

Yes it does, you're just a moron.

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>>57419751
you mean moran

Matte black define r5 for the win

>>57419799
fail

>>57419819
What's wrong with a matte black box?

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>>57413850
JUICY

>>57410775
it looks like a portal

will i retrieve my hardware when i reopen it?

>>57410775
>no 5.25" external bay

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>>57412412
How do you get the acrylic panel? I made this table out of a puzzle (pic is before) but the acrylic panel I ordered online was slightly too small. Came out good though, just has a small gap from the panel to the wood moulding. Going to fill it in the clear caulk and hope for the best.

>>57411298
Thank you for correcting the record.

Current best case

Fractal Design S Or Nano S if you want dat ITX

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>>57421541

>>57421556
>window

>>57410775
R
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>>57421578
Then buy the one w/o window fgt

>>57421598
>mATX

>>57415809
this

>>57421606

The case he posted supports ATX.

>>57421674
>define s instead of define r5

>>57414963
/Pol/ is the most popular board right now.
/b/ has been garbage for a while so it has lost it's popularity

>>57413864
>windowed cases are bad

who cares. they're usually the cheaper option anyway and you'd have to be a literal autist to spend more money to get a non-windowed version of the same case.

>>57415480
I have a 900d, it's fine but lacking in a lot of areas.
Corsair said they were forced to release it before they where finished

>>57421578
>I like bland things because I'm an adult

/guts/ are sexy, shitter

Purely aesthetically i prefer the Pandora atx anyways, wish the side panels used a better attachment system though

>>57410775
where do i put the dvd drive?

>>57421707

My bad, I mistook it for the Define C.

>>57421726

It'd be nice if Corsair gave it a refresh to get up to modern standards, because at this point I don't know why anyone would get it over the Enthoo Primo.

>>57411298
Into the oven you go

Would a been cool in the 90s

>>57423260
t. 90sfag

>>57413850
You've got more hardware in yours, but same case here, looks clean dude.

>>57411298
nigger

>>57410775
Its stupid and pointless.

>>57410798
Well either of them really.

>>57410799

It would have been so good if the Hard Drive cages actually stopped vibrations.

Are they better in the newer versions?

>>57410799
>>57415632
>We want the IKEA audience.