Beautiful PCs
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Love the Bitfenix Prodigy, if I build another computer of that form factor that's the case I'd use.
Rather old now, but I quite liked the Cooler Master Cavalier that I had, mine was silver and the dial at the bottom lit up blue.
Currently running the Fractal Design - Define series. Something I just really like about it's simplicity and clean lines. Ok, fine, it's just a box, but the attention to details is great. Screwless internals, shock padding for the HDD cage, low mounted PSU, nice power on switch and lights, it's really fantastic to work on and well thought out for its size.
Rather old now, but I quite liked the Cooler Master Cavalier that I had, mine was silver and the dial at the bottom lit up blue.
Currently running the Fractal Design - Define series. Something I just really like about it's simplicity and clean lines. Ok, fine, it's just a box, but the attention to details is great. Screwless internals, shock padding for the HDD cage, low mounted PSU, nice power on switch and lights, it's really fantastic to work on and well thought out for its size.
Those are all nice cases, I even have a 760t that I'm not using at the moment and replaced it with a new case which I will add as my own personal idea of a "beautiful PC". Concentrated on aesthetics more on this one than any other I have built yet, http://imgur.com/a/xgIaS
The whole thing is pretty much colour matched about from some red highlights out of sight on the GPU and I will replacing the GPU with one of those "Hall of Fame" GTX 980s with the white PCB at the end of summer.
The whole thing is pretty much colour matched about from some red highlights out of sight on the GPU and I will replacing the GPU with one of those "Hall of Fame" GTX 980s with the white PCB at the end of summer.
I've got the R4 Windowed in Titanium Grey (no difference from black for £10 less!) and damn does it look good. Being able to see into my PC and the admittedly terrible cable management is a plus, and the noise reduction is damn good enough with more fans than what it came with.JohnnyDelRay said:
The R4 is a great setup for midi size. I love the shape of the window cutout as well. Gotta love those removable dust filters, such a nice extra touch that is often overlooked on many more expensive cases.ToastiestZombie said:
I am currently using a Corsair Carbide 500R in white.
If I had the money, I would have gone for the Corsair Graphite 780T in white, but for a good £70 or so more, I didn't deem it worth it.
In any case[footnote]heh.[/footnote] I am quite happy with my purchase, as it quite fits my current setup (white XbOne, 360 and now, computer), and the white is matte too, which is always nice to see. Besides, it is a hell of a lot better than my old case, a CiT Vantage in black.
I feel kinda bad im using this
http://www.ghclan.de/handlamp/reviews/cougar/af-2/2.jpg
What it was $20
it' basically free if i ever sell it for scrap metal
http://www.ghclan.de/handlamp/reviews/cougar/af-2/2.jpg
What it was $20
it' basically free if i ever sell it for scrap metal
I find mine quite pretty...
It's a thermaltake lanbox VF1000
I don't have any personal pictures of my own system to hand, but...
A mix of powder-coated and brushed aluminium with transparent sides and a LED lit front fan.
The picture doesn't really do it justice.
Although, my case was damaged in transit, so it's a bit bent out of shape at the back. (not hugely visible, but makes it harder to dissasemble).
It looks pretty good in person, though it doesn't come out quite as well in pictures. (the brushed metal surface finish of the front fascia and the eroded metal pattern on the handle are quite striking, but they are only visible up close)
Having said that, I chose this case because I was aiming to build the smallest, and lightest PC I could using desktop parts.
This case has a black version made of steel that weighs 12 kg,
but this brushed aluminium silver version only weighs 3.
In fact, with all components installed (optical drive, hard drive, CPU, cooler, GPU, PSU), the entire system weighs under 12 kg... In other words, less than the steel case just on it's own.
Still, I wouldn't call it an actual success at it's intended purpose.
It's still on the big side, and 12 kg is still quite heavy.
Though, I've yet to see many cases that are less than 3 kg. Even a small form factor mini-itx case which is less than half the volume of this one weighed something like 5.5 kg...
(this case itself is a micro-atx case.)
It didn't meet my intended small and light but still powerful goals, but... I'm happy enough with it.
And at the time it was about the best I could do. Mini-itx boards (or smaller) were very niche, and lacked performance, and it was almost impossible to get a PSU with decent capacity in a smaller form factor.
(The PSU is a pretty bulky and heavy component. Mine weighs in at 3.5 kg. More than the entire case...)
Anyway, I'm getting a little side-tracked by my obsession with small form factor desktops... XD
Case is pretty... ^_^
(The black version may actually look better, really, but since it's steel rather than aluminium, it's 4 times as heavy. Which was not on for my purposes. There's actually I believe 8 versions of this case. They don't sell them anymore though - Basically, black and silver, with or without side windows, and with or without the carrying handle. Though I feel the handle makes it look more interesting, personally...)
It's a thermaltake lanbox VF1000
I don't have any personal pictures of my own system to hand, but...
A mix of powder-coated and brushed aluminium with transparent sides and a LED lit front fan.
The picture doesn't really do it justice.
Although, my case was damaged in transit, so it's a bit bent out of shape at the back. (not hugely visible, but makes it harder to dissasemble).
It looks pretty good in person, though it doesn't come out quite as well in pictures. (the brushed metal surface finish of the front fascia and the eroded metal pattern on the handle are quite striking, but they are only visible up close)
Having said that, I chose this case because I was aiming to build the smallest, and lightest PC I could using desktop parts.
This case has a black version made of steel that weighs 12 kg,
but this brushed aluminium silver version only weighs 3.
In fact, with all components installed (optical drive, hard drive, CPU, cooler, GPU, PSU), the entire system weighs under 12 kg... In other words, less than the steel case just on it's own.
Still, I wouldn't call it an actual success at it's intended purpose.
It's still on the big side, and 12 kg is still quite heavy.
Though, I've yet to see many cases that are less than 3 kg. Even a small form factor mini-itx case which is less than half the volume of this one weighed something like 5.5 kg...
(this case itself is a micro-atx case.)
It didn't meet my intended small and light but still powerful goals, but... I'm happy enough with it.
And at the time it was about the best I could do. Mini-itx boards (or smaller) were very niche, and lacked performance, and it was almost impossible to get a PSU with decent capacity in a smaller form factor.
(The PSU is a pretty bulky and heavy component. Mine weighs in at 3.5 kg. More than the entire case...)
Anyway, I'm getting a little side-tracked by my obsession with small form factor desktops... XD
Case is pretty... ^_^
(The black version may actually look better, really, but since it's steel rather than aluminium, it's 4 times as heavy. Which was not on for my purposes. There's actually I believe 8 versions of this case. They don't sell them anymore though - Basically, black and silver, with or without side windows, and with or without the carrying handle. Though I feel the handle makes it look more interesting, personally...)
Those are some fancy PCs, I like the less complex ones but not entirely simple. My tower just looks like a big fat monolith, very simple but neat.
Call it blasphomy, but I enjoy my Surface Pro 2's design a lot, again a simple monolith with a flap to stand it up. Just a nice package if that makes sense.
Call it blasphomy, but I enjoy my Surface Pro 2's design a lot, again a simple monolith with a flap to stand it up. Just a nice package if that makes sense.
I have one of those! Its an amazing case, with enough room to hold pretty much anything you could possibly want into it, plus a bit extra. The cable management is great and it runs pretty quiet too. The one downside is it is quite heavy. When empty, it weighs about 22kg/48lbs.Asclepion said:
I ended up getting it because my dinky old mid-tower was finally getting to be enough of a nuisance for me to consider replacing it. It couldn't take most full sized graphics cards because they either didn't fit, due to the drive bay cage or if they did fit, they would overheat because the airflow in the case was terrible.