Inexpensive aluminum case

[wyvrn]

Ok been shopping around and noticed the prices of aluminum cases dropping. What is the best bargain you guys have found so far? Anything $99 or under?

 

[gdawson6]

OCZ has a very inexpensive alum. case for only 74.99 at Ability Wholesale with only 8$ shipping.

OCZ stuff from my experience is good quality at a lesser price. I would bet this case is comparable to Lian Li.

 

[kzochert]

That is an amazing price!! How spacious do you think it is?

 

[Darkchild]

Looks nice, but I'd go for the 1000 instead, the extra room is worth an additional 30 bux. You can see more detail of both cases (including inside shots) here.

 

[tornadobox]

anyone have any pics of how beige drives look in these cases?

 

[ShinSa]

I have to advise agasint the 900. Look at the rear. Cheap cases forgo a place to mount a rear fan and this case is an example. If you modified it somehow the biggest fan you'd be able to put would be a 60 mm. Not good.

The 1000, however looks very much simmilar to lian li pc60 I have and should be worth considering.
If the front USB and firewire ports are extensions to connect internally and not externally, it'd be even more sweet.

However the price is then decent and not so hot, for 30 bux more, you can get a pc-60 and the quality that made the lian so popular. speed adjustable fans in front for one.

 

[The Dancing Peacock]

If you're near a fry's they had the pc-60 for 149. Cheapest I've seen for a real Lian-li

 

[NWRMidnight]

<< OCZ has a very inexpensive alum. case for only 74.99 at Ability Wholesale with only 8$ shipping.

OCZ stuff from my experience is good quality at a lesser price. I would bet this case is comparable to Lian Li. >>



GO HERE to see internal pictures, and specs on the above case, this is at mwave.com, which has it for $95.00.

 

[NWRMidnight]

okay, it's not the same case, but darn close, just a different front.....

 

[ShinSa]

<< If you're near a fry's they had the pc-60 for 149. Cheapest I've seen for a real Lian-li >>




No, thats not the pc-60. It's a PC-7 and it's way overpriced for 149.
which reminds me, for those who are looking to get one of these cases above, Lian's PC-7 has all the features of those no nam cases and the quality of Lian for a comparable price.

PC-7 for 105 bux

The extensions for the mwave case are external and I'm assuming the same for the previous two which makes it kinda not so clean and pleasing to look it. Just a warning for someone who does care about the cleanliness.

 

[wyvrn]

Thanks for the replies. Those are just what I was looking for

 

[zeeb]

that's cool

 

[poohhairt]

I've seen a few cheap aluminum cases at http://www.electroseller.com. I don't know anything about the quality though. Just another thing to look at.

-Aaron

 

[LuNoTiCK]

<< Looks nice, but I'd go for the 1000 instead, the extra room is worth an additional 30 bux. You can see more detail of both cases (including inside shots) here. >>




$129.99 - $74.99 = 30 dollars???

Maybe the price is in canadian dollars or somethin and it's $30 US dollars because I'm not seeing how thats 30 dollars.

 

[rockybrown]

i'm expecting a skyhawk AL4788 tomorrow morning. i ordered it from a company called "MPCPARTS". it cost me $65.00 plus 12 bucks shipping. i haven't seen one of these in person but i will post a mini-review tomorrow after i rip the package open

 

[Kingofcomputer]

There are only 6 aluminum case manufacturers in the world, 3 in Taiwan, 1 in Japan, 2 in Korea, 1 in China. Skyhawk is the one in China, their price should be the lowest.

 

[wyvrn]

Very good information, thanks