What type of case do you use?

[llee]

Hey guys, this is a follow up to my other poll, number of hard drives in your case. Looking at the data, i was pretty surprised that a large percentage of Anandtech members use over 4 hard drives in their computer case. Now I want to know what type of cases most members have. Help me out and vote/comment on what you have. Thanks!

I am a small form factor user and like my SG-05 very much.

 

[yottabit]

ANTEC SOHO File Server

 

[shortylickens]

Silverstone Temjin.

Good shit. Never felt like giving it up. Everything else has been replaced at least twice, even the power supplies.

 

[MisterDonut]

Majority of builds I see on this site are for gamers, so mid-tower is probably gonna win .

 

[Jen]

i build my own cases , for the last few years its been small form factor but now i am useing mini itx


Jen

 

[mv2devnull]

I had a CM Stacker STC-01 for a quite while, but demoted it to secondary role recently. The new slimmer main, Fractal Design Define R3, still has plenty of drive space.

 

[llee]

The results so far seem to make sense. Having a mid-size tower would allow people to cram in plenty of hard drives.

 

[frostedflakes]

SG-06 always looked like a really awesome case, would be fun to build an SFF gaming system based on one if I had the money.

Currently use a Lian Li PC-A05NB, which I'd consider an ATX mini tower. About the smallest case you can get that still allows you to install an ATX board, a couple 3.5" and 5.25" drives, large CPU heatsink, long video card, etc.

 

[IGemini]

NZXT Apollo mid-tower. Gotta love how many people assume it's an Alienware.

I've been eyeing the A05 since I'd like a more compact case and no door...maybe if I get a little extra money.

 

[frostedflakes]

It's a nice case overall, although not without its flaws. If your 5770 doesn't exhaust heat out the back of the case, you might want to consider getting the replacement top panel w/140mm exhaust. Stock cooling in the PCI slot area of the A05N is kind of poor, my 5770 ran a bit warmer than I liked without the top blowhole.

 

[sandorski]

Mid Tower. It's a now ancient Thermaltake XaserIII, which is nice, but all the fans are limited to 80mm except for 1 front intake 92mm fan. That kinda sucks, time for a new case next build.

 

[RockinZ28]

Primary - Corsair 800D full tower

HTPC - Corsair 600T mid tower (although I think it's probably the same size as some full. Definitely WAY more room inside than my previous mid)

 

[Medikit]

I've had this case since 2000: http://www.fkusa.com/chassis/fk320/fk320.htm
Fong Kai 320!

 

[eplebnista]

~7 yr old Apex Mid-tower(beige/blue sliding front cover).

 

[weovpac]

Lancool pck60 by Lian Li, Love this case!

 

[Skott]

I'm into SFF cases these days. I have a Qmicra V1 and a SG03.

 

[Cheesetogo]

Still using my P180 that I bought ~5.5 years ago. I can't believe I've had it for so long, but it's a great case.

 

[mindwreck]

im on both ends of the spectrum... my main computer is a full tower. the old classic antec full tower cases. Love it. triple radiator water cooled and plenty of room for long video cards.

Then i have a SFF sg-02f that i use as a htpc/lan party pc. Love the size and compatibly. It was designed to take full size video cards and stuff so take this baby anywhere and still have gaming performance without lugging around my 50lb monster.

 

[Slugbait]

One full tower, three mid towers (my wife uses two of those), and three HTPC cases.

Can't vote, so...what do I win?

 

[PCTC2]

One full tower, three mid towers (my wife uses two of those), and three HTPC cases.

Can't vote, so...what do I win?

You? What about me? I have 3 SFF, 3 midtowers, and 3 full towers? Plus 2 custom made cases built into furniture.

Not to mention my iMac and Mac Mini too.

 

[Gillbot]

HSPC Top Deck Tech Station

 

[flexcore]

Lancool PC-K58. great case for the $

HAF 912

 

[Anubis]

i have both mid and full towers

 

[llee]

Well if you have multiple builds, what would you consider as your 'primary' computer?

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

My primary gaming rig is currently in a mid tower. I want to move it to the Lian Li V-1020 though, then put my gf's rig in this case. She is using an old HP case that is for micro-ATX sized systems (although none of the HP crap is still in it lol). HTPC is in a shuttle box type knockoff that I found on the HD forums for $30 about 6 months ago. Server is the Intel E-4200 NAS which I want to move into a Lian Li Q08, V354, or the new PC-A04.

So, mainly mid/mini towers.