Awful "Epic gamer" PC cases

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AmpleApricots dijo:
Somehow between the late 90s and 2022 the knowledge of fan vents just got completely lost. Just stir that air in the case and hope it goes all the right ways, I guess.

I had a custom case made for an old computer out of acrylic glass. It's a massive dust draw that loves to suck fingerprints right off your fingertips from across the room and also easily scratches if you look at it the wrong way. (and that was the "scratch resistant" acrylic option I picked, while it's true that "resistant" doesn't mean "proof" it's just ridiculous and also completely random what will cause these tiny ugly scratches. Accidentally bang a metal connector against it = no scratch. Wipe some dust with the wrong type of cloth = you better believe it. I don't wanna know what the regular one is like) It's one of these things that possibly maybe sounds like a good idea, but in practice just doesn't belong on a computer case.

I have to say that I slightly (slightly!) softened my stance on RGB lighting. I saw examples of it done well in a understated way. It just rarely is. There's a difference just like there is between some tastefully applied subtle make-up and slathering on the ol' warpaint. The line is razor-thin and fluid like the gender of many of the more extreme aficionados.
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I run my RGB at about 25% brightness and refuse to use RGB without diffusers. Bare LEDs in your eyes is probably what you hated. Also run one solid colour, fuck that rainbow puke. It is nice to look over at my components and see them lit up gently in dim white.

I want to set up an entire room with diffused channel LED lighting though, so I may be biased.
 
asr dijo:
Huh, I could've sworn they offered mesh panels for their o11 EVO case, looking the site it's only for the front, not the side, and you're spot on with the Lancool 2, idk what I was on when I thought I saw them offering solid panels.
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Yeah, I know the O11 EVO has the option for a mesh front. Though that case's cable side panel is metal with vents for the PSU, and any fans you want to add to the side. I've never worked with an 011-type case, but from what I've heard from reliable people (such as GN), they tend to be fine, except for their first attempt at a perforated front panel. Not the 011 EVO's optional mesh front, or the 011 Air Mini, which are the better ones, but the original 011 Air.
 
I wish someone would license out the old Silicon Graphics designs and create modern PC cases based on them. Forget RGB and tempered glass, I wanna build a in a desktop-sized miniature SGI Onyx.

This is the height of computer design, and goddamn it I will absolutely die on this hill.
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Pillar of Autism dijo:
I wish someone would license out the old Silicon Graphics designs and create modern PC cases based on them. Forget RGB and tempered glass, I wanna build a in a desktop-sized miniature SGI Onyx.

This is the height of computer design, and goddamn it I will absolutely die on this hill.
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you could always 3d print an itx case design and assemble it to look like the onyx
 
Sperg Coalition dijo:
Maybe it's the fact to have to push a physical button to eject the floppy disk that leaves you with a sense of satisfaction.
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A button with a great amount of tactile feedback, and how the shutter on the disk itself snaps back loudly on its way out. It's a very reassuring "Okay, it's fully ejected" kinda thing that just isn't around anymore
 
Sperg Coalition dijo:
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I wish case manufacturers would restart producing PC cases like this, vintage tech has a charm that RGB filled shit lacks... *sigh*
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1. Nobody uses optical disc drives anymore.
2. Nobody uses floppy drives anymore.
3. There's no front-facing USB ports, at best there's that 3.5mm audio jack on the disc drive
4. Where's the windows to show off how gay my case fans are?

I'm sure there's a very niche market out there for people who build old pre-2010-era systems out of recycled parts but they're competing with literally thousands of "$1 or best offer" recycled cases that are already good enough.
 
Densetsu dijo:
1. Nobody uses optical disc drives anymore.
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Densetsu dijo:
2. Nobody uses floppy drives anymore.
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Densetsu dijo:
3. There's no front-facing USB ports, at best there's that 3.5mm audio jack on the disc drive
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3.5mm audio jacks on the disc drive only worked to play directly from the disc, as if it's its own isolated CD player

Densetsu dijo:
4. Where's the windows to show off how gay my case fans are?
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just leave the side panel off like the rest of us lazy bastards

Densetsu dijo:
I'm sure there's a very niche market out there for people who build old pre-2010-era systems out of recycled parts but they're competing with literally thousands of "$1 or best offer" recycled cases that are already good enough.
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...yeah, fair enough
 
Pissmaster dijo:
#1, 2
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Haha good luck finding a case with optical or floppy slots on the front anymore. Took me a while to find a decent one in stock anywhere in my city or online unless I wanted to wait a week or two for online shipping.
I WILL rip every single fucking optical disc in my collection or die trying. I WILL NOT just stream media I already own on some site that demands 10bux every month.
Pissmaster dijo:
just leave the side panel off like the rest of us lazy bastards
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If you read the tech screwups thread here you'll find more than one person who's gigafucked their system because of spills, accidents, pets, or bugs. I don't mind the extra airflow, I do mind my cat wanting to fucking murder my noisy video card with the coil whine.
 
Densetsu dijo:
I WILL rip every single fucking optical disc in my collection or die trying. I WILL NOT just stream media I already own on some site that demands 10bux every month.
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I still don't see why you would need an optical drive to do that. Downloading MP3s off the internet has been a thing for decades and it's what killed off CDs in the first place. Every time I see someone arguing the case for CDs in current year it's always positioned against streaming because at some point in the last decade everyone forgot that MP3s exist.
 
Densetsu dijo:
Haha good luck finding a case with optical or floppy slots on the front anymore. Took me a while to find a decent one in stock anywhere in my city or online unless I wanted to wait a week or two for online shipping.
I WILL rip every single fucking optical disc in my collection or die trying. I WILL NOT just stream media I already own on some site that demands 10bux every month.
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Oh, I thought you were implying those were useless in the modern day, so I posted examples of how to use those slots while avoiding older tech. Then again, if I were gonna build out a modern computer with a 5 1/4 slot, I'd want to get a Blu-ray XL burner. Those are a thing, that nobody ever talks about.

Un Platano dijo:
I still don't see why you would need an optical drive to do that. Downloading MP3s off the internet has been a thing for decades and it's what killed off CDs in the first place. Every time I see someone arguing the case for CDs in current year it's always positioned against streaming because at some point in the last decade everyone forgot that MP3s exist.
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I figured he meant DVDs and Blu-rays

MP3s are the best. With how trivial it is to rip music from YouTube, you'd think that'd still be a popular thing to do.
 
Un Platano dijo:
I still don't see why you would need an optical drive to do that.
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It's not just music, it's video games and movies. I WILL rip the data off my 4-CD copy of Flight Simulator 2004. I WILL rip the data off my weird combination mix of Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader I got from an Office Depot bargain bin. I WILL rip my old Lord of the Rings DVDs where the first DVD of The Return of the King has a second-long pause for some reason at a point in the siege. Why? Because they're mine and I can verify that I ripped them correctly.
Pissmaster dijo:
Then again, if I were gonna build out a modern computer with a 5 1/4 slot, I'd want to get a Blu-ray XL burner. Those are a thing, that nobody ever talks about.
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Yes. Offline/physical storage for permanent data is something people rarely talk about.
Also I want to make sure, again, that whatever physical media I do have gets backed up properly. Shit like backing up the four separate commentary tracks in the Lord of the Rings movies, or the commentary tracks in old Simpsons or Futurama DVDs, or making sure that your music is actually ripped straight from the disc at the bitrate and format you want instead of getting tossed around like a cheap whore.
 
Every NZXT case made in the past 5 or so years is absolute dogshit, curbing functionality and structural rigidity in favor of making the "smoothest" and "cleanest" looking case possible
 
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