If you like minimalist cases, the Lian Li Ebonsteel PC K6 is worth taking a peek at. They relocated the buttons and I/O ports to the top of the case, which also sports a magnetically attached cover hiding 280x140mm mounting point for cooling. The dimensions of 220x495x515mm give you quite a bit of space, GPUs have 310mm clearance and CPU coolers 170mm. The HDD bay can accommodate up to seven 2.5/3.5" drives and the body and panels are all made of SECC, giving the case a bit of weight but also ensuring it will survive mimor abuses. Drop by Modders Inc if the picture below appeals to you.
"In the PC case arena, Lian Li is known as one of the premier case makers for aluminum cases. As long as I can remember they were the leader and the one I personally hoped to own some day. Their fairly simple but well thought out designs made them popular but the higher price tag was not in reach for …"
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“Minor abuses”? Jeremiah,
“Minor abuses”? Jeremiah, PUH-LEASE!
HAF X (as well as the HAF XM) was almost entirely made of SECC steel, and it literally was an effing TANK when it came down to protection and reliability of construction. Absolutely legendary for all the deserved reasons. The thing weighted at a whopping 14 kilos WHILE being completely empty and out of it’s box, not even mentioning when it’s fully equipped with hardware to the brim. If Lian Li actually started doing full-blown SECC, this can only be good. Finally, no more cheap-ass subpar-quality and ineptly-thin aluminium sheets Lian loved just-oh-so-much to outright abuse the usage of, in the last 10 or so years.
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“Come back here. I can still
“Come back here. I can still bite.”
Anyway, I guess I am one of the few that still prefers aluminium and wish lian li continued to use it exclusively.
You want QUALITY aluminium
You want QUALITY aluminium case? To the CaseLabs you go, definetely NOT to Lying Lee.
Copy that Master Chen.
Copy that Master Chen.
Jeremiah, it lojs lije you
Jeremiah, it lojs lije you just don’t see it as a whole. I’m the rabbit here.