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is there any use to gigantic full-tower cases in this day and age when HDDs are obsolete and you can have terabytes worth of storage in a small SSD?
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>>107538966
Media server/backup. HDDs are cheaper and more resilient to failure.
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>>107538966
>HDDs are obsolete
says who?
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>>107538966
>HDDs are obsolete
Bro where do you keep all your data?
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>>107539620
I do. Sorry.
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>>107539833
clearly but i think you have the answer to the question then: people that use hard drives have use for gigantic full tower cases.
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>>107538966

Currently in a big build switcharoo right now and yeah, my second build used a full tower case:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cooler-Master-HAF-X-Full-Tower-Computer-Case-with-USB-3-0-Ports-and-Windowed-Side-Panel-RC-942-KKN1/15268208 (its shit dont get it)

Now like over a decade later, I am turning into a seedbox+local storage. At the time of using it though, it was actually very nice having room to tinker. I would actually recommend it if you plan taking stuff in and out all the time and not travelling a lot. It's also so high it turns into a table.

It made me realize it's sort of nice buying like one specialized item everytime you do a refresh so you end up with all the parts needed for a future server, homelab whatever.
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>>107538966
I did an ITX build a few years ago and never again. Cable management was a cunt, heat was a problem. Felt like I was going to break something the whole time.
I liked the end result but full tower cases are just easier, safer and colder if space isn't a constraint
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Here's my current setup for example. I even built the steel rack with wheels on it so I can pull it out into the middle of the room and easily access both sides.
In hindsight it was a bit of an overkill but I think it looks pretty sweet (when I can be fucked cleaning it)
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>>107538966
Big radiators for your custom water cooling loop.
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>>107539634
Nowhere since I bought seagate
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>>107540039
This OP
I do still want a case that can house a uncompromising loop + storage.
Most full towers make you half ass each
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>look at current cases
>gigantic
>plastered in homo rainbow RGB fans
>HDD trays: 2
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>>107540625
gaymen were a mistake, but like, really unironically, these retards have literally fucked the hardware market sideways
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>>107540625
> every case looks like a fish tank with LED barf inside
> for literal peasants
> one case looking gayer than the next
we have lost the PC market
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>>107539899
I don't care. Sorry. Nice dubs counter though.



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