these old Lian Li PC cases 20 yers ago, were so good its crazy to think they stopped producing themmade entirely from aluminum except bolts are steel or something, at least not aluminumthis style ended somewhere in 2009 alreadyand actual slop era begins around 2013 I believesome 2009-2012 cases were still decent if not excellent
>>108938775Make your own then
>>108938775Stop looking at just gamer cases then.
>>108938775Awful airflow though. >>108938781Also this.
>>108938775>Lian Li still builds the most elegant cases in the market. The PC-A75's biggest problem is that for AU$100 less, you can get a more innovative, refined steel case whose only sin is that it's heavier.
>>108938786>>108938786they fixed the airflow some years later while still making cases pretty similar to that classic oneit was mostly a revision of an old case back then, not a complete change in product
>>108938775>280 USD costing case at it's time accounted for inflation>complains that todays 100 USD cases aren't as good and ignores the more expensive server / workstation case market entirelymany such cases
>>108938796you are referring to 14 year old case which cannot be found anymore
>>108938808You can't fix airflow in a case with so many bays.
>>108938818unless you have like side and bottom intakes I guess
>>108938816I'm not referring to anything, that was from a review. Those old steel cases it talks about existed too.
>>108938815>>complains that todays 100 USD cases aren't as good and ignores the more expensive server / workstation case market entirelyits not about money, I can put 280 in itbut nobody makes an full aluminum case, side panels arent allowed either because they are glass and they will break
>>108938824>>side panels arent allowed either because they are glass and they will breakDid I stutter? >>108938815>ignores the more expensive server / workstation case market entirely
>>108938824You can get even better cases these days with the same quality and no gamer gimmicks if you pay the same amount.
>>108938818Full mesh front cases are the best thing to ever happen to cases. If I need 5.25" devices, I can use them externally.
>>108938841what about hard drives?
>>108938828can you show some examples then?
>>108938775I always felt the inside of computers looked so cool even back in the day.Wall mounted computers were so sexy to me.
>>108938824There are many steel cases with solid side panels, and many of the cases that have glass side panels offer a version with solid side panels for people who don't want glass, the hyte x50 comes to mind as a case I recently saw that had this option.
>>108938842Why would I have hard drives locally? Noisy and extra heat, they go into the fileserver.
>>108938849enjoy your slow ass storage I guess
>>108938867What the fuck are you talking about? Why should it be slow? A dedicated fileserver is better for bulk storage than any amount of local drives. >25GbE ethernet>RAID>Compression>RDMA>NVMe SSD cache
>>108938876>instead of just having one big drive locally ok
>>108938879>pretend about HEDT computing>but muh single drive
>>108938847I will only buy a full aluminum case and dont really care what it costs
>>108938890>can't google workstation / server case aluminum
>>108938847>and many of the cases that have glass side panels offer a version with solid side panelsThis
>>108938899google cant show any, all of them are steel
>>108938775>shitty airflowOk.
>>108938876If you want a shit load of bays, there are better cases.Fractal has one that can hold like 10 drives and a slim DVD drive.
>>108938890DUBILI is aluminum and has a solid side panel option
>>108938931Wrong reply?
>>108938879can you explain how me having many large, spinning, loud, hot disks in my server rack in my garage is not local?
>>108938944NTA but that's locally networked I guess and not local as in, actually in your PC
>>108938890What are the advantages of an all aluminum case vs a steel one?
>>108938980all aluminum case will dissipate heat faster than steel due to physical differences in these two different metalsits not about carry weight (aluminum weighs less and will be easier to carry around but how often case needs to be moved anyway)
>>108938775Looks like an oxidation-prone piece of antiquated shit.
>>108938991>all aluminum case will dissipate heat faster than steel due to physical differences in these two different metalsIf that's an issue then your case or cooling is fucked to begin with.
and each pci bracket came with nut nice
>>108939018why should steel be used?aluminum is a luxury metal and should be available for the richsteel has zero advantage except for the cheaper price
>>108938775>these old Lian Li PC cases 20 yers ago, were so good its crazy to think they stopped producing themyeah this is how they got to be one of the best cases companies, now they don't need to do that anymore.
>>108939043Yeah and price premium aluminum cases exist. But just say it's about the bling factor not because "it cools better" when it makes zero different in an actual system.
>>108939055it was you who asked about the actual real world advantages and gave you one
>>108939051Lain Li is still one of the best companies out there, just because you don't like their new designs doesn't make them a bad company.
>>108939067That was me, and I asked because I'm new to PC building and wanted to know if I should look for an aluminum case.
>>108939073They are generally lighter and dont rust. They are also usually unpainted and therefore dont chip/scratch (you can buff out any scratches). But that's not the only thing that made LianLi cases good, they had a motherboard tray, and some other neat features, at basically no additional cost as you were already paying a premium for the aluminium.
>>108938775use case?
>>108939068Didn't say they were bad, just that they don't need to make good stuff like that now that they are successful.
>>108938775>>108938824>>108938890try looking for an aluminium case then maybe? you know, with proper spelling? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>108938786>>108938808>>108938818>>108938822"airflow" is a fucking joke term. Cool air goes in, Hot air comes out. What matters is fan speed, design, and size. whether or not there's immediate obstructions blocking the fan is also a consideration. Mesh designs have serious drawbacks regarding that. Loose wires, hdds, pcie cards have negligible to no effect on temps.
>>108943858>Loose wires, hdds, pcie cards have negligible to no effect on temps.Fact. But still a case that can just blow air through it without major pressure... My fans actually never go enough to be heard under the table.
>>108938775I had (actually still have but no longer use) picrel. It doesn't have nearly as good airflow as modern cases and no dust filtering. I used it for about 10 years with complex custom loop H2O cooling and an external radiator. Stupidly expensive shit that was tedious to maintain.
>>108938775I like fractal design cases. Cheap, solid, easy access. Simple as.
>>108938775>make case extrawide for muh towa coolerz>80mm exhaust fan cutoutwhy?Most cases back then suffered from nonsensical design fuckups like that one. The driveless, mesh 120mm fan-boxes of today are actually better than this.It is sleek as fuck otherwise. I get why you have nostalgia goggles.Also, funnily enough, back in the day I preferred chieftec, because muh steel.I actually witnessed a lian li getting crushed on a beer fueled lan party in those days of yore.
>>108944237ludicrous, but cool as fuck.actually beats any moderns curio cabinet in the unnecessarily intricate department.
