A Computer case for Ian...

[hoxlund]

i'll agree my case isn't for the faint of heart or the elderly

[dodecahedron]

i'll agree my case isn't for the faint of heart or the elderly

LOL

[dodecahedron]

I'm weighing my options on the CoolerMaster Praetorian, the Antec P160, and the Thermaltake Tsunami Dream (so far, liking the CoolerMaster better). My AOpen HX-08 is still an awesome case, but weighs a ton, is extremely bulky, and it's finally come to a point where it's nice to have front-mounted USB2 and IEEE1394 ports for occasional plug-in of digital camera, iPod, etc .

For some good pictures on the CoolerMaster, OCIA has a review, good pictures, though I the rest of the review was average. Too bad it's really hard to find one in silver right now.

http://www.ocia.net/reviews/prae/prae.shtml

duh. only just noticed this part of your post.
can't believe i missed it before - i read this thread a few times.
i guess i was too focued on the first part - where you talk about communications with Chenbro.

if you don't mind my asking, why did you end up choosing the P160, if before you favored the Praetorian ?

(gonna read that review now)

[dodecahedron]

strike that out.
haveing read the review and becoming (more) familiar with the Praetorian case, i can see why

[Ian]

It looks like Chenbro is (finally) shipping the Gaming Bomb II. Anandtech has a pretty decent review of it:

http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/sh ... spx?i=2298

The bad news is that it costs considerably more than the original Gaming Bomb. According to Anandtech, it's about $250. About $150 too much IMO..

[dodecahedron]

It looks like Chenbro is (finally) shipping the Gaming Bomb II. Anandtech has a pretty decent review of it:

http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/sh ... spx?i=2298

The bad news is that it costs considerably more than the original Gaming Bomb. According to Anandtech, it's about $250. About $150 too much IMO..

how did i miss this ? gotta read up.