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SuperPower 88 Series Case

PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:12 pm
by Ian
Anyone have any info on these cases?

http://www.superpower.com/proddisp.asp? ... egoryID=79

PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:13 pm
by Ian
Very interesting design..

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:41 pm
by cfitz
Interesting. I'd assume it helps with the cooling.

cfitz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:52 pm
by Ian
I guess... you'd think dust would have an easier time of getting in your case though. Sound would also be an issue.

Personally, I'm looking for a case with a side mounted hard drive cage. The cases that have them are usually either boring looking.. or expensive.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:05 pm
by cfitz
Ian wrote:I guess... you'd think dust would have an easier time of getting in your case though. Sound would also be an issue.

True on both counts. There is, after all, no such thing as free lunch.

Ian wrote:Personally, I'm looking for a case with a side mounted hard drive cage. The cases that have them are usually either boring looking.. or expensive.

By side mounted, I assume you mean fastened to the side panel rather than the bottom panel? What advantage does this give?

cfitz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:11 pm
by Ian
By side mounted I meant that the IDE connectors are facing the side.. not towards the back of the case.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:19 pm
by cfitz
Ian wrote:By side mounted I meant that the IDE connectors are facing the side.. not towards the back of the case.

Ah! I understand. Well, the Antec Sonata fits that bill, although it is smaller than your average case and may be too understated for your desires (on the left in the first picture, side mounted hard drive bays in the second picture):

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(From the good people at www.procooling.com)

cfitz

PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:17 pm
by dodecahedron
the Antec P160 too, though that's more expensive than the Sonata.

there was a sale at CompUSA for it, $60 after $50 rebate.
http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... 116#131116
i don't know if it's still on.

if i were living in the US i'd be all over that case!