23.06.2008, 23:45
That red Asus case is pretty nifty 
It is a difficult situation when you have to choose a case; usually, as you said, it comes down to personal taste nine times out of ten.
And then when you narrow it down to two cases, it makes it even harder lol. I dunno, I'm actually pretty bloody keen on the PC-X500 from Lian-Li, but from a few phone calls, it seems that it wont be available in NZ for several months
So, I'm thinking perhaps experimenting with the Liquid cooling and seeing where that takes me maybe... and then upgrading everything when the X500 comes available maybe? Dunno gotta really think about it I suppose.
I must also admit that I've been wanting to experiment with LC for a while, and perhaps this is the best time to do it maybe... (never had the ability to up until now)
As you say with the LAN party thing, the one or two I went to with the PC-7 was interesting enough, out of a massive LAN party I was one of two with the same case, and seeing the other one that was actually modded (done up) it turned me off the idea of modding the Lian-Li... It just seemed to have lost her class. Which makes another attraction to the Thermaltake - that the case styling seems to promote the modding theme (something I would quite like to do TBH).
Oh well. Back to the 'pros and cons' spreadsheet lol
It is a difficult situation when you have to choose a case; usually, as you said, it comes down to personal taste nine times out of ten.
And then when you narrow it down to two cases, it makes it even harder lol. I dunno, I'm actually pretty bloody keen on the PC-X500 from Lian-Li, but from a few phone calls, it seems that it wont be available in NZ for several months
So, I'm thinking perhaps experimenting with the Liquid cooling and seeing where that takes me maybe... and then upgrading everything when the X500 comes available maybe? Dunno gotta really think about it I suppose.
I must also admit that I've been wanting to experiment with LC for a while, and perhaps this is the best time to do it maybe... (never had the ability to up until now)
As you say with the LAN party thing, the one or two I went to with the PC-7 was interesting enough, out of a massive LAN party I was one of two with the same case, and seeing the other one that was actually modded (done up) it turned me off the idea of modding the Lian-Li... It just seemed to have lost her class. Which makes another attraction to the Thermaltake - that the case styling seems to promote the modding theme (something I would quite like to do TBH).
Oh well. Back to the 'pros and cons' spreadsheet lol