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#19641

i dont blame them. its fucking huge

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#19642

Go ITX or go home.

#19643

I kinda like mATX or just a full sized ATX

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#19644

ITX has too little expansion, need those extra PCIe slots for all the things.

#19645

PCI-E Bifurcation.

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#19646

but what if i want to install 5 networking cards?

#19647

Then you can on an ATX motherboard.

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#19648

Meanwhile I have the monster of a case that is the Corsair HAF XM because reasons?
Damn thing weighs 25lbs empty but has support for all the drives evar and actually has airflow, lol. Unlike most cases now. And dust filters where thereā€™s airflow (even if half arent removable but meh, they are there anyway)

Well I also have some Cybertron PC copy case thats actually not bad but thatā€™s just from a review system I took apart and replaced the crap stock stuff out of so yeah lol.

Also building my own ā€œATXā€ size case soon though so theres that

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#19649

Oh is that all?

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(Thatā€™s 33lbs.)

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This configuration weighed 72lbs.

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#19650

I mean the full sized Haf X is 32lbs ā€¦ The XM is 2 inches shorter and somehow ā€œonlyā€ 25lbs lol

#19651

Cooler Master?
I remember the HAF being THE case years ago. In PC Hardware magazines it was often used for high-end systems in the ads of system builders (and then one of those roundish NZXT cases that reminds me of those Alienware towers).

#19652

And then thereā€™s the Antec 900 which has managed to outlive them all. Came out in 2007 for fucks sake, still a $100 chassis and extremely popular.

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#19653

thats the thing about cases. not much for advancement besides tempered glass and rgb

#19654

Yeah not really any advancement just the basic stuff has been added/changed like tool-less install, configurable/controllable fans, expanded front I/O, decreased audio footprint, increased cable routing options, more H20/custom cooling expansion, filtered intake and exhaust, configurable drive bay arrangements, cable/PSU shrouds with integral drive bays.

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#19655

Well, thatā€™s the retarded ā€œaestheticsā€ trend.

#19656

Yeah thats what I meant lol.
HAF XM
Confused the two big case manufacturers for a second there

#19657

To be fair, in that era of cases, the space tank look was very common.

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#19658

No oneĀ® needs more than one PCIe slot.

#19659

im using 2 on a laptop so no

technically 3 but im not counting the wifi card

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#19660

Iā€™m using like three and two of them are for GPUs