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Old 10th February, 2005, 05:07 PM
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Question What do you guys think of this ??

Although I have no love for anything MAC based GOD how I love the look of the new G5 case.

Be that as it may, I fell in love with this case and was just curious what you guys thought of it. My only concern would be heat. I will be running a 3500+ winnie OC'd, 2 74 gig Raptors and 2 6800Ultras in SLI with a 480-520 watt PSU.

My choice would be Black for either one.

Stealth mod to the burner. Still working on other ideas.

My second pick is the Lian Li PC73-SL. This is the same case I used for my EXOS project some of you may remember

Let me know what you guys think.
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Old 10th February, 2005, 05:16 PM
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Your planning on modding a G5 case to take a pc?
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Your planning on modding a G5 case to take a pc?
It does appear that way doesn't it.

ANSWER....NOPE This is an ATX case, purely PC that just happens to look almost exactly like the new G5 case. In this way I get the best of both worlds. The look of the MAC and the performance of a PC based machine.

Here's a link to the case:

http://www.chenbro.com.tw/product/pr...ew.php?pid=121

Pretty sweet if you ask me.
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How about this?
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How about this?
Not bad, but a couple of things bother me with it. First and foremost is concern over PSU size and it only possibly fitting smaller PSU's. support for only 1 120mm fan and that's with modifications. No window or provision for one. Smaller gauge look to the metal just appears a little cheaper to me JMO.

I do like the 2 drive bay doors.

Not a bad case for the money but nowhere near the same league as the Chenbro or Lian Li.

Thanks for the heads up though
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It does appear that way doesn't it.

ANSWER....NOPE This is an ATX case, purely PC that just happens to look almost exactly like the new G5 case. In this way I get the best of both worlds. The look of the MAC and the performance of a PC based machine.

Here's a link to the case:

http://www.chenbro.com.tw/product/pr...ew.php?pid=121

Pretty sweet if you ask me.
saw it before you added the picture or it didn't load when i first read it
they're fine looking cases, pricey though
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I like the idea of having the power switch at the top - less bending over if the case is on the floor.
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i read a review on that one in maximumpc. they gave it a 9. if i were you , well, if i were me with some money, i would buy it.
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